Anyway, the stuff in that episode wasn't anything you couldn't pick up from watching Discovery Channel.
LOL! I know.
Personally, when I saw that ep I explained it to myself that he watched the same BBC (but partially filmed in Vancouver) "Supervolcano" docu-drama that I did and then "geeked out" looking volcano stuff up online. (And I have a sneaking feeling that the writer did watch or work on that production because the parallels were substantial). Think I might have even said as much way back when I "reviewed" that ep, actually.
I'd seen the BBC show only a few months before and I actually predicted most of McKay's exposition dialogue - and my professional expertise is in the biological sciences!
I suppose that my point is that while it's far from impossible that Rodney would know that much about vulcanology, him suddenly being touted as a planet-saving (or not saving) expert on the subject "took me out of the moment" (I actually vocalised to myself "hey, isn't he an astrophysicist, not a vulcunologist") far more than him having geek knowledge or passion for "Buffy" would. But that just might be a personal thing about me and the way I view the character.
Re: In defense of astrophysicists
LOL! I know.
Personally, when I saw that ep I explained it to myself that he watched the same BBC (but partially filmed in Vancouver) "Supervolcano" docu-drama that I did and then "geeked out" looking volcano stuff up online. (And I have a sneaking feeling that the writer did watch or work on that production because the parallels were substantial). Think I might have even said as much way back when I "reviewed" that ep, actually.
I'd seen the BBC show only a few months before and I actually predicted most of McKay's exposition dialogue - and my professional expertise is in the biological sciences!
I suppose that my point is that while it's far from impossible that Rodney would know that much about vulcanology, him suddenly being touted as a planet-saving (or not saving) expert on the subject "took me out of the moment" (I actually vocalised to myself "hey, isn't he an astrophysicist, not a vulcunologist") far more than him having geek knowledge or passion for "Buffy" would. But that just might be a personal thing about me and the way I view the character.