RevolucianaApr 24, 2023

I want someone to produce SciFi/Fantasy films that have zero conflict. Just hours of gorgeous communist utopias with innovative settings, gorgeous landscapes, and beautiful concepts. Oh, and of course, characters queer AF.

Just people vibing, loving, caring, happy to exist and take pleasure in living in a purple star bubble spacecraft or cooperatively alongside cute creatures in a seafoam forest.

I am a writer and I know how storytelling works, but...

sometimes I want my escapism real chill.

Show threadRevolucianaApr 24, 2023

The more I think about this, the more I believe it is praxis. We are so frequently presented with visions of the future through SciFi, but often in the form of a warning to inform the present.

However, one of the things we often complain about is the inability of others to visualize a functioning perspective of the future.

What if, instead of designing dysfunctional futures, we occasionally splurged into utopian brilliance and wish fulfillment? Without the projection of our current problems?

Show threadCautionWIP 🎃+🇨🇦+🏳️‍🌈= Jun 24, 2023
@revoluciana There’s honestly tons of optimistic SF out there, in assorted media. Star Trek is a really popular hopeful/utopian series.
Show threadRevolucianaJun 24, 2023
@cautionwip For sure. This was an old post, but the idea wasn't about optimism. It was about conflict, or lack thereof. Something much more ambient and much less story or plot.
Show threadCautionWIP 🎃+🇨🇦+🏳️‍🌈= Jun 24, 2023
@revoluciana Fair enough. How much does “conflict” cover in this case? So long as it doesn’t encompass strong disagreement or conflicting but non-violent courses of action, I think a lot of Star Trek would still fit. And most of Spider Robinson’s work would definitely fit there.
Show threadRevolucianaJun 24, 2023
@cautionwip I've seen the majority of Star Trek shows/movies and I love them. This is not even close what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the absence of conflict almost or completely entirely, almost like painting a mood through an assortment of utopian experiences.
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@revoluciana I guess I’m thinking more of “presenting alternatives to conflict” rather than “transcended conflict”. I think there’s a trope in SF of societies that have done so interacting with less “advanced” ones, but that doesn’t really fit either, I think. Would you mind pointing me to an example so I can better understand, if it’s not too much of a hassle?
Jun 24, 2023 at 10:11pmWeb
Show threadRevolucianaJun 25, 2023
@cautionwip no, not really. Part of the point of the post is that it doesn't really exist.
Show threadCautionWIP 🎃+🇨🇦+🏳️‍🌈= Jun 25, 2023
@revoluciana Gotcha.