It's more than that, it's that most of the customs and culture are very, very much particular to the contemporary US, or the mythology of it. Being ladylike is indicated by high-heeled shoes, conservative suits with skirts, and pearl earrings. Women wear black and Jackie-o half-veils to funerals. Military funerals involve folding the flag over the dead person's coffin. Prisoners wear orange track suits.
I've tried to give up on tracking this, because the culture is never going to be sufficiently alien for me, and either I give up on the show or I accept this as one of its characteristics and move on.
Micole is me, here.
But...it's the same treatment we have. I'm ok with not a cure, but that it's obviously what we have, just with different words, irks me.
But what else would they have, if they haven't cured it yet? Cancer is what it is, you know?
You know, I'd much rather the at the BSG people wear stuff and work with stuff that is very analougous to what we wear now, rather than have them were freaky jumpsuit things as in Star Trek.
I enjoyed SG1 -- it's fun to see Claudia Black and I, admittedly, don't take SG1 at all seriously.
Hey, I watch Andromeda too. Well, I gave up on it and then started again.
They have actual avatars of celestial bodies in Andromeda. (Seriously, if Trance can be a sun, I don't see how the genetic copy of Drago whatisface being the the son of Tyr is that much of a stretch.)
Seriously, if Trance can be a sun, I don't see how the genetic copy of Drago whatisface being the the son of Tyr is that much of a stretch.
The who with the what now?!?!? (I haven't been paying attention, even when I've had it on.)
I used to like that show so much.
(Seriously, if Trance can be a sun, I don't see how the genetic copy of Drago whatisface being the the son of Tyr is that much of a stretch.)
And Beka being the mother of all Nietzscheans?
Please say you were just funning with me...
And Beka being the mother of all Nietzscheans?
Exactly.
Yes, Trance is a sun, she is in love with the moon - but they can never be together because that would put their planetary system all out of wack.
Also, Dylan Hunt is not only a "paradigm" -- i.e., some sort of being with a genetic predilection for time-traveling, he is also some sort of chosen protector of the avatar of the sun, i.e., Trance.
Umm, some of that was on the new episode as of last night. Should I have whitefonted?
rather than have them were freaky jumpsuit things as in Star Trek.
This was one of the most ill advised future fashion choices, right up there with the velour outfits of Original Gen Trek, or the endless turtlenecks worn by everyone in the future in all the others '60's TV shows and movies.
I liked the velour Original Trek outfits. When I'm a god in the far future, you'll know it by virtue of the fashion trends returning to futuristic 60s styles.
The photo above clears up the mystery of why I've never found Richard Dean Anderson attractive despite everyone else talking him up: in that photo he looks just like my cousin Jamie did about 20 years ago.
I liked the velour Original Trek outfits. When I'm a god in the far future, you'll know it by virtue of the fashion trends returning to futuristic 60s styles.
What kills me is the DS9 episode "Trials and Tribblations" where they firmly establish that yes, in fact, Star Fleet went through a period where that's what the outfits looked like, rather than try and wank it out like it never happened.
And now that Enterprise features very functional, militaristic outfits, you really have to wonder what that particular period in Federation fashion history was all about.
