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| Miasma |
Posted: 13 November 2010 - 04:09 AM
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It's funny (or clever?) how the writers made the Phoenix Foundation so ridiculously broad in terms of what it gets involved in, so that it could pretty much be used in any type of story they created. I suspect if the show lasted a few more seasons, we would have found out that the foundation also had a space exploration program. lol.
It's a shame that the Phoenix Foundation was mostly tossed aside in Season 7. I understand about Dana Elcar being blind, but they still could have had Mac on assignments for Phoenix (kind of like how in Season 1 we often didn't see him getting the assignment, we just saw him out in the field.) I think that would have improved season 7 quite a bit, or at the very least it would have made it feel more connected to seasons 2-6.
Anyway, back to the original question-- Yeah, apparently the Phoenix Foundation was very well known. In the Mac-world, it's probably the equivalent of saying, "He works for the Pentagon" or "He works for the CIA"-- i.e, no explanation needed.
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| MacGyverGod |
Posted: 13 November 2010 - 06:42 AM
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| QUOTE (Miasma @ 12 November 2010 - 05:12 PM) | It's funny (or clever?) how the writers made the Phoenix Foundation so ridiculously broad in terms of what it gets involved in, so that it could pretty much be used in any type of story they created. I suspect if the show lasted a few more seasons, we would have found out that the foundation also had a space exploration program. lol.
It's a shame that the Phoenix Foundation was mostly tossed aside in Season 7. I understand about Dana Elcar being blind, but they still could have had Mac on assignments for Phoenix (kind of like how in Season 1 we often didn't see him getting the assignment, we just saw him out in the field.) I think that would have improved season 7 quite a bit, or at the very least it would have made it feel more connected to seasons 2-6.
Anyway, back to the original question-- Yeah, apparently the Phoenix Foundation was very well known. In the Mac-world, it's probably the equivalent of saying, "He works for the Pentagon" or "He works for the CIA"-- i.e, no explanation needed. |
They probably got the whole Starfleet Command started for Star Trek. 
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| Miasma |
Posted: 13 November 2010 - 07:49 AM
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| QUOTE (MacGyverGod @ 13 November 2010 - 06:45 AM) | | QUOTE (Miasma @ 12 November 2010 - 05:12 PM) | It's funny (or clever?) how the writers made the Phoenix Foundation so ridiculously broad in terms of what it gets involved in, so that it could pretty much be used in any type of story they created. I suspect if the show lasted a few more seasons, we would have found out that the foundation also had a space exploration program. lol.
It's a shame that the Phoenix Foundation was mostly tossed aside in Season 7. I understand about Dana Elcar being blind, but they still could have had Mac on assignments for Phoenix (kind of like how in Season 1 we often didn't see him getting the assignment, we just saw him out in the field.) I think that would have improved season 7 quite a bit, or at the very least it would have made it feel more connected to seasons 2-6.
Anyway, back to the original question-- Yeah, apparently the Phoenix Foundation was very well known. In the Mac-world, it's probably the equivalent of saying, "He works for the Pentagon" or "He works for the CIA"-- i.e, no explanation needed. |
They probably got the whole Starfleet Command started for Star Trek. |
Hmmm... more likely, they funded the Stargate program. In fact, I'd be willing to bet there's a Stargate in one of those underground labs at the Phoenix Foundation.
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| MacGyverGod |
Posted: 13 November 2010 - 10:13 PM
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| QUOTE (Miasma @ 12 November 2010 - 08:52 PM) | | QUOTE (MacGyverGod @ 13 November 2010 - 06:45 AM) | | QUOTE (Miasma @ 12 November 2010 - 05:12 PM) | It's funny (or clever?) how the writers made the Phoenix Foundation so ridiculously broad in terms of what it gets involved in, so that it could pretty much be used in any type of story they created. I suspect if the show lasted a few more seasons, we would have found out that the foundation also had a space exploration program. lol.
It's a shame that the Phoenix Foundation was mostly tossed aside in Season 7. I understand about Dana Elcar being blind, but they still could have had Mac on assignments for Phoenix (kind of like how in Season 1 we often didn't see him getting the assignment, we just saw him out in the field.) I think that would have improved season 7 quite a bit, or at the very least it would have made it feel more connected to seasons 2-6.
Anyway, back to the original question-- Yeah, apparently the Phoenix Foundation was very well known. In the Mac-world, it's probably the equivalent of saying, "He works for the Pentagon" or "He works for the CIA"-- i.e, no explanation needed. |
They probably got the whole Starfleet Command started for Star Trek. |
Hmmm... more likely, they funded the Stargate program. In fact, I'd be willing to bet there's a Stargate in one of those underground labs at the Phoenix Foundation.
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Sometimes you just have to die a little inside to be reborn and rise again as a stronger and wiser version of you.
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...and was wondering about Phoenix. Mac mentions to a number of people that he works for The Phoenix Foundation and they don't question him what Phoenix is. Is this because in MacGyververse The Phoenix Foundation is a well known organisation?
But I guess thats just something that was necessary to move the story along, rather than wasting time explaining to everybody all the time. 
