Sci-fi questonnaire
Sep. 19th, 2020 05:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartFor the fans among us; because I miss discussions of the kind. (And because there really isn't anything to report today.) Answers are welcome, examples not mandatory but also welcome.
So, let's see...
1. What are your favourite sci-fi settings?
2. What do you like most - look forward to primarily - when reading/watching sci-fi?
3. What are your pet peeves/most hated clichés in sci-fi?
4. Which one do you like better: geeky sci-fi with lots of (imaginary) technology or the one with monsters.
1. Space. I prefer my sci-fi to be set on alien planets, spaceships or space stations. That's why I still prefer the classics like the earlier series of Start Trek, Babylon 5, Andromeda and the likes. Also SG-1 and SGA; they may not have spaceships, but they have the Stargate, which is cool.
2. World-building, consequent character development, personal interactions, clash of cultures. Also, story arcs that bridge several episodes or entire seasons, in the TV-version. My greatest regret is that we got so very little to see from the excellent background work the Andromeda creators built up for the series.
3. Human supremacy (let's face it, some aliens are way cooler or simply stronger, which is why I found Season 1 of Andromeda more realistic) and the dashing captain seducing the aline princess/high priestess/whatever. Also, when people can break rules without consequences.
4. For me, definitely the geeky kind. It comes with the preference for world-building.
So, let's see...
1. What are your favourite sci-fi settings?
2. What do you like most - look forward to primarily - when reading/watching sci-fi?
3. What are your pet peeves/most hated clichés in sci-fi?
4. Which one do you like better: geeky sci-fi with lots of (imaginary) technology or the one with monsters.
1. Space. I prefer my sci-fi to be set on alien planets, spaceships or space stations. That's why I still prefer the classics like the earlier series of Start Trek, Babylon 5, Andromeda and the likes. Also SG-1 and SGA; they may not have spaceships, but they have the Stargate, which is cool.
2. World-building, consequent character development, personal interactions, clash of cultures. Also, story arcs that bridge several episodes or entire seasons, in the TV-version. My greatest regret is that we got so very little to see from the excellent background work the Andromeda creators built up for the series.
3. Human supremacy (let's face it, some aliens are way cooler or simply stronger, which is why I found Season 1 of Andromeda more realistic) and the dashing captain seducing the aline princess/high priestess/whatever. Also, when people can break rules without consequences.
4. For me, definitely the geeky kind. It comes with the preference for world-building.
