For me it’s gotta be Click, I’ll take a magic remote over an old sled any day of the week. Plus Click is way funnier and more profound.
Edit: Ooo controversial, I’m going to start taking the upvotes to mean Click and the downvotes to mean Citizen Kane
It sounds like you agree with me on both points 👍.
Sci-fi isn’t about the science (which is often hand-waved away completely), it’s about the philosophical implications of the hypothetical technology. And as famous scifi writer Arthur C. Clarke put it, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
I also said that Click is the move that has more relatability, which is the same as saying, “Citizen Kane isn’t worth watching for most people”.
The point that CK’s “tricks” are outdated, commonplace, and also used by Click is completely valid though.
And the movie isn’t about the remote or its philosophical implications on society or a person. It is just a MacGuffin to deliver the lesson. Click is about the guy and his wishes coming true in the worst way. A common, old horror trope. Which is why I think it isnt technically scifi.
(I know genres can be a bit subjective. But I find it fun to discuss stuff and test my assumptions.)
Heh, well, the genre of Click is not a hill I’m about to die on, but suffice it to say, I think we could find many a sci-fi (that we both agree are sci-fi) that purely hinge on the formula of: macguffin enables some quirk in reality, and the rest of the story is exploring how the main character(s) behave in response.
Wikipedia calls it science fantasy, which I disagree with.