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The problem is that most people don't want hard sci-fi, so no hard sci-fi movies get made (although some are falsely advertised as hard sci-fi, as someone else
by jessriedel 5y ago
The problem is that most people don't want hard sci-fi, so no hard sci-fi movies get made (although some are falsely advertised as hard sci-fi, as someone else mentioned), and the small number of hard sci-fi fans (like me) are annoyed they have nothing to watch. Saying "soft sci-fi can be good too" doesn't help much.
- spfzero 5y agoAt some point though, if everything is solid, known, accepted scientific fact, there’s not much room for the “fi” in sci-fi.
- hnlmorg 5y agoThe fiction can the plot, not the physics. And you'll find there's plenty of hard sci-fi novels out there. Some of those novels even get made to movies, like I Robot. Unfortunately it often gets heavily watered down. The problem with movies is the cost of production is much higher than publishing a book. So movies have to appeal to a greater audience in order recoup their costs. And that usually means taking the "hard" out of "hard sci-fi".