A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Marvel superheroes are discussed over at the MCU thread.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
For example a world in which conventional electrical generation and storage don't work - so you could have IC if you hand lit the engine.
But why wouldn't it work? No conductive metals? Only specific chemical reactions don't work? These things bother me. I can imagine a culture in which something other than electricity drives most technology and electricity is a parlor trick. That's steampunk, more or less. I'm happy enough with a technology based on handwavium, as long as the rest of physics is left alone.
As opposed to out and out magic, the SF I read that was confincing along those lines had alien energy beings that specifically fed on electricity concentrations above a certain level - so no new laws of physicas and most biological electricity was at two low a level to attract their attentions. So small enough power sources could work to drive low power electronic devices. You just had to keep electrical energy below the threshold they automatically hooverd up.
That would probably not bother my brain, because physics would still be there, and there'd be the challenge of creating very low voltage things, preferably to kill the aliens with so we could go back to big cars and Vegas.
That was a good Alcatraz. I do wish they'd shown these in order.
Heeeey, it's that guy from
The 4400
! I like him.
I think the thing that bothered me most about the premise of
Ariel
was that
bicycles
no longer worked, either. That was the point where the book was flung, for me.
Still reeling from
Walking Dead.
"Don't come back, Shane!" indeed.
Heinlein's "Magic Incorporated" was very funny and pretty convincing too. Set in our world, after some engineers are caught muttering spells to keep a nuclear reactor running, and it turns out that science has been a fraud all along
That is not in the plot of Magic, Inc.
Magic, inc. is a story from the POV of a local contractor and building materials provider. He uses magic in the everyday workings of his life, like most other people. His livelihood is threatened by a "magical mob" takeover of the magic business in his state, which is spearheaded by a demon.
As far as the racism and sexism, I can only say that in historical context of other works of the time, RAH was slightly ahead of the curve. Not as bad as some of the period, better than some others. He was also writing for mainstream American publishing at the time and was quite the libertarian.(Although he would have laughed at the Tea Party "patriots")
Amanda Jennings was a fairly strong female character in that story.
That is not in the plot of Magic, Inc.
Yes it is. Right toward the beginning, tossed off causually not in an "as you know jack" way, but there. And mentioning the racism and sexism was there mainly for warning. I'm reccing the book as entertainment, but I don't want someone to hit it unwarned if they are already living with enough of it that it will more than neutralize any pleasure they would otherwise get out of it. One difference between Heinlein and many others on sexism is that he takes the trouble to rationalize it. It may actually say something good about him that he was not just taking it for granted, but it might make more unpleasant for a woman who encounters it unexpectedly. The way Chesterton's thoughf out and explained anti-semitism hits me harder than other stuff from the same period that tosses it off causally.
One difference between Heinlein and many others on sexism is that he takes the trouble to rationalize it. It may actually say something good about him that he was not just taking it for granted
Not to speak for all women, but the fact that he wrapped his sexism in evo-psych bullshit was one of the many MANY reasons he ceased to appeal to me after about age 17.
Hence the rest of the sentence you quoted and the following sentence
but it might make more unpleasant for a woman who encounters it unexpectedly. The way Chesterton's thoughf out and explained anti-semitism hits me harder than other stuff from the same period that tosses it off causally.
