The last two shows took it over the top, no doubt. Seven's tight outfits and high-heeled shoes, T'Pol's tight outfits, and the ridiculous decom rubdowns after away missions on "Enterprise" were indeed juvenile. Curiously, the show with the least number of obvious eye-candy women was "DS9". Dax was pretty, no doubt, but she wasn't put in clingy, revealing outfits, and wasn't portrayed as a sex object. Indeed, her attraction was her sense of humour, her adventurous spirit, and her intelligence. The Dabo girl who married Rom was probably the closest they had on that show.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 7:41:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] SGU Actress Blogs about Adult Themes on Show The last two trek shows played up the sexual aspect. The holodeck action and the ladies in the clingy outfits was pushing the eye candy factor. (Dax should have been on that list too.) I think that someone in management is thinking that if they make sex symbols out of the characters that they will increase their ratings with numbers from the puberty set. That's why Dollhouse poured it on. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: Well, it's not exactly unknown in the annals of scifi TV: Uhura, Troi, Seven, T'Pol, Number Six (never did see the attraction there), etc., etc. I did notice that Benson's character is always in clingy shirts, which I assume are part of the uniform for her rank. But I have also noticed the camera lingers in certain places at times. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" < martinbaxt...@gmail.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 5:49:45 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] SGU Actress Blogs about Adult Themes on Show Mr Worf, I did know a ouple of guys when I was at Virginia State who only watched shows for the T*t Appreciation Factor. Ask them anything about content... you could hear the crickets. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Mr. Worf < hellomahog...@gmail.com > wrote: Some guys are looking a little too hard for just about anything. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: I may have missed the SGU ep, "Darkness", but evidently it generated some talk about actress Julia Benson's...assets? What did I miss? I do remember when show when Eli was using one of those remote cams, and everyone noticed he seemed to be hovering around the character's chest area. Aside from that, I've missed a few eps of SGU. Does the adult stuff work in the narrative of the show, or is it a bit unnecessary, the way there were sometimes gratuitous scenes in "Enterprise", and, I'd argue, some of the more explicit stuff in BSG with Number 6 and Baltar? ****************************************************** http://www.juliabensononline.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=5 In the last two days I have started a blog and joined the world of Twitter! All year people have been trying to get me to -"start a blog, join twitter, get a facebook fanpage or a website" and all year I have resisted...and now after Stargate Universe's episode "Darkness" aired on Friday night, I find myself with something to say. Something that people may or may not want to read. As an actor, Stargate Universe has been the best thing that has ever happened to me. The producers have created the best atmosphere! I love going to work. I love the character I get to play, I love the people I get to act with, and I love the crew. I am now introduced to the fans. What an amazing franchise that so many people out there are so passionate about our show. It is a gift to be involved in something that people have opinions about. As an actor it is an honor for people to have opinions about you. Better that then nothing at all, right? I play 2nd Lt. Vanessa James and for all the talk about my natural (and believe me they are 100%) assets I promise you that there is much more to my character. Who knew that a tank top could cause such a stir. LOL!! Our show is about people and people have sexuality. The creators are not exploiting it, they are exploring it. That is what writers, actors and directors do. I thank all of you for your kind words and excitement about the show- it is thrilling to be in this world and I hope that you continue to enjoy SGU as the season goes on. You will get to see all of the characters grow! Aaaah first blog done! Thanks for reading...I promise to post again soon. Julia -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
