Talk:The Awakening (Masters of Science Fiction)

Of course everyone recognizes Terry O'Quinn from LOST. But to those who don't care about that show, they might know him better as the Seahawk's CAG on JAG (an important recurring role through almost the entire run of that series). ShutterBugTrekker 22:39, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * And how is this is relevant to this article? Carpetsmoker 01:20, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying it is relevant, only that it might be, since that was also a military role (though in the Navy rather than the Army). ShutterBugTrekker 23:04, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

My original draft had lazily roughed in "the bald guy from LOST." :-) It could be shortened to simply read "(Terry O'Quinn)", but LOST came to mind because it's ABC and his character here seemed to strongly echo his numerous dialogues about "belief" presented in that series (...which makes me think that either the actor is partial toward chosing such 'born again' roles or else he was cast for his already demonstrated ability to convey that sense of rediscovered faith necessary to the episode... or maybe ABC was just hoping for some audience spillover in the same way that I had tuned in due to spotting "the bald guy from LOST" in the promo ads). I've added the names of the actors for the lieutenant character and for the President.


 * I think the ABC ad even reminded viewers about LOST, so at least for now it makes sense to mention it here. ShutterBugTrekker 23:06, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

To the person who commented "...the lab has to be in America...", the reason I had tentatively included the parenthetical question mark was because I wasn't sure whether a specific U.S. location (eg., Pentagon or wherever) had been explicitly cited anywhere during the episode. ... On recollection I notice that the man-to-man gunpoint standoff in the opening scene cleverly parallels (in microcosm) the subsequent story events given that the American soldier addressing the Iraqi says something like, "Look, can we set aside our differences for now and worry about this thing instead?", anxiously gesturing to the newfound alien threat. (It's a sad commentary that humans might only manage a truce if confronted by a greater common foe, a la Watchmen). Terry's delivery of the final line in the episode also interestingly has similar dual-purposing as an agnostic statement on religious belief.

To avoid an "in-universe" style, I've further edited the synopsis to include an intro sentence briefly denoting theme, along with adding a defining piece of dialogue from the climax (which I think nicely encapsulates the story's message), but my quote may be somewhat distorted since I'm working from memory with no rewind button — again, corrections are welcomed. ~ G. 172.129.162.90 18:04, 15 August 2007 (UTC)