Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Yeah, but that's why I'm comparing Enterprise to Mutant X and Andromeda. The potential is there. I know I liked Scott Bakula and thought he could act, once upon a time, and there are at least two or three other people on the show who definitely can act.
What I really need is good fic. But surprise, surprise, no one's writing it.
I never thought Mutant X had potential. But there were two eps I solidly liked this season, plus a couple more brought in the HoYay. So much more than I expected when I signed up.
I can't believe all my syndicated sff is going away!
Genre TV just hasn't been the same since Cleopatra 2525 went off the air.
Oh, man, now I'm watching last week's Smallville. 12-year-old Lex is destroying me.
The problem of the static societies?
One thing in favor of staticness is that all the societies we see appear to be very small, isolated groups. There is no synergy that comes from mingling with people from different areas and cultures. Of course that begs the question as to why the population hasn't grown after so many years.
Possibly the limited gene pool only results in a certain percentage of births surviving into adulthood? Perhaps with go'auld eugenics policies resulting in the infirm being done away with at an early age?
I'm really very grateful that my academic background (you know, inasmuch as I have one) is in biology, specifically ecology, which is not something that comes up much in SF. As long as I don't think about the implications of low population size, I'm in clover. I've even got a pine tree fanwank. (See, 'cause they're wind-pollinated, and that makes them easier to transplant offworld than something that you've got to bring a pollinator species with...)
Okay, Katie, think about the species extermination on a galactic scale caused by the importation of Earth species.
But that's not a flaw, so much as it is an intimation of mass murder.
Okay, Katie, think about the species extermination on a galactic scale caused by the importation of Earth species.
Ah, but see, there's a throwaway line somewhere about terraforming. I am free to imagine that all of those other planets were life-free before someone showed up with Magic Tech and made them bloom.
But that's not a flaw, so much as it is an intimation of mass murder.
...plus, these are people who blow up stars, so...
Hey, I just watched "Gilmore Girls", and was happy to see Michael DeLuise back as the boyfriend of Luke's flaky sister. And he brought David! (Playing his brother, natch.) Michael's character kicked that punk Jesse's ass (well, tried to, anyway), which endeared him to me even more.
...plus, these are people who blow up stars, so...
Hal has an icon of Sam with the words "Star Killer" written on it. I like it a lot. She was kinda upset Sam blew up a star with impunity, if I recall correctly. I think my own reaction to the episode was, "Wow, how are you doing with those new brass balls, girlfriend?"
On the DS9 front... I watched the S1 ep with the ambassador with a crush on Odo. I love it when Odo gets to be vulnerable. I like everyone, but Odo's still my favorite. Gruffness + sarcasm + existential angst = an unbeatable combination. Also, Chief O'Brien adopted a needy computer program as a puppy! I almost died from the adorableness.