Re: scifi character type question/commentary

>>On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:35:19 -0400, Chris wrote
(in article <pelzo63-46A298.23501127082005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

> Ben Browder's addition to Sg:1 got me thinking, this being his second
> character that is a "contemporary" human sent into the rather
> extraordinary circumstance of space travel beyond our real-life means.
>
> so my question/discussion point, how often has this type of character
> been done on tv or film(err, limited to relatively popular and/or
> acclaimed works, of course, random skiffy garbage is rather out)? and
> is browder the first to do it twice? or at least, to do it twice on 2
> high-profile roles?
>
> oh, and as for "contemporary" i mean contemporary to the period in which
> it was made. buck rogers(gil gerrard version) would barely qualify, as
> technically Buck was from their future, but close enough to count as a
> contemporary, on the other hand, imo, if he was from 1997 instead of
> 1987, i don't think he would be a "contemporary."
>
> discuss :-) <<

Captain John Christopher in the Trek classic episode "Tomorrow is Yesterday."

Amy

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