VerifiedStalin:


No, it's magical, which falls squarely within the purview of fantasy. There is no science creation that would have you shooting death rays from your eyes.

With few exceptions, the vast majority of superhero movies and shows are pure fantasy. Their abilities are mostly magical, with no real-world explanation.

pu7pl3:


I did...

abduleez1:

xynerise:
This will be a good fight.

But Darkseid will definitely win

Karleb:


Darkseid vs Captain Marvel
Darkseid vs Scarlet

Who wins?

Superman vs Thanos?

myami:
Is it true Superman can lift the size of an entire planet?

pu7pl3:


Keyword for you should be fiction bruh...
What the hell are you talking about??

myami:
darkseid will obliterate captain marvel and scarlet witch in seconds. They won't exist again. Superman v thanos would end in a draw.

VerifiedStalin:


Superhero fiction isn't science fiction, chief. Look it up yourself if you don't believe me.

Kaycee7:
Superhero fiction falls between the hard fantasy and soft sci-fi spectrum.
And sci-fi also falls under speculative fiction.

VerifiedStalin:


According to the article, it falls somewhere between hard fantasy and soft science. It clearly indicates that it is a hybrid genre. It's exactly what I said.

You can't call every superhero fiction a science fiction because science and its ramifications aren't at the heart of the superhero genre. For crying out loud, superhero fiction genre was created for this very purpose.

I don't claim to be an expert on the subject, but I do know that while speculative fiction is an umbrella term for elements that do not exist in reality, science fiction differs from it in that some of it deals with plausible scientific elements.

I can provide links to articles that support what I've said, but I don't have the time. You can always look it up yourself.

Kaycee7:
But I never called every superhero fiction a sci-fi. We were talking about The Boys, specifically, and I pointed out that it does have sci-fi elements.
I wouldn't make the same argument for Loki, even though it's also a superhero TV series.

And let's not forget sub genres exist. The Boys having a sci-fi subgenre doesn't take away from its primary superhero fiction genre.

VerifiedStalin:


According to the article, it falls somewhere between hard fantasy and soft science. It clearly indicates that it is a hybrid genre. It's exactly what I said.

You can't call every superhero fiction a science fiction because science and its ramifications aren't at the heart of the superhero genre. For crying out loud, superhero fiction genre was created for this very purpose.

I don't claim to be an expert on the subject, but I do know that while speculative fiction is an umbrella term for elements that do not exist in reality, science fiction differs from it in that some of it deals with plausible scientific elements.

I can provide links to articles that support what I've said, but I don't have the time. You can always look it up yourself.

Karleb:

Is it the same Darkseid that was beaten black and blue in Apokolips war?

VerifiedStalin:


Superhero fiction isn't science fiction, chief. Look it up yourself if you don't believe me.

Kaycee7:
Weekend Movie

- Lightyear (2022)

myami:
By who, who and who? I didn't watch it.

myami:
Where do you normally obtain all these obscure movies?

Nova15:

GloriousGbola:


Someone is chasing our bad guy for the crown

myami:
minion

phr0nesis:

Trigon messed him up

Nickshrapnel:
An argument can be made to include Captain-Falcon in this group.

Nickshrapnel:
An argument can be made to include Captain-Falcon in this group.

TopeQs:


It's not even an argument, you're spitting facts.

Na babysitting Cap do for falcon

TopeQs:


It's not even an argument, you're spitting facts.

Na babysitting Cap do for falcon

Calibrator:
The correct characters are Winter Soldier-Falcon



If you want to Cap, Face-Cap correctly

myami:
Where do you normally obtain all these obscure movies?

Calibrator:
The correct characters are Winter Soldier-Falcon

If you want to Cap, Face-Cap correctly

pu7pl3:



So then I can call a show like the umbrella academy full blown science fiction