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Matthew Miller wrote in message ...
> Kevin Wilson <kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote:
> > Since the whole thing is called "*LIFE* on Mars" and there are cute little
> > blue aliens running around, I suppose it doesn't matter that none of the
> > rest of it is accurate either.
>
> I disagree. The best sci-fi/fantasy takes a few premises different from • what
> we know, but keeps the rest as accurate, self-consistent, etc., as
possible.
True, but normally sci-fi (as opposed to fantasy) takes its different
premises from things where we are not sure yet, not things we already know
are untrue (e.g. blue aliens on Mars).
> While I know Lego's not exactly aspiring for that level of writing, it
> wouldn't kill them to do a little fact-checking on a third-grade level or
> so.
I'm not arguing with this, actually. I just think that the whole major
concept is so unreal that I would be surprised if the minor (or major, for
that matter) details were correct. My point is not that Lego shouldn't get
the accurate facts, but that we shouldn't be surprised that they don't. This
is the company who has pictures of Antarctic vehicles (with "Antarctic"
written on their sides, no less!) in the Arctic set instructions.
Kevin
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| (...) Actually, until we send humans to mars we won't know what life is ther or was there in the past. It is entirely possible that humanoid life forms are living in small colonies on/under the suface of mars. After all, if we could do it, why (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| (...) I essentially agree with all the technical criticisms made of this story but I want to play Devil's advocate for a second. This story is written in the form of a letter from a presumably average person, not a rocket scientist or trained (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| (...) I disagree. The best sci-fi/fantasy takes a few premises different from what we know, but keeps the rest as accurate, self-consistent, etc., as possible. While I know Lego's not exactly aspiring for that level of writing, it wouldn't kill them (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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