And I'll check whether there is a problem with eye injection, though I don't think so - she loved "Blade Runner" and "Minority Report", after all.*g*
She'll probably be fine - I just have squeamish friends *g*. We watched Blade Runner together, too, and while one of them was covering her eyes during the scene were Roy breaks Deckard's fingers, I admit I took evil delight in assuring her that it was going to get worse in a minute ...
You're right about A Human Reaction as an essential turning point, of course, and your essay rocks.
Thank you. I enjoyed reading your observations as well, especially the part about Scorpius's continuing tendency to underestimate Crais - as does Crichton.
In 'Family Ties', although John certainly doesn't trust Crais, he allows himself and the rest of the crew to become distracted by Scorpius, and Talyn is shipnapped as a result. At the end of Season Three, Scorpius is so busy paying attention to John that he forgets about Crais altogether.
And then, in Season Four, both of them almost turn into Crais. Scorpius the PK exile who's lost his command, forced to turn to the crew of Moya for refuge. John, who has become so narrow in his focus on his threatened loved ones that he is willing to give wormholes to Scorpius (and thus give him the means to kill billions) to save one woman, one unborn child.
It's a pity Crais isn't around to be amused by the irony.
Re: Speaking from experience ...
She'll probably be fine - I just have squeamish friends *g*. We watched Blade Runner together, too, and while one of them was covering her eyes during the scene were Roy breaks Deckard's fingers, I admit I took evil delight in assuring her that it was going to get worse in a minute ...
You're right about A Human Reaction as an essential turning point, of course, and your essay rocks.
Thank you. I enjoyed reading your observations as well, especially the part about Scorpius's continuing tendency to underestimate Crais - as does Crichton.
In 'Family Ties', although John certainly doesn't trust Crais, he allows himself and the rest of the crew to become distracted by Scorpius, and Talyn is shipnapped as a result. At the end of Season Three, Scorpius is so busy paying attention to John that he forgets about Crais altogether.
And then, in Season Four, both of them almost turn into Crais. Scorpius the PK exile who's lost his command, forced to turn to the crew of Moya for refuge. John, who has become so narrow in his focus on his threatened loved ones that he is willing to give wormholes to Scorpius (and thus give him the means to kill billions) to save one woman, one unborn child.
It's a pity Crais isn't around to be amused by the irony.