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Mar. 4th, 2014 06:38 pmHas anybody figured out why John Crichton in Farscape wears a Peacekeeper uniform much of the time? If memory serves, he only switches from his white t-shirt and khaki pants late in Season 1, and that’s for plot reasons (he has to masquerade as a Peacekeeper). But then he stays in Peacekeeper leathers forevermore. From a practical point of view, his white t-shirt and khaki pants from Earth were probably getting a little ripe towards the end of Season 1 (it’s not like he brought a change of clothes through the wormhole).
And I could see him wearing Peacekeeper uniform for a while after he first makes the switch, because there’d probably be plenty of uniforms in storage on Moya, and some of them would fit. But at some point if he’d wanted to go back to civilian clothes, he could’ve bought stuff. It just strikes me as a bit odd, because Crichton is so opposed to everything the Peacekeepers stand for, and yet here he is, wearing their clothes day in, day out. Is it possibly a defense mechanism? Peacekeepers are feared, so random aliens will stay out of his way because he looks like one of them.
I could be overthinking this. Costuming could have simply realized that Ben Browder looked good in Peacekeeper leathers, and elected to keep him in them for shallow reasons. Who doesn’t want the star of their show looking cool? I think I can feel a Farscape rewatch coming upon me. Which is irritating, because I have so much new TV to catch up on. But the heart wants what it wants, people!
If someone is mentally incapacitated, but didn’t sign a Do Not Resuscitate form before they became incapacitated, is it obligatory for a hospital to provide heroic measures, or can they follow the guidance of the next of kin? Just wondering what happens to people who have Alzheimer’s and so forth and didn’t make provision ahead of time. I suppose this kind of thing varies widely from one jurisdiction to another.
And I could see him wearing Peacekeeper uniform for a while after he first makes the switch, because there’d probably be plenty of uniforms in storage on Moya, and some of them would fit. But at some point if he’d wanted to go back to civilian clothes, he could’ve bought stuff. It just strikes me as a bit odd, because Crichton is so opposed to everything the Peacekeepers stand for, and yet here he is, wearing their clothes day in, day out. Is it possibly a defense mechanism? Peacekeepers are feared, so random aliens will stay out of his way because he looks like one of them.
I could be overthinking this. Costuming could have simply realized that Ben Browder looked good in Peacekeeper leathers, and elected to keep him in them for shallow reasons. Who doesn’t want the star of their show looking cool? I think I can feel a Farscape rewatch coming upon me. Which is irritating, because I have so much new TV to catch up on. But the heart wants what it wants, people!
If someone is mentally incapacitated, but didn’t sign a Do Not Resuscitate form before they became incapacitated, is it obligatory for a hospital to provide heroic measures, or can they follow the guidance of the next of kin? Just wondering what happens to people who have Alzheimer’s and so forth and didn’t make provision ahead of time. I suppose this kind of thing varies widely from one jurisdiction to another.
