Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.231.46.205-20151112031449/@comment-28398720-20170228155835

98.231.46.205 wrote: If they want to keep me as a viewer, need more realism. [...] Give me a storng mostly unflawed grown man to immerse me into the story.

Personally, I no longer find unflawed characters interesting. Regardless, if you can't find someone to relate to that fine, but doesn't make this story unrealistic as explained above.

It's like all shows these days follow some ridiculous formula. Make as many women be the leaders as possible. Make any male leaders deeply flawed. Make the strongest warriors be women. I mean come on, even Battlestar Gallactica was following this script. The 5 best Viper pilots were all women. Really? The best President was a woman. The Admiral was a woman. The male leaders were deeply flawed. The best Cylons were women. Hollywood has a love affair with protraying women as far better fighters than they are. As one friend put it, they are in love with Flying Roundhouse Kick Girl.

Funny, I never noticed that about Battlestar Gallactica. Anyway, People always loved myths/stories/fantasy (of mysterious distant lands, grand adventures and adversaries, superheros who decided the fate of the world etc) for various reasons (they inspire us, give us an escape, make us feel better etc.) Is the story of the peasant who outsmart the king or the bastard servant girl who became a queen are "realistic"? No those are just the common good ol' underdog stories with a pinch of morals, most of Hollywood stories follow such ages old formulas, and their love affair has always with the audiance needs.

Anyway, if you want stories with strong unflawed man, you have countless shows to choose from (much less so for women) so you are good. And if you want realism watch the fucking discovery channel.