I am sorry but that's the kind of stuff that racist people say: "Is it racist to say that black people run faster or that Asians are better at maths?"
"Well, yeah!!!"
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I am sorry but that's the kind of stuff that racist people say: "Is it racist to say that black people run faster or that Asians are better at maths?"
"Well, yeah!!!"
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Disagree. Masks was one of the worst episodes of TNG. One I skipped when doing a rewatch with my son.
It committed the unforgivable TV sin: it was unintentionally funny. I don't know how Stewart and Spiner got through those scenes without laughing their asses off.
Unpopular Opinion: The Inner Light was okay, but not great. Carbon Creek was better.
Disagree. Masks was one of the worst episodes of TNG. One I skipped when doing a rewatch with my son.
It committed the unforgivable TV sin: it was unintentionally funny. I don't know how Stewart and Spiner got through those scenes without laughing their asses off.
Unpopular Opinion: The Inner Light was okay, but not great. Carbon Creek was better.
You don't get the point. Vulcans are not the equivalent of a minority or majority human race. They actually do have a different anatomy and brain than humans do.
Agreed on "The Inner Light" but "Carbon Creek" was just awful.
No, you don't get my point. If Kirk had said, "I want the best person for that job" and if it so happened that that best person was a Vulcan then so be it. The problem is that he didn't say that. He said: "I want a Vulcan" and that's racist.
I still think that in the context of the scene and in the context of the Star Trek world Kirk should have the leeway to talk like that without being crucified as a racist. Maybe in the 23rd century humans will never talk in a way that 21st century humans can interpret as racist. I do take some of your points and I think it's best not to make any generalizations about any group of people.
Racist - No.
Speciest- Maybe, since I doubt every single Vulcan is a science specialist, someone on Vulcan has to work in the kitchen.
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Disagree. Masks was one of the worst episodes of TNG. One I skipped when doing a rewatch with my son.
It committed the unforgivable TV sin: it was unintentionally funny. I don't know how Stewart and Spiner got through those scenes without laughing their asses off.
Unpopular Opinion: The Inner Light was okay, but not great. Carbon Creek was better.
I still haven't watched Masks all the way through. I have seen every episode of every season of TNG except season 7. Someday..
Well, given the scenes with Spock as a child, some Vulcan kids are nastier than rabid dogs. I wouldn't put these in charge of anything on a ship.
That's entirely possible. The context of the scene is that Kirk simply wants another Mr. Spock, for professional and probably sentimental reasons.
"Masks" is ok as long as you take it with a grain of salt.
You guys are starting to convince me. The Khaaaaan scream was still idiotic, though.
Surely this is not an unpopular opinion. But I agree.
Maybe not shit, but I think it tends to get overrated. You could have easily adapted it into an episode of The Twilight Zone or Outer Limits. It's a great episode. But it's not really Trek at its best IMO
Same!
Agreed. I've always like the "ancient evil awoken" trope, and they have a ball with it here.
New Hot Take: I think fans can be way too critical of Jake Sisko. As The Kid on the Ship, he was a much better portrayal of a kid and adolescent than poor Wesley was, and I loved that we finally had a human character whose goal in life was not to serve in Star Fleet.
Neither was Wesley's whose goal was apparently to be the Mozart of planes of existence or some crap like that.
I guess you never met any nasty humans
Which ruled out anyone else qualified for the role, regardless of their species. Well RHIP
Sonak was not going to be like Spock, and Kirk should not expect him to be. He might be better, he might be worse. The novelverse Traitor Winds gives some noncanon backstory why he was chosen.
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I did but I wouldn't put these in charge of anything either. We're talking about saying that ALL Vulcans are good at... apparently everything.
I get ya! I read a fanfiction story that had the premise Vulcans with the lowest touch telepathy made the best masseuse, manicurists and hair dressers!lol
Unpopular Opinion: Prequels and alternate time lines are dumb ideas for new Star Trek movies and TV shows. If a new series or new movie was set in the 25th century it could honor Star Trek's history without being constricted by it. The future is the way to go. TNG became an icon because it was set 80 years past the days of Kirk. This must be an unpopular opinion because every major Star Trek release after 2002 has been a prequel. It's a pity we had to wait until Picard Stewart turned 80 for this to change.
So, we're going to let this scene be ruined by a two second scream?
I should clarify that this means all holodeck based episodes, including the Hirogen and the photonic beings.
Apparently, the best hairdressers are the Bolians, which is weird considering that before their first contact they didn't even know that there were people with hair!!! Maybe we're good at something, but we don't know it because we haven't met aliens with that need yet...
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