Sometimes when i watch a sci-fi/fantasy movie/tv show there is always a small part of my brain saying stuff like:

 

"this is unrealistic! Nome of this makes any sense because it is scientifically inaccurate!"

 

Sometimes it seems like that part of my brain is trying to stop me from enjoying speculative fiction.

 

Do you guys know a way to combat this problem? Like what mindset i'm supposrd to be when watching a movie/TV show?

 

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It's called suspending your disbelief.  Works well enough for me.

Edited August 15, 201411 yr by Zola

Fool. Don't go into a scifi movie expecting realistic. You already know know it's not real, so just enjoy the fiction.

I hear you, like in Guardians of the Galaxy

 

Star-Lord had a Walkman- total rip off of the iPod

Sometimes when i watch a sci-fi/fantasy movie/tv show there is always a small part of my brain saying stuff like:"this is unrealistic! Nome of this makes any sense because it is scientifically inaccurate!"Sometimes it seems like that part of my brain is trying to stop me from enjoying speculative fiction.Do you guys know a way to combat this problem? Like what mindset i'm supposrd to be when watching a movie/TV show? Comment below

I know your pain. In combat scenes, I literally become frustrated with the coriogrophy of the combatants if they make simple mistakes at advanced levels, or when certain plot elements just don't work and could be completely avoided. The best way to combat this is to sorta just let yourself thing about it, but don't get all worked up about it. It leads to the ability to see issues you make within your own writing in order to try and fix them.

Don't watch Mythbusters?

If it's something major, then just to recognize that part as slightly idiotic and over the top, and leave it. Continue watching the rest of the film and enjoy it. Don't ruin it for yourself by getting caught up with one tiny aspect of the film if the rest is great. There is no perfect movie. If the rest is good, ignore that one incident. Also, sometimes its fun with a little inaccuracy. Especially in fight scenes. When watching action, superhero, or sci-fi movies, what's more entertaining; how the battle would play out in our world, or stupidly but awesomely over the top?

No sir I take myself out of the realm of logic for sci-fi flicks

As Zola mentioned, it's a matter of suspending your disbelief.  You shouldn't expect complete realism from any fictional media, especially speculative fiction--what you should be really looking for is believability and consistency.  I can accept that a dragon is terrorizing a village and only the heroes can stop it, but when that same village is populated by some powerful wizards who have a BS/nonexistent reason for why they can't slay it themselves, that's unbelievable.  Or, when your sci-fi gadget is known to produce matter so long as it has [insert phlebotinum], and then it's somehow able to work without [insert phlebotinum] or with other [another phlebotinum] that hasn't been established before, that's inconsistent.  It's breaking your own rules.

 

When something isn't completely ridiculous (although this may be relative to the viewer) and the rules are established from the get-go, I say you can do whatever the hell you want.

I always just roll with it. 

Honestly, the best thing to do with movies is watch with your emotions and not your mind. Then you can get more pissed off at the characters and the character writing logic than you do with the fake science and magic.