Postby Technomancer » Fri Jul 18, 2003 8:54 am
The series is definately better, but it's worth seeing the movie too. I'll warn you though, you shouldn't see the movie while holding any preconceptions based on the series; the movie's very different, quite a bit darker too.
Yeah, the strong characters are what really make the series exceptional. Even the bit parts can have quite a bit of complexity. You'll also find that the series isn't quite the "good guys and bad guys" that it seems at first.
My own favourites from the series were Falken Fanel and Dryden Fassa (has he shown up yet?)
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
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