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I forgot what a clever episode SG1 S4E2 "The Other Side" is. It plays on the shitty casting practices of TV. You don't notice the civ the team meets are all blonde white people b/c it is the shitty norm so you only realize they're space na*zis the same time the main characters doPermalink On twitter.com
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It's so clever because it plays on the biases of some of its viewers, and the expectations of the viewer watching from within our social framework, as effectively as the plot plays on the expectations of the characters.Permalink On twitter.com
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It's a reminder that the really good SF stories have metatextual layers, the engaging thing that happens to the characters is underneath a statement about our society but so few manage to make that social critique drive the story.Permalink On twitter.com
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Sadly, the most unrealistic part is that the US Gov't would refuse super tech from an off-world society just because they are terrible racists. In the end, Jack makes a choice to not let through the head space-N*zi. It feels like a clear reference to Operation Paperclip...Permalink On twitter.com
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Nothing is said, but the implication is clear: he's afraid that the Stargate program would take the help of Space N*zis if he let it through and he knows that's fruit from a poison seed; so he makes the call to let him go boom against the iris. It's a great episode.Permalink On twitter.com
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It's also fascinating b/c SG1 often struggles w/how the show's characters are US military. There are a number of lil moments where you get the feeling that it wants to be more Star Trek but the setting forces it into restrictions on how the characters interact with the universe.On twitter.com
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Not all of SG1 is great, mostly it is good, and always fun, but occasionally it really really shines.Permalink On twitter.com
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