Okay, but here's the thing: 60% of my not liking "traditional scifi" is that I get really irritated by the one or two women per eight men, who will be pretty, smart, kickass fighters with no flaws or actual personality whatsoever. Or else they will be useless, flailing bimbos with no personality whatsoever. Either way, they will serve no actual purpose but merely be kept around for the sake of having unrequited love for the (smart, funny, flawed, interesting) male lead, or possibly to provide a spurious source of contention between two male leads. (*coughcoughAllisonblakecough*) Even if I love the guys and their relationships and the team, eventually I get so irritated by the generic, gratuitous woman that I have to stop watching. (This is why I get through half a season of SG-1 every six months.)
MAYBE the best way to appeal to women would be to get some INTERESTING WOMEN for them to watch! Maybe you could write plots about things that women are known to care about, like relationships between people!
To quote Jordan McDeere: "I swear to god, sir: the better our shows are, the more money we're gonna make."
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Date: 2009-03-21 04:12 pm (UTC)MAYBE the best way to appeal to women would be to get some INTERESTING WOMEN for them to watch! Maybe you could write plots about things that women are known to care about, like relationships between people!
To quote Jordan McDeere: "I swear to god, sir: the better our shows are, the more money we're gonna make."