On Jul 9, 4:47=A0am, Amy Guskin  wrote:
> >> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:46:08 -0400, thus spake Matt Ion (in article
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> > Joseph DeMartino wrote:
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> >> My reply got eaten by the 'net monster, but it said essentially the
> >> same thing. =A0I think I'd slightly disagree about even
"Space Cowboys=
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> >> being SF. =A0While clearly not based on real events, and suffering fro=
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> >> the science lapses common to even the best Hollywood films, it
> >> basically hewed to the realities of existing technology and told a
> >> story that just happened to be set *in* space. =A0An essentially simil=
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> >> story could have been told about a bunch of former naval officers
> >> trying to salvage a sunken nuclear sub. =A0Compared to that horrible
> >> asteriod collison movie that Bruce Willis made (I have blotted the
> >> name from my memory), "Space Cowboys" is
practically a documentary.
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> > Haven't we always said around here, though, that B5 is as much a
> > character-driven drama that "just happens to be set in
space" as it is
> > actual Sci-Fi? <<
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> I've never heard that. =A0And you can't divorce this story from its sci f=
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> elements. =A0I think that what people say about it is that it's _good dra=
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> that just happens to be sci fi. =A0But, the point being, as much as _we_ =
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> how good it is, you still couldn't sell it to someone who titters at the =
idea
> of funny-headed (or -haired) aliens.
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> Amy
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It brings up an interesting question: At what point does a story cease
being speculative fiction with ever so slightly advanced technology
and become science fiction?
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