In this episode, Our Mrs. Reynolds, the first thing I noticed was the amount of gender discrimination. Throughout the beginning of the episode multiple women were given gender stereotypes. Especially the antagonist in the episode, Mrs. Reynolds. She used this gender discrimination in order to take advantage of the crew of the ship in several scenarios. Often she used her sexual appeal to get them to lower their guard, and then she would attack them. Disproving the stereotypes she put off, and was given. The episode started off in what appeared to be the old south west, where the village’s custom to the space crew they had joined in the bonding of customs where the plot of the episode orginates and the captin has a miscumunication with the villagers and their customs. (classic Pocahontas scenario) The village princess obviously assumes the two are wed and aboards his ship waiting to carry her bridal duties.
Another theme I found interesting was the focus on relationships throughout the episode. I would expect a civilization much more advanced in the future would have different norms and customs that would be considered more civilized. This has been the trend in the past, and I would expect it to be the trend in the future, Though perhaps the reason for their lack of sophistication is their lifestyle as essentially rebels. I am curious to see further into the episodes if characters from more sophisticated areas act how I would expect a advanced civilization too. Though I may start from the beginning in order to better understand the storyline.
I thought your statement about future generations to be more civilized interesting. I think in an optimistic point of view, that would be great, but honestly, if you take a look out our generation now, people and society tend to accept rudeness more than our previous generations. Looking at shows like Jersey Shore and other similar reality TV shows, you see that people can and are not afraid of being rude and inconsiderate to others. You hear our parents and grandparents talking about how times have changed so much, how "kids these days" aren't like what they used to be. In my mind, the older generations seem to follow societal rules of politeness and respectful more than our current, and possibly future generations.
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@Grace Chen: Although Reality TV and our obsession with materialistic things, I believe that's only a result of how civilized we have become. There is much less to focus on, even for previous generations there ave been social issues like civil rights and racism, and older generations had even more problems to deal with. This is why I think overall we are much more civilized (In America) than we have ever been before.
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