IYHO - Is Herbie the Love Bug a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie? (2 Viewers)

[guidomerkinsrules]

Does Herbie need a gritty reboot?

Herbie but Christine

 

[Dago]

Ok I couldn't Eben begin to tell you the last time I thought about Herbie or these movies. Saw this thread today earlier and Hulu is giving me advertisements with Herbie in it

 

[Nisey55]

Ok I couldn't Eben begin to tell you the last time I thought about Herbie or these movies. Saw this thread today earlier and Hulu is giving me advertisements with Herbie in it

Science fiction or maybe faction

 

[Nisey55]

Like a live-action cartoon?

That's the exact reason I'm not doing a project on Herbie the love bug, I can't even draw the conclusion in the correct language.
Automatic F.

 

[Bleu Raeder]

That's the exact reason I'm not doing a project on Herbie the love bug, I can't even draw the conclusion in the correct language.
Automatic F.

It's all good.

 

[Bleu Raeder]

this is why it's not science fiction

sci·ence fic·tion
noun
noun: science fiction; noun: SF; modifier noun: science-fiction

1. fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.
   

You do know how science works, right? Who's to say there aren't technological advances that make a VW sentient?

 

[Bleu Raeder]

...did some technological mishap cause it to gain sentience?

Perhaps.

Perhaps not.

And interesting to note that no superhero vehicle has made an appearance in the thread, even though we would mostly consider the superhero genre science fiction.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Who's to say there aren't technological advances that make a VW sentient?

the writers

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

, even though we would mostly consider the superhero genre science fiction.

ohh, no - not at all
Supes are straight fantasy
Spidey, Stark, Reed Richards, Shuri, et al bring sci-fi elements in, but it’s mythology/fantasy

 

[Booker]

ohh, no - not at all
Supes are straight fantasy
Spidey, Stark, Reed Richards, Shuri, et al bring sci-fi elements in, but it’s mythology/fantasy

What, are you trying to say that radiation and cosmic rays and toxic waste don't give you super powers and just makes you sick?

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

What, are you trying to say that radiation and cosmic rays and toxic waste don't give you super powers and just makes you sick?

I’ve tried
Lord knows I’ve tried

 

[kcirdor]

You do know how science works, right? Who's to say there aren't technological advances that make a VW sentient?

I do, and I believe in definitions as well.

 

[GW93]

Perhaps.

Perhaps not.

And interesting to note that no superhero vehicle has made an appearance in the thread, even though we would mostly consider the superhero genre science fiction.

KITT would be science fiction, My Mother the Car would fall under fantasy.

 

[Bleu Raeder]

My Mother the Car would fall under fantasy.

As would Mr. Ed, if we're comparing talking modes of transportation.

 

[Bleu Raeder]

What, are you trying to say that radiation and cosmic rays and toxic waste don't give you super powers and just makes you sick?

Seems legit.