I kind of ignored the Stargate series when it first came out, found it on Prime Video recently and started watching it.
It's been pretty good mostly, though the language issue bugs me (everybody can communicate with everybody no matter what planet they visit! No mention of translator devices or anything, bupkiss! Lol).
Anway this episode, while interesting, bothered me for 2 reasons. The Orban are depicted as descendants of the pre-hispanic Teotihuacan civilization (which is in South America). But.... THEY ARE ALL WHITE!!!! I don't think there were blond Mesoamericans before the Spanish came and started interbreeding with the locals.
Secondly, the episodes presents the Orbans as a civilization who have a unique method of learning or absorbing / transferring information (specifically with kids), and presents the western way of doing things as completely superior and tries to impose this on the Orban.
So xenophobic! Just coz something is different don't mean it's all wrong and the western way isn't the best/better way either. Schools vs nanites for kids education/learning? Yeah school can be good, but there are many drawbacks as well. Kids are forced to learn useless subjects and facts that they will never ever use as grown ups. Not to mention all the pressure, bullying, etc that goes on. What Jack did is presented as totally OK, but if it was the Orban that took an Earth kid (without permission or authorization) and exposed that kid to their ways -- the SG1 team would have sent an assault team in!
Disappointed in the way this episode was handled/written.
It's been pretty good mostly, though the language issue bugs me (everybody can communicate with everybody no matter what planet they visit! No mention of translator devices or anything, bupkiss! Lol).
Anway this episode, while interesting, bothered me for 2 reasons. The Orban are depicted as descendants of the pre-hispanic Teotihuacan civilization (which is in South America). But.... THEY ARE ALL WHITE!!!! I don't think there were blond Mesoamericans before the Spanish came and started interbreeding with the locals.
Secondly, the episodes presents the Orbans as a civilization who have a unique method of learning or absorbing / transferring information (specifically with kids), and presents the western way of doing things as completely superior and tries to impose this on the Orban.
So xenophobic! Just coz something is different don't mean it's all wrong and the western way isn't the best/better way either. Schools vs nanites for kids education/learning? Yeah school can be good, but there are many drawbacks as well. Kids are forced to learn useless subjects and facts that they will never ever use as grown ups. Not to mention all the pressure, bullying, etc that goes on. What Jack did is presented as totally OK, but if it was the Orban that took an Earth kid (without permission or authorization) and exposed that kid to their ways -- the SG1 team would have sent an assault team in!
Disappointed in the way this episode was handled/written.