Comments on: Over At SF Signal… http://scifichick.com/2008/02/20/over-at-sf-signal/ News and Reviews Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:17:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan Verssen http://scifichick.com/2008/02/20/over-at-sf-signal/comment-page-1/#comment-23301 Dan Verssen Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:12:39 +0000 http://scifichick.com/2008/02/20/over-at-sf-signal/#comment-23301 I can see a few factors... Setting- Some sci-fi/fantasy takes place in settings that are simply too far removed from reality for the masses to identify with. When a person can't identify with something, their most common response is to make fun of it. Conventions- Film footage from ComicCon and other conventions always make the TV news. Seeing adults dressed up in wild costumes and running around with lightsabers does not help our image. I have been to many such conventions, and they are great fun, but taken out of context and sensationalized (as TV tends to do), it gives a bad impression. People don't have a problem with Neo dressed up in a black trenchcoat, but when they see a guy wondering a convention dressed like Neo, they think its funny. Low End- A bad sci-fi/fantasy TV show or movie tends to be laughibly bad, whereas even a bad sitcom gets some respect. I can see a few factors…

Setting-
Some sci-fi/fantasy takes place in settings that are simply too far removed from reality for the masses to identify with. When a person can’t identify with something, their most common response is to make fun of it.

Conventions-
Film footage from ComicCon and other conventions always make the TV news. Seeing adults dressed up in wild costumes and running around with lightsabers does not help our image. I have been to many such conventions, and they are great fun, but taken out of context and sensationalized (as TV tends to do), it gives a bad impression.

People don’t have a problem with Neo dressed up in a black trenchcoat, but when they see a guy wondering a convention dressed like Neo, they think its funny.

Low End-
A bad sci-fi/fantasy TV show or movie tends to be laughibly bad, whereas even a bad sitcom gets some respect.

]]> By: Jean-Luc Picard http://scifichick.com/2008/02/20/over-at-sf-signal/comment-page-1/#comment-23292 Jean-Luc Picard Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:42:32 +0000 http://scifichick.com/2008/02/20/over-at-sf-signal/#comment-23292 SF addicts always seem to have had this unfair image. SF addicts always seem to have had this unfair image.

]]> By: James http://scifichick.com/2008/02/20/over-at-sf-signal/comment-page-1/#comment-23291 James Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:56:43 +0000 http://scifichick.com/2008/02/20/over-at-sf-signal/#comment-23291 I thought about telling him he was in the comment section, not the 'write story' section. I thought about telling him he was in the comment section, not the ‘write story’ section.

]]> By: SciFiChick http://scifichick.com/2008/02/20/over-at-sf-signal/comment-page-1/#comment-23290 SciFiChick Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:34:47 +0000 http://scifichick.com/2008/02/20/over-at-sf-signal/#comment-23290 Guess that means he put a little more thought into it than I did.. lol Guess that means he put a little more thought into it than I did.. lol

]]> By: James http://scifichick.com/2008/02/20/over-at-sf-signal/comment-page-1/#comment-23289 James Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:32:43 +0000 http://scifichick.com/2008/02/20/over-at-sf-signal/#comment-23289 That was a good article though. I don't have the energy to type out a response to it, though. That was a good article though.

I don’t have the energy to type out a response to it, though.

]]> By: James http://scifichick.com/2008/02/20/over-at-sf-signal/comment-page-1/#comment-23287 James Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:15:37 +0000 http://scifichick.com/2008/02/20/over-at-sf-signal/#comment-23287 Man, Carl sure was wordy. :p Man, Carl sure was wordy. :p

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