Sci-Fi Camping

I've been thinking about the camps people inhabit in regards to science fiction. At first I thought there were only two camps.

There's the 'I love Sci-Fi' camp - the one I and, as you are reading this blog, you belong to. We know why we're here - we're cool on a galactic scale.

There's the 'I hate Sci-Fi' camp - I'm afraid there's very little hope for these people - best put up a large fence and pretend they live in another dimension.

There is, I believe, a third camp - the 'Sci-Fi 'huh?'' camp. These are the poor souls who just don't get sci-fi. They can't hate it or like it, because they just don't really understand it.

How do I know about this third camp? I used to live there (picture me hanging my head in shame...). I thought Star Wars was fun and Star Trek vaguely interesting...but that was about it. I didn't know anything else about sci-fi and wasn't really prone to finding out more.

Then Stargate SG-1 came into my world. I got it. Why? Because I could relate to the characters - O'Neill had a dry sense of humour and wit and wasn't some stiff and boring leader, Daniel Jackson was somewhat nerdy, and Samantha Carter was a woman who was smart, attractive and gave as good as she got. These weren't perfect people, but they could kick alien ass when they needed to.

Can you believe it's 16 years since Stargate the movie was released? 16 years of a love that will last me a life time...sigh...true love!

I've expanded from Stargate into other realms - and that's what this blog will be about.

Hope you'll stick around.