Ooh, that struck a sore point with me :) Comedic sci-fi has a rich history. Douglas Adams created many a sci-fi fan through is comedic work. The man was a master, and I believe his works should be on everyone's "must read" list. Adams and the "Dr. Who" series are almost single-handedly responsible for converting my son into a hardcore sci-fi fan.
The other day my son, who is 11 years old, walked up to me and said: "Dad, I've been thinking about something. It seems like Star Wars should be called 'science fantasy' rather than 'science fiction'. I mean, you could totally change the world into a medieval world and the story would still work." I was so proud of him :) Nat On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Todd Newton <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps, but my point still stands, comedy dressed as SCI-FI (or as I > call it COM-FI) detracts away from solid SCI-FI. > > But you might be right John, a big part of that might be the team at Syfy > losing there direction, i just hope in the future we can begin to see > shows similar to SG1 and Babylon5 reappear on our TV screens. > ------------------------------ > -- Sent from my Crappy Laptop (tm) using a poor excuse for a web browser.
