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When you say the words 'science fiction', most people immediately think of staple 'Star Trek' type stuff, like spaceships, aliens, and planets where everyone dresses in exactly the same outfit. You think cheesy actors, odd sets, and space battles. Personally, I think the sensationalistic side of sci-fi has given the serious side a bit of a bad name. I think the very best sci-fi is the simpler stuff, the stuff that uses science and technology to tell stories about humanity, not just science and technology. Stories like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Blade Runner. But you yell "Ah Ha! Isn't the cheesy stuff what Blade Runner is all about? There's flying cars, artificial people, futuristic cities!" Well, yeah, that's true. But if that's all you get from it, shame on you. Blade Runner is what I think good sci-fi is all about; using the future as a medium to tell a story about ourselves, you and me, right now.
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