rings true revenge of the salaryman vs hero's journey of the slave boy who would be king
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Not necessarily revenge though. Mostly bureaucratic heroism actually.https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/bureaucratic-heroism/ …
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Star Wars is all of that in the same universe.
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Star Wars is fantasy
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No. Science Fiction extends modern society, so older stuff extends high agency to the middle class. SF from other (non-white-male) authors/eras does not.
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Even very white and male authors like William Gibson write non-middle class characters, and like to pit aristocrats vs smart-poor working class.
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The x-punk genres envision a high agency underclass.
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Is that because basic science has typically been state funded? If high merit, professional bureaucrats have the most believable access to tech == most believable protagonists
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I wonder if the future of good SF will be based on small teams distributed across the universe, doing cool unimaginable shit with gamma ray bursts
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If talking movies, Bladerunner maybe. District 9 neither utop/dyst. Alien franchise maybe. Mad Max no. Arrival no. Ex machina yes. Primer no. THX1138 maybe. Interstellar no. Inception maybe. Minority Rprt no. Dune not rly. Imo most films need more backstory to say for certain.
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