Would a TV show help get the idea out to the general public? A TV show based on space tourism could be as serious as _Hawaii Five-O_ or as silly as _The Love Boat_.
I would be inclined to say that since if it involves Space COlonies and Space Island Habitats then it is worth discussing.
There is plenty of material with which to work with. A good drama. Plenty of real space adventure. Why not?
Problem is Hollywood likes to Jazz things up into Sci-Fi and mix in Aliens and all kinds of odd stuff. Maybe it is time to push on a return to the old Science Fiction and push a good story.
OK. Now I've got two.
I would guess that there's a reasonable level of interest in a well
written space-based TV series (translation: high enough ratings to
attract sponsors). "Battlestar Galactica was pretty popular. All you
need are some good script writers who prefer realistic science over
alien predators, a producer with enough money to bankroll the
Enterprise (sorry, I couldn't resist the pun), a director who believes
that depicting a realistic vision of life in space is more important
than expressing his artistic style, and a TV executive willing to take a
chance on losing his corner office if the thing flops. It sounds like a
piece of cake to me.
Seriously, though, I always liked the movie "Outland" with Sean Connery
and Peter Boyle. The plot was a remake of "High Noon" but I liked the
gritty way life in a working space outpost was depicted. It seemed much
more believable (to me, anyway) than the sterile space ships of "2001
Space Odyssey".
--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "sailor.barsoom"
wrote:
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> Would a TV show help get the idea out to the general public? A TV
show based on space tourism could be as serious as _Hawaii Five-O_ or as
silly as _The Love Boat_.
It is possible for NASA (and other space establishments) to take on the role
of publishers and encourage a realistic genre of space novels.
Verne's situation improved when he met Pierre-Jules Hetzel, one of the most
important French publishers of the 19th century ... They formed an excellent
writer-publisher team until Hetzel's death. Hetzel helped improve Verne's
writings, which until then had been repeatedly rejected by other publishers.
Hetzel read a draft of Verne's story about the balloon exploration of
Africa, which had been rejected by other publishers for being "too
scientific". With Hetzel's help, Verne rewrote the story, which was
published in 1863 in book form as *Cinq semaines en ballon* (Five Weeks in a
Balloon). Acting on Hetzel's advice, Verne added comical accents to his
novels, changed sad endings into happy ones, and toned down various
political messages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne
Selvaraj
2009/7/26 Chris Smyth