Sorry folks, but I had a nagging dislike of the little yellow-eyed fast growing girl I saw tonite on SG-1. Adri, Aldrie, Alex, whomever. Then I remembered (at least part of) the reason why . . . I've seen this before. Isabel on the 4400 (she's hot, but I cant stand her!). Some evil girl, concieved under dubious circumstances, holds great power and will be the harbinger of armageddon. Um . . . come again?
Having her grow up fast helps the writers easily get around alot of the growth and bonding issues that an ACTUAL child would provide for a character, but it just seemed . . . so superficial to me. To see Aeryn Sun, err I mean Vala Mal Doran, stalking around and (even sarcastically) talk about how "they grow up so fast" and "break your heart" and this other stuff, just smacked of bad writing. This is a freak of nature who's purpose is to be the Locutus of Borg for the Ori, the bringer of death and destruction to all unbelievers . . . Vala seemed to play the entire situation way way too nonchilant (even for her), and I got *no* feeling of any sort of authentic attachment between mother and child. It just seemed forced.
In all fairness, I get that same feeling of void between Isabel and her father in the 4400, but that relationship has had the benefit of at least 3 episodes to define itself, and I think that the distance is intentional.
Anyhow, I've seen various versions of this "Antichrist Girl" or "Potential Antichirst" archetype, not always featuring all the exact details, but more or less. Rogue and Gene Grey (as a kid) in X-Men were basically the same thing, but sans the super-fast growth. It's not necessarily a bad thing to indulge in a cliche like this, but it just seemed very very poorly done to me.
Anyhow mark my words, I wouldn't be suprised at all if I see this same archetype pop up in the Battlestar Galactica half cylon kid of Boomer, too.
Having her grow up fast helps the writers easily get around alot of the growth and bonding issues that an ACTUAL child would provide for a character, but it just seemed . . . so superficial to me. To see Aeryn Sun, err I mean Vala Mal Doran, stalking around and (even sarcastically) talk about how "they grow up so fast" and "break your heart" and this other stuff, just smacked of bad writing. This is a freak of nature who's purpose is to be the Locutus of Borg for the Ori, the bringer of death and destruction to all unbelievers . . . Vala seemed to play the entire situation way way too nonchilant (even for her), and I got *no* feeling of any sort of authentic attachment between mother and child. It just seemed forced.
In all fairness, I get that same feeling of void between Isabel and her father in the 4400, but that relationship has had the benefit of at least 3 episodes to define itself, and I think that the distance is intentional.
Anyhow, I've seen various versions of this "Antichrist Girl" or "Potential Antichirst" archetype, not always featuring all the exact details, but more or less. Rogue and Gene Grey (as a kid) in X-Men were basically the same thing, but sans the super-fast growth. It's not necessarily a bad thing to indulge in a cliche like this, but it just seemed very very poorly done to me.
Anyhow mark my words, I wouldn't be suprised at all if I see this same archetype pop up in the Battlestar Galactica half cylon kid of Boomer, too.
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