Speaking of cultures, something interesting I read once. The following is spoiler space for Signs: The following is spoiler space for Signs: The following is spoiler space for Signs: The following is spoiler space for Signs:
======================================================================== === Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc (www.mindseye.com) Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 12:35 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce Fiction Clich�s > > > Xenophobic or simply humanocentric? > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:27 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce Fiction Clich�s > : > : > : Re: Alien Races being uniform > : > : 1) Aren't the members of the human race often depicted as being > : the same way? For instance, encounters are usually made by way of > : a vessel, which is somewhat compartmentalized, role-based, and > : everyone is in a uniform. The exceptions are the wayfarers, the > : people who are in transit or who the members of the vessel > come across. > : > : 2) The other side of this is that aliens are not depicted in any > : meaningful way. Star Wars movies, for instance, show us lots of > : aliens without ever telling us much about them. Greedo was a cool > : dude, but we are never told much about him or his people. > : > : None of this really bother me, but it is does seem a little > : xenophobic when you think about it. > : > : M > : > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 2:16 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: RE: The Grand List of Overused Scie nce Fiction Clich�s > : > : > : One thing I don't agree with is the mark against alien cultures > : that have little variety. Maybe I'm being picky, but I see > : nothing wrong with an alien society that is _very_ uniform. As > : far as we know, our race (and it's wide variety of people) is > : rare in the universe. That being said though, it is kind of silly > : when _every_ alien race is depicted like that. > : > : -rc > : > : > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
