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Sci-Fi in its very nature is speculative fiction about a hypothetical science-based scenario. If something actually happened in real life, then it can't be sci-fi because it's not speculative, it actually happened.

 

No, being in orbit is nothing science-fiction. People live in orbit on a daily basis due to space programs. It's here in the present moment. Gravity is a drama set in space, the only speculative is "what happen when shit happens when you're in orbit in a space shuttle or while repairing Hubble?". Hubble is very real, space shuttles are very real. It would be scifi if space shuttle and Hubble didn't exist. So not a science fiction where Sandra Bullock encounters some Alien lifeforms or Alien technology while operating futuristic systems that don't exist right now. All technology in the movie are nothing futuristic. Everything in the movie actually exist and is functional. The science in Gravity is nothing speculative, it is based on today's science as an actual setting.

 

So if I write a movie about a psycho rampaging his way in ISS, it would be scifi just because it is set in space despite the movie does not feature any speculative science at all being based on an actual space station with actual technology?

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No, being in orbit is nothing science-fiction. People live in orbit on a daily basis due to space programs. It's here in the present moment. Gravity is a drama set in space, the only speculative is "what happen when shit happens when you're in orbit in a space shuttle or while repairing Hubble?". Hubble is very real, space shuttles are very real. It would be scifi if space shuttle and Hubble didn't exist. So not a science fiction where Sandra Bullock encounters some Alien lifeforms or Alien technology while operating futuristic systems that don't exist right now. All technology in the movie are nothing futuristic. Everything in the movie actually exist and is functional. The science in Gravity is nothing speculative, it is based on today's science.

 

So it comes down to the question, does sci-fi mean fictional science, or fiction based on science?

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So it comes down to the question, does sci-fi mean fictional science, or fiction based on science?

 

I'd say it is the former as speculation on science in a "what if?" mode and then the latter as a matter of cause-consequence the story unfold on this basis.

 

Because I don't know how the science in Gravity is speculative and at the center of the piece. In fact, you take the setting in the deep ocean, the movie would be kinda the same.

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There is nothing speculative about science in Gravity.

 

It is set in today's world with today's space tech.

 

And even if Gravity was scifi with actual science, I don't see how science is at the center of the movie and impacts deeply the characters lives. It's a survival movie at the core, not a deep philosophical reflection on actual science, orbital voyages and their influence on human's mind/psyche.

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For anyone interested, this is the 2K version of that mind-blowing trailer from the official WB website. 2.6-freaking-G for a two-minute trailer. Make sure your computer is powerful enough to play it, or you can just try the 1080p version.

 

http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/gravity/trailer2/GRAVITY_TRAILER_5-2k.mov 

 

1080p version

http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/gravity/trailer2/GRAVITY_TRAILER_5-1080.mov

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So if I write a movie about a psycho rampaging his way in ISS, it would be scifi just because it is set in space despite the movie does not feature any speculative science at all being based on an actual space station with actual technology?

 

No, because the premise and core of the movie is a murder thriller and there is no science involved in the concept beyond the mere setting. Very different from the premise and core driving force of Gravity. Seriously, it's not a hard concept to grasp if you stop looking at things in some monolithic, rigid way.

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