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shadowkat1. Finished watching season finale of Defiance - which managed to surprise me in some of the directions it took. If you've watched Farscape - you'll pick up on certain recurring themes and tropes from it in Defiance : strong female characters, sexy/racy female characters, a lot of mythology, anti-war and anti-weapon themes, anti-torture themes, and
complex character thematic arcs.
They killed off a character that I did not expect them to kill off and in an odd way.
Coworker told me today that Defiance ended with an "actual but not literal cliff-hanger".
I was puzzled. Co-worker - there's an actual "cliff" involved. Oh, you mean and actual cliff not a metaphorical one? Literal has been used the wrong way for so long now...that we think it is a synonyme for metaphorical.
2. Ron Moore has a new syfy series airing in 2014. It's called Helix. I don't know, 2014 is getting a wee bit crowded with sci-fantasy series. I'm not going to have the time nor the place on my DVR to watch all of them. More boring reality series and sitcoms please.
Sci-fantasy appears to be the 21st Century's version of the Western. In the 1950s-1970s, the television landscape was littered with Westerns. Then they finally fell out of favor due to a)political incorrectness or PC issues, b) history buffs thought they lacked realism (they did), and c) once you make Westerns gritty and realistic, the genre gets incredibly narrow and reaches a limited audience. Basically people do everything they did in the Western genre in sci-fantasy, only difference is more room for horror. Well that and Sci-Fantasy lends itself better to metaphorical morality tales - see Twilight Zone.
Off to shower and bed. Takes a bloodly long time to do all this with a broken foot. But could be worse.
complex character thematic arcs.
They killed off a character that I did not expect them to kill off and in an odd way.
Coworker told me today that Defiance ended with an "actual but not literal cliff-hanger".
I was puzzled. Co-worker - there's an actual "cliff" involved. Oh, you mean and actual cliff not a metaphorical one? Literal has been used the wrong way for so long now...that we think it is a synonyme for metaphorical.
2. Ron Moore has a new syfy series airing in 2014. It's called Helix. I don't know, 2014 is getting a wee bit crowded with sci-fantasy series. I'm not going to have the time nor the place on my DVR to watch all of them. More boring reality series and sitcoms please.
Sci-fantasy appears to be the 21st Century's version of the Western. In the 1950s-1970s, the television landscape was littered with Westerns. Then they finally fell out of favor due to a)political incorrectness or PC issues, b) history buffs thought they lacked realism (they did), and c) once you make Westerns gritty and realistic, the genre gets incredibly narrow and reaches a limited audience. Basically people do everything they did in the Western genre in sci-fantasy, only difference is more room for horror. Well that and Sci-Fantasy lends itself better to metaphorical morality tales - see Twilight Zone.
Off to shower and bed. Takes a bloodly long time to do all this with a broken foot. But could be worse.
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Date: 2013-07-10 02:51 am (UTC):-)
Ray.
ps. I don't actually have a TV so my opinion MAY be utterly irrelevant.
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Date: 2013-07-10 11:13 pm (UTC)Was joking. Of course. ;-)
But I feel like I watch too much tv as it is. I can barely make through the shows I've got.
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Date: 2013-07-10 03:38 am (UTC)Unlike the episode before, I'm not convinced anyone important from Defiance died in the finale. I think the person you're thinking of will be back, despite how that nasty little exchange seemed.
Evening TV in the 1950's was mostly for men; westerns of all descriptions, gritty monosyllabic cop/detective shows, boxing, etc. These days it's mostly for women; soap operas of all descriptions, phony reality shows specially cast for insane petty conflicts, talky cop/detective shows, etc. It would be better for everyone somewhere in the middle.
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Date: 2013-07-10 11:12 pm (UTC)I think it's more divided along age demographics. 85% of television is targeted towards 18-35 year olds. Because advertisers believe 18-35 year olds spend more money.
Subscription television is marketed towards a broader audience, and usually 30-45, from what I've seen.
And there is variety, you just have to have cable and not rely on broadcast networks.
CBS targets the older demographic with its procedurals.
CW targets 14-30
ABC targets women between 18-35 and families
NBC targets yuppies (although I'm not really certain what their brand is or if they even know)
Fox targets young men between 18-35.
Just watch the commericals - you can always tell by the commercials who they think they are targeting. But it is impossible to generalize- there's men on my flist who love OUAT, Vampire Diaries, and Revenge for example. And my brother adores serial television.