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Re: ORV S2: The Road Not Taken
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There's something about euphonius and ear-catching about their names.
I'm 99% I remembered their monikers the first time I encountered that part of history.
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There's something about euphonius and ear-catching about their names.
I'm 99% I remembered their monikers the first time I encountered that part of history.
Re: TNG S4: The Host
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Not like I particularly care very much (I'm no PC warrior), but I find it ironic that if commenters were making similar comments about Beverly's breast size, the condemnation here would be swift and brutal.
It's petty and sexist.
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Not like I particularly care very much (I'm no PC warrior), but I find it ironic that if commenters were making similar comments about Beverly's breast size, the condemnation here would be swift and brutal.
It's petty and sexist.
Re: TNG S4: Galaxy's Child
@ Jammer
Aah.
I actually had a similar reaction as you did on my first viewing.
It was only when I watched it many years later did the ethical and moral problems (with the script) bothered me.
As always, I enjoy your reviews and the community you cultivated. Have a good one, sir
@ Jammer
Aah.
I actually had a similar reaction as you did on my first viewing.
It was only when I watched it many years later did the ethical and moral problems (with the script) bothered me.
As always, I enjoy your reviews and the community you cultivated. Have a good one, sir
Re: TNG S4: Galaxy's Child
Hey Jammer,
I'm a little curious. Have you rewatched this in the time since your initial review?
Hey Jammer,
I'm a little curious. Have you rewatched this in the time since your initial review?
Re: ORV S2: Deflectors
@ RDP
I didn't catch your comment until now, but that was a wonderful summation/ encapsulation of what I was fumbling to say.
Excellent point!
@ RDP
I didn't catch your comment until now, but that was a wonderful summation/ encapsulation of what I was fumbling to say.
Excellent point!
Re: ORV S2: The Road Not Taken
@ Slacker
After listening to that podcast, I'm pretty sure that Seth has been here reading reviews and comments. It's kind of weird to think of the creator actually reading what we write!
@ Slacker
After listening to that podcast, I'm pretty sure that Seth has been here reading reviews and comments. It's kind of weird to think of the creator actually reading what we write!
Re: VOY S1: The Cloud
Voyager's not perfect, but other than Enterprisesl's last season and The Orville, it's the last produced Trek show I've watched and rewatched from beginning to end.
The crew are like a family which makes it fun to visit with them, and there's a great balance of cheesy bad-Trek and intellectual good Trek. I liked your description: it is the popcorn-munchingest Trek show there is.
Voyager's not perfect, but other than Enterprisesl's last season and The Orville, it's the last produced Trek show I've watched and rewatched from beginning to end.
The crew are like a family which makes it fun to visit with them, and there's a great balance of cheesy bad-Trek and intellectual good Trek. I liked your description: it is the popcorn-munchingest Trek show there is.
Re: TNG S4: Galaxy's Child
When this was filmed, movie's like "Disclosure" were just starting to penetrate mass consciousness.
I think it's sad that behavior like Geordi's used to result in no repercussions at all (and that someone would wistfully yearn for the halcyon days of sexual harassment being the norm).
My feeling is this: if one can't control their animal urges in a professional setting, then they deserve some kind of corrective repercussion to learn the error of their ways.
I don't know what's appropriate for Starfleet , but they don't have money. The only punitive options available are a suspension of duty/ privileges, termination or the brig.
I don't think completely getting away with such behavior is appropriate and it sends the wrong message.
Geordi should have been punished (or at least sent to Troi for extensive counseling).
PS-
where was Troi? Normally, she seems to get off on other's psychic pain. You'd think she'd be all over the Leah situation (just to get her jollies, if nothing else).
When this was filmed, movie's like "Disclosure" were just starting to penetrate mass consciousness.
I think it's sad that behavior like Geordi's used to result in no repercussions at all (and that someone would wistfully yearn for the halcyon days of sexual harassment being the norm).
My feeling is this: if one can't control their animal urges in a professional setting, then they deserve some kind of corrective repercussion to learn the error of their ways.
I don't know what's appropriate for Starfleet , but they don't have money. The only punitive options available are a suspension of duty/ privileges, termination or the brig.
I don't think completely getting away with such behavior is appropriate and it sends the wrong message.
Geordi should have been punished (or at least sent to Troi for extensive counseling).
PS-
where was Troi? Normally, she seems to get off on other's psychic pain. You'd think she'd be all over the Leah situation (just to get her jollies, if nothing else).
Re: TNG S4: Galaxy's Child
Is realism the opposite of implausibility?
Whatever the antonym is, that's what I wished the episode did.
Is realism the opposite of implausibility?
Whatever the antonym is, that's what I wished the episode did.
Re: TNG S4: Galaxy's Child
And imagine being in her shoes.
Skipping through hours of footage, watching this 10% incorrect version of yourself sharing your intimate details, parading about in a sick pantomime of yourself as your copy grows romantically close to a guy you thought was a stranger.
It's really perverse.
And imagine being in her shoes.
Skipping through hours of footage, watching this 10% incorrect version of yourself sharing your intimate details, parading about in a sick pantomime of yourself as your copy grows romantically close to a guy you thought was a stranger.
It's really perverse.
Re: TNG S4: Galaxy's Child
Doesn't the holodeck usually restart a program where it's left off?
I always thought Geordi had already created a playback file that he'd watch from time to time ... and that Leah happened to start it near the end because Geordi had already time-stamped it.
Doesn't the holodeck usually restart a program where it's left off?
I always thought Geordi had already created a playback file that he'd watch from time to time ... and that Leah happened to start it near the end because Geordi had already time-stamped it.
Re: TNG S4: Galaxy's Child
Why would Geordi, his superior, tell a teenager about his dating life? An implausible assumption.
Why would Geordi, his superior, tell a teenager about his dating life? An implausible assumption.
Re: TNG S4: Galaxy's Child
In "Sarek", Wesley called out Geordi in a negative way for messing around with holo-Leah, the implication being that his dalliance was common knowledge and the crew frowned upon it.
In "Sarek", Wesley called out Geordi in a negative way for messing around with holo-Leah, the implication being that his dalliance was common knowledge and the crew frowned upon it.
Re: TNG S4: Galaxy's Child
He MADE OUT WITH A FACSIMILE OF HER and then used the biographical tidbits learned from that facsimile to try to rope the "real her" in.
He also lied when he angrily said he was "just offering friendship". He WANTED her, and not in a merely friendly way.
He MADE OUT WITH A FACSIMILE OF HER and then used the biographical tidbits learned from that facsimile to try to rope the "real her" in.
He also lied when he angrily said he was "just offering friendship". He WANTED her, and not in a merely friendly way.
Re: TNG S4: Galaxy's Child
I appreciate the thoughtful reply.
I guess, to me, it strikes me as being no different than harassing someone working for a vendor partner. I mean, she heads the design team of the most advanced starship in the Federation, she's not there to water the plants.
And, even if she WAS just watering the plants, her position in society/ Starfleet should have no bearing on how she's treated.
You know what would've made this episode SO much more realistic?
After the apology, they should've shown her walk into the transporter room alone and tell Chief O'Brien "I'm ready to go". Before the transporter initializes, Leah gives a little shudder as she exhales deeply and says "energize".
I appreciate the thoughtful reply.
I guess, to me, it strikes me as being no different than harassing someone working for a vendor partner. I mean, she heads the design team of the most advanced starship in the Federation, she's not there to water the plants.
And, even if she WAS just watering the plants, her position in society/ Starfleet should have no bearing on how she's treated.
You know what would've made this episode SO much more realistic?
After the apology, they should've shown her walk into the transporter room alone and tell Chief O'Brien "I'm ready to go". Before the transporter initializes, Leah gives a little shudder as she exhales deeply and says "energize".
Re: TNG S4: Galaxy's Child
They are in a quasi-military organization, not at a campfire workshop about feelings.
She has the absolute right AND DUTY to expect professionalism.
I don't care what anyone says, no one should have to apologize to someone who is sexually harassing them just to smoothe things over, especially at WORK!
They are in a quasi-military organization, not at a campfire workshop about feelings.
She has the absolute right AND DUTY to expect professionalism.
I don't care what anyone says, no one should have to apologize to someone who is sexually harassing them just to smoothe things over, especially at WORK!
Re: TNG S4: Galaxy's Child
It was an interesting read (I never noticed the casual sexism in the dialogue about poor childless Ice Queen Leah mothering her designs), but at the end of the day, I don't believe that one of the brightest minds in the Federation (female or male) would apologize for overreacting (after meeting their fantasy avatar on the holodeck).
It's beyond implausible to me.
It was an interesting read (I never noticed the casual sexism in the dialogue about poor childless Ice Queen Leah mothering her designs), but at the end of the day, I don't believe that one of the brightest minds in the Federation (female or male) would apologize for overreacting (after meeting their fantasy avatar on the holodeck).
It's beyond implausible to me.
Re: TOS S2: Mirror, Mirror
Chase's Tweet has footage of her being verbally abused that's kind of disturbing, FYI.
Chase's Tweet has footage of her being verbally abused that's kind of disturbing, FYI.
Re: TOS S2: Mirror, Mirror
I wasn't sure where to post this, but I am VERY worried about Nichelle Nichols being abused by her son. Both Shatner and Chase Masterson have been tweeting about their concerns.
https://www.cbs46.com/investigations/the_bulldog/exclusive-star-trek-star-nichelle-nichols-screams-for-her-life/article_d3a6ca22-81ae-11e9-8c1d-3bc1068f17ae.html
https://mobile.twitter.com/ChaseMasterson/status/1133827184068419584
https://mobile.twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1133749594943188992
I don't know if anyone who posts here is in law enforcement, but there has to be some way we can help her!
I wasn't sure where to post this, but I am VERY worried about Nichelle Nichols being abused by her son. Both Shatner and Chase Masterson have been tweeting about their concerns.
https://www.cbs46.com/investigations/the_bulldog/exclusive-star-trek-star-nichelle-nichols-screams-for-her-life/article_d3a6ca22-81ae-11e9-8c1d-3bc1068f17ae.html
https://mobile.twitter.com/ChaseMasterson/status/1133827184068419584
https://mobile.twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1133749594943188992
I don't know if anyone who posts here is in law enforcement, but there has to be some way we can help her!
Re: TNG S7: Eye of the Beholder
I haven't seen this in years, but I actually think this a better episode than most give it credit for. Is there any other TNG episode that dissects the violent dissolution of a relationship? I can't really think of one.
Also, the nerd in me LOVED seeing the inside of the nacelles.
This is due for a rewatch.
I haven't seen this in years, but I actually think this a better episode than most give it credit for. Is there any other TNG episode that dissects the violent dissolution of a relationship? I can't really think of one.
Also, the nerd in me LOVED seeing the inside of the nacelles.
This is due for a rewatch.
Re: DS9 S7: Take Me Out to the Holosuite
Other than American football (and chess, if you count that), I can't really think of a sport that I didn't intuitively grasp on my first watch.
Other than American football (and chess, if you count that), I can't really think of a sport that I didn't intuitively grasp on my first watch.
Re: TNG S4: Galaxy's Child
@ Kyle
Would you like it if someone was posing as you online and catfishing innocent people?
It's wrong to use someone else's image and personal information for sexual and emotional self-gratification.
In "Booby Trap", Geordi could have easily paused the holodeck program and asked the computer to tone down the romance so he could concentrate on keeping everyone from dying .... but he didn't. He went right along with it, kissing and touching her.
Also, the computer told him that the holo-Leah facsimile would be about 10% inaccurate.
I don't know if that means 1 out of 10 reactions wpuld be incorrect or the computer had to make up 10 % of her personality since it was undeterminable from her posts and speeches .... but that's MORE than enough variance for Geordi not to make assumptions about the "real" Leah.
His lies about "making a great fungili" (using her private info just to get her to think they had something in common) is extremely cringy and deceptive as well.
I'm sorry but I think it's creepy: he used her once without her knowledge/consent and then tried to do the same thing to the real her. It's wrong.
@ Kyle
Would you like it if someone was posing as you online and catfishing innocent people?
It's wrong to use someone else's image and personal information for sexual and emotional self-gratification.
In "Booby Trap", Geordi could have easily paused the holodeck program and asked the computer to tone down the romance so he could concentrate on keeping everyone from dying .... but he didn't. He went right along with it, kissing and touching her.
Also, the computer told him that the holo-Leah facsimile would be about 10% inaccurate.
I don't know if that means 1 out of 10 reactions wpuld be incorrect or the computer had to make up 10 % of her personality since it was undeterminable from her posts and speeches .... but that's MORE than enough variance for Geordi not to make assumptions about the "real" Leah.
His lies about "making a great fungili" (using her private info just to get her to think they had something in common) is extremely cringy and deceptive as well.
I'm sorry but I think it's creepy: he used her once without her knowledge/consent and then tried to do the same thing to the real her. It's wrong.
Re: ORV S2: The Road Not Taken
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/seth-macfarlane-podcast-interview-20-years-family-guy-oscars-orville-1205766
This is an excellent interview with Seth. I'd recommended listening to the entire thing, it's a fascinating walkthrough his life by a knowledgeable interviewer .... while there are little tidbits about The Orville sprinkled throughout, if you're pressed for time, the last 8 minutes are focused exclusively on the show.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/seth-macfarlane-podcast-interview-20-years-family-guy-oscars-orville-1205766
This is an excellent interview with Seth. I'd recommended listening to the entire thing, it's a fascinating walkthrough his life by a knowledgeable interviewer .... while there are little tidbits about The Orville sprinkled throughout, if you're pressed for time, the last 8 minutes are focused exclusively on the show.
Re: TNG S3: Yesterday's Enterprise
Troi and Yar have the cringiest dialogue of all the characters in Sesson 1. It's doubtful that someone of Glenn Close or Meryl Streep's ability could have made something of that material.
Crosby was hamstrung by bad scripting, I actually don't fault her for being annoyed by how Yar was written.
Troi and Yar have the cringiest dialogue of all the characters in Sesson 1. It's doubtful that someone of Glenn Close or Meryl Streep's ability could have made something of that material.
Crosby was hamstrung by bad scripting, I actually don't fault her for being annoyed by how Yar was written.
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