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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
it's that I don't care about it's concerns. It is a cultural thing. I do not enjoy much Brit-written sci-fi either. no biggie. don't find it or Dr. Who or Red Dwarf entertaining. I hate most Spanish movies too, concerned so much with their bullshit romantic fatalism and shit. fuck spanish movies.
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I kinda get where you're coming from actually. The regional and cultural elements of genre books/films/tv can make it tough to enjoy the story if you're not already big on the culture itself. Oddly, I kinda feel this way about skme Japanese horror. A lot of it just seems to come from a place that doesn't interest me, and maybe makes me a bit uncomfortable at times. It's not a strict thing, but I'm somewhat out off by some of the tropes, particularly with regard to women, school girls, etc.
I've always been a bit of a Anglophile. Grew up on Beatles, Doctor Who and Monty Python. That's not to say I love all the BBC stuff (never been a Red Dwarf fan either) but I have always kind of had a thing for the culture. You know, Tolkien and Douglas Adams and all that. Pip pip, cheerio! "I've got blisters on my fingers!" etc.