Re: Sci-Fi gets "Ghost Whisperer," "Star Trek: TNG," "Charmed," "Highlander," "Mork & Mindy"

"Obveeus" <Obveeus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote: 

>>> Star Trek doesn't change what sci-fi is, but calling Mork and
>>> Mindy 'sci-fi' certainly stretches the definition to its limits.
>>
>> Why? Mork's "alien-ness" was an essential aspect of the show.
> 
> So, CSI should count as sci-fi because the science behind what
> they do is essential to the show and yet the 'plot's are clearly
> works of fiction? 

Faulty analogy.

Mork is an extraterrestrial. The whole premise of the show *depends*
on him being so. What do you think SF is that that doesn't count
as such?

-- jayembee