How come in almost all sci fi movies we/the race never leaves our/their galaxy?
Just asking, in almost every sci fi movie, we never actually truly colonize other galaxies, let alone the universe. Sure; we often leave the galaxy, but in the movies/shows/books we never colonize that much beyond.
I can't think of a single sci fi work of fiction that has us colonizing the universe.
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Re: How come in almost all sci fi movies we/the race never leaves our/their galaxy?
It's too frigin big, i don't think even in star trek they went outside our galaxy besides maybe 1 or 2 episodes where an alien propeled them outside our galaxy.
But there its STAR WARS that is in a galaxy far far away.
But there is no sci fi work I remember in which a race actually manages to colonize more than just a galaxy. You could also claim that a galaxy's too big, and yet if they have the tech to colonize that, given enough time and maybe a few tech advancements why couldn't they colonize a cluster of galaxies/maybe even the known universe?
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Genesis Rising. Practically the whole universe is conquered.
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However, movies are limited in length. Shorthand must be used.
Characters don't have to leave the galaxy to engage in a great storyline. Just being in outer space is enough to satisfy the storytelling elements of today's sci-fi movie.
And it's doubtful that planets in another Galaxy would be much more exotic than the planets they could dream up in our own Galaxy (assuming each Galaxy has the same phsyical planet rules), so there wouldn't be much point to move it a Galaxy or two over, except for a nice tagline at the beginning of a movie.....
Why no intergalactic conquest in movies? My 2 cents worth...
- Too big and vast for most people to wrap their heads around.
- Staying closer to home (nearby interstellar travel), using technologies we can imagine makes the story seem more realistic.
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