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Sci-fi that doesn’t give you a mechanism
Okay, so I watched episodes of the 80s series The Powers of Matthew Star. And the royal family has psionic powers. But how do you keep that to only the royal family without invoking magic? I mean, if they’ve ruled for hundreds of years, then you’d think there’d be enough offspring for a larger percentage of the population to have powers (not just the royals). We did see Vohill and/or Nian, of course. And it kinda has to be every royal from the way it was discussed, so multi-gene or recessive doesn’t make too much sense (then again, they are aliens, so who knows how their genes work). I know, I know, you aren’t supposed to think about it. But I think about it.
Then there’s the another 1980s alien-on-earth series, Starman. He can heal people. But sometimes he can’t. I can’t determine any rhyme or reason to when he can. And then there’s an episode with a blind girl where he says he can’t heal when he doesn’t know what’s wrong. Except then he does know what’s wrong and still doesn’t heal. Made the entire episode fall flat. Yes, she absolutely can have a fulfilling life while blind, and yes, the biggest problem was her parents isolating her, but the possibility is just completely unaddressed after he finds out what’s wrong. And he can heal a heart attack that’s happening, but not the damage from a stroke. It’s whatever the plot demands, of course, but it can be bothersome.
Seriously, I don’t really care much about what the mechanism is or if it has any basis in reality, I just want a rule that can be followed.
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BW Media Spotlight gets to the fun part of CBS Transformers> The Second Draft part 8: Potential Episodes part 1
CBS Transformers> The Second Draft part 8: Potential Episodes part 1
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TV shows airing March 1, 1984
I forgot Gimme A Break was on at 8pm before Cosby Show started. I remember Buffalo Bill. I thought Magnum P.I. was on Friday nights for some reason (maybe I’m confusing it with Miami Vice).
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I’m at the point where a third of my thoughts is just the original Night Court theme on a loop.
