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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Aliens, Mech suits and remotely controlled vat-grown body doubles aren't enough to make it sci Fi?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Nope.

Science fiction is an exploration of how science or technology changes society, or how society might respond to stuff, or how a society with a given tech might exist; it’s a form of speculative fiction.

Avatar isn’t that. It’s supposed to be an indictment of capitalist greed.

Just because it has technology doesn’t make it “sci-fi” and the elements that might are just a maghuffin to explain what they’re doing there. It could have just as easily been gold. Or diamonds or alien art.

Take Marry Shelly’s Frankenstein and compare it to say, avengers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Sorry, no. Genre doesn't require a specific theme. This is some literature vs pulp gatekeeping.