Oh gosh...
I was such a big fan of science fiction until lately. Blade Runner, Star Trek, Star Wars, Aliens...and so much more.
And now I'm not sure I want to suspend belief anymore to watch them. That belief concerns the nature of our universe in certain respects that is not represented in films like this.
One could say the same thing about Fantasy like LOTR (another favorite genre) - except that it is not mixed in with what mankind considers progress
I wrote this just under a year ago.
And here's something I've discovered. When sharing honest questions with friends about the spinning globe "we all know" we live on - I watch the same reactions again and again. They know it is a perfectly honest and valid question. A look of confusion comes over their faces. They consider it but then the programming comes into play:
"What about the Red Bull jump?"
- If you watch as he exits the craft the horizon is flat
More confusion.
Almost immediately the subject of space entertainment comes up.
Then anger that that might be threatened by a different understanding of the place we live.
A year ago I wasn't sure if I could play with suspending my disbelief to watch science fiction entertainment for the sake of the human elements that are ultimately it's draw (love/hate/romance/heroism/fear/courage etc).
Now I'm sure. Science-fiction garbage is not on my viewing menu.
