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

"Michael Alan Chary" <mchary@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Obveeus <Obveeus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>So, why claim that CSI isn't sci-fi, but Mork&Mindy is sci-fi?  What
>>non-wanking distinction was made there?
>
> These are genre distinctions, and thus they are defined by genre
> conventions. If you cannot figure out for yourself what the genre
> conventions are that make CSI a police procedural and Mork and Mindy a
> scifi sitcom, then I suggest you go read a book or something.

Nice...make up a sub-category called 'sci-fi sitcom' even though M&M is
99% 
sitcom and (being generous) 1% sci-fi.  Where is your subcategory for 
'sci-fi police procedural' to fit CSI's 98% police procedural and 2%
sci-fi 
genre?