What is it about sci fi that you like? I just don't 'get it'.
Alt: breasts mainly.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:16, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Different people liking different things shocker

( Kroney, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:18, Reply)

Apart from breasts

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:18, Reply)

Yes, that's why I am seeking to understand the appeal.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:19, Reply)

It's like trying to explain to someone why blondes are more attractive than brunettes.
Just personal taste, innit.

Personally, I love the limitless possibilities of scifi. And, as with all fiction/literature, part of the appeal is imagining yourself in the hero's role. That's why kids are taught to identify with brave knights and princesses when they read fairy stories.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:22, Reply)

Mine has always identified with the baddies in every book he has ever read.
I suspect he will one day attempt to take over the world.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:24, Reply)

What makes me lol
is that despite the so-called limitless possibilities of the genre what you inevitably end up with is, to quote R Lyon, 'EastEnders in space'.

This is because, despite the surface waqqqiness of having spaceships etc most stories of any kind fit into a very small variety of choices, from 'quest' yarns to 'self-discovery' ones etc. Thus I say to you that this so called limitlessness is PURELY ILLUSORY.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:25, Reply)

Don't they say there are only five archetypes of story, or something?
Have you honestly never been a fan of any kind of fiction?

You're dead inside, Monty. DEAD.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:26, Reply)

I have indeed, including some sci fi and fantasy stuff.
The dross/quality ratio in all forms of entertainment is depressingly skewed in favour of SHIT, and it makes me very sad.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:29, Reply)

Your favourites being Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:30, Reply)

*gnashes teeth in loathing*
Bruce Dickinson books.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:32, Reply)

What does kiddo like to read?
or have read to her, I suppose. Four's maybe a bit young for reading books, isn't it? I can't remember that far back.

If you like historic fact, do you ever read historic fiction? Sharpe, and that? Or Ken Follett? He's supposed to be good.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:32, Reply)

She's been reading and writing for a while.
Just words rather than sentences but still v good progress. She likes Paddington Bear a lot, AA Milne and some utter shit her povvo Kent family have got her. My bro bought her a heritage edition of Hans Andersen illustrated by Edmund du Lac. They bought her 'The Rescuers Down Under'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:34, Reply)

Have you seen Katie Morag?
They're children's books about a little red headed Scots girl from the islands - I get the feeling she's like those.

According to Amazon, there's even a story about trying to get her two grannies to get along...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_9_6?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=katie+morag+collection&sprefix=katie+%2Cstripbooks%2C452
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:38, Reply)

Oh nice. Thanks b3th.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:40, Reply)

Teach her to embrace her porridge roots.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:42, Reply)

That's why I took her to see 'Brave'. It was jolly good actually.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:44, Reply)

She likes that Donaldson woman wot done the Gruffalo etc. As do I .

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:41, Reply)

I read loads of historical fiction btw

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:35, Reply)

James Michener's historical fiction is good
if rather long.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:36, Reply)

Long is good.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:44, Reply)

Try "Covenant"
about South Africa, right back to before Cecil Rhodes and all that.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:47, Reply)

Ta, Loakers.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:48, Reply)

WhuchootalkinboutWillislolz

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:21, Reply)

Alright Phillip Drummond

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:22, Reply)

depends on how it's used but it's a great way to tell a story which obeys its own rules and is less restricted.
In the second or third series of BSG some of the humans were under occupation and to fight back they started using torture, targeted assainations and suicide bombers.
In 2006 in a prime time TV series suicide bombers were heroes, but they could that aired, because it was in this fictional universe.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:20, Reply)

Also there's an awful lot of drama that is based on constant threat and isolation.
Das boot springs to mind but also Zulu and a few others. Sci Fi programs seem to have that as a common theme, especially ones which involve space travel.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:23, Reply)

Das Boot was amazing
Even the theme tune
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:23, Reply)

aka it's been done to death

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:24, Reply)

Says Mr History program

(PsychoChomp, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:25, Reply)

ziz iz a zing

(PsychoChomp, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:25, Reply)

It's a shit one.
New things about history are being discovered all the time.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:30, Reply)

Yeah and the formular has changed loads since Civilization.
Man standing in ruin, voice over, music, moving camera over static image, battle sounds etc.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:35, Reply)

I think it's achingly beautiful the way they obey their own rules and are less restricted.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:23, Reply)

Thank you for the explanation.
I still don't think I'll be watching things like Dr Who or stuff. As B3th said - personal taste innit.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:29, Reply)

GIve Falling Skies a try, Batts.
It's mostly about people trying to survive after the end of the world. The fact that it's got aliens in it is almost incidental until the middle of the series.
( Kroney, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:41, Reply)

Jericho was fairly similar
except that the antagonists were terrorists rather than aliens.
Not that it was properly explored, as they cancelled it after one series. Then brought it back and cancelled it again.
Tch, eh?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:44, Reply)

Jericho was an excellent series.
The very first episode in particular.
( Kroney, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:45, Reply)

It's a shame they had to rush and fit a whole series into five minutes at the end, when they knew it definitely wasn't coming back.
They did the same with Caprica as well, which was a shame.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:49, Reply)

And Studio 60

(PsychoChomp, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:53, Reply)

Don't know tha one.
Is it worth looking up?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:54, Reply)

Written by the Guy who did the west wing, it's got Chandler from friends in.
The main thing is that it's excellent.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 20 Sep 2012, 16:55, Reply)