Startrek is really just a soap opera with a thin veneer of sci fi.Star Trek has a tendency to wave scientific details away with techno-babble, which in my opinion does not make it hard scifi.
Not soap opera, space opera.Startrek is really just a soap opera with a thin veneer of sci fi.
Its an awfully soapy space opera then. Because it totally had those things happening all the time. To the point of being annoying.Not soap opera, space opera.
Soaps are all about continuity and who's sleeping with whom.
Space opera is about zipping through space...
Many consider Space Opera (the genre) to be the soft end of Sci-Fi; many others consider it part of fantasy. Personally, I see it as a separate genre from both.... and am not alone.
Unfortunately, the ALA, at least according to several local libraries, has recently dumped all of SF, SO, and Fantasy together into "Speculative Fiction"...
Not soap opera, space opera.
Soaps are all about continuity and who's sleeping with whom.
Space opera is about zipping through space...
So true- “No, I am your father.” line practically oozes daytime TV.Ultimately Star Wars is at least ad soap opera-esque as Star Trek is. Star Ears is built on plot twists where one character turns out to be another character's estranged relative that everybody thought was dead
In before the probable edit. Just wanna preserve "Star Ears" for posterity. :-DUltimately Star Wars is at least ad soap opera-esque as Star Trek is. Star Ears is built on plot twists where one character turns out to be another character's estranged relative that everybody thought was dead
So true- “No, I am your father.” line practically oozes daytime TV.
I stopped watching after Phantom Menace. Are there any evil twins in SW? (Clones don’t count.)
Amnesiacs?
“In the next episode of Star Wars: The Sith & The Jedi*...”
* Days of our Clones? Death Star Hospital?
No, I'm gonna leave it like that. It actually fits perfectly now that I think of itIn before the probable edit. Just wanna preserve "Star Ears" for posterity. :-D