DID ANYONE LIKE THE RECENTLY CANCELLED KYLE XY ?

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DID ANYONE LIKE THE RECENTLY CANCELLED KYLE XY ?
I enjoyed that show.

I deemed it optimistic sci-fi.

If we look at Jules Verne,
we know that sci-fi can find its way into the future.

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

I only saw one episode but I wasn't that impressed. What did you like about it?

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@rosborne979,

rosborne979 wrote:

I only saw one episode but I wasn't that impressed.
What did you like about it?

It was well written n well acted,
concerning a radical advance in human evolution to superman status
achieved by extending the period of gestation in external tanks.

It was optimistic sci-fi.

It gave me to consider how it woud be if a society of mental supermen
with good n competent powers of ESP and of psychokinesis were established on this planet.

I loved it

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

It was optimistic sci-fi.

I guess I found it TOO optimistic and too cute, to the point of naivete. This is the same problem I have with most network sci-fi, it's usually dumbed down to the extreme and mostly intended for young teen audiences. Stargate is another example of that, and the original Battlestar Galactica with Lorne Green (which you mentioned on the other thread).

But there should be something for everyone, so I'm not complaining or anything. I'm glad you are enjoying them. I would much rather see lots of "bad" sci-fi than any more soap operas or "reality tv".

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@rosborne979,

rosborne979 wrote:

OmSigDAVID wrote:
It was optimistic sci-fi.

I guess I found it TOO optimistic and too cute, to the point of naivete. This is the same problem I have with most network sci-fi, it's usually dumbed down to the extreme and mostly intended for young teen audiences. Stargate is another example of that, and the original Battlestar Galactica with Lorne Green (which you mentioned on the other thread).

But there should be something for everyone, so I'm not complaining or anything. I'm glad you are enjoying them. I would much rather see lots of "bad" sci-fi than any more soap operas or "reality tv".

Well, my own vu about a show being optimistic is that
if I 'm going to give it my attention and so to speak mentally join
that world for that hour, I want it to be filled with joy and beauty
as much as possible. If I won the lottery, I 'd not complain that it has TOO MUCH MONEY. I love joy & beauty.

I join with your acknowledgement of each to his own taste.

Do u believe that classic Star Trek was optimistic, etc. ?

I remember in 1957, after the Russians put up Sputnik,
there was a great n long spate of sci-fi movies glutting the theators.
Some theators had 5 of them playing on the same bill;
i.e. for one ticket, maybe 35 cents, u coud see the 5 movies.
I enjoyed those; like "It Came From Outer Space" "Forbidden Planet" etc.

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@OmSigDAVID,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Do u believe that classic Star Trek was optimistic, etc. ?

In my view, any sci-fi in which humanity is surviving in the future and still striving and exploring is an optimistic vision. Even shows like "Dark City" in which humanity has been marginalized and suppressed has a very hopeful ending.

Star Trek the Original Series was campy by today's standards, and much more light hearted than other sci-fi which I also enjoy (I loved the original Star Trek), but it had some mature themes, and most of all TOS had good IDEAS, and ultimately, that's what I like most about all sci-fi.

I'm not sure how much I would like Star Trek TOS if I saw it today as an adult, but back then, as a child, I loved it. It was by far the most interesting show on TV.

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@rosborne979,

rosborne979 wrote:

OmSigDAVID wrote:
Do u believe that classic Star Trek was optimistic, etc. ?

In my view, any sci-fi in which humanity is surviving in the future and still striving and exploring is an optimistic vision. Even shows like "Dark City" in which humanity has been marginalized and suppressed has a very hopeful ending.

Star Trek the Original Series was campy by today's standards, and much more light hearted than other sci-fi which I also enjoy (I loved the original Star Trek), but it had some mature themes, and most of all TOS had good IDEAS, and ultimately, that's what I like most about all sci-fi.

I'm not sure how much I would like Star Trek TOS if I saw it today as an adult,
but back then, as a child, I loved it. It was by far the most interesting show on TV.

I loved it too; I was an adult.
I attended the NYC Star Trek Conventions in the 1970s.
I was thrilled with them: the overwhelming creativity from the fans
expressed in many different ways:
the fans' art room of painting, charcoal, sculpture;
abundant portraiture of the Captain n crew,
The Saturday nite costume parade was mind-blowing;
the satellite extra-activities; the holographic displays.

There was a life-size sculpture of Spock
that was so other-worldly perfect -- or beyond perfect --
that for a fraction of a second, I thought that Leonard Nimoy
was sitting there in full costume.

Some guys in Ohio, sculpted a Romulan battle cruiser
whose serpentine neck was about 12 feer long,
at whose end was the Romulan Bridge: u coud look in
and see their computers' lights flashing
and the little puppet figures seated inside.

Many fans made cardboard dioramas of related images.
Many fans made reproductions of the faser guns
and of the communicators and the tricorders. HUGE CREATIVITY,
splendidly executed. It was a supernova of beauty.

We had Shatner and other crew members address us.

A restauranteur invited us all (maybe 2,000 - 4,000 ?? )
to his nearby Italian restaurant for free pasta
when the convention closed for the night at 2 AM.
Maybe 200 of us went; it was good.

It was another world; a thrilling world. I loved it

David

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