Do science fiction films need to have realistic science?

[philmophlegm]

“An American physicist is calling for Hollywood producers to tone down the fanciful science in movies - and restrict themselves to just one scientific flaw per film.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8530405.stm

So – how real should the science in science fiction be?

Discuss.

Personally, as long as the fictional setting is internally consistent, I’m not overly bothered by fanciful ‘science’ in science fiction. I think science fiction should be more about the fiction than the science.

Comments

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I read that as "dyeing people in red jumpers". Is this a desperate last-ditch attempt by people in red jumpers to avoid their fate by leaping into a vat of blue dye? Or do captains chuck anyone they consider disposable into a vat of red dye just before the battle, to ensure that they only lose people they can spare?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Me too!