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1. allan (allan@mastodon.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2019 13:47:43 EDT allan

   I tried watching this but I didn't even make it halfway through ep1.

   There is this thing with sci-fi, I'm going to say since the BSG reboot, of crewing a ship with awful people who are incapable of working together on even the smallest of tasks so everything turns into a big screaming fight and most of their problems are, ultimately, their fault.

   Another Life has this in spades in episode 1. The only reason to shoot these people into space is to get them away from the rest of us.

   1. allan (allan@mastodon.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jul-2019 13:52:40 EDT allan

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      I mean contrast this with actual astronauts and man, wouldn't it be great if we had SF with competent people who know how to work together to problem solve?

      iirc there's a chapter in Chris Hadfield's "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth" where he talks about inter-personal conflicts, there are people he just doesn't like. His solution is to put aside his feelings and do the work. He does not, for example, scream in their faces about how they are not fit to be an astronaut.