Poll: Sci-Fi vs. Fantasy,who wins?

[SckizoBoy]

On the one side you've got a load of philandering, usually angry, gods/goddesses, magicians and enchanted artefacts, while on the other you've got a load of arrogant, usually psychotic, gods/goddesses, superpowered up alpha (fe)males and very big guns.

So, who wins? Well, me, because I'll retcon myself into kicking all their asses...

 

[Akytalusia]

considering sci fi is limited, and fantasy is unlimited, there's clearly no contest.

 

[hittite]

considering sci fi is limited, and fantasy is unlimited, there's clearly no contest.

Fool! There's no limit to the power of SCIENCE!

[HEADING=1]Ahaahahhaahahahahahahahhahahaha![/HEADING]

 

[Blackmagic1515]

I'm just gunna vote for fantasy seeing as I prefer it more. Magic wins over science in my book anyday.

 

[Sovereign _909]

Fantasy has Magic, Gods, Gods, Goddesses, more Gods, Demigods and demigoddesses. Oh, and Gods. Did I mention all the Gods?

Sci-fi can't beat Gods.

L'edito: Damn ninjas. Maybe I should spend less time per post typing the word Gods.

I refer you to Stargate.

 

[Aean]

Actually, I'm not sure. I mean Fantasy has dragons, chimeras, spells, demons and gods so at first it seems like the obvious choice. But on the other hand if you think about it, Sci-Fi has got enhanced warriors (Spartans, Jedi, etc), alien species that could probably take down most beasts of mythology (the zerg swarm comes to mind), and of course they have their own trump cards to use as well (Death Star (with a grating on that darn exhaust line!)).

I suppose you'd have to narrow it down a bit. Do you mean *Everything* from that realm of fiction working together (dragons demons and gods working together (or spartans zerglings and jedi) or just the "Heroes" or "Villains" of that setting? Are we referring to all materials in that setting or just video games?

If you were to limit it to the latter of each decision I'd put my money on Fantasy as most Sci-Fi heroes tend not to have quite the same level of armies and powers as Fantasy heroes do.

If you meant the former I have no answer except that it would make an interesting video game.

 

[Korten12]

and that got me thinking what if the forces of Sci-Fi fought the the forces of Fantasy,I'm interested to see peoples opinions on this.

Fantasy takes an early lead in the ground battles, sci-fi retreats and glasses the planet from orbit...

Does the term, Glassing the planet come from Halo? I tried to google it and all the links were to Halo. Even on the large list of Planet Killers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_planet_killers

It went to Halo.

 

[Aethren]

Fantasy has Cthulhu. How is this even a contest?

 

[Varanfan9]

I say science because science can progress. They can make new devices to combat new things. Magic relies on old relics and as such has less adaptability and as Charles Darwin said "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one most adaptable to change."

 

[hittite]

Fantasy has Cthulhu. How is this even a contest?

Now, mind, I haven't read the books. But wasn't Cthulhu originally an alien that was so advanced that it was basically indiscernible from a dark god? I think this is one of those gray areas where SF and Fantasy overlap.

 

[EvilMaggot]

none and yet both... i love both genre's

 

[Volafortis]

Cthulhu is clearly Sci-fi/fantasy leaning further to the sci-fi side.

Also, various sci-fi universes can also pull the god card.

 

[EvilMaggot]

Fantasy has Magic, Gods, Gods, Goddesses, more Gods, Demigods and demigoddesses. Oh, and Gods. Did I mention all the Gods?

Sci-fi can't beat Gods.

L'edito: Damn ninjas. Maybe I should spend less time per post typing the word Gods.

hmm... Doesnt Warhammer 40k have thier gods aswell... the daemon thingy's and so on ?

 

[Zipa]

Sci fi fantasy wins, warhammer 40k
More gods than you can shake a stick at , the most leathal armies there are and the emperah of mankind. And Gods are usually shit scared of him

 

[EvilMaggot]

I beg to differ.

You were saying?

Argh damn you good sir! Dragons... crap.. starting to go over to Fantasy... also because i like a good broadsword/Axe combo mmmm

 

[kikon9]

Fantasy has Magic, Gods, Gods, Goddesses, more Gods, Demigods and demigoddesses. Oh, and Gods. Did I mention all the Gods?

Sci-fi can't beat Gods.

Sci-fi can always pull in the aliens with God-like technology. Or Q. Q will do nicely.

Fantasy has Azathoth, he can do better.

 

[AbstractStream]

I'm biased, so I'm definitely saying Fantasy.

Fantasy has Cthulhu. How is this even a contest?

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Win. You win.