Worth a Look: Rules for Space Opera
May 6th, 2009
With a new Star Trek movie coming out (which by all accounts will completely vindicate those of us who were teased as children), io9’s put together the Top Ten Rules of Space Opera as a handy reference. One of my favorites is
10. Somebody wise should predict something, but nobody will pay attention or be able to understand the prediction.
Nevertheless, words from the prediction will be repeated over and over throughout the space opera, in echoing voiceovers that grow increasingly portentous as the ending draws nigh.
The full list can be found here.