1:22 of Starman
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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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where is the yaoi of elton john’s rocket man and david bowie’s starman. where.
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poppystar doodle i did on the whiteboard
oh yeah idk if i mentioned this but in wuacs main story starman is taller then Hugo. unfortunately for him hugo goes through a massive growth spurt inbetween the ages of 17-19 so in post story he fucking towers over him LMAOOOO.
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Lecture 14: This is David Bowie’s song “Starman,” from 1972. The song, which focuses on many of the themes he would develop in his landmark fifth studio album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (released later in 1972). The song climbed to the No. 10 spot in the Top 40 in the United States, helping to cement Bowie’s and Ziggy’s success later in the year. Though originally recorded and released as a single in April 1972, the song fit perfectly on Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust album, released on June 16, 1972. In this footage, Bowie performs “Starman” on the BBC’s weekly pop show Top Of The Pops, July 6, 1972.
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Starman at the ceremony where his bosses from the Peace Council of the Emerald Planet awarded him “Employee of the Year.”
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i actually fucking cant why are YOU looking at ME like i hurt YOU can you be fucking normal please
anyway starman is on loop again it feels like im curled up in a very warm envelope and somebody just sealed and stamped it with all the pressed flowers scrunching inside
