Mars: overtones of Hogan's Heroes? More seriously, going to and leaving Mars certainly became easier after Marcus and Franklin did it the first time around, complete with complicated eternal journey in someone's cargo bay and secret passwords. :) Though I don't think you can blame JMS for not wanting to go through those scenes every time he needed to move the characters when s4 was overcrowded already.
Marcus:...yes, though I'd put it more kindly. I think Marcus was in love with being in love, with adoring Ivanova in a knight and lady fashion; if Susan had ever grabbed him and had sex with him, it would have fallen apart after a month at utmost, between their mutual hang-ups. It was very much a Don Quichotte and Dulcinea thing; can't you just hear Marcus intoning "to love pure and chaste from afar"?
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Date: 2010-09-08 03:34 pm (UTC)Marcus:...yes, though I'd put it more kindly. I think Marcus was in love with being in love, with adoring Ivanova in a knight and lady fashion; if Susan had ever grabbed him and had sex with him, it would have fallen apart after a month at utmost, between their mutual hang-ups. It was very much a Don Quichotte and Dulcinea thing; can't you just hear Marcus intoning "to love pure and chaste from afar"?