hales@thesublemon·Dec 16, 2015@GabrielDuquette @ContentOfMedia that's like saying "because musicals are high budget vaudeville, of course [shitty musical] is bad"4
hales@thesublemon·Dec 16, 2015Replying to @thesublemon@GabrielDuquette @ContentOfMedia there are a million high budget space operas every year. somehow original star wars manages to be better.31
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 16, 2015Replying to @thesublemon@thesublemon @GabrielDuquette @ContentOfMedia Has there been a major new space opera (not franchise of old) since Firefly?2
hales@thesublemon·Dec 16, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @GabrielDuquette @ContentOfMedia 80's and 90's were chock full of stories set in space, many copy cats1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @thesublemon@thesublemon @GabrielDuquette @ContentOfMedia "space opera" needs to have galaxy as canvas and interstellar travel5:37 PM · Dec 16, 2015
hales@thesublemon·Dec 16, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @GabrielDuquette @ContentOfMedia yes yes. i'm trying to find a good list, but wikipedia's is shitty1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 16, 2015Replying to @thesublemon@thesublemon @GabrielDuquette @ContentOfMedia I guess more on tv. Galactica, Aliens and Stargate probably evolved genre beyond ST/SW11
Daniel Klein@othercriteria·Dec 16, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @thesublemon @GabrielDuquette @ContentOfMedia Pedanting in to say that (beyond backstory) Firefly was set all in one solar system.12
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Dec 16, 2015Replying to @othercriteria@othercriteria @thesublemon @GabrielDuquette @ContentOfMedia Dark Matter (watched 2 episodes) was revealing in how stalled the genre is.22