Re: INSTANT REVIEW: Next Year's TV Shows

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:18:56 -0700, lurkinghorror
<lurkinghorror@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>In article <f8qqr0$ud7$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Otto Bahn <ei@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>wrote:
>
>> "leo sgouros" <adravirgo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote 
>> 
>> > > > "TV Shows" are OFF-TOPIC in alt.parallel.universes
>> > > > Cease and desist cross-posting to alt.parallel.universes.
>> > >
>> > > What about TV shows about parallel universes?
>> > >
>> > > --oTTo--
>> > 
>> > Indeed.Completely on-topic.
>> > 
>> >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKay_and_Mrs._Miller_(Stargate_Atlantis)
>> > McKay is brought back to Earth in an effort to convince his sister to
>> > work for the SGC. McKay visits Jeannie and her husband (Caleb) and
>> > daughter. They don't really know what to think of him, and McKay and
>> > his sister bicker about the past. Rodney wants her to come with him
>> > and help out for a few months because she's almost as brilliant as he
>> > is and would be a great help to the Stargate Program. Jeannie balks
>> > until McKay beams her aboard the Daedalus. McKay then reveals that
>> > Jeannie's calculations can help solve the problems that plagued
>> > Project Arcturus. Instead of trying to draw zero point energy from
our
>> > own universe and release hazardous exotic particles, McKay plans to
>> > draw energy from a parallel universe via a matter bridge so the
exotic
>> > particles would be vented into the hopefully uninhabited parallel
>> > universe instead.
>> 
>> Hopefully uninhabited?!  That's like crapping in a stream and
>> hoping none of your downstream neighbors drink from it.  I 
>> wonder if the writers of Stargate realize how irresponsible 
>> that is.
>
>When are writers responsible for such things? 

When they want to tell an interesting story instead of just a simple
story.

BW