"Deathwalker" discussion [spoilers]

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This is the discussion post for the episode 1X09, "Deathwalker". Spoilers for the whole of the series, including the spin-offs and tie-ins, are allowed here so newbies beware.

Extra reading:

The article for "Deathwalker" at Lurker's Guide.

Comments

[widsidh.livejournal.com]

You would think that more people would be able to recognise a Dilgar on sight.


Not necessarily, since they are supposed to have died out. People have a remarkable ability to reationalize away things that stare them in the face (and yes, I think that includes us all).

“Drazi Freehold” is an unusual name for a state.

It is, isn't it? Another idea: maybe they are conparing themselves (favourably) with other races which are subject to external powers, using a word from their soceity/legal system tio express this.

I’m not convinced the term ‘VCR’ is going to stick around for centuries.

Let's remember that this went out 15 years ago - DVDs were still in development, rewritable CDs even further away, not to speak of digital recorders.

Even if changes in technology are to be expected, words are often conservative, especially abbreviations where no-one remembers what exactly they stand for. So the suggestion that a recording device is still called VCR in the 23rd century was not such an unlikelyhood then - we now know that things are going differently, but only with the benefit of hindsight.

And I suppose calling such a being a "vicar" was just too good an opportunity to miss
;-)