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   From: Obveeus@aol.com   
      
   "David Cheatham"  wrote:   
   > Yup. Or you can do what Lost did, and realize that sci-fi fans are so   
   > starved for good shows they'll find your sci-fi by themselves, so what   
   > you do is you package it as a character drama, and then *later* show   
   > it's sci-fi. ;)   
      
   Admittedly, I don't watch Lost, but I think you have that backwards.  Lost   
   packaged itself as sci-fi and then later revealed itself as just another   
   character drama (soapy stories about who will 'hook-up' with whom).   
      
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