I don't want anyone (and especially MDG) to feel crowded in by strange scifi fans, but I just couldn't not say anything to this. And since t_eyla made it public, I hope this will be taken in the right way. :-)
I grew up loving scifi (I basically knew how to say "hi" in Klingon before I was able to tell my mother I'm hungry.) and the genre has always held a fascination for me that never gets old or can be reduced by a crappily produced german show (Raumschiff Orion).
For me scifi is all about HOPE. Because it usually shows us a version of how the future of mankind could be. And mostly this is a good version (except for Dystopias of course) and even if it is a negative version (like end of humanity etc.) it usually ends with the fact that mankind does survive. Mankind adjusts and moves on. And that's a good thing.
Like t_eyla said, scifi is about the BIG QUESTIONS of Life, the Universe and Everything. And it tries to give some answers. We (audience) might not agree with it, or might find it a little silly sometimes, or even wonder what the question was in the first place - but nevertheless we start to THINK about it. Scifi makes you wonder about more than just "will Jason marry Susie" or "Am I a circle person" - Not that these are bad questions, they're just examples off the top of my head. I believe that those questions seriously need to be answered, too, in one way or another. But scifi is generally concerned with the other sort of question (see above).
About Doctor Who (New Who): I think it is a very well done show. Of course it has some cheesy one-liners and a lot of shouting, but the latter just comes with the genre and the former... well, you can't tell me that there are no cheese one-liners in shows like House. And I have to tell you that I think House (at least the later seasons) is a lot shallower and less well done than Doctor Who in some aspects. Just take the issue of continuity, for example. In Doctor Who you have a continuity that not only lasts through a whole season (Bad Wolf), but also a continuity that lasts over 3 seasons (I'd give an example, but that would be spoilery, so I won't), and I bet if I knew some more Old Who there would be examples of even longer continuity here. Whereas in House, they are not even able to keep the continuity over two episodes. (Has anyone ever mentioned Tritter again, or the overdose on Christmas Eve...?) I'm not trying to make House look bad, or anything. I love House. House was my first fandom and it will always be some sort of home for me. I'm just trying to point out, that there are a lot of flaws in that show, that other shows don't have.
I know you're probably going to disagree, and if you really don't love scifi you might never be persuaded by me (not that that is a bad thing in itself, everyone is entitled to their own likes and dislikes) I just felt the need to defend my mostly loved genre. :-) /end/
I grew up loving scifi (I basically knew how to say "hi" in Klingon before I was able to tell my mother I'm hungry.) and the genre has always held a fascination for me that never gets old or can be reduced by a crappily produced german show (Raumschiff Orion).
For me scifi is all about HOPE. Because it usually shows us a version of how the future of mankind could be. And mostly this is a good version (except for Dystopias of course) and even if it is a negative version (like end of humanity etc.) it usually ends with the fact that mankind does survive. Mankind adjusts and moves on. And that's a good thing.
Like t_eyla said, scifi is about the BIG QUESTIONS of Life, the Universe and Everything. And it tries to give some answers. We (audience) might not agree with it, or might find it a little silly sometimes, or even wonder what the question was in the first place - but nevertheless we start to THINK about it.
Scifi makes you wonder about more than just "will Jason marry Susie" or "Am I a circle person" - Not that these are bad questions, they're just examples off the top of my head. I believe that those questions seriously need to be answered, too, in one way or another.
But scifi is generally concerned with the other sort of question (see above).
About Doctor Who (New Who): I think it is a very well done show. Of course it has some cheesy one-liners and a lot of shouting, but the latter just comes with the genre and the former... well, you can't tell me that there are no cheese one-liners in shows like House.
And I have to tell you that I think House (at least the later seasons) is a lot shallower and less well done than Doctor Who in some aspects. Just take the issue of continuity, for example. In Doctor Who you have a continuity that not only lasts through a whole season (Bad Wolf), but also a continuity that lasts over 3 seasons (I'd give an example, but that would be spoilery, so I won't), and I bet if I knew some more Old Who there would be examples of even longer continuity here.
Whereas in House, they are not even able to keep the continuity over two episodes. (Has anyone ever mentioned Tritter again, or the overdose on Christmas Eve...?)
I'm not trying to make House look bad, or anything. I love House. House was my first fandom and it will always be some sort of home for me. I'm just trying to point out, that there are a lot of flaws in that show, that other shows don't have.
I know you're probably going to disagree, and if you really don't love scifi you might never be persuaded by me (not that that is a bad thing in itself, everyone is entitled to their own likes and dislikes) I just felt the need to defend my mostly loved genre. :-)
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