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Everything Else / Re: Google Earth
« on: July 21, 2005, 11:22:41 AM »
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A lot of people describe Scalzi’s Old Man's War novels as military science fiction, but I would classify its sequel Zoë’s Tale as a space opera. It’s a story about, well, Zoë, a teenage girl whose parents are invited to take leadership roles in building a colony on a new planet. Zoë is an enthusiastic member of the group sent to colonize Roanoke, despite the risks—and the risks are considerable even before the political machinations of greater powers boil to the surface. Continue reading Zoë’s Tale
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I don't think we're losing creativity as a nation. I think the phenomenon of the remake is a symptom of entrenched MBAs in the film and TV industry. They don't like taking chances on new ideas, it's risky for the bottom line. They vastly prefer to go with some sort of known good and remakes are, by definition, known good.
If anything we as a nation are less vociferous in our objection to the lack of creativity in movies and TV than we should be.
I think the creativity is there but is being ignored by vested interests.
The first is that Scotty, from the original Star Trek, has died.