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Torchwood
datalas:
--- Quote from: Disco Matt on January 21, 2008, 23:48:26 ---He's in danger of turning into a parody of Dafydd from Llandewi Brefi...
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At least if he does this time around it might be funny ;)
In all seriousness though, it's often been the "job" of science fiction to address contentious issues and hopefully make people reflect on their own particular thoughts. Take Star Trek TOS for example, the first interracial kiss on television, addressing genocide, treatment of prisoners etc etc. Even if Star Trek has subsequently lost the plot and blame it all on aliens[1]
Sadly, one thing that people seem to have forgotten is that this particular issue has already been confronted and therefore doesn't need to be done to death anymore. Personally I couldn't care if captain jack was straight, gay, bisexual, trisexual, omnisexual or had three knees. Whilst it might be an integral part to his character it shouldn't need to be explained every five minutes. Then again, neither does his being immortal, or a former time agent...
Hmm... I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that it's perhaps not that he's gay that's the trouble, it's the fact that Torchwood just isn't very well written :( The characters are so poorly defined that any of them that actually have a character trait which might make them remotely interesting has to prattle on about it for fear of them being upstaged by the extras.. or the props[2]
[1] you're gay? it's because you used to be the other gender but now you've had a slug transplant, oooh woe is me... personally I preferred babylon 5's approach which was just to show two of the main characters (both women) waking up in the same bed and having a conversation as they got ready for duty, much more matter of fact...
[2] let's face it, in a warehouse battle with the little hamster like one, the other bloke chap and a palette, you'd be watching the palette as it has more personality.
Smego:
doesn't get shown in my house I do not want my kids to see two fags kissing!
:->
Bush Tucker Man:
--- Quote from: datalas on January 22, 2008, 09:42:15 ---Take Star Trek TOS for example, the first interracial kiss on television, addressing genocide, treatment of prisoners etc etc. Even if Star Trek has subsequently lost the plot and blame it all on aliens
it's because you used to be the other gender but now you've had a slug transplant, oooh woe is me... personally I preferred babylon 5's approach which was just to show two of the main characters (both women) waking up in the same bed and having a conversation as they got ready for duty, much more matter of fact...
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I caught a bit of 'Deep Space Nine' the other day & Jadzia Dax(?) was kissing another previous 'host' rather passionately, said previous 'host' being female!
datalas:
--- Quote from: Bush Tucker Man on January 22, 2008, 11:09:52 ---I caught a bit of 'Deep Space Nine' the other day & Jadzia Dax(?) was kissing another previous 'host' rather passionately, said previous 'host' being female!
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Yup, that's the episode which apparently "dealt" with the issue of homosexuality, not sure how it did that, but hey ho :)
Disco Matt:
--- Quote from: datalas on January 22, 2008, 11:25:50 ---
--- Quote from: Bush Tucker Man on January 22, 2008, 11:09:52 ---I caught a bit of 'Deep Space Nine' the other day & Jadzia Dax(?) was kissing another previous 'host' rather passionately, said previous 'host' being female!
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Yup, that's the episode which apparently "dealt" with the issue of homosexuality, not sure how it did that, but hey ho :)
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Yup, always noticed that, particularly in US sci-fi stuff. Two women kissing is apparently fine, two blokes [-X
(should perhaps mention that I'm straight!)
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