Science Fiction Sucks.

Yep, that's what most of my mates reckon. Science Fiction Sucks!

I guess it is understandable to a certain extent, on the surface Science Fiction can come across as weird and geeky.

How do you explain a phenomenon such as Science Fiction to someone who just doesn't get it? and whats more just doesn't care anyway?

The Sci Fi Haters out there see weirdness in sci fi and think that Star Trek Sucks! Stargate Sucks! Babylon 5 Sucks!.

Sci Fi fans see Variety. Haters see "geekyness", we see Intelligence.

I often defend Science fiction by stating that all the other genres are easily incorporated under the Sci Fi umbrella , comedy, action, romance, drama, horror, all of it, has been done brilliantly within the realm of Sci Fi and continues to be done by sci fi.

OK, I admit that if you love to watch gangster, mafia type dramas then you are not going to stop watching the Sopranos and start watching Star Trek and if you are an avid fan of Coronation street then no, you are not going to get the same "Soapiness" from Battlestar Galactica.

My argument however is, as a Sci Fi "geek" I live in the real world everyday, I see arguments, workplace politics, divorces, romances and even the odd car chase. So why do I need to go home and watch it again on TV?

I know that the Sopranos for example is not something that I would see very often in the real world, but to a Sci Fi fan, it can still comes across as lame and very "normal" by comparison.

Sci Fi is escapism (anti-ordinary), much like most TV is, however most TV is already based in the real world and in my opinion is therefore bound by real world rules and physics. The storytelling must take place within these constraints.

Sci Fi mostly creates its own rules, its own universe from the ground up, an epic task for the writers and production staff to say the least and therefore a lot of Sci Fi can crash and burn if it is not well produced.

The thing about Sci fi for me is, and I admit, it has turned me into a snob.

After watching some of the most intricate, original and intense storytelling through the realm of sci fi, I find it very hard to come back down to Earth so to speak and enjoy something else to the same level.

Science Fiction to me is escapism, and its also a blank canvas, something that I myself can write my thoughts, images upon without any rules of real world doctrine getting in my way, Sci Fi is freedom to think about whatever you like without someone saying "you're weird"

Battlestar Galactica : Last Supper