“Things like Star Trek and Tolkien are incredibly powerful for very small subsets of the population because their creators make risky aesthetic and narrative choices.”
I would say there is some truth to this, for example I don’t mind diplomacy scenes that take up 2/3rds of the episode since I’m an exposition sort-of person to begin with, but a lot of people really hate that.
“Things like Star Trek and Tolkien are incredibly powerful for very small subsets of the population because their creators make risky aesthetic and narrative choices.” I would say there is some truth to this, for example I don’t mind diplomacy scenes that take up 2/3rds of the episode since I’m an exposition sort-of person to begin with, but a lot of people really hate that.