tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post5988561526758857939..comments2024-03-13T14:53:58.150-04:00Comments on MUSINGS OF A SCI-FI FANATIC: Science Fiction Non-Fiction: James Rundle (Classic Science Fiction)SFFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-33792425376198965202015-02-16T08:54:19.996-05:002015-02-16T08:54:19.996-05:00Thank you both for the additional thoughts on the ...Thank you both for the additional thoughts on the subject here.<br /><br />Amen Sean!<br /><br />I have to give credit to Rundle for really stepping outside of the box on his opinion piece. I should also give kudos to the magazine for at least permitting space for historical content and material outside of the spotlighted superhero sci fi. Ugh.<br /><br />Case in point guys. Here is a list of headlines from Sci Fi Stream dated today Feb 16. <br /><br />The Joker Comes To Gotham.<br />The Librarians For Season Two<br />Photos: Gotham's Red Hood<br />The Flash's Ronnie Raymond Is Firestorm!<br />Sleepy Hollow's Awakening<br />Gotham's The Blind Fortune Teller<br />Brandon Routh Is The Atom<br />Gotham's The Scarecrow<br />and the list goes on.<br /><br />This is not science fiction folks.<br />And it goes on. Painful.SFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-82026223918704842382015-02-15T16:49:58.335-05:002015-02-15T16:49:58.335-05:00Very well said, SFF– I'm tired of masterworks ...Very well said, SFF– I'm tired of masterworks like THE TWILIGHT ZONE, PLANET OF THE APES, FORBIDDEN PLANET and the like being written off by modern audiences as "campy" or "corny," whether in reference to special effects or acting style or budget. At its heart, science fiction is philosophy-as-future-fable, and it was keen minds like Bradbury, Serling, Vonnegut, Burgess, Asimov, and many others who elevated it to a socially perceptive art form. Clarke's sense of grand alien wonder, Haldeman's analysis of war, LeGuin's of gender, and Dick's of paranoia, for instance, are seldom (but not never, thankfully!) found in the mainstream sci-fi of today. Alas, the next $300 million blockbuster will not be adapted from UBIK, RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA, or DHALGREN...Sean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-27740058511922804162015-02-14T12:54:08.645-05:002015-02-14T12:54:08.645-05:00Yes, I think a large part of it is the web. Back i...Yes, I think a large part of it is the web. Back in the past you might have thought certain things, but it ended with the thought, unless you shared it with a close friend, or over the water cooler at work. Now you can read about the most trivial things over the web. The same can be true for TV. <br /><br />I have to admit, I'm getting a bit superhero-ed out. I saw the other day where NF has a new Daredevil in the works, and wondered if we are getting over saturated with this stuff. I guess when the majority stops watching they'll stop making. Demand seems to drive the market place, so I don't think we are there yet. El Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.com