An excellent thread on why to save Star Trek: Prodigy
(via https://twitter.com/NerdForce5/status/1686121027405819905)
@jdavidnet @billmason @startrek SF is always a product of its time. But I am with you, way too much of both fiction and film are too dark, angry, depressing and ugly.
For another stark example, compare 2001 and 2010.
@rdviii @jdavidnet @billmason @startrek My favorite example of that is the shift between Alien and Aliens. Alien, which came out before Reagan was elected, was a single alien hunting everyday people while (after) Aliens was a squad of ubermenchen hunting a horde of aliens.
I’d love to see some serious medium budget #70sStyleSciFi camp. Stuff like Krull, Flash Gorden, Barbarella. French Comic SciFi. The style of #Moebius or other glam / bubblegum SciFi pop.
Everything doesn’t have to have fate of the world, fate of the Galaxy stakes. I’d love to see some low stakes, goofball SciFi.
@jdavidnet @rdviii @billmason @startrek I’d watch a Space:1999 remake too. That show caused a world shortage of beige for years.
