Lately I've been hearing people saying that the new Galactica kinda' killed space-based SF on TV.
The argument is that it was really popular for a bit there, so everyone wanted to imitate it to one extent or another, but then somewhere in season 3 it sort of stumbled and lost the interest of most casual viewers. It kind of staggered to a halt, and the finale was widely regarded as terrible. I myself actually think the finale was so bad that it undid everything good about the series, and turned EVERYTHING into a combination of Deus ex Machina and "A Wizard Did It." (That was full disclosure there) This then soured everyone on space-based shows, and that was that.
Myself, even though the RDM BSG outstayed its welcome, I don't really buy the theory, since the only space-based series that was terribly "Galacticaish" was SGU. Of course some argue that SGA was cancelled a year early to allow them to make SGU, so I guess that's possible, but I'm not really buying it.
Anyway: Discuss!
1) Did BSG kinda' kill space-based SF on TV?
2) In a larger sense, can a show's own popularity become disadvantageous for its genre as a whole?
The argument is that it was really popular for a bit there, so everyone wanted to imitate it to one extent or another, but then somewhere in season 3 it sort of stumbled and lost the interest of most casual viewers. It kind of staggered to a halt, and the finale was widely regarded as terrible. I myself actually think the finale was so bad that it undid everything good about the series, and turned EVERYTHING into a combination of Deus ex Machina and "A Wizard Did It." (That was full disclosure there) This then soured everyone on space-based shows, and that was that.
Myself, even though the RDM BSG outstayed its welcome, I don't really buy the theory, since the only space-based series that was terribly "Galacticaish" was SGU. Of course some argue that SGA was cancelled a year early to allow them to make SGU, so I guess that's possible, but I'm not really buying it.
Anyway: Discuss!
1) Did BSG kinda' kill space-based SF on TV?
2) In a larger sense, can a show's own popularity become disadvantageous for its genre as a whole?
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