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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Does a book cease to be considered science fiction once all those impossible (at the time of writing) technologies come to reality?
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In many ways, how people react to 'impossible situations' is what Science Fiction and Fantasy is all about. At least it is for me. It is the unsupported 'wild card' impossible situation that I find objectionable. The impossible situation that is one of and unexplained as a way to merely get out of a situation.
The film "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", is a perfect example. The end is a flying saucer unexplained and un hinted at in the movie. I felt cheated by the ending. Previous I.J. movies had dealt with human spirituality and the quest to find our place in the universe through our spiritual identities. This film's ending, tosses all that away with a cheesy flying saucer.
It was an unsatisfactory resolution in my eyes.