potential panel at Escapade

[permetaform]

So it looks like I'm going to Escapade this year! Color me squeeful. =D And lierdumoa and I thought that we might do a panel this year and submitted this suggestion to the Escapade website.

Deus Dētrū́ditur Machina

Wherein "God is returned to the machine." TV shows that tell stories without the cookie cutter morality.

We’ve all lived through the Jossverse’s cult of redemption and the excessive sermonizing in Harry Potter fanon. Not every bad deed needs to be punished; not every protagonist is a hero. The panel will include discussion of the post-modernist themes of Stargate: Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica vs. the modernist themes of Firefly, etc.

Audience participation encouraged. (pardon our bad Latin)

Good idea/bad idea?

Comments

[fledge.livejournal.com]

Oh damn, have just realised this is probably what you meant all along ::G::

I was confused by your post-modernist/modernist terms, I think, assuming that 'post-modernist' must be the interesting slant...

How come stark dualism, toeing the line etc. is post-modernist? That's surely a very old viewpoint in story...

I admit I don't know the terminology and that can't be helping!

[permetaform]

Not trying to provoke a row, just enjoy discussion!

oh, don't worry about it, this is the type of comments we wanted, Escapade is created on controversial panels.