Skience
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| Synonyms: | Skiffy Teevee (nonstandard spelling of sci-fi tv)[1] |
| See also: | Fringe, X-Files |
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Skience is the totally inaccurate form of science that shows up in many fictional universes.
Origin
History
Fannish Perspective
Even without much explanations about the term, its use seems to be fairly widespread among online fans, in different definitions, especially in the early 2000s and 2010s, in various fandoms.
Anyone with the History channel and a fondness for Star Trek, tune in when they run 'William Shatner' again in about two hours. It's f'n hilarious. (Shatner, talking about Trek, and how it's influenced skience).[3]— lyssie
[owl]
Well, that was scary, if theologically dubious. Well, the Doctor's a god, now we have the devil. When people's eyes start turning red it's never a good sign, no, precious.
[...]
The Doctor and Ida going down to the pit was wonderful, although I couldn't help wondering what a massive source of gravitational energy would do to the human (or Time Lord's) body. Some impressive CG there for the chamber. The skience wasn't horrible this time; at least it was sort of semi-plausible in a space-opera-ish way.[4]
[book-addict]
The skience on its own wasn't bad; the "explanations" on the other hand ... the dialogue glossed over all of the details that could have made it feasible. Mm. Good episode.[5]
[owl]
It's Doctor Whop. The skience is always variously bad. But 'The devil is generating an enormous gravitational force' is rather less bad than 'the alien is feeding off people's brain electricity, and that makes their faces disappear'.[6]
1x17 Possibility TwoI have read two recaps of this episode to try to piece together the case, and it still keeps slipping my mind. Clearly this is not one of Elementary's more memorable cases, save for the ludicrous-even-for-tv skience.[7]
— oyceter
References
- ^ "jenavira LiveJournal • Heh". 2004-08-03. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21.
- ^ "musesfool • then my plans will all be ruined". 2011-03-25. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. and "then my plans will all be ruined - frail and bedazzled — LiveJournal". 2011-03-25. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21.
- ^ "lyssie • Yo. US TV watchers". 2006-05-26. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21.
- ^ "owl • Review of Impossible Planet". 2006-06-03. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21.
- ^ "comment from book-addict.livejournal.com • Review of Impossible Planet". 2006-06-04. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21.
- ^ "comment from owl • Review of Impossible Planet". 2006-06-06. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21.
- ^ "oyceter • Elementary 1x17-1x18". 2013-03-19. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21.