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Article #2145Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
From: Jim G.
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:50
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:50
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shawn sent the following on Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:15:54 -0500: > On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:33:24 -0600, Jim G. > <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > >Jonathan Wilson sent the following on Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:05:12 +0800: > >> > care either way. Just be done with it and move on to the non-soapy > >> > stuff. Ideally, I'd like to see Juliet in on the secret once and for > >> I have seen far too many potentially good TV series ruined when the > >> producers started adding too much "soap" and not enough hard drama or > >> action (Jericho being one example I can think of) > > > >Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can > >string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so > >common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always > >bad. > > See "Revolution" as an example. Do I have to? -- Jim G. | A fan of the good and the bad, but not the mediocre "Good evening. I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time, and this is my wife." -- Madame Vastra, DOCTOR WHO
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From: Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid>
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Subject: Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:50:32 -0600
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