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Nov 14, 2015 - 2:55 PM
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Metryq
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Solium wrote: Goofy sci fi can work of course such as Spaceballs or Salvage 1. SALVAGE 1 was one of those "narrow" series concepts that couldn't possibly work. Similar ideas involved a computerized car or a mach 1+ attack helicopter. How many good stories can one write that hinge on the unique abilities of the starring vehicle without becoming quickly redundant? To properly explore the situation in SALVAGE 1 would require serial changes too big for most TV shows. For example, if Harry's rocket, the Vulture were truly a breakthrough in spaceflight, the show would have evolved into serious exploration and colonization of the Solar system. So the writers had to short-circuit that by making the fuel something NASA always knew about, but was far too dangerous to risk. As a stand-alone movie, it was great. As a series, it bombed. (The SALVAGE 1 pilot can be found on YouTube, and burn-to-order DVDs of two other episodes can be found on Amazon.) LOST IN SPACE probably would not have survived without Dr. Smith, as originally produced. It depended on a new cliff-hanger/crisis every 10 minutes, which might have fatigued even children. With Dr. Smith, it rapidly evolved into the DR. SMITH SHOW, just perfect for kids. Could it have evolved some other way? Imagine a "realistic" space exploration show. Perhaps not the same crew or group of explorers each week, although that might still work, as many series are now far fewer episodes in a season than when LOST IN SPACE aired. The series might be limited to the Solar system with technology like NTRs (nuclear thermal rockets), or VASIMR engines. Stories might involve the difficulties of long duration spaceflight—science sleuth style stories that are not too complicated for a general audience, yet which might inspire young people to the possibilities of such adventures. Episodes might focus on different groups that are all tied together when the series is taken overall: one week a ship crew, another week the researchers on a moon, another week even the engineers on Earth, etc. Or would that be too high brow to draw the necessary audience?
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