I sang a song of John Crichton
Dec. 27th, 2004 11:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rabid1stAnd was so moved by my own lyrical spot-on-ness that I decided to repost it here for you all.
John Crichton isn't male. John Crichton is human.
Now we could start a long philosophical discussion on why "human" in today's Eurocentric cultures is represented by 'Good Ol' boy' attitudes...but then we might miss the joke of John Crichton.
John is lovable because he doesn't know his ass from his elbow. He's out there in space, completely out of his league and he's going on bravado. The joke is he's impressing nobody and the deeper joke is...he knows it. Even when he wins one it's considered a fluke. Because humans, represented this way (think Alien or Starship Troopers or...well...any masculine centered Sci-Fi ideal) aren't very impressive.
Oh, yes! We can suspend belief but in the real big scary world, Ripley would have been toast. We are, when compared to the vast universe, small, weak and feeble-minded.
But...we like to think we would kick butt.
What makes Farscape the best Sci-Fi show ever is they wallow in humanities frailities.
John Crichton is us...he likes to think he can kick butt even though he is scared out of his mind, lost and lonely and knows he is going to get kicked instead...he loves where there is no hope...he hopes where there is no chance...and when...against all odds he kicks butt...we have to feel proud of him.
**SNIFF**I do so love that show!
John Crichton isn't male. John Crichton is human.
Now we could start a long philosophical discussion on why "human" in today's Eurocentric cultures is represented by 'Good Ol' boy' attitudes...but then we might miss the joke of John Crichton.
John is lovable because he doesn't know his ass from his elbow. He's out there in space, completely out of his league and he's going on bravado. The joke is he's impressing nobody and the deeper joke is...he knows it. Even when he wins one it's considered a fluke. Because humans, represented this way (think Alien or Starship Troopers or...well...any masculine centered Sci-Fi ideal) aren't very impressive.
Oh, yes! We can suspend belief but in the real big scary world, Ripley would have been toast. We are, when compared to the vast universe, small, weak and feeble-minded.
But...we like to think we would kick butt.
What makes Farscape the best Sci-Fi show ever is they wallow in humanities frailities.
John Crichton is us...he likes to think he can kick butt even though he is scared out of his mind, lost and lonely and knows he is going to get kicked instead...he loves where there is no hope...he hopes where there is no chance...and when...against all odds he kicks butt...we have to feel proud of him.
**SNIFF**I do so love that show!
