Roddenberry wasn't the enlightened wiseman some like to consider him. He was a creep when it came to women and he was known for a number of affairs. He did a lot of good, but he was still a very flawed man.
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I always saw the portrayal of Zefram Cochrane in First Contact as analogous to Gene Roddenberry. Just a guy who dreams of dollar signs and an island filled with naked women who gained a larger-than-life reputation.
Either of them.
Honestly, I thought the film was fine but not top tier Marvel. A solid B+.
However, I think it's a bit much to imply fans of it accusing others of having a motive for not loving it enough. There's no need to accuse when those review bombing a film they haven't seen made it pretty clear what their motives were, especially when they throw in terms like "SJW"s, "PC", "virtue signaling", "leftist agenda", etc.
Have Moore and Braga ever admitted to using Roddenberry as the basis for writing Cochrane in FC? I always found the parallels to be too amazing that it couldn't be the case.
I even like that in ENT we hear more bits of Cochrane post-FC basically telling tall tales to anyone within an ear shot, which Gene was known for.
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No one is even implying it. Everyone has been clear who the problem is because they were happy to reveal themselves.
Have you been reading this thread??
Darcy is going to wind up dead in the first 30 seconds of this brawl.
That's pretty terrible. Did the attempted rapist at lease turn himself in because he was feeling guilty for what he did?
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To be honest I only started participating in this thread roughly a week ago, and I didn't play catch up reading the entire thread before posting. Unless I skimmed them, I thought we were talking about the outrageous review bombers and MRA trolls at Rotten Tomatoes, twitter, etc, as opposed to people in this forum.
I only know kane_steel is one that comes off as those types. I recall him advocating DISCOVERY should have retained Pike's sexist attitude and that eliminating that might as well have been emasculating the character.
If you allow women on the bridge, are you even a man???
Was Gene a pill popper?
Cheap and legal speed, explained away a lot of bad behaviour in the mid 20th century.
"Explained" not justified.
Cheap and legal speed, explained away a lot of bad behaviour in the mid 20th century.
"Explained" not justified.
Mid 20th Century explained (not justified) a lot of mid 20th Century behaviour.
Gene was known to indulge in substances. IIRC he had to go to detox before getting to work on TNG, and even then he was known to have a drink in the offices.
Nebula is the one who reverses things in the Infinity Gauntlet comic.
She’s a very different person in the movies, but I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if they keep things broad strokes. That’s what they’ve done with her so far.
Which would make me very happy, because movie Nebula is a fave.
Substance abuse is about as American as baseball and apple pie.
Oh, yeah. Nebula has been one of the breakout characters in the whole MCU for me. I'm really glad that they've focused on the relationship between Gamora and her.
It’s a fact: Hitler used a casting couch when casting the Nazis. What a jerk.
I could see Nebula getting the final blow. Her reasons for killing him who isn't dust are the most setup. He tortured her, made her into a cyborg and killed her sister once they actually started to get along. It would mean more that way.
