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Science Fiction has become a poisoned well . .
7-27-06
| Marc Costanzo
Posted on 07/27/2006 6:49:43 PM PDT by marc costanzo
The essay below was originally written in the early Spring of 2001:
With the passing away of LEXX ends an intriguing albeit tawdry experiment in Sci-fantasy. One that breaks with conventions, or should I say cliches of TV sci-fi of the 90's . The politically correct pabulum, the multicultural indoctrination, the BladeRunner motifs, and not the least; the steroid mutated superbabes that can punch the lights out of men, but never get punched back in return !?
How about creating a new sci-fi anthology with none of the puerile baggage of Rod Serling, Rockne Obannon, Michael J. Stracinsky, etc .. It is time to end their reign of un-American cynicism and fatalism !
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Philosophy; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: canada; entertainment; fiction; firefly; heinlein; lexx; media; sciencefiction; scifi; serenity; tv; vanity
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To: DBrow
add Lois McMaster Bujold and Kristine Smith
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posted on
07/27/2006 10:54:23 PM PDT
by
hocndoc
(http://www.lifeethics.org/www.lifeethics.org/index.html)
To: calljack
How many did they want?
BWAHAHAHA!
Recall the WHAT IF episodes on SNL ?
"What if Napoleon had had the H-bomb at Waterloo?"
"What if Eleanor Roosevelt could fly?" - "Well, ... she would be extreeeemly vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire."
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posted on
07/27/2006 11:02:33 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: marc costanzo
Sci Fi Channel != science fiction
To: marc costanzo; Liberty Valance
Back off! There's nothing puerile or unamerican about Rod Serling. He was a paratrooper in WW II who earned a purple heart and a bronze star. As far as I'm concerned he set the bar for television scifi back before anyone else even realized what was possible.
Yeah, I know, you've seen it all before... but Serling was there first. Further, he wrote and awful lot of those shows himself. Modern televison's scifi stands on his shoulders.
Sterling led the way, and he was as All American as they come. You leave Rod Serling alone. p>
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posted on
07/27/2006 11:07:09 PM PDT
by
Brucifer
(JF'n Kerry- "That's not just a paper cut, it's a Purple Heart!")
To: Brucifer
You tell'em Brucifer! Glad to see you posting.
Now get back to work on your book!!!
;o)
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posted on
07/27/2006 11:09:54 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: LRS
To: calljack
I just read an alternate history where the confederate army was supplied with as many AK-47's as they wanted. This was the first book of a Harry Turtledove series which is still ongoing.
To: zeugma
As others have pointed out... There are no muslims in the future... Cast your uncritical eye on Frank Herbert's Dune series.
228
posted on
07/27/2006 11:13:52 PM PDT
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional.)
To: RedStateRocker
Eisenhorn is pretty good.
The Horus Heresy just rocks. You really, genuinely want to root for the guy to not be corrupted.
To: Brucifer; All
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posted on
07/27/2006 11:23:34 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: Brucifer
BRAVO !
To: KevinDavis
Kindly add me to your ping list!
To: marc costanzo
"the Honor Harrington books"
Those would make great sci-fi movies...or at least some great Sci-fi Channel mini-series!
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posted on
07/28/2006 4:15:23 AM PDT
by
mdmathis6
(Proof against evolution:"Man is the only creature that blushes, or needs to" M.Twain)
To: ScreamingFist
Dan Simmons, great choice. Dont forget that in the War on Terror (radical Islam), he is very pro-America, pro-West. He took alot of heat for that short story of his "Time Traveler".
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posted on
07/28/2006 4:26:07 AM PDT
by
Paradox
(Removing all Doubt since 1998!)
To: GreenOgre
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posted on
07/28/2006 4:41:44 AM PDT
by
mcar
To: narses
236
posted on
07/28/2006 5:15:16 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: calljack
237
posted on
07/28/2006 5:15:44 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: calljack
Wrong -- but thanks for playing.
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posted on
07/28/2006 5:16:26 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: BlazingArizona
Actually, THE GUNS OF THE SOUTH is not part of the current "alternate history of the USA and CSA" seies. It's a stand-alone work.
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posted on
07/28/2006 5:18:32 AM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: Oztrich Boy
His instruction to Nathan Fillion on playing
Matt Malcolm Reynolds was "John Wayne"
< /nitpick mode>
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posted on
07/28/2006 5:21:09 AM PDT
by
RebelBanker
(If you can't do something smart, do something right.)
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