Anyway- I don't mean to beat the proverbial deadhorse- but I don't know what you mean re -'the critics being snobby'- - Scifi or SF or whatever you want to...
That's fine. So, what are you going to do about it? The FCC now allows tv stations to have about 20 minutes of commercials per one hour of show. It's just...
... AH but here's the rub. The cultural critics say that "popular" = " bad". Therefore , what they consider bad is unworthy of intellectual discussion -...
Hi Linda- Yes I recognize you from other IA groups- Yes another irony is that Richard Basehart was in one of the greatest films ever made 'La Strada'- and yes...
... Sorry, I have to disagree. There IS still a MAJOR stigma attached, but it is not 'juvenile' - it is now "geek/dweeb/nerd". Just last week Conan O'Brian...
Sir- We just keep talking in circles- And you keep 'shifting the goal post' as we Yanks say- First you claimed scfi is 'marginalized'- and now you agree that...
... You are so right. I once made the mistake at work of mentioning that I attended Star Trek conventions. Ever since then I have had to put up with all the...
So there is a stigma that science fiction lovers are geeks. Nothing has changed in the 45 years since I first started reading the stuff. Thank God for geeks...
Carol, I'm sorry to hear that... All the folks I work with at a local University, including the President (Who is a retired Navy three star) think that what I ...
... This is only a internet chat group called 'Fantastic Television'- it's not life and death okay?:-) I won't put it in capital letters like you did but...
One Christmas I wore a 'V' outfit (remember when that series was big? Must have been in the early 1980s) around the government department HO in which I worked...
Oh, absolutely there is a stigma attached to being an SF/Fantasy fan. I don't think that it's quite as bad as it used to be but it is still there all the same....
Mr. Rowlett, I would be very hard for a Science Fiction novel to win a Pulitzer Prize, since the criteria for the award in literature is that the work is to be...
It's great to see some lively debate on this forum but let's keep it friendly please. We all have our own individual viewpoints and we all have every right to...
How many readers , moviegoers, game players of scifi and fantasy go around dressed as ,say, Harry Potter, Frodo etc. ? John Wayne was probably the number one...
... Yes interesing Linda- And i wonder abt Ray Bradbury who's won so many awards in the US not to mention countless honorary doctorates- had his work done into...
Yes, I agree. Like I said before, it's a matter of personal preference in usage of language. It's rather sad that in history, entire nations have gone to war...
--Yes- 'war' is right- :-) And Ellison came from an era pre Kubrick, pre Star Trek, etc.-when sf writers were scoffed at ,etc. To his credit also Harlan has...
This happened about a week ago but I've only just heard about it. As this tragedy touches on some of what we've been discussing here recently I thought I'd...
In TVG: "Will they make Kirk's toupee look more realistic? Or his acting better? Why not take this money and make a good new Star Trek series that is as daring...
yes -this is awful- I've heard of the 'yobs' and hooligans in the UK- Here we have homeless people being attacked- no Trekkies as of yet- Ironically I recall a...
... and South Africa and was ... his 'Brit' accent - which ... Sadly there are yobs and hooligans everywhere, even though you may not use the same names for...
At the risk of getting howled down for even mentioning this during this discussion (*ducks for cover*), I must agree with Peter in that Sci-Fi authors, Sci-Fi...
--Here the really 'stigmatized' are gays apparently- gay bashing is still very accepted here - Matthew Shepard, etc and as evidenced by the latest 'scandal'...
--Actually you are *disagreeing* with me -but that's fine and no need to 'duck for cover' - at least from my end--:-) Believe me the Day of Enlightenment came...
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