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rurounihime) wrote2006-10-09 07:52 pm
rurounihime) wrote2006-10-09 07:52 pm
Thoughts on SciFi
It's kind of funny to watch the progression of a genre. I recently purchased the entire run of Space: Above and Beyond, a series I loved up until it was cancelled - rather unexpectedly in my opinion - and of course, afterwards as well. Looking back on it now, I can see so many inspirations in it for space-based shows that came after, and it's just neat to track the genre as it develops on television.
The most ground-breaking series in the genre, in my opinion, are:
~Star Trek, of course. No way that can be denied.
~Space: Above and Beyond. Definitely a new take, not on the distant future, but on the more immediate future, which is not often attempted in the genre.
~Firefly. I mean, who else could ever come up with a space-western? It's wonderful. (And the interesting thing is, watching S:A&B, I would be willing to bet money that Whedon watched it too.)
I don't watch Battlestar Galactica, but I have a feeling that it's also making a lot of headway, from what I've heard.
Some honourable mentions:
~Stargate SG-1: by virtue of its fascinating blend of faith and science;
~Farscape: took the idea of Star Trek and just flipped it on its head, beat the crud out of it, and popped off scintillating jokes all the while... with puppets;
~LEXX: talk about your weird. Definitely worth a watch just for the utter kink.
And then of course, there's Futurama. *grins*
So I am wondering, what is your take on this genre, f-list?
The most ground-breaking series in the genre, in my opinion, are:
~Star Trek, of course. No way that can be denied.
~Space: Above and Beyond. Definitely a new take, not on the distant future, but on the more immediate future, which is not often attempted in the genre.
~Firefly. I mean, who else could ever come up with a space-western? It's wonderful. (And the interesting thing is, watching S:A&B, I would be willing to bet money that Whedon watched it too.)
I don't watch Battlestar Galactica, but I have a feeling that it's also making a lot of headway, from what I've heard.
Some honourable mentions:
~Stargate SG-1: by virtue of its fascinating blend of faith and science;
~Farscape: took the idea of Star Trek and just flipped it on its head, beat the crud out of it, and popped off scintillating jokes all the while... with puppets;
~LEXX: talk about your weird. Definitely worth a watch just for the utter kink.
And then of course, there's Futurama. *grins*
So I am wondering, what is your take on this genre, f-list?
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even though its Sci/fi, there seem to be no aliens or alien forms of life -- everything is completely, utterly human and mundane
There are definitely two types of space-exploration-sci-fi: the kind like Firefly, which takes the stance that the only higher lifeform in the universe is the human (Stargate did that too, briefly, with another alien spreading humans across the universe to use as slaves), and the kind like Star Wars, which gives us all shapes and sizes of alien (the most recent example of this, I think, would be Farscape, which utilized puppets to great effect). It really makes for some different stuff, doesn't it? I love both stances, as long as they are done well, and originally.