I watch too much Buffy....
Dec. 30th, 2003 10:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Why isn't there another new slayer? I mean, the first time Buffy died, we got Kendra. And when Kendra died, we got Faith. But then Buffy died again. Didn't that activate another new slayer? We know her resurrection helped destabilize the slayer line, so why did we still have only two slayers running around, instead of three?
(edit)After typing that, I realized I have problems with some other shows, so let's turn this into a general inconsistencies rant, okay?
1. I don't, unlike some people, mind Captain Picard speaking with a British accent... it's certainly better than trying to make Patrick Stewart speak with a French accent! Heck, I don't even mind the fact that his French, when required to speak it, isn't all that good. But why on earth does he seemingly know no French authors or playwrights? Why is it always Shakespeare and Dickens? Why not Moliere and Voltaire? Or La Fontaine? Or, well, anyone? It's a further outgrowth of my complaint that Terran Culture is just American culture with no money and cool spaceships. *sighs deeply*
2. Why, oh why, has Daniel Jackson stopped translating everything? Universal translators are, frankly, impossible, but in shows and books where they exist, I accept that... I'll allow some suspension of disbelief. But when you have a character whose job it is to translate, why on earth does everyone start speaking English? It's annoying. Just make up some sort of translating device, maybe one which works semi-realisticly by making you learn languages faster instead of really translating, and I'll be happy.
3. What happened to Judy from Family matters? They used to have two daughters, and then, all of a sudden, they just had one. No reason either, she just disappeared from all but the credits. Similarly, what happened to the older son in Happy Days? Huh? Huh?
4. Back to Star Trek. One word. Klingons. And don't give me that "we don't talk about it" crap, I want a real reason, one that fits into the story. Yes, I know they didn't have the budget for the makeup in TOS, I still want a real storyline reason!
(edit)After typing that, I realized I have problems with some other shows, so let's turn this into a general inconsistencies rant, okay?
1. I don't, unlike some people, mind Captain Picard speaking with a British accent... it's certainly better than trying to make Patrick Stewart speak with a French accent! Heck, I don't even mind the fact that his French, when required to speak it, isn't all that good. But why on earth does he seemingly know no French authors or playwrights? Why is it always Shakespeare and Dickens? Why not Moliere and Voltaire? Or La Fontaine? Or, well, anyone? It's a further outgrowth of my complaint that Terran Culture is just American culture with no money and cool spaceships. *sighs deeply*
2. Why, oh why, has Daniel Jackson stopped translating everything? Universal translators are, frankly, impossible, but in shows and books where they exist, I accept that... I'll allow some suspension of disbelief. But when you have a character whose job it is to translate, why on earth does everyone start speaking English? It's annoying. Just make up some sort of translating device, maybe one which works semi-realisticly by making you learn languages faster instead of really translating, and I'll be happy.
3. What happened to Judy from Family matters? They used to have two daughters, and then, all of a sudden, they just had one. No reason either, she just disappeared from all but the credits. Similarly, what happened to the older son in Happy Days? Huh? Huh?
4. Back to Star Trek. One word. Klingons. And don't give me that "we don't talk about it" crap, I want a real reason, one that fits into the story. Yes, I know they didn't have the budget for the makeup in TOS, I still want a real storyline reason!
Re: The Klingon Debacle
Date: 2003-12-30 09:34 pm (UTC)Re: The Klingon Debacle
Date: 2003-12-30 09:54 pm (UTC)And we're due for WWIII in just under 60 years or so. :)
Re: The Klingon Debacle
Date: 2003-12-30 10:01 pm (UTC)Here's something else. If Tom Paris is such a history buff, why can't he get his history right? And why is it that in the few episodes that dealt with homosexuality (I can think of one in TNG and one in Enterprise which had at the end an ad for "if you'd like to know more about homosexuality and AIDS, call..." in case you missed the point) they never ONCE mention gay people, not even in the context of "humans used to have a similar problem with gay people, but we got over it (or exterminated them all, apparently....)"?