Comments | scarlet_gryphon: Warning: Major geek-ranting ahead.

scarlet_gryphon

Warning: Major geek-ranting ahead.

Jan 30, 2010 20:24

Okay, seriously, I love Numb3rs, and they (the writers) usually have a pretty good grasp on the science-y bits of the show, but on this week's episode (Devil Girl, [6x13])? Not so much.

( *sigh* )

fandom: numb3rs, geek: geek!rant, geek: history!geek

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kensieg January 31 2010, 04:39:39 UTC

Maybe the writers think that the viewers are too stupid to catch their mistake. Or they could be lazy and not care.

scarlet_gryphon January 31 2010, 04:42:17 UTC

That's entirely possible. As I said, I'm a science and history geek, which isn't probably the best combo for suspension of disbelief when it comes to things like this. It's just one of those little things. I guess the whole idea that since haemophilia isn't one of those diseases that's talked about on a regular basis, they decided to take a little creative license with it.

kensieg January 31 2010, 04:57:46 UTC

Some people are so ill-educated as to believe anything. I wouldn't call you a geek. You're just well-educated.

Do you have a favorite period/specialty in history? Do you have a favorite historian? I reccommend Paul Johnson highly. He's erudite and fun to read. The Offshore Islanders (History of England) impressed this American very much.

Gertrude Himmelfarb is also excellent.

scarlet_gryphon January 31 2010, 05:05:15 UTC

Heh, thanks, but, no, I'm a proud geek. I don't mind being called that. ^^

As for history, I suppose I've always loved Ancient Egypt, but the story of the Romanovs has fascinated me as well. I also love mythology; mainly cryptozoology, but the various pantheons of gods and goddesses are interesting to me as well. Really, I'll watch most anything that's on the History and/or Discovery channel. A few weeks ago I was watching a special on the Valentine's Day Massacre of all things. The Twenties, Forties, and Fifties are some of my favorite "modern" periods.

scarlet_gryphon January 31 2010, 05:07:03 UTC

I don't have a favorite historian, but I do have a favorite archaeologist: Zahi Hawass. I don't think that many people my age (early 20s) can claim to have a favorite archaeologist. Well, not any that I know personally, anyways.

kensieg January 31 2010, 05:18:44 UTC

I'm sure that Archaeology majors must have one. What's Hawass' specialty?

scarlet_gryphon January 31 2010, 05:20:13 UTC

He's an archaeologist, an Egyptologist and the current Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities.

kensieg January 31 2010, 05:16:57 UTC

Just be careful, some of the shows on the History Channel are inaccurate and even biase3d.

scarlet_gryphon January 31 2010, 05:18:48 UTC

Yeah, but they're still fun to watch.

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