Analyzing Sci-Fi Fans
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Originally posted by elfie:
helloslop: this post was asking people TO describe why people like what they like… i was hardly the only one going into depth on my thoughts of the scifi shows Holt asked about. if having “no quality control” on what you bother watching is a virtue to you, then more power to ya because at least you’ll be easily amused. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
I don’t think that anyone was saying anything about having “no quality control.” I think that Slop was just saying that there is *no* perfect show out there, and if you scrutinize too harshly that you’ll never get any enjoyment out of anything. If you don’t think that the plotting of the episodes is up to standards, that’s your opinion, and you’re welcome to it. I personally am enjoying this more than any of the previous seasons, but that’s just my opinion. Personally, I prefer more stand-alone comedic episodes, with a bit of connective tissue to link the episodes together, and this one pulls it off more successfully than Season 2, IMO. Season 2 was basically a bunch of isolated incidents, which all ended with Mantrid drones flying in and destroying the place. This season, the writers seem to be better at allowing these isolated incidents to build on each other, rather than just standing alone, and there is a constant presence of recurring characters (besides the crew) that allow for a fluidity in storytelling that wasn’t present in S2. In Season 3, the Beans just didn’t know how to extend this story over 13 episodes. The filler stands out as filler, and is obviously not serving the story. As such, it comes across as a mish-mash of “story arc” vs. “stand-alone.” There are individual episodes that stand out, and I love the overall tone and characterization, but it’s not as solidly done as either S2 or S4. I’m not a huge fan of Season 1 as a complete unit, as I think that it suffers the same fate as S3. IWHS and GS work nicely together, but SN and EP stand out jarringly in comparison. Not that I don’t like them individually, but they don’t gel as a whole.
But that’s just my opinion. I could be wrong.
The thing I disagree with about your previous post, though, elfie, is that you seem to imply that unless you know/have met the actors or the Beans, you can’t like the episodes in general. That without this connection that it’s like watching someone else’s home movies. This, of course, is completely inaccurate. I know many people who like LEXX, and indeed like this season, and have never met *anyone* involved in the production of the series. Take me, for instance. I don’t know anyone involved. Have never personally spoken to *anyone* having anything to do with LEXX. Never even exchanged emails with anyone involved, unless you count sending Mamabear a couple of links about Craig Charles. While I’m working on the DVDs of the show, all of the correspondence is handled by people above me, and that correspondence is with people in the Digital arm of Salter. And I think this season features some of the Beans’ best work.
And if you prefer the scifi.com bb’s fan fiction to S4, I don’t know if you should be making statements about “quality control.” [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
–Aleck