KT Torrey
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Nicely put—your post opens up
Nicely put--your post opens up some great questions. While the ST universe explores the potential horrors of the transporter, the problems associated with the replicator, as you note, are almost cultural, creating a yearning for a more material past. The ... -
Cheers for your comments!
Cheers for your comments! Didn't know about the turn to Marlowe after 9/11--very interesting stuff. I take your point about the optimism of TOS, but I must admit that I find it comforting, if always already aspirational. Indeed, the contrast between ... -
Thanks for your
Thanks for your thoughtful comments! It's funny, because Swear Trek doesn't strike me as *just* textual poaching. Sure, it hits all the beats in Jenkins' classic definition, but that repurposing is the beginning of the conversation, not the ... -
Lots of food for
Lots of food for thought here! You make an interesting point about Spock being overtly sexualized in the Abrams 'verse in a way he wasn't in TOS. I think you're right. However, I don't agree that TOS Spock is portrayed as "primari ... -
Fannish fingerprints all over the glass
I adore this line of discussion. My goodness.:) Hence me waiting a week to comment--been savoring it. >I really like the idea that if we think of Hannibal as fanfiction, the metaphor of the glass takes on a different value because fanfic (esp. slash) o ... -
I trust Fuller, but...
Amen on both counts. >Declaring it fan service is an easy way to dismiss having to engage with what the show did there. Yeah--it's a shorthand dismissal that's patronizing to both the series and to fans. Nil points. And I trust Fuller, but I ... -
In re: gender and seduction
Fascinated by this discussion for several reasons. First, I love your read in re: the specific (perhaps inherent?) appeal of the visuals to feminine-gendered audiences. I am very much NOT a horror fan, and as a viewer, I've not always been conscious ... -
It's all very meta
Ah! Great point. The more overt the series became about being a story, the more its storyness was called into question. But the kind of narrative it presented was--harder to see, perhaps? Or required a different kind of attention than some viewers were re ... -
Something beautiful
Cheers, Brian! You make an interesting point about Fuller: in essence, he's using one of the oldest storytelling forms, the fairy tale, in order to "expand the possibilities" of American TV narrative. If we don't get this series back, ... -
A pleasant fairy tale gloss
NIcely put, yes. And for me, the idea of a fairy tale also acts as a gloss on season 3, especially the Italian Job section. Things that I otherwise might question--like why did no one in the faculty ever Google Roman Fell? If the dude's got notoriety ...