OT: Dr. Who

[Brian K. White]

On 7/26/2010 4:49 PM, Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>> On 7/26/2010 4:00 PM, Bill Campbell wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010, John Esak wrote:
>>>> Thanks Bill.
>>>> This tells me to actually tune in though the SciFi channel lots more!.
>>>
>>> I would be happier if it was the SF channel as pedantic curmudgean that I
>>> am, I hate the SciFi designation :-).
>> [...]
>>
>> You do know that it's "SyFy" now, don't you?
>
> Yeah :-(.
>
> I don't watch much on that, and what I do is normally when my
> wife is watching and I'm in the room (which describes the vast
> majority of my TV viewing other than Top Gear and the book shows
> on CSPAN2 weekends and holidays :-).
>
> There aren't many movies that I consider true SF, as opposed to
> cowboys and indians set in the future.  The two I can think of
> offhand are ``Blade Runner'' and ``Enemy Mine''.  The worst SF
> movie of all time is probably ``Starship Troopers'', but then
> expecting most Hollywood types to understand Heinlein's political
> views be a bit much.  I would hate to see what they could do with
> ``Moon is a Harsh Mistress'' or Farnham's Freehold.

Probably go crazy with the line/group marriages as an excuse for lots of 
gratuitous  group sex and partner swapping and what little politics 
makes it in would probably be exactly the opposite of what Heinlein 
actually wrote, since, you just can't sell a major movie in the US that 
attacks the US. No way all those midwest bible belters will stand for 
it, Or the sexual freedom. Heck, our own government might even "Suggest 
strongly" against advocating what they will see as espousing vigilantism.

It would be the absolute best thing for everyone but the absolute last 
thing our government wants is a country full of Heinleinites.

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bkw