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Re:Why did science fiction stop moving forward? by manicdee on Monday September 25, 2017 @08:30PM (#15335275)
There' not much in the way of special effects required for Anne Macaffrey, Arthur C Clarke or Asimov.

IMHO the best science fiction only needs good actors, the props could be '70s Dr Who quality and we would still love the series.

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Re:Why did science fiction stop moving forward? by tzs on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @04:11AM (#15337008)
McCaffrey's Pern stories would need some pretty good special effects for the dragons, wouldn't they? Cheesy dragons really distract from the story in a movie.

I think we've got sufficient effects technology to do a good dragon nowadays. Examples would be the dragons in Avatar and the dragons in How to Train Your Dragon (especially Toothless from the second movie).

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