Hi
I hope you guys won't mind me starting this thread.
I am a big science fiction fan, especially of sci-fi TV Series.
Anyway have seen a lot of posts doing the round where people stated that science fiction TV Series aren't given their dues, most people don't like watching science fiction etc. and that is the reason why most of these series have bad ratings, get cancelled after only a few seasons etc. etc.
Now I have a question...
Is that really a case or is it more a fact of the quality of some of these science fiction series being really bad.
For instance...I was a huge Star Trek fan, but could see the quality going down from Next Generation to Deep Space 9, Voyager and ending with Enterprise. Especially Enterprise had the potential to be great, but a lot of the episodes was just plain boring and surely people that don't like sci-fi overall won't bother to watch it then. Same for Voyager I guess.
The same with X-Files. That creator guy of theirs (can't remember his name) stated at the end he couldn't understand why the ratings went down since the quality was still the same. I just don't agree. You could clearly see how the quality of the story lines went down towards the end.
Now I believe that a good science fiction story should not just have excellent sci-fi storylines plots, but also excellent 3-dimensional characters with lots of angst, mixed with comedy and maybe even romance - then I am in seventh heaven myself. Especially Stargate had answered a lot of that criteria and maybe that is why it grew to be so popular???
I don't know whether this post makes sense, but basically my question is like I stated in the heading.
Is sci-fi stories really underated by most people or is it rather a fact of the quality of the story lines sucking big times sometimes and maybe that the writers of these series should look at some of the more popular TV Series to get an example of how storylines can be developed for maximum entertainment.
I hope you guys won't mind me starting this thread.
I am a big science fiction fan, especially of sci-fi TV Series.
Anyway have seen a lot of posts doing the round where people stated that science fiction TV Series aren't given their dues, most people don't like watching science fiction etc. and that is the reason why most of these series have bad ratings, get cancelled after only a few seasons etc. etc.
Now I have a question...
Is that really a case or is it more a fact of the quality of some of these science fiction series being really bad.
For instance...I was a huge Star Trek fan, but could see the quality going down from Next Generation to Deep Space 9, Voyager and ending with Enterprise. Especially Enterprise had the potential to be great, but a lot of the episodes was just plain boring and surely people that don't like sci-fi overall won't bother to watch it then. Same for Voyager I guess.
The same with X-Files. That creator guy of theirs (can't remember his name) stated at the end he couldn't understand why the ratings went down since the quality was still the same. I just don't agree. You could clearly see how the quality of the story lines went down towards the end.
Now I believe that a good science fiction story should not just have excellent sci-fi storylines plots, but also excellent 3-dimensional characters with lots of angst, mixed with comedy and maybe even romance - then I am in seventh heaven myself. Especially Stargate had answered a lot of that criteria and maybe that is why it grew to be so popular???
I don't know whether this post makes sense, but basically my question is like I stated in the heading.
Is sci-fi stories really underated by most people or is it rather a fact of the quality of the story lines sucking big times sometimes and maybe that the writers of these series should look at some of the more popular TV Series to get an example of how storylines can be developed for maximum entertainment.
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