Moderator: NecronLord
I think when they restarted the show, they were being very conservative about what might appeal to viewers. After all, they weren't just aiming at the thirty-something old DW crowd, but the general viewing public. I'm not sure how this logic worked, when it ruled of alien planets but included giant blue dudes and huge green fart aliens, but hey.Zuul wrote:If the casual viewer is watching Doctor Who and can't grasp alien planets, they should change the fucking channel. Jesus Christ.
Indeed no doubt this is why Star Wars was such a commercial failure and only popular amongst hardcore scifi fans as 'casual' viewers just couldn't cope with it's alien worlds.Big Orange wrote:RTD initially had most episodes on Earth due to him being wary of blowing the production budget and not presenting an alien world convincingly enough, it is also a sound ploy to not alienate the casual TV viewer who probably can't stand Farscape or Star Trek by setting most episodes in places the said casual TV viewer can relate to, as patronizing as it sounds
OK, fair enough, but remember A New Hope was mostly filmed in Pinewood Studios and around a few scenic towns with weird buildings in Tunisia. But that is a movie rather than a TV show, with TV sci-fi sometimes not always being convincing in depicting alien worlds and many American sci-fi shows like most of The Outer Limits or all of The X-Files, Lost, Sliders and Heroes are reolutely set on Earth, which is not really a detriment (although the TV show that is best at showing alien landscapes on a lowish budget is Farscape).Plekhanov wrote: Indeed no doubt this is why Star Wars was such a commercial failure and only popular amongst hardcore scifi fans as 'casual' viewers just couldn't cope with it's alien worlds.
Moron.