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<blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6157823" data-attributes="member: 17106"><p>What scifi show (or story in any medium) doesn't strain credulity?</p><p></p><p>We had that scifi vs. fantasy thread a while back and to my mind it's still pretty clear that most of the stuff produced as genre fiction is not remotely plausible and is often lacking even in internal logic.</p><p></p><p>The biggest reason that Star Trek has been so successful, in my mind, is that it was so ideologically different than everything else at the time it started. Humanism. Optimism. The belief that people will ultimately do the right thing. How many television shows focus on people who are irreligious, free from all the ills of our society, and get along in perfect (or at least decent) harmony? To this day, not many.</p><p></p><p>And, of course, there's plenty of entertaining characters, intellectual plots, and fun special effects. At its best, it's just good television.</p><p></p><p>Of course, given the less than harmonious people behind the scenes, and the natural erosion of quality over time, plenty of stupid stuff has been produced under the Trek name as well. Bottom line: all the other TV franchises wish they had as many chances to fail as Trek has.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ahnehnois, post: 6157823, member: 17106"] What scifi show (or story in any medium) doesn't strain credulity? We had that scifi vs. fantasy thread a while back and to my mind it's still pretty clear that most of the stuff produced as genre fiction is not remotely plausible and is often lacking even in internal logic. The biggest reason that Star Trek has been so successful, in my mind, is that it was so ideologically different than everything else at the time it started. Humanism. Optimism. The belief that people will ultimately do the right thing. How many television shows focus on people who are irreligious, free from all the ills of our society, and get along in perfect (or at least decent) harmony? To this day, not many. And, of course, there's plenty of entertaining characters, intellectual plots, and fun special effects. At its best, it's just good television. Of course, given the less than harmonious people behind the scenes, and the natural erosion of quality over time, plenty of stupid stuff has been produced under the Trek name as well. Bottom line: all the other TV franchises wish they had as many chances to fail as Trek has. [/QUOTE]
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