Ramirez
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Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, you've got to kill to stay alive.
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Post by Ramirez on Dec 4, 2006 8:36:58 GMT -5
Well, the generally accepted definition for fantasy is a story with midieval characteristics, magic, and adventure, with a large dosage of imagination. However, everybody may not agree with this. What do you think a sotry needs to have to be considered a fantasy? And what qualities in a fantasy do you enjoy the most? I tend to think of Fantasy as escapism from the real world but the escapism does tend to lead to a world with medieval settings and magic like the definition you stated. So I guess I pretty much go along with that.
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Post by Dillson on Mar 22, 2007 23:20:45 GMT -5
Fantasy and science fiction are so closely related it's hard to tell the difference between the two. In my opinion the biggest difference between the two is the time that they are set in. Of course, both tend to exist in an alternative or other universe with their own 'time', but science fiction is usually based on futuristic worlds, whereas fantasy tends to be set in worlds set in retrospect to the modern times.
FL mentioned, in his first post, the Medieval theme that seems to run through the majority of classic fantasy. Medieval concepts like castles, the romanticism of battle, royalty, kings and rulers, to mention just a few, are stylised to fit into a fantasy world. In exactly the same way, classic futuristic ideas tend to find a way into science fiction works. Concepts like spaceships, holograms and hyperspace are found in a lot science fiction.
So both fantasy and science-fiction have a core set of themes and rules that they adhere to, but those themes and rules come from different 'time zones' as it were, and different settings.
Fantasy, in the broadest sense of the word, (including science-fiction, as I see it as a sub-genre of fantasy) is the imagination taking precedence over reality. It's the only place where logic and fact can be overthrown with something better.
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mechmaster1
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Post by mechmaster1 on Aug 22, 2009 16:23:03 GMT -5
A lot of times, different people have a different ways of looking at sci fi, fantasy and horror. For instance, some people refer to the STAR WARS franchise as a SCI FANTASY (?) franchise. Some people refer to the HARRY POTTER Series as a modern fantasy-horror franchise. It depends on who you ask.
Also, I wanted to comment on syborg's story line:
It's a nice plotline, I just think you picked the wrong part of this forum to put it in, that's all.
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Post by zdnexus on Oct 30, 2009 16:25:09 GMT -5
Comic book characters with unusual and extraordinary abilities. I loved the older version of Superman who changed and became stupid. The previous Superman had a super-brain and he could make anything because his knowledge was great. He the strength to push the Earth aside to avoid an asteroid hitting it that is incredible fantasy. Marvel also has some cool characters like Fantastic Four and the original X-Men not the one shown in the movies. The X-Men movies ruined everything. The last movie very bad - almost everyone died. They will have to redo X-Men so that it can become popular franchise like the James Bond series or Star Trek. Star Trek can never die, it will always re-emerge it is too popular.. Fantasy means let go of reality complete and to absolutely suspend disbelief. Accept the completely impossible as possible and real. Not the slightest bit reality is there. Fantasy is fun, its better than science fiction because some aspects of science including thus ruining fantasy. Fantasy is free of any kind of scientific rules, it defies them. That is all.
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Post by zdnexus on Oct 30, 2009 16:29:16 GMT -5
Robocop versus, Predator versus Alien versus Terminator versus Species versus Body Snatcher versus Harry Potter
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