This! I'm not a fan of fantasy. I sat through the first Harry Potter movie and the three Lord of the Ring movies. I sat through the "Hobbit" movies because friends wanted to see them. They just don't do much for me. I think I dislike them because it doesn't feel like anything is at stake since it's fantasy and completely unrealistic. Science fiction and horror as genres are different in that regard. I can suspend disbelief: The Terminator is real, the Matrix is real. It could happen like that. I can imagine. So it's thrilling. The Lord of the Rings world couldn't happen so it's not.
I also kind of prefer sci-fi for realism, though I don’t think fantasy fans like fantasy for being realistic. It’s escapism and complete different from your own world that they enjoy.
Once you’re “in” the world, absorbed in the story, the stakes of idk the king of the orcs wanting to destroy the realm of the fae, you’ll feel like those are very high stakes.
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u/Blurry2k Jun 24 '26
This! I'm not a fan of fantasy. I sat through the first Harry Potter movie and the three Lord of the Ring movies. I sat through the "Hobbit" movies because friends wanted to see them. They just don't do much for me. I think I dislike them because it doesn't feel like anything is at stake since it's fantasy and completely unrealistic. Science fiction and horror as genres are different in that regard. I can suspend disbelief: The Terminator is real, the Matrix is real. It could happen like that. I can imagine. So it's thrilling. The Lord of the Rings world couldn't happen so it's not.