The point with Coonor is that I think he's supposed to have be one of these super smart people who can turn their hands to anything given a bit of time to study.
Exactly. That's exactly my take on the character, especially after the comment in the S1 behind the scenes about him supposedly being a genius. It isn't necessarily realistic for him to be better or more knowledgeable than Cutter in an area that Cutter has been working in for years, but it *is* realistic for him to be extremely talented in a specific area, or in a related set of skills, which is very much how I see the computer/engineering stuff.
I miss dino-geek Connor as well, he always seemed so bouncy and enthusiastic about creatures, and while I love the harder edge that he seemed to have in S2, I also love the fun that he brings to the show as well, and there was less of that in S2. But then, the whole of S2 had a much less fun atmosphere and character dynamics, so possibly it would have been out of keeping with the effect they were trying to create to have everyone else being angsty and serious, and Connor still bouncing around like a wide-eyed school kid.
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Date: 2009-02-24 11:22 pm (UTC)Exactly. That's exactly my take on the character, especially after the comment in the S1 behind the scenes about him supposedly being a genius. It isn't necessarily realistic for him to be better or more knowledgeable than Cutter in an area that Cutter has been working in for years, but it *is* realistic for him to be extremely talented in a specific area, or in a related set of skills, which is very much how I see the computer/engineering stuff.
I miss dino-geek Connor as well, he always seemed so bouncy and enthusiastic about creatures, and while I love the harder edge that he seemed to have in S2, I also love the fun that he brings to the show as well, and there was less of that in S2. But then, the whole of S2 had a much less fun atmosphere and character dynamics, so possibly it would have been out of keeping with the effect they were trying to create to have everyone else being angsty and serious, and Connor still bouncing around like a wide-eyed school kid.