Chewy Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 YA has little to do with targeting a specific demographic, and everything to do with the types of struggles faced by it's characters. Star Wars does not count as YA. It does, I see people still haven't dealt with it 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Well, then it didn't make any fucking sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 I was just trying to not broadcast publicly that you hadn't seen The Empire Strikes Back. I have seen it though. And what do I care if people know I didn't if I hadn't? I wouldn't be embarrassed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Yesssssss...... So if Katniss were like Cersei the triangle would be extremely interesting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jandrew Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Well, then it didn't make any fucking sense. We need to stop entertaining Water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) Well, then it didn't make any fucking sense. guuurl *snaps fingers* you just ain't gettin it basic bitch hoe Edited November 22, 2014 by Jack Nevada 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawa Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 It does, I see people still haven't dealt with it I personally have no stake in whether it's considered YA or not. It's not though. It has common elements with YA fiction, but it follows other storytelling archetypes much more closely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 last-minute club: mj1 saturday > friday and i mean friday with previews 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffe Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Gravity is sci fi according to its producers it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Star Wars is so YA it hurts. But is Gravity sci-fi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffe Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) We need to stop entertaining Water. agreed Edited November 22, 2014 by Goffe Ascending 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 rank how sci-fi gravity, prometheus, man of steel, and pacific rim are 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Just took a nice crap. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) according to its producers it's not. Alfonso Cuaron actually gave a no-answer Q: Do you consider Gravity to be science fiction? A: That’s a strange thing because now I don’t know what science fiction is about. Science fiction has been so confused with fantasy. What I used to consider to be fantasy is now known as science fiction in many instances. Gravity is science fiction in that it’s a fiction and we tried to include as much of a scientific element into everything surrounding the fiction. Some might say it’s not science fiction because it takes place in the present, not the future. It’s not inventing technology. From that perspective I don’t know if it fits into the modern idea of science fiction. Science fiction lost its meaning. Everything that takes place in space gets called science fiction, but a lot of films that take place in space are actually fantasy. Or horror - I loveAlien, but it’s a horror film that happens to be set in space. The Cameron one, Aliens, is an action movie in space. I quite like Event Horizon - it’s not unlike Tarkovsky. But I don’t think that’s science fiction - it’s a haunted house, but they use a space ship. Edited November 22, 2014 by grim22 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted November 22, 2014 Community Manager Share Posted November 22, 2014 Hold on, so anything with a young protagonist is YA? No. City of God is a strong example of a film with a young protagonist that isn't YA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) It does, I see people still haven't dealt with it I guess it technically could be called YA, but it doesn't really feel like it at all to me. The prequels though definitely feel more aimed at younger people whereas the OT felt like they were crafted for everyone. One of the biggest criticisms of the prequel trilogy was how George Lucas shat on that. Edited November 22, 2014 by Ozymandias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 So I'm gonna check out interstellar today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 looks like i have to retire the kesha gif. i tried to explain how to use it but you guys didn't listen and now you're using it wrong... it's sad really i guess i'll miss it bit it's time to move on to.. you know, bigger and better things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) Well if SW is YA then it's sure done a shitty job in the past of realizing what audience it's supposed to be drawing. Because kids and adults rule that franchise's fanbase. Or at least they did. Granted some kids who grew up with the PT might be in the YA range now, though they were so long ago they're more likely to be adults now like myself. Similar to how the kids who grew up with the OT were adults when the PT came out. I'd call it Children's fiction before YA fiction. Kids loved the OT and the PT in huge numbers. Edited November 22, 2014 by MovieMan89 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Y'all killed that Kesha gif quicker than Nolan kills his female characters 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
