I wonder, now that SF movies dominate the summer blockbuster market, and shows with SF elements are all over TV, if it's true anymore.
It is. Absolutely. And I can assure you of that from my own experience. You wouldn't believe the number of teenagers I've come across who wrinkle up their noses at the words Star Wars. I was shocked when I first encountered the phenomenon, but it's there. I had a student last year literally wail when I said them, whining and moaning about how much she hated anything that wasn't "reality"--which, she later defined for me, did not mean she hated all fiction, just stuff set in an "unreal" world. She literally could not abide even the thought of it, and because she can't, she's immune to the effects of SF shows on TV, as I expect many others are--because she refuses to watch them. So saturation is not, IMHO, a valid issue here. People who hate SF hate it across the board from a very young age, avoid it henceforth, and that's that.
Their loss, really, but based on what I've seen even among teens, he's spot on.
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Date: 2009-08-10 12:33 am (UTC)It is. Absolutely. And I can assure you of that from my own experience. You wouldn't believe the number of teenagers I've come across who wrinkle up their noses at the words Star Wars. I was shocked when I first encountered the phenomenon, but it's there. I had a student last year literally wail when I said them, whining and moaning about how much she hated anything that wasn't "reality"--which, she later defined for me, did not mean she hated all fiction, just stuff set in an "unreal" world. She literally could not abide even the thought of it, and because she can't, she's immune to the effects of SF shows on TV, as I expect many others are--because she refuses to watch them. So saturation is not, IMHO, a valid issue here. People who hate SF hate it across the board from a very young age, avoid it henceforth, and that's that.
Their loss, really, but based on what I've seen even among teens, he's spot on.