Anyway, I was quibbling on a few points because I agree with you on everything else. But basically, it came down to I'm actually kind of leery of 5 year plans, and prefer really solid ideas of the characters of the world, and for things to develop naturally from there, allowing for flashes of brilliance. (I mean, apparently the whole neuro-clone/harvey/crazy thing in farscape was something they decided after they realized it worked really, really well in "Crackers Don't Matter".)
And I'm not certain about the translator thing, because short of "a wizard did it", they just really don't pass muster. I mean, they work as handwaves, but any explanation isn't going to work when you look at it closely. Universal translation is a narrative convenience. But if their rules aren't going to make sense, at least they could be consistent about it.
And the third thing was a super minor disagreement, which is I agree with you about "strong" women characters, but if they must kick ass, I would wish that they actually be physically tough. I mean, no more sexy waifs doing ridiculous gymnastics in stilettos. Give me the Zoes and Olivias, who wear sensible ass-kicking shoes and who (despite being tv-gorgeous) look like they might actually be capable of kicking ass.
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Date: 2011-04-21 03:18 pm (UTC)Anyway, I was quibbling on a few points because I agree with you on everything else. But basically, it came down to I'm actually kind of leery of 5 year plans, and prefer really solid ideas of the characters of the world, and for things to develop naturally from there, allowing for flashes of brilliance. (I mean, apparently the whole neuro-clone/harvey/crazy thing in farscape was something they decided after they realized it worked really, really well in "Crackers Don't Matter".)
And I'm not certain about the translator thing, because short of "a wizard did it", they just really don't pass muster. I mean, they work as handwaves, but any explanation isn't going to work when you look at it closely. Universal translation is a narrative convenience. But if their rules aren't going to make sense, at least they could be consistent about it.
And the third thing was a super minor disagreement, which is I agree with you about "strong" women characters, but if they must kick ass, I would wish that they actually be physically tough. I mean, no more sexy waifs doing ridiculous gymnastics in stilettos. Give me the Zoes and Olivias, who wear sensible ass-kicking shoes and who (despite being tv-gorgeous) look like they might actually be capable of kicking ass.