• SatyrSack@quokk.auOPEnglish
    4·
    21 days ago

    Not to mention the fact that nearly everybody speaks perfect English for some reason.

    • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      21 days ago

      I can forgive that one. Having every episode include a montage of Daniel figuring out the local language would not have made an entertaining series. That works as a one off in a movie but not as the central struggle in every TV episode.

    • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      21 days ago

      Guess they could hang a lantern and say the gate gives some sort of babelfish ability, just like that. (Is she referring to Farscape there, I remember Crichton asking why he understands them but i can’t recall if that was the explanation.)

      The Doctor’s TARDIS gives a magical ability to speak and understand languages, perhaps the gateway does as well.

      • SatyrSack@quokk.auOPEnglish
        2·
        21 days ago

        (Is she referring to Farscape there, I remember Crichton asking why he understands them but i can’t recall if that was the explanation.)

        Yes, that joke there is about a Stargate character making a Farscape reference. This is not actual dialogue from a Stargate episode.

        • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          21 days ago

          I know it isn’t. I do remember Crichton being weird about why everyone speaks English. I’m just asking whether “translator microbes” was the in-universe explanation in Farscape.

          Could’ve googled it obviously but this is a forum so I was making conversation