scifi post

[timetobegin]

It seems that there is a higher rate of sci-fi shows airing over the Summer (winter for southern hemisphere folk), and more often than not they are only 13 episodes long.

At the moment we have Defiance, Oprhan Black, Warehouse 13, Continuum.... with more starting up soon. (Haven!) Scifi also tends to go hand in hand with the shorter fantasy seasons too (Game of thrones! Teen Wolf!)

(please not their MIGHT be spoilers for the latest episodes in the comment)

<B>Which current sci-fi shows do you watch?</b> <B>Why are there no shows with spaceships?</b> <B>Does the 13 episode (or less) format suit scifi shows?</b> <B>Favourite cancelled scifi shows</b> <B>Why do you think big networks seem to be doing more scifi than syfy?</b> <B>Any sci-fi tropes or formats you don't like?</b>

of course pick and choose which questions you answer!

Comments

[colls]

I think networks are doing the 'safe' scifi that a mainstream audience will watch and not think it's scifi. Shows like LOST or Fringe appealed to a wider audience because they lacked spaceships. People fear spaceships for some reason - or automatically think a show will be 'Star Trek' and mentally think it's for geeks maybe?

Of course, I think people who are afraid of shows with spaceships lack vision, but that's just me.

[skieswideopen]

But WHY do people fear spaceships? I don't understand. :(

Maybe you're right--maybe they're afraid of being tagged as geeks.