Interesting opinion piece by British Sci Fi Author, Charlie Stross concerning the downhill slide in scriptwriting for big-budget sci-fi TV series. To resolve a difficult plot line, simply insert technology.
Interesting opinion piece by British Sci Fi Author, Charlie Stross concerning the downhill slide in scriptwriting for big-budget sci-fi TV series. To resolve a difficult plot line, simply insert technology.
interesting yes.
For me as a consumer of SF it’s a case of: is the ‘tech the tech’ blantantly bollocks, or can I ignore the tech and watch the drama/action/whatever?
I can with Dr Who (new stuff) or Hyperdrive, but no with most of the american TV SF crap.
Of course it doesn’t have to be [futuristic] SF for this to be an issue to me … it just has to have computers in it and 5 year olds hacking NSA with their digital watch in 3mins.
I don’t mind if they tech the tech to fix the tech and it supports the storyline. There’s often room for a good MacGuffin in a story, it’s when the tech becomes more a Deus ex machina that the suspension of disbelief starts to waver.