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24 is a much better example than Fringe. If Fringe depicts torture as a tool, it also depicts time travel as a tool and wacky science as a tool, but I don't see
by Yver 13y ago
24 is a much better example than Fringe. If Fringe depicts torture as a tool, it also depicts time travel as a tool and wacky science as a tool, but I don't see the author taking umbrage.
Fringe, like 24, is a work of fiction. The problem is not the series' content. The real problem is letting politicians and media use a work of fiction as an actual situation. Using "Jack Bauer" in the debate about torture is like using Planet of the Apes in the debate about space exploration.
- gaius 13y agoSure but it happens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI_effect
- moron4hire 13y agoBut unlike time travel and alternate dimensions, torture is a thing we have in our world of real things. But the rest of your comment is completely correct.
- aychedee 13y agoI'm the author... I pretty much figured that 24 was generally acknowledged to be torture full. I wrote that piece after spending the holidays binge watching X-Files and Fringe. Such similar subject matter but such hugely different treatments.
- vacri 13y agoThe problem with your hand-waving away of the issue is that torture is something that we as humans have a long, close history of, and time-travel is just a fantasy. To represent these as being essentially the same level of concept is utterly disingenuous.