Review of Charlie Jade

Charlie Jade (2005)
an alternative to space opera?
1 April 2005
This is coming to SPACE soon. The whole idea that the show's built on the pillaging of the world's resources by multinational corporations is pretty interesting. A lot of science fiction these days is about big bad ships and space opera. You know, who's got the best technology. I'm interested to see something that actually talks about the weird power imbalances in our world. Something that doesn't just fetishize cool gadgets and the attractive people using them... in deep space. Charlie Jade might have something interesting to say, who knows?

And what about the issue of colonial tension? A powerful group of invaders uses the land and the resources against the will of the people who rightfully dwell there. I mean, this is set in South Africa... I wonder if it was intentional?
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