RE: Battlestar Galactica would have flourished on the golf channel | Report this post to moderator
By: GreatCzarsGhost (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:50:55 on Jul 31, 2005

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Its not only a change, its a degrade. Which is why Star Trek should not follow the trend. Which is also why it died. Probably.

I don't think your right about shows like Battlestar Galactica being a degraded science fiction TV show. I use BG as an example of current Sci Fi because it's probably the best of the current Sci Fi on TV at the moment. BG deals with questions about Religion, What is "Human", When does a free democratic society peel away parts of itself for safety, just for starters.

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about Action and Conflict.

You spell these words with upper case, as if they're some kind of grand thing. They're not... Besides, didn't ENT season 3 have enough action for you? If not, you should realise by now that its YOU who have failed Trek. But Trek has not failed you.

Well my English teacher once told our class that Conflict is the basis for every good story ever told. And Action has become a necessity in story telling these days. There's plenty of both n ST but I believe it's the pacing of that action that leaves Enterprise wanting. Just shoe horning a phaser fight into a talking heads story doesn't work. And this is what they usually did on Enterprise. If you can tell your Concept within the conflict part of the story your way ahead as the action doesn't feel made up or shoe horned in. BG does this really well and it works.

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as soon as you get "conceptional" your audience changes channels or dozes off.

Maybe. I'm horrified by the fact that higher intelligence is a dying concept.

It's not hard to tell a great high concept story without making sound like it's talking down to the audience. In fact, that's the best way to tell the story.

Lastly, on our comments about the Star Trek Concept being about a better future, I would agree if it's told in a compelling and entertaining way. It's clear they failed with Enterprise because it was neither compelling or entertaining as the low ratings showed. BUT.. remember it's the audience that determines if the show is compelling and entertaining. That's why I originally posted that Star Trek needs to change and do stories that appeal to the current viewer.

In other words, if you don't adapt to changing times your going to die.




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