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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-07-05 03:38 PM
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6. True - but I'm more thinking of the characters involved.
Star Trek, Andromeda, Babylon Five, the Alien movies - they're all members of some sort of paramilitary organization.
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  -Why is so much TV and movie Sci-Fi invariably the armed forces in space? Wat_Tyler  Mar-07-05 03:32 PM   #0 
  - Post WWII phenomena only  happyslug   Mar-07-05 03:35 PM   #1 
  - That's quite true.  Wat_Tyler   Mar-07-05 03:37 PM   #4 
     - I corrected my mistake  happyslug   Mar-07-05 03:39 PM   #8 
  - Probably because most science fiction worlds  spunky   Mar-07-05 03:36 PM   #2 
  - True - but I'm more thinking of the characters involved.  Wat_Tyler   Mar-07-05 03:38 PM   #6 
     - Because the military (or paramilitary) are most likely to have the  spunky   Mar-07-05 03:41 PM   #11 
        - Maybe I'm asking 'why isn't on-screen SciFi more creative with character'?  Wat_Tyler   Mar-07-05 03:44 PM   #12 
           - I agree. If you want good, non-military sci-fi, check out  spunky   Mar-07-05 03:49 PM   #14 
              - Yeah. I've read a few, and it's very well written stuff.  Wat_Tyler   Mar-07-05 03:51 PM   #16 
                 - I think sci-fi wrtiers tend to be more interested in overarching,  spunky   Mar-07-05 03:54 PM   #21 
                    - That rings true.  Wat_Tyler   Mar-07-05 03:58 PM   #24 
  - They know it sells?  Dufaeth   Mar-07-05 03:37 PM   #3 
  - It was thought only the military had the budget to do it  AllegroRondo   Mar-07-05 03:38 PM   #5 
  - Why are so many toys militaristic? n/t  redqueen   Mar-07-05 03:38 PM   #7 
  - An equally interesting point.  Wat_Tyler   Mar-07-05 03:40 PM   #9 
  - Name a new transport paradigm that wasn't immediately militarized.  Lone Pawn   Mar-07-05 03:40 PM   #10 
  - True, but aren't there other stories to tell -  Wat_Tyler   Mar-07-05 03:46 PM   #13 
     - Those usually make the best sci-fi stories, yes.  Lone Pawn   Mar-07-05 03:51 PM   #17 
  - Because there is a large supply of military stories.  Kellanved   Mar-07-05 03:50 PM   #15 
  - Great point, Kellanved  Wat_Tyler   Mar-07-05 03:53 PM   #19 
     - "speculative fiction"  tigereye   Mar-07-05 04:00 PM   #25 
        - William Gibson? (cyber-punk) n/t  spunky   Mar-07-05 04:06 PM   #26 
           - right I always forget his name  tigereye   Mar-07-05 04:19 PM   #28 
  - Because it's more fun than a bunch of stoned dirty hippies...  Placebo   Mar-07-05 03:52 PM   #18 
  - Actually, I'd watch that.  asthmaticeog   Mar-07-05 03:54 PM   #20 
     - Sounds like 'Dark Star' to me.  Wat_Tyler   Mar-07-05 03:54 PM   #22 
     - I was thinking the same thing. lol. n/t  spunky   Mar-07-05 03:56 PM   #23 
  - There was some sci-fi show on tv a couple of years ago...  igil   Mar-07-05 04:17 PM   #27 
     - yup. made by Joss Wheedon, who did Buffy the Vampire Slayer  spunky   Mar-07-05 04:49 PM   #29 
        - I forgot about Farscape.  igil   Mar-07-05 05:19 PM   #30 
 

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