AoG World: But if you don't have a story to backup those images, and if you can't make an interior as wondrous as the exterior...wouldn't that be just as much of a copout, and maybe more? I rather like just imagining that world for myself. Letting it tease out ideas and stories in my head.
Ratings: People that shallow? I may believe people are capable of the best, but I never really underestimate their shallowness either, especially when it comes to TV. *snerk* And I think certainly in American TV, the sci fi stigma is pretty broad. I find it fascinating how Lost has managed to go so huge and so mainstream, because it pitched itself as a slightly weird survival drama and stays rooted in the people...they sneak the scifi elements in the back door, so people don't freak and run away like they do from Trek or Stargate...or even BSG, which itself does better than a lot of SciFi shows by avoiding aliens and minimalizing the robots. (Which is not knocking Lost, which I adore of course, just saying I find it interesting the little differences which make a show marketable.)
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Date: 2006-09-20 06:32 am (UTC)Ratings: People that shallow? I may believe people are capable of the best, but I never really underestimate their shallowness either, especially when it comes to TV. *snerk* And I think certainly in American TV, the sci fi stigma is pretty broad. I find it fascinating how Lost has managed to go so huge and so mainstream, because it pitched itself as a slightly weird survival drama and stays rooted in the people...they sneak the scifi elements in the back door, so people don't freak and run away like they do from Trek or Stargate...or even BSG, which itself does better than a lot of SciFi shows by avoiding aliens and minimalizing the robots. (Which is not knocking Lost, which I adore of course, just saying I find it interesting the little differences which make a show marketable.)