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RATTY Awards Update
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31 May 2006 18:04:57 -0700
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Joshua Kreitzer...
Mark Nobles...
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Nowhere. They can safely be ignored.
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Since today (May 31) is the last day of the Ratty Awards eligibility
year, I just want to let people know what's going on.
I have been discussing this year's awards with the other Ratty Awards
organizer, Rob Licuria. We are going to keep all the rules
substantially the same as last year, and all the categories will be the
same as well.
I still need to update the reminder list of shows, which I will post to
rec.arts.tv so people can add any shows I missed.
You can expect further activity (such as the reminder list) within the
week.
Also, if anyone wants to help compile the reminder list of shows for
the 2006-07 season, please e-mail me so we can coordinate our activity.
Major ChrisB...
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and rememeber Lost isn't Sci-fi and Desperate Housewives is a Drama
Ian J. Ball...
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I agree with this post.
Ian (Of course, once the nom. voting starts, it's out of our hands -
most people usually vote to stick "Lost" in Sci-Fi and DH in comedy,
regardless of how Josh & Robert initially categorize them...)
Matt Messina...
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It doesn't matter what Abrahms has been saying. Of course he'd say
it's not Sci-Fi; if he said it was, he'd lose viewers.
"To the mainstream, SF means: too complicated; about technobabble
rather than people; needs you to have seen the whole series and
probably read a few textbooks to join in. So you get these horrible
interviews where the producer of Space Station Zap says 'We're not an
SF show, we're a show about people.'"
-- Paul Cornell (_Dr. Who_ writer)
_Dreamwatch_ May 2006 "What Makes a TV Show Sci-Fi?"
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avp11235...
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what finale did you watch? you do realize that the type of
electromagnetic anomaly associated with the island has
not actually been observed to exist in nature, right?
sure, something like what's shown could happen when the
earth's magnetic poles reorient themselves every so often,
but that's just means its geophysically possible, not that
it's in any way scientifically plausible. and that's basically
a defining characteristic of science fiction.
Matt Messina...
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I haven't seen any of _Lost_ this season (OK, I saw half of 1 episode),
but if this is accurate, it should end this debate. As long as there
are SF categories, _Lost_ belongs there.
For those who want _Lost_ to compete with non-SF dramas, the best way to
accomplish that is to get rid of the SF categories (next year), not
mis-categorize _Lost_.
"The biggest misconception in television right now is that there are
genre and non-genre shows. All TV is genre of one sort or another --
the best thing would be for us to dissolve the distinction and judge
shows on their merit as opposed to their milieu!"
-- Javier Grillo-Marxauch (_Lost_ supervising producer)
_Dreamwatch_ May 2006 "What Makes a TV Show Sci-Fi?"
(And we should add Dramedy categories.)
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given all that's happened on Lost, the show can only fall into
one of two genres: sci-fi or fantasy. if the writers are offering
explanations rooted in science, then Lost must be classified
as sci-fi.
Oz P
p.s. as another example, Michael Crichton's Prey is without
question a work of science ficiton concerning nano-technology.
So if the security system on the island has a similar origin,
as intimated by the writers in interviews, than why wouldn't
Lost also be considered sci-fi? I really don't see why this
classification is at all controversial.
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Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball...
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Just post the 'beta' list again, so people can post additions here -
that's the best way to handle it.
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Joshua Kreitzer (for the Ratty Awards team)
gromit82@hotmail.com
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