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Originally Posted by AlanHK
... However, when it comes to movies and TV, where they require mainstream audiences to pay for them, not just fans, then we see this dumbing down carried to an extreme. Thus "it's only sci-fi, of course it doesn't make any sense" if you mention any stupidities in the story. So that's the audience most writers and producers pander to: one that doesn't want to think ...
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This might also explain why SF movies tend to be pessimistic, while books tend more to optimism. The movies and TV also seem to be more militaristic, with hierarchical structures. Easier to keep it simple, I guess.