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Dec 5, 2022
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DirtyWater
Intervention Needed
IOW, lazy writers. And that is exactly what it looks like. SciFi is supposed to
be about contemporary issues almost always. The SciFi genre gives a writer greater flexibility and sharper tools to make his argument.
When they simply set everything in present day L.A., the experiment is diluted.
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StarTrek shows where the crew runs around on present day earth are the worst.
DirtyWater
12/5/22 12:46pm
Counterpoint
mannheimadler
12/5/22 12:48pm
This—Star Trek IV was great.
CougSilver
12/5/22 12:52pm
RE: StarTrek shows where the crew runs around on present day earth are the worst.
Bert609
12/5/22 12:49pm
I thought the one in Voyager was decent.
Faceman
12/5/22 12:52pm
Any sci-fi where all the references are abt our present is bad.
ReiUrso
12/5/22 12:53pm
Exactly - how often do we talk about something from 1822?
compcoug
12/5/22 12:58pm
They'll probably remember the period and a few big names.
ReiUrso
12/5/22 1:04pm
Except for Futurama.
DB Cooper
12/5/22 1:07pm
Came here to say this.
jmorrrrr
12/5/22 2:22pm
It was usually just an excuse for the writers to comment on contemporary issues.
swingcat
12/5/22 12:54pm
IOW, lazy writers. And that is exactly what it looks like. SciFi is supposed to
DirtyWater
12/5/22 1:02pm
The once a season time travel to contemporary earth episodes were fun.
valleus
12/5/22 12:57pm
They weren't even that frequent. How often did it happen, really?
Eddie
12/5/22 12:59pm
TOS has several where they fought Nazis and 1920s gangsters. DS9 had
valleus
12/5/22 1:14pm
RE: StarTrek shows where the crew runs around on present day earth are the
Six Foot Seven
12/5/22 1:02pm
The best, and award winning, original Star Trek episode dealt with the crew running around present day earth.
Bert609
12/5/22 1:09pm
That was not the best episode you claud
TNT
12/5/22 1:15pm
Which one would you view as the best? Not arguing, just curious.
Faceman
12/5/22 3:53pm
Probably the Tribbles one. Fascinating insights into tribble reproduction
TNT
12/5/22 4:32pm
It was by far the best time travel episode, or do you prefer
Bert609
12/5/22 4:23pm
It was a really good episode. Definitely the best time travel one. Best best evr
TNT
12/5/22 4:32pm
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