Well, yeah, but that doesn't mean the idiots at Sci-fi channel weren't thinking the same thing.
I used to love Sci-fi channel. That former love just keeps plunging deeper into the negative numbers, nowadays.
I don't find that the average sci-fi fan is worth my time in discussion of cultural issues.
Uh... do you mean 'average Sci-fi channel fan' or 'average science- and/or speculative-fiction fan'? Because science fiction, as a genre, forms a better basis and forum for discussion of cultural issues than almost any other flavour of fiction. Just look at the likes of FSFFU, or the sorts of stories that tend to win the Hugo and Nebula awards each year. And even in terms of television programming, science fiction shows have a long history of tackling social, cultural and moral issues.
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Date: 2004-11-07 08:29 am (UTC)Well, yeah, but that doesn't mean the idiots at Sci-fi channel weren't thinking the same thing.
I used to love Sci-fi channel. That former love just keeps plunging deeper into the negative numbers, nowadays.
I don't find that the average sci-fi fan is worth my time in discussion of cultural issues.
Uh... do you mean 'average Sci-fi channel fan' or 'average science- and/or speculative-fiction fan'? Because science fiction, as a genre, forms a better basis and forum for discussion of cultural issues than almost any other flavour of fiction. Just look at the likes of FSFFU, or the sorts of stories that tend to win the Hugo and Nebula awards each year. And even in terms of television programming, science fiction shows have a long history of tackling social, cultural and moral issues.