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Originally Posted by Connavar of Rigante  He does a have point cause he is talking about core sci-fi Tv audience.
People that feed on shows like Star Trek. Those are always more about how the aliens look, special effects than anything esle..... |
I don't disagree with what you say, but the reveerse is often the operative principle. TV is geared to the lowest common denominator. Always has been. Cable gives us some better choices, but to get the biggest demographic, you have to sell the product. So, in many ways, the bells & whistles (spaceships and aliens) are geared to the causal viewer as opposed to the "Hardcore Sci-Fi fan".
I'm not sure what that says about those of us who both read good SF and also happen to watch movies and tv in the genre. There are a lot of stinkers on tv and in the theaters. I'm not even a Battlestar fan. I preferred Firefly because the scripts were more imaginative and because it never tried to be something it wasn't. Hey, it was a western with a few gizmos thrown in.
Here's a thought: Compare the merits of the book Dune with the merits of the David Lynch film and the SciFi channel mini-series. Which of the three was most faithful to the concepts of the story and scenario involved? Never mind that the visual media efforts were based on the novel. Who portrayed it the best? How much "dumbing down" was there?
Does it even matter???
Jim