tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post1567321885772007733..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: What is Fantasy?TheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-91355470607960689122011-07-11T22:41:35.622-04:002011-07-11T22:41:35.622-04:00And I thought the spoof so captured the essence of...And I thought the spoof so captured the essence of "Cap'n Kirk and the Beautiful (and Scantily-Clad) Space-Alien" theme.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-48379511678846040572011-07-11T22:37:30.713-04:002011-07-11T22:37:30.713-04:00Thanks for the clip, I enjoyed it.
"No; '...Thanks for the clip, I enjoyed it.<br /><br />"<i>No; 'fantasy' is anything that travels faster than the speed of light, which is why Albert Einstein, if he were alive today, would slap your face.</i>" *grin*Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-14441748873284083752011-07-10T18:34:06.512-04:002011-07-10T18:34:06.512-04:00...You ask a teaser question like that and say tha......You ask a teaser question like that and say that it's for the next installment?!? Oy.....<br /><br />*****<br /><br />The gal is <i>so</i> trolling. (If we ignore writers and assume that she's a real geek-- realistically, the writer was trolling/thought it was funny/wanted to make a statement.) If it's fine to say that Mr. Ed is SF because it's a different world where at least one horse developed the ability to talk, then a TV show where the speed of light isn't a solid barrier has at LEAST the same defense.<br /><br />It's sort of like how Dracula is a techno-thriller (stolen from the <i>Kitty Norville</i> books) because the characters are using all the newest technology, even blood transfusions! (Sure, it had a bad case of <i>science marches on</i>, but that happens.)<br /><br /><br />If I had to come up with short definitions of SF and Fantasy, I'd say that Fantasy deals with idealized settings, and fiction deals with idealized people. Maybe "archetypal" instead of "idealized."Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.com