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<blockquote data-quote="dbm" data-source="post: 7091573" data-attributes="member: 8014"><p>In terms of the TV question, I think fantasy has been handled in a more childish way than sci-fi in the past. Star Trek was addressing serious issues a long way back in sci-fi (indeed, one of the more common working definitions of hard sci-fi is that it changes one aspect of the world and ask what would that mean). Fantasy was about faries and witches; tarred with the negative brush of primitive superstition. </p><p></p><p>I think GoT is a watershed moment for fantasy on TV, and yet to be replicated. Even the Shannara series (a post-GoT fantasy series) doesn't come anywhere close in terms of production values and addressing real issues that people car about (GoT is a soap opera with swords and dragons, in effect, but done extremely well). Perhaps True Blood came close in terms of urban fantasy, until it started to jump the shark. Though it predates GoT, of course. </p><p></p><p>Let's hope another GoT comes along in a fantasy vein. The anointed successor was West World which was great but obviously not fantasy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dbm, post: 7091573, member: 8014"] In terms of the TV question, I think fantasy has been handled in a more childish way than sci-fi in the past. Star Trek was addressing serious issues a long way back in sci-fi (indeed, one of the more common working definitions of hard sci-fi is that it changes one aspect of the world and ask what would that mean). Fantasy was about faries and witches; tarred with the negative brush of primitive superstition. I think GoT is a watershed moment for fantasy on TV, and yet to be replicated. Even the Shannara series (a post-GoT fantasy series) doesn't come anywhere close in terms of production values and addressing real issues that people car about (GoT is a soap opera with swords and dragons, in effect, but done extremely well). Perhaps True Blood came close in terms of urban fantasy, until it started to jump the shark. Though it predates GoT, of course. Let's hope another GoT comes along in a fantasy vein. The anointed successor was West World which was great but obviously not fantasy. [/QUOTE]
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