tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010521712102393585.post4635393934170888236..comments2023-10-16T15:00:57.709+01:00Comments on Right by the Medway – John Ward: Actors in American Sci-FiJohn M Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251285057595626917noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010521712102393585.post-20517815707389896582012-09-29T12:43:25.635+01:002012-09-29T12:43:25.635+01:00I must admit to never really having seen "B5&...I must admit to never really having seen "B5", but I think I will try and get copies and watch thm. The same with "Deep Space 9."<br /><br />Whatever happens, they (anything "Star Trek") ARE good to watch.<br /><br />Thanks for the interchange. I have enjoyed it.<br /><br />Ragnar.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010521712102393585.post-70680128535428340142012-09-29T10:33:14.882+01:002012-09-29T10:33:14.882+01:00There is a lot of 'writing by committee' i...There is a lot of 'writing by committee' in the USA, leading to generic and repetitive storylines. Also, the basic premises are limited in range to some extent.<br /><br />Star Trek: The Next Generation and ST: Voyager were notorious for this, the former all too often fitted within the formula 'character of the week (Troi story; Riker story; Data story etc) / particle of the week (John M Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251285057595626917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010521712102393585.post-70285487276428506272012-09-29T01:08:35.309+01:002012-09-29T01:08:35.309+01:00The trouble is, there are not SO many "storie...The trouble is, there are not SO many "stories" that you can play with.<br /><br />O.K. So, Seven Samurai, became Magnificen seven, and led, If I remember rightly, to the Clint Eastwood "man with no name gendré.<br /><br />I feel that in the last few.... na I don't know how old the episodes are when WE get them, but say seasons, even Star trek is seven samurai, and any number Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010521712102393585.post-33332964236445399652012-09-28T16:29:02.236+01:002012-09-28T16:29:02.236+01:00It's not a matter of 'topping' necessa...It's not a matter of 'topping' necessarily (although many series have done so) but of being a different story, so that one doesn't get into a one-dimensional mindset.<br /><br />The whole point of the genre, when properly done, is to make us think in a different way by confronting us with new scenarios, so we need a range of sufficiently different series, movies or whatever to John M Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251285057595626917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010521712102393585.post-17642514326242465912012-09-28T12:18:51.707+01:002012-09-28T12:18:51.707+01:00I DID have a great interest in Sci-Fi. But I think...I DID have a great interest in Sci-Fi. But I think, in some ways, it was spoiled by the Star Trek series. I mean, how can you top that?<br /><br />"Das Boot" did the same for submarine war films. <br /><br />For me, any way.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010521712102393585.post-58937478309778290922012-09-28T10:51:22.547+01:002012-09-28T10:51:22.547+01:00That's what I'm getting at in that point: ...That's what I'm getting at in that point: most people would recognise the images of those who keep popping up in these series, but they wouldn't recognise the names.<br /><br />I am the odd one (as I indicated) by actually bothering to find out who they are and memorising that info: I don't expect anyone else to do so, though you are very welcome if you ever become that interestedJohn M Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251285057595626917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1010521712102393585.post-35878557951559907362012-09-28T09:49:29.007+01:002012-09-28T09:49:29.007+01:00XX Brian Blessed and Timothy Dalton...XX
I know w...XX Brian Blessed and Timothy Dalton...XX<br /><br />I know who those two are. The others, and I mean 100% of them, I have never heard of in my bloody LIFE.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.com