- cross-posted to:
- stargate@lemmy.world
- stargate@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- stargate@lemmy.world
- stargate@lemmy.world
Out of NOWHERE we get this announcement that a NEW Stargate series has been greenlit by Amazon. LETS GOOOOOO!!!
Out of NOWHERE we get this announcement that a NEW Stargate series has been greenlit by Amazon. LETS GOOOOOO!!!
It was pro military propaganda the same way Star Trek was pro communist propaganda.
It showed the military actually being the good guys, mostly, taking account of their mistakes, mostly. Working with others and being a positive force both for their country and for everyone else, mostly.
That is a very idealised US military that bares little resemblance to the real one, and it was great propaganda for the ideal that doesn’t exist, much like Star Trek.
Frankly I don’t mind fictionalizing the military to show them as idealistic, accountable, intelligent, and egalitarian. It’s what they should be, and it sets an example that both gives an ideal for the real military to strive towards, and it stands in contrast to the real world issues with the actual military, highlighting the ways in which they come short or behave counter to that ideal example.
Personally I want more people that are going to enter the military to want a military like SG1 than to want a military that does what it actually has done historically. We shouldn’t whitewash reality, absolutely, but that doesnt mean we can’t have better examples in a sci-fi world.
Did star trek literally work hand in hand with “communists” and was reliant on them like stargate was with the US air force? Your argument is nonsensical.