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I've been trying to write an essay about the recent film Moon and the new TV show "Defying Gravity". They're both set in the near future (mid-21st century) and involve mostly-realistic space travel, and I was going to use them to jump off into my taste in science fiction in general. But the more I think about it, the less I understand exactly what it is I like and don't like in SF, so I'm just going to point them out and wave my hands a bit. I have mixed feelings about them both; in the wider scheme of things they are good-but-not-great, solid B+, but in the genre of SF film and TV (which is a continual disappointment to me) they are remarkable and groundbreaking, and I hope they will lead the way to more of their ilk. Unfortunately, "Defying Gravity" is not getting good ratings, and might not even complete its 8-episode run (they've aired 4 so far). But check it out while you can, if a show that was pitched as "Grey's Anatomy in space" sounds at all appealing.
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