Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 +2.11; site dcl-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!icdoc!dcl-cs!jam From: jam@dcl-cs.UUCP (John A. Mariani) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.tv Subject: Re: How to fix bad SF Message-ID: <280@dcl-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 22:08:20 EDT Article-I.D.: dcl-cs.280 Posted: Fri Jun 28 22:08:20 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 03:04:12 EDT References: <419@carina.noao.UUCP> <294@looking.UUCP> Reply-To: jam@dcl-cs.UUCP (John A. Mariani) Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University. Lines: 28 Xref: watmath net.sf-lovers:8271 net.tv:3052 Xpath: icdoc ivax In article <294@looking.UUCP> brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes: >Now this is an interesting problem. Several shows have come out with >reasonable acting, drama, comedy, effects, production and REALLY STUPID >SCRIPTS. What I would like to know is how to communicate to producers >like Glen Larson et al how to fix their series so they become classics >instead of turkeys. >Starlost: > The premise was fine, the execution was terrible on this one. >There have been lots of good "lost ark in space" novels, so they >have no excuses. But here you hit the nail *right* on the head, Brad! *They* do not need excuses; *they* have probably NEVER read any of the "lost ark in space" novels! *They* are NOT SF writers or SF lovers -- they just do not care! Interesting that your comment is connected with the StarLost, a show created by Harlan Ellison, who does care. Its the guys like Larson who screw up concepts. If you're interested, get a copy of "Phoenix Without Ashes" by Ed Bryant, based on Ellison's pilot script. It includes an article by Ellison describing the screw-up of that pilot. I'll get out of your way now; thanx for "listening". -- UUCP: ...!seismo!mcvax!ukc!icdoc!dcl-cs!jam DARPA: jam%lancs.comp@ucl-cs | Post: University of Lancaster, JANET: jam@uk.ac.lancs.comp | Department of Computing, Phone: +44 524 65201 ext 4467 | Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK.