1/16/2024 0 Comments Timeless cast nasa episodeIn 1754’s French and Indian War, the mission avoids George Washington and other pre-revolutionary icons in favor of Nonhelema, leader of the Shawnee. The 1836 heroes of the Alamo were more diverse than simply the recollection of the most famous white men, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett, who died there. The 1969 mission to save the moon landing revolves around Katherine Johnson, the “human computer” also featured in the upcoming movie Hidden Figures. Instead of JFK, the 1962 mission centers on his mistress, Judith Campbell, a key player in the palace intrigue of Camelot and crime families of the day. Timeless avoids this mistake, and to great effect. It’s unfortunately far too common in time-travel fiction for storytellers to default to retelling the same legends about the same key figures in history, most of whom – because history is written by the victors – are white men. Where Timeless really drives home its commitment to diversity and strong female characters, though, is in the missions to the past. With perhaps unintentional echoes of The Force Awakens, their adversaries are white men: Cahill and the other agents of Rittenhouse, as well as Garcia Flynn (Goran Višnji?), his associate and erstwhile Rufus mentor Anthony Bruhl, and other members of their team striving to stop Rittenhouse. Rufus’ colleague Jiya (Claudia Domit), another STEM character, and government overseer Agent Christopher (Sakina Jaffrey) are women of color. Watching Mason mentor Rufus, instead of an older white Einstein analogue with a younger white protégé, is a delight. The genius corporate innovator, Connor Mason (Paterson Joseph), is a second black STEM character. The supporting cast reinforces these twists on the familiar. Yet for all that Wyatt is fully aware he’s out of his league in academic smarts compared to his teammates, he brings important insights and tactics to the table that the trio needs to ensure their success. And there’s the muscle – Wyatt, played by Lanter – a Delta Force master sergeant with a duty to the mission. She also struggles with living up to a parental legacy: but in place of the usual father-figure icon, Lucy’s mother is the esteemed professor who has set a seemingly insurmountable bar for her daughter to match. Lucy may be a professor pulled into a secret government operation, but she’s bold, assertive, and no certainly no ivory-tower egghead. Yes, there’s a historian – Lucy, played by Abigail Spencer – whose knowledge of the past is crucial for their undercover missions to stay clandestine. But Rufus is no socially awkward ubergeek: he’s creative, confident in his abilities, and unafraid to speak his mind. Sure, there’s a scientist – Rufus, played by Malcolm Barrett – who helped invent the time-travel vehicle and understands the science behind their journeys. But the leads of Timeless put a spin on the familiar character tropes from these sorts of stories. The basic premise of the show is a familiar sci-fi trope: each episode sends the hero trio back in time to try to stop a rival group of time-travelers from changing the past and thereby damaging the future. Timeless is one of those series that earns high marks across the board. Now that Timeless has aired half of its first season episodes, though, we’ve found much more to love about the show.įrom the beginning, FANgirl Blog’s mission has emphasized strong female characters, diversity at all stages of the storytelling process, high quality writing, and praising these elements when we find them in movies, television, books and comics, and other tales. He however convinces her to spare his friends.When NBC announced one of its new shows for the 2016-17 broadcast season would be the sci-fi time-travel series Timeless, the team at FANgirl took notice primarily due to two of its key participants: actor Matt Lanter, beloved for his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker on The Clone Wars, and series co-creator Eric Kripke, who created the long-running drama Supernatural and guided its characters through an epic five-season storyline. As an African, she knew he was not here by choice as he told him.
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