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Originally Posted by JD Gumby
As Wikipedia notes, everyone's definition seems to be different.  And unless we go by the original "hacky, grinding, stinking, outworn, spaceship yarn", our definitions are wrong. :P In my day, it was basically synonymous with "space western" - spaceships instead of horses, aliens instead of Indians, and almost inevitably a war setting... |
In one person's mind, Space Opera is derived from Grand Opera, in others, it's derived from Soap Opera.
I see it as the former: Princesses, Galactic Lords, Good vs. Evil, ie Star Wars. I can so see Leia in a Valkyrie helmet doing an aria.
You seem to see it as the latter: light melodrama, but the western association, I don't get....maybe you associate it with "Grand Ol' Opry?"
ApK