shanesemler

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There’s a big difference between Hollywood sci-fi and sci-fi in literature. The best science fiction literature is about big ideas, expanding one’s mind beyond the mundane. Hollywood thinks it’s about splashy effects, technobabble and worse of all, social commentary. I predict a ratings slide for the new season of Battlestar Galactica. I hate when hollywood thinks that for sci-fi to be relevant, it must club you over the head with it’s parallels to real world events. Such is the unfortunate case of the new season of Battlestar. Sci-fi is an escape, I dont want Iraq in space, thank you very much. Hear that splash? It’s Fonzie, he just landed after jumping the shark.