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My new word: intereaction.
Although it was initially a typo, I think it is perfect for describing how Sheriff Carter relates to the residents of Eureka. On one level, he's interacting with them, but at the same time, part of his interaction is a reaction. He's reacting to their quirky geniusness.
It's downright Crichtonesque, actually. The regular guy/Earthling is forced to deal with irregular people, and in so doing, interacts with them while reacting in a "Holy crap, these people are batshit crazy!" sort of way.
And of course, the truth of it is that what makes them friends/family/home is that they're more normal/human than he is initially willing to realize.
I hasten to add that I don't mean my normal/human qualifiers as something that is necessarily better or superior *snickers at Crichton looking ridiculous and yelling "Humans are superior!" in Crackers Don't Matter*, but rather as something relatable. How Crichton and Carter are able to relate to them, and how we as an audience are able to relate to them. This is fiction made for humans by humans, after all.
Ain't typos grand?
While I'm on the topic of Eureka, I'm probably the only person that this is driving (more) nuts, but "Jack Carter"? I feel like he ought to be Jack O'Neill and Sam Carter's offspring or something, and that, in turn, irks me because I don't like them together together.
Although it was initially a typo, I think it is perfect for describing how Sheriff Carter relates to the residents of Eureka. On one level, he's interacting with them, but at the same time, part of his interaction is a reaction. He's reacting to their quirky geniusness.
It's downright Crichtonesque, actually. The regular guy/Earthling is forced to deal with irregular people, and in so doing, interacts with them while reacting in a "Holy crap, these people are batshit crazy!" sort of way.
And of course, the truth of it is that what makes them friends/family/home is that they're more normal/human than he is initially willing to realize.
I hasten to add that I don't mean my normal/human qualifiers as something that is necessarily better or superior *snickers at Crichton looking ridiculous and yelling "Humans are superior!" in Crackers Don't Matter*, but rather as something relatable. How Crichton and Carter are able to relate to them, and how we as an audience are able to relate to them. This is fiction made for humans by humans, after all.
Ain't typos grand?
While I'm on the topic of Eureka, I'm probably the only person that this is driving (more) nuts, but "Jack Carter"? I feel like he ought to be Jack O'Neill and Sam Carter's offspring or something, and that, in turn, irks me because I don't like them together together.
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Date: 2006-08-10 01:00 pm (UTC)i love it when stuff is Crichtonesque the whole concept of viewing a wierd situation though someone who identifys with your prescpetive is what makes shows like farscape great
yeah the cater name gives me a duble take sometimes too not as bad as when im not looking when elisa talks and while we are on names it took me to the most recent ep to relize her name was allison burke and not elisa but that means she has the same name as the st i live on so thats kinda cool
and sam carter has much better chemistry with teal'c original rangers unite
i cant belive i made a coment almost as long as the entry and you made the entry about a typo wich i did nto even notice you spelled the word wrong cuz i cont spell