tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4131956539120425510.post3251450862252420430..comments2012-10-05T08:24:54.516-07:00Comments on Ex Animus: Philosophy: Science Fiction as CommentaryKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10738560902077094558noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4131956539120425510.post-12438440332966092502010-02-09T16:03:21.069-08:002010-02-09T16:03:21.069-08:00Another important thing to add Kev. . .Avatar hard...Another important thing to add Kev. . .Avatar hardly ever FELT like it was preaching to you or making a comment on any particular issue. BSG blatantly says, 'LOOK AT THIS ISSUE!!!!!'willhttp://secureimmaturity.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4131956539120425510.post-1846294717762800122010-02-09T14:41:34.163-08:002010-02-09T14:41:34.163-08:00Avatar worked better than Battlestar Galactica bec...Avatar worked better than Battlestar Galactica because the message it told was mythic. It wasn't just about our particular problems, but larger ones that span human existence and touch us in places we can't always fully express in rationalist dialogue. <br /><br />While Avatar was a far from perfect story, where it did work it was because it seized on this. If you want to be significant, be mythic.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10738560902077094558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4131956539120425510.post-23826720775373616192010-01-29T15:01:39.878-08:002010-01-29T15:01:39.878-08:00oops. . .discussed. :( not disgust!oops. . .discussed. :( not disgust!willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4131956539120425510.post-72309387153853229872010-01-29T15:01:01.252-08:002010-01-29T15:01:01.252-08:00You and I have disgust this Kev: BSG lost its way ...You and I have disgust this Kev: BSG lost its way at some point. My main problem with BSG is that it never got out of it's 'we're saying something here' ordeal and just kept piling on social commentary that wasn't needed. They started adding religious and spiritual extremism and then literally spent whole episodes with one hot topic of the week (remember the Balatar-torture episode. . .yeesh).<br /><br />M*A*S*H is the perfect show to use as a dramatic example of social commentary gone awry. I still love the show in its later seasons but in those later seasons, the show stopped being funny and started being comedic BUT meaningful. . .always saying something about a war that had ended LOOOOOONG ago in its time. Not too many dramas/comedies like M*A*S*h after that and I predict a death of sci-fi preaching as well. . .Caprica is already moving in the direction of more fantastical sci-fi (though weapons will probably be involved at some point) and movies like the new Star Trek are bringing back the popcorn in flicks. Avatar, even, just speaks about the environment which is better then preachy Iraq stuff.Willhttp://secureimmaturity.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4131956539120425510.post-74273062005707672832010-01-28T20:30:02.280-08:002010-01-28T20:30:02.280-08:00Hi, my name is Kevin Greenlee. No seriously, it i...Hi, my name is Kevin Greenlee. No seriously, it is. I found you when I put up a google alert on my (our) name to see who has been saying anything about me (er, us). I was really surprised to see how much we have in common although we seem to have alot of dissimilarities as well. anyway, I am at www.kevinsbrain.com and thought I would say hello. God Bless. and "engage".Kevin Greenleehttp://www.kevinsbrain.comnoreply@blogger.com