Its the metaphor crashing with reality. They used transhumanism to talk about the evils of eugenics but now we're reaching the point we're discussing...transhumanism.
Like robots are metaphors for slavery and soon we'll be discussing....robots.
Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x05 - "Through the Lens of Time"
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Its the metaphor crashing with reality. They used transhumanism to talk about the evils of eugenics but now we're reaching the point we're discussing...transhumanism.
Like robots are metaphors for slavery and soon we'll be discussing....robots.
Joke as this may be (and also literally true with me as well), the fact is that the Moral Majority's attitude is from a questionable position to begin with.
It depends on an idea that shielding developing people away from uncomfortable subject matter is objectively self-true versus leaving people unprepared for adulthood's issues.
Mind you, I grew up to be an anarchist horror writer and Goth so would horrify said Moral Majority too.
I'm surprised more people aren't predicting that. Effects proceed causes, posses people, pure evil, evidence of a prior connection to Earth, takes control of the ship, defeated by the transporter, has a reason to want to screw over Scotty, in particular; I think that little bastard was Redjac.
On the other hand, I also thought Gambel was a fake name and he was going to turn out to be TOS M'Benga, so what do I know?
To those "in the know", which did not include young me
Perhaps Pelia should have instructed Gamble to read the landing party protocol bit where you don't touch a frikkin' thing you find? Especially if it's glowing from the inside. Never f***ing ever!!!!
I trust the protocols will be updated following this disaster?
I trust the protocols will be updated following this disaster?
Stewart signed a 6 season contract, just like everyone else. I don't think the renegotiation story was ever more than a fan rumor.
Did anyone else notice N'Jal saying this?
Then later on, Batel in Gorn mode says...
They both use the word Vedza-pah to refer to these entities. Entities which are kept in crystalline containers in a prison outside of linear time, from which they cannot escape.
These are the pah-wraiths.
The other major thing that really beggars disbelief now is that the entirety of the ship is not under at least passive AI surveillance 24/7.
Yeah, I know it means a lot of classic story tropes (like the breakout from the brig in this episode) just wouldn't work, because the second something untoward happens onboard, smart drones should neutralize it.
Then later on, Batel in Gorn mode says...
They both use the word Vedza-pah to refer to these entities. Entities which are kept in crystalline containers in a prison outside of linear time, from which they cannot escape.
These are the pah-wraiths.
The other major thing that really beggars disbelief now is that the entirety of the ship is not under at least passive AI surveillance 24/7.
Yeah, I know it means a lot of classic story tropes (like the breakout from the brig in this episode) just wouldn't work, because the second something untoward happens onboard, smart drones should neutralize it.
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How else would The Naked Time happen?
Hmm. Could be on to something here. Ben Sisko admits to Dax he wanted to ask Kirk about fighting the Gorn on Cestus III. And if the Gorn, like the Prophets, are instinctual enemies of these beings, these pah-wraiths, his enthusiasm makes perfect sense in this context. He may not even know why he's so excited. But the seed has been planted...
In my review I did compare that fight scene to DS9's The Reckoning.
That is a very old english spelling of the word.
Most people don't know the details of actor contracts.
The aliens here didn't strike me as Pah-Wraiths, but if that is what ends up being the case... yeah, go for it, at this point it's just a laugh.
I think the term "Landing Party" does the crew a disservice. Especially the younger ones who think it's all about chilling out down on some planet and letting caution slide. Small wonder they change it to "Away Team" in the future.
Now I know story's got to story, but these are supposed to be Starfleet's cream of the crop serving on Enterprise. How dumb can you make these people?! Grrr...
I thought it said in the episode Vedza-pah was the plural for evil. Vedza being singular. Would be a bizarre coincidence that their language's term for plural would line up with the Bajoran word for soul and both independently come to be used to talk about the kosst amojan
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Strawman argument. Are you going to tell me that watching any TNG episode, you ACTUALLY believed the 1701-D would be destroyed, or a main character killed?
Come on.
Or any TOS episode, for that matter.
Only guest-stars got to die tragically . . . and stay dead.
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