XPost: rec.arts.drwho, rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <87ms1l74d4.fsf@rpi3>, Daniel   wrote:   
   >"Blueshirt"  writes:   
   >   
   >> solar penguin wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The Doctor  wrote:   
   >>> >   
   >>> > Let us examine today the stabbing of Sicence Fiction.   
   >>> >   
   >>> > Doctor Who   
   >>> >   
   >>> > The Timeless Child element introduced by Chris Chibnall and   
   >>> > defended by Russell Theodore Davies is causing a decline and   
   >>> > an alienation in Doctor Who Fandom.   
   >>> >   
   >>> > The solution is to Drop RTD and Bad Wolf and Peter McTighe   
   >>> > and get a showrunner who will retcon the Timeless Child   
   >>> > and repair the woke damage.   
   >>> >   
   >>> > Star Trek   
   >>> >   
   >>> > Looks like Eugene Roddenybury and co wants to bury ST   
   >>> > into an unrecognisable grave. Curent iterations and reboots   
   >>> > seem to deviate for the Shatner / Nimoy   
   >>> > established norms.   
   >>> >   
   >>> > Star Wars   
   >>> >   
   >>> > Kathleen Kennedy and J. J. Abrams fif a hatchet job.   
   >>> > I didn ot mind Raye but come one how woke can you get?   
   >>>   
   >>> It would be much quicker and shorter to just type “I am a   
   >>> grumpy old git,” and you would still get the same result.   
   >>   
   >> There's no way Dave Yadallee came up with a post containing   
   >> four paragraphs of coherent thought.   
   >>   
   >> So it might not be his own work but at least he made an effort   
   >> to post something sensible...   
   >>   
   >> It would also have been quicker and shorter to type, "we are   
   >> all old curmudgeons that can't handle modern changes to our   
   >> favourite TV shows."   ;-)   
   >   
   >I wouldn't call the changes modern. True, the changes are in the 'modern   
   >day' but the changes aren't modern in the sense of new or fresh. There   
   >is nothing fresh about modern sci-fi.   
   >   
   >The stories will never be timeless.   
   >The characters will never be memorable.   
   >These works will be forgotten within a handful of years or sooner.   
   >   
   >There's a good reason why the classic shows are gaining in popularity   
   >among today's youth: The stories were timeless, their dialog proper, and   
   >the characters iconic.   
   >   
   >I'm moody because they exclaim that the modern product is aimed at   
   >a single demographic. The timeless classics were made for   
   >everyone. Their target demographic lacks the attention span or intellect   
   >for anything better.  Meanwhile, they attack the rest of us for not   
   >realizing the (air quotes) art.   
   >   
   >They can keep it and I'll keep the legacy, timeless classics.   
   >   
      
   Just do not modify.   
      
   >Daniel   
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