> -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:16 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce Fiction Clich�s > > One thing I don't agree with is the mark against alien cultures that > have little variety. Maybe I'm being picky, but I see nothing wrong with > an alien society that is _very_ uniform. As far as we know, our race > (and it's wide variety of people) is rare in the universe. That being > said though, it is kind of silly when _every_ alien race is depicted > like that.
That's still one of the reasons that (I think) Deep Space Nine was one of the best shows ever: the characters (and by extension their races) were pretty much ALL thoroughly and completely fleshed out. Although races had certain traits (greed or religious zeal or whatever) each individual was pretty deep. I really miss good character-driven sci-fi. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
