Comments on: Speculative fiction I have been watching. https://grahamclements.com/speculative-fiction-i-have-been-watching/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=speculative-fiction-i-have-been-watching Writer, blogger, and dreamer. Sat, 04 May 2013 06:34:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Graham Clements https://grahamclements.com/speculative-fiction-i-have-been-watching/#comment-1453 Sat, 04 May 2013 06:34:19 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/speculative-fiction-i-have-been-watching/#comment-1453 Further on Doctor Who: generally one of the roles of a writer is to make the us care about the main character. We should want the main character to survive and achieve her goals. But the Doctor has no goals, and we know he will survive. So therefore the writers should concentrate on us wanting his companions to achieve their goals. At the moment we have no idea what the goals of his new companion are or it indeed she has any and if she dies, then maybe the doctor will show us some emotion. Or the writers could try and make us care about the characters in the worlds the doctor lobs into. The writers should make us care that they are saved. But with the episodes being so manic, we don't have time to care. In that Dalek episode I mentioned we had time to care about the young woman, who turned out to be the deluded dalek. Another episode I enjoyed from a couple of seasons ago was where a child was trapped in a world through the wardrobe, the writers made me care about the child's fate. Doctor who at the moment is like watching one of those c-grade horror movies full of obnoxious teenagers who we are supposedly supposed to care about. The movies fail because we would prefer to laugh at their stupidity and hope they die.

]]> By: Graham Clements https://grahamclements.com/speculative-fiction-i-have-been-watching/#comment-1454 Sat, 04 May 2013 05:12:56 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/speculative-fiction-i-have-been-watching/#comment-1454 Anthony, if you get time to watch one, I very much recommend Misfits – it's original, clever, with unexpected twists, and has a great British attitude.

]]> By: Graham Clements https://grahamclements.com/speculative-fiction-i-have-been-watching/#comment-1455 Sat, 04 May 2013 05:10:01 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/speculative-fiction-i-have-been-watching/#comment-1455 Beach Bum, as I am not a fan of Defiance, I expect it to be a roaring success.

]]> By: Anthony J. Langford https://grahamclements.com/speculative-fiction-i-have-been-watching/#comment-1456 Fri, 03 May 2013 21:52:48 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/speculative-fiction-i-have-been-watching/#comment-1456 Haven't seen the others and to be honest, don't have the time. Unless its brilliant like Game of Thrones I probably won't get around to it.

I have been recording the new Dr. Who, but also havent had time. Ive watched two eps. I dont think its any worse than previous eps but I do agree that the danger seems irrelevant. Its also too manic, all over the place. I dont think its dumbed down for kids anymore than previous seasons – infact sometimes its so scattered that I lose track. Too many intereconnecting time lines – the doctor's girlfriend is his future wife who killed him or something. I'll keep watching though, for the time being.

Looking forward to the 50th anniversary special. Hope to see the older doctor's turn up. I expect a lot of cameo's like the very good 20th anniversary, The FIve Doctors.

]]> By: Commander Zaius https://grahamclements.com/speculative-fiction-i-have-been-watching/#comment-1457 Fri, 03 May 2013 05:09:11 +0000 https://grahamclements.com/speculative-fiction-i-have-been-watching/#comment-1457 I absolutely agree about "Defiance." The Syfy channel has been heavily promoting it for months, to the point I often wanted to puke. I watched the first episode just for giggles and could not remember the last time I saw such a weak show. Most shows like it are canceled with a few weeks but since they have sunk a LOT of money in online game, set in the "ruins" of San Francisco it has already been declared a hit show.

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