Subject: Honestly, I don’t have a problem with The Handmaid’s ta (nm)
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Posted on: 2020-01-24 23:20:35 UTC
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Grimdark sci-fi is a cancer within the genre by
on 2020-01-24 13:11:05 UTC
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Just my two cents, but... by
on 2020-02-03 21:27:21 UTC
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I feel like the modern dark tone is ultimately just a response to . . . by
on 2020-01-25 12:53:41 UTC
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It’s that STD makes a poor allegory by
on 2020-01-26 07:37:01 UTC
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If I was to choose a race to be Trumpists in space, I wouldn’t choose the Klingons. For one, Klingons are actually honorable warriors, not fanatically racist rhetoricalists. I would have picked the Romulans, but even that’s a stretch.
They would have done a better job if they just came up with a new alien species
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Oh, forgot to say in my original post: Quantum Leap! Ahhhhhhhh! by
on 2020-01-27 02:13:10 UTC
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I love QL! I discovered it as reruns on Sci Fi Channel back when that was still spelled "Sci Fi." I think it's the first proper "grown-up" TV series that ever really hooked me. It's just such a unique and interesting premise! I've got the entire series on DVD; need to binge re-wacth the whole thing someday and maybe do some missions into it!
—doctorlit, always hoping that the next leap will be the leap home
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Quantum Leap was fun! by
on 2020-01-27 22:27:18 UTC
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I’ve only seen a bit of it, TBH by
on 2020-01-27 12:28:24 UTC
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Whatever, Minh. (nm) by
on 2020-01-24 17:50:44 UTC
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"The Handmaid's Tale is needlessly dark and political" by
on 2020-01-24 16:34:10 UTC
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Honestly, really? It's based on a dystopian novel, that's kind of what they're about. Was 1984 "pointlessly grimdark"? No, it had a point to make, and it made it.
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Honestly, I don’t have a problem with The Handmaid’s Tale by
on 2020-01-24 23:20:35 UTC
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I just have a problem with the author being snotty about sci-fi
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You're probably going to need to elaborate a bit. by
on 2020-01-25 00:41:46 UTC
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You put the Handmaid's Tale in the category of "needlessly political, edgy, and grimdark wankfest" and when you said that you don't really have a problem with it, that's just going to confuse people.
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Stories about oppression... by
on 2020-01-24 17:33:37 UTC
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Ah, but you see, 1984 wasn't about feminist issues. by
on 2020-01-24 17:10:39 UTC
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puts a lock on her own mouth and throws away the key to avoid saying something even more pointed
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Aight (nm) by
on 2020-01-24 14:57:09 UTC
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Minh... do you ever, like, stop complaining about stuff you don't like? by
on 2020-01-24 14:52:49 UTC
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I'm just curious because I'm losing count of how many discussions you've tried to start here with "[insert title of modern media, usually sci-fi] sucks because it's not like in the Good Old Days".
Are there any other topics you'd like to bring up sometime?
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? by
on 2020-01-24 23:22:55 UTC
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...this is complaining?
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Well... by
on 2020-01-24 23:45:50 UTC
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Going by the definition of a complaint, it's "to express grief, pain, or discontent", so yeah.
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Oh. I thought this was how to start a discussion. (nm) by
on 2020-01-25 00:45:55 UTC
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Were you getting the impression that people here have an issue with specific complaints? by
on 2020-01-26 20:14:00 UTC
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Whether or not that was the impression you got, better make sure your posts don't have complaints in the future!
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Honestly? To me it seems like the exact kind of thing we asked you to stop. (nm) by
on 2020-01-25 02:07:38 UTC
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Seconded. by
on 2020-01-25 15:38:14 UTC
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Because Minh, you've started this exact same "discussion"* with this exact same tone over and over and over. It's getting real old.
*And I'd call it an actual discussion if you had offered something constructive instead of, or at least to go with, "[x] sucks because [y]" for once.
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Come on, dude, again? Really? (nm) by
on 2020-01-24 14:47:17 UTC
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