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Show's a little sloppy with Ben "talking to himself".

posted 2 years ago by TandyMan (11214)
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He's walking around talking to his hologram girlfriend in front of people all the time, and the show portrays it like a Star Trek holodeck instead of him being the town crazy.

[–] greenyamo (6) 2 years ago

Yes, that’s absolutely ridiculous. He makes absolutely no effort to try and disguise that he’s talking to her!

[–] ackmondual (206) 8 months ago

In some cases, they addressed it, like asking Ben as 3rd in command of a US Navy vessel to not stay in one spot for too long and look like he's talking to someone imaginary. With other people, he tries to "steer" by correcting it within their context.

Otherwise, I guess they just think he's crazy. I've seen scant cases of people talking like the way Sam Beckett/Ben Song do IRL. Folks just probably chalk that up to that.

[–] vranger (444) 2 years ago

Agreed. On the original show, they were self-aware about that situation, and when they did it played it for laughs, instead of just ignoring that it WOULD draw some attention.

[–] TandyMan (11214) 2 years ago

It was finally ackknowleded in the latest doctor ep. I remember in the original show, Al would often talk over Sam and the people's conversations but they probably think a modern audience couldn't keep up with all that.

[–] vranger (444) 2 years ago

We watched The Phantom a few days ago and did it a funny way. The Phantom is talking to his father's ghost in the back of a cab, and when done, gives the cab driver an instruction. The cabby says, "You talkin' to ME now?" :-) Which when you think about it, kind of makes fun of De Niro in Taxi Driver.