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more about #robotech Vulcan Has No Moon: Neon Genesis Evangelion. The damn writers/producers couldn't think of a way to end that train wreck except by killing off the whole damn cast. They sh... more » Wookie1972: Oh, and is it blasphemy to suggest that Professor Tolkien's work, despite the lack of sex, was just a wee bit soap operatic? more » Wookie1972: Soap operas aren't all that bad- doesn't War and Peace have something like 400 characters? more » ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: And yet, Sonic's comic books were so much better than any game released this decade. more » Alessar: ALIAS? Here, I can explain Alias: more » atrus123: Another weird thread in BSG was Starbuck and Leoben. They have this long, complex, tormented relationship throughout the series, and then when they d... more » Dirk Anger: what about the Summers family tree? It's even worse than that x-men relationships map: [tvtropes.org] Here's the text version: [members.core.com] (I... more » CleverName: Holy shit! John McCain is in Stargate Universe? more » ♠ Final ♠: I'm still waiting for Forge to show up in Wakanda to take Storm from the arms of T'Challa. Storm out in the rain is still one of my favorite covers o... more » erika: Aw, I thought that you were going to talk about daytime soaps that went sci fi. General Hospital and Days had some great sci fi storylines in the 80'... more » Counterglow: Thank god Wolverine isn't bi. If he was, he'd have banged the whole Marvel universe by now. more » raptor170123: Ok, potshots at BSG are fine, but let's be fair...Head Six showed Baltar the child, and SIX EPISODES later she told him that "Boomer" (the copy later ... more » vonamarak: Yay for the Marvel comic soap. It's the ultimate soap, that stretches across alternative realities! Actually beyond alternative realities, in alternat... more » YanaH: I am giving SG:U one more episode and then I give up! I was so POed after the last one I made a list of what is wrong with the show. What is wrong w... more » brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there(: Let's not get forget Brock's crazy ass relationship with Molotov Cocktease, the Russian assassin who seduces him then betrays him on a frequent basis,... more » blarblarnyar: I defy anybody to explain to me the tangled backstory of the Bristow family. So, here goes: Irina Derevko was a KGB agent sent to the US to marry a C... more » Mark 2000: Where's Deep Space Nine? Odo loves Kiera, but Kiera loves Berial, but Berial is a monk and half his brain is gone! Julian loves Dax, but Dax kinda li... more » Aidan_: I think one could reasonably make the argument that all superhero comics are soap operas. more » CodenameV: Yeah, the soap opera stuff really wrecked BSG...I can't summarize the major problems better than you did Charlie....except to add "No, picking the Fin... more » neolex: Come now, and I will probably be shot for this, but isn't Star Wars the greatest of them all; it did force us to coin the whole 'Space Opera' tag in t... more » -
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Top 10 Most Ridiculous Soap Operas Of All Time
People are complaining that Stargate Universe is becoming a soap opera, but don't worry — it's got a ways to go before it reaches the levels of science fiction/fantasy's most demented, silliest soap operas. More »
