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Airwolf was a helicopter that could fly at mach 1 speed. That's more than cutting edge isn't it?Anyway all of this is my subjective opinion so the details are moot. 🙂
Wonder Woman is from Themiscyra home of the Amazons so she is technically from earth. I will concede on Kal El being a Kryptonian who adopts earth as his home. So on that point, yes Smallville could be considered sci-fi, but it's a stretch. Usually super heroes go in the comic book fantasy genre, but there is a crossover.Airwolf is technically sci-fi, but I would consider it more action/drama since the technology of Airwolf is basically a plot device more so than the focus of the show. Superman being an alien is tertiary to the focus of the story lines of Smallville. Now if the show was about Superman coming to earth and the reaction of the earthlings to his arrival etc...then I would reclassify it as sci-fi.
That's an interesting criteria list. I hadn't thought about what qualifies as sci-fi before. I would have a different list, but perhaps that's another thread. (But just to sneak in one point - I don't think there needs to be alien contact, and I think it can take place any time - including the present. Think about movies like "Running Man" (Schwarzenegger) or "Surrogates" (Willis), neither of which have alien contact but which I think are both "Sci-Fi" in category). But wouldn't your own criteria exclude the "Six Million Dollar Man" which you put in your list?
No, because the Six Million Dollar Man focuses on technology and there are aliens in several episodes.
Well I don't consider super heroes as science fiction. My criteria for science fiction is:1. has to take place in the future or distant past2. has to have a more advanced technological society or focus on technology3. has to have a theme dealing with man's struggle for survival4. has a theme dealing with how man is evolving or will evolve when he encountersnew alien racesStuff like that. 🙂
Smallville isn't science fiction. It's fantasy. “V” was a mini-series so I'm not sure it qualifies for this post either. I guess Eureka might qualify. That was a good show too.
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I like this Pope as far as what he is trying to do, but I'm afraid he is going to make some enemies in the Vatican with such ill worded statements that can be taken out of context. Francis needs a better PR staff I think.
Obama is a fast becoming a dictator. I would not be surprised if he doesn't try to find a way to run a third time, and if he is unsuccessful, he will manufacture a nationwide crisis to implement martial law to suspend the constitution and remain in power indefinitely.
Shutting down the government would really be beneficial if it cut off the funding to the White House and Congress. Keep the parks open and furlough the real nonessential government employees who do the most damage. 🙂
So long as you accept this. I didn't know if you would be miffed at the "lack of respect" given to your team, even though I have to admit that it is enjoying a cream puff schedule this year. I'm actually kind of surprised that they would have agreed to it, unless it were done several years ago before they started getting good.
We scheduled Georgia and they backed out last year and was replaced with North Carolina. We tried to get Alabama when Virginia Tech wanted out of its game with the Tide, but they ended up fulfilling their contract. We tried to get Texas A&M too, but that didn't work out either. ESPN tried to make those last two games happen. Tom Jurich will not do 2 for 1 deals. It has to be home and home or no deal. The Big Boys don't want to schedule us even. It won't matter anymore once we get in the ACC. We will have Clemson and Florida State every year on the schedule to go along with Notre Dame next year.
Louisville will not sniff the NC in any way because of the weak schedule. Next year in the ACC that won't be a concern.
Has the Pope tried to make sure his comments aren't being taken out of context? Has the Vatican even commented on how the media is portraying all of this?
