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It belongs to the genre 'Fantasy' Not 'Sci-Fi'


It is just fantasy and that too not a very good one and low production budget makes it even cheesier.

I don't see any science in it! It never even tries to stick to the basic premise which is - "Main lead can do effective dreaming. Every one except the dreamer(main lead) forgets about the world before the dream"!

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Sci-Fi == There is a basic premise, premise can be any assumption whether possible or not in our physical world and then the writer, directer, etc can expand upon that basic premise scientifically and logically but taking great care not to harm or alter the original premise. That is the reason people try to find plot holes in Matrix because it is a logical extension of a basic premise!!



Fantasy = anything goes! Hence, you can (or should!) not find plot holes in a fantasy....well, hello it is fantasy!!! If you dont agree try finding plot holes on Snow White or Smurfs.

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I don't think that you understand what a plot hole is.

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I know what a plot hole is, but my question is that is their any need of finding a plot hole if it does not belong to sci-fi?

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"but my question is that is their any need of finding a plot hole if it does not belong to sci-fi?"
Er, what? try rewording that. Works in the fantasy genre can have plot holes if it contradicts itself.

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that's just crazy talk. this film has

- atomic war
- huge dream analysis machines
- space aliens
- war on the moon
- a mad scientist / technician / doctor running lots of scientific electronic gear that fills a room and even LOOKS all sci-fi like, doesn't look fantasy like at all.
- brain wave reading headgear
- electric cars
- time and reality tripping ideas...

I don't see how this could be anything BUT Sci-Fi.

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You have a very narrow definition of science-fiction.

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