Originally posted by Saquist
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Frankly, I'm disturbed that you're only willing to accept one type of storytelling as valid. Isn't the entire point of fiction to broaden one's own perspective by showing things outside one's personal experience? I should think that a broadened perspective would be able to accept that different people tell different stories in different ways, and that this is a good thing.
I've observed people most of my life. What I've found is that there are very very few people that makes things happen. Have you ever heard of the 80 Percentile Rule? (Pareto's Principle, the 80-20 rule) If not do a little research.It's fascinating, but suffice to say 80 percent of us are bystandards. Things happen to us or we watch while things happen and the remaining 20 percent are instigators or responders or victims.
The truth is most people don't have the motivation to cause things to just happen. We walk through our lives feeling helpless, aimless as though there is no control at all. We get sick and we trust when we are told we will die. Some people don't trust that, they find another way.
On SGU, there is only one person of the 20 percentile on the show. Rush.
But is he a responder, victim or instigator?
The truth is most people don't have the motivation to cause things to just happen. We walk through our lives feeling helpless, aimless as though there is no control at all. We get sick and we trust when we are told we will die. Some people don't trust that, they find another way.
On SGU, there is only one person of the 20 percentile on the show. Rush.
But is he a responder, victim or instigator?
I too must be honest. I think it's fairly obvious.
The similarity is that they are all character driven shows.
The similarity is that they are all character driven shows.
You like most people live in a world of have and have not's.
If you have a little, then you have.
If you don't have everything, then you have not. I don't think by the same standards.
If you have a little, then you have.
If you don't have everything, then you have not. I don't think by the same standards.
I do not think a show must be heavy on anything. I only require balance.
Personally, I think the balance can only be judged when looking at the work as a whole. Not every episode has to be a perfect mesh of plot and character. A lot of shows do a "day in the life" episode sooner or later to offset more plot-heavy episodes. That's why I have no problem with Life. It wasn't trying to be about the plot. It was about the characters and how they're coping, or not, in their various ways. It succeeded in telling its own story, and it contributed to the overall story of the show. That's the only thing I figure I have the right to expect from any episode of this show, and so far, it hasn't let me down.
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