

My preference is for when the sci-fi setting is so fundamental to the story that the same story could not be retold in another setting. Like the basic story of star wars could be reframed as a cowboy epic with a few wizards or a scientist instead of jedi and it’d still work. Those kind of sci-fi books tend to not get filmed tho.
Depends on the specific coffee or beer. Extreme temperatures dull our sense of flavour, so a shitty coffee can taste fine if its very hot, or a crappy beer can taste fine if it’s super cold. This is why Coors Light ads are hilarious. They focus on the cold because it’s a requirement to make it drinkable, and there’s nothing else good they could say about it without lying.