I also rewatched it recently, and you’re right. The funniest part of it was how the woman was grossly incompetent and full of hubris. That’s a bizarre Glen Larson trope - he makes “stronk womxn” but then writes them as idiots.
I also rewatched it recently, and you’re right. The funniest part of it was how the woman was grossly incompetent and full of hubris. That’s a bizarre Glen Larson trope - he makes “stronk womxn” but then writes them as idiots.
I've never heard of Glenn Larson before but I'm aware of some of his works now. He's not a good director.
I've never heard of Glenn Larson before but I'm aware of some of his works now. He's not a good director.
He did Battlestar Galactica, Magnum PI, Buck Rogers, and The Fall Guy, among others. Shows with “masculine appeal” because of being crowd pleasers, while also trying to include “strong” female roles that would “challenge” the males, but inadvertently would look foolish when he couldn’t reconcile the natural tendencies of women to the characters he envisioned.
He did Battlestar Galactica, Magnum PI, Buck Rogers, and The Fall Guy, among others. Shows with “masculine appeal” because of being crowd pleasers, while also trying to include “strong” female roles that would “challenge” the males, but inadvertently would look foolish when he couldn’t reconcile the natural tendencies of women to the characters he envisioned.
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