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Originally Posted by MaverickZer0
I would also say that Stargate isn't as 'soft' as you think it is.
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Stargate is soft in the traditional definitions of "hard" and "soft" scifi. Like Gatac said, hard scifi is all about the science, while soft scifi is all about the fiction. I find most hard scifi boring because the characters, the plot, everything, is just a means to exploring scientific theory. Most other people would too, which is why hard scifi will probably never make it into a TV series.
Stargate *is* realistic about the scifi. You're right that it's modern humans with modern technology, trying to integrate scifi magic tech into their stuff, but it's still scifi magic tech, like other scifi shows. X-files was similar: Modern humans with modern technology, while aliens, governments, and secret cabals had scifi magic tech. But a sense of realism or plausibility isn't quite what hard scifi is.