I'll have to watch that episode again. I never picked up on that.
Most disturbing scene in star trek?
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I'll have to watch that episode again. I never picked up on that.
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The entire episode Amok time was highly disturbing for me. Except that scene, where Spock realized that Jim is alive and allowed himself some positive emotion.
I was deeply disappointed with the Vulcan society and culture and I think it was the worst introduction to other Vulcans I could get. As a 11 year old trekkie I was shocked (and still I am), that the Vulcan society and law allows someone to be a PROPERTY of someone else.
I was deeply disappointed with the Vulcan society and culture and I think it was the worst introduction to other Vulcans I could get. As a 11 year old trekkie I was shocked (and still I am), that the Vulcan society and law allows someone to be a PROPERTY of someone else.
I didn't read through the whole thread, so I dont know if this one was said....
I was disturbed when in "The Most Toys", Fajo killed Varria. The death itself was disturbing...then when Data said that something happened in transport to make the weapon discharge....creepy. We'll never know!
I was disturbed when in "The Most Toys", Fajo killed Varria. The death itself was disturbing...then when Data said that something happened in transport to make the weapon discharge....creepy. We'll never know!
The rape scene in Star Trek: Nemesis.
Riker's killing of Yuta in The Vengeance Factor, because it seemed so gratuitous and unnecessary. His continually dialling up the phaser until he found a setting that destroyed her - it really went against the whole "there's always another way" message TNG had been trying to put through our heads.
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I don't think it was gratuitous and unnecessary. Yuta was determined to kill the leader guy. She made it clear that she could not be "talked down". Every time, Riker stunned her, she would lunge forward to try to get the guy. Riker had to stop her from assassinating the leader. Riker was dialing the phaser up as a way of warning her. He was stunning her stronger and stronger each time, hoping she would the message and back down. In fact, when he set the phaser to kill, Riker was probably assuming she would back down, realizing that he means business. When she lunged forward again, Riker had to press the trigger.
I read the first 8 or 9 pages of the thread and didn't see this:
McCoy getting pierced through the chest with the knight's lance in TOS "Shore Leave"
or this:
Riker turning off Data in the courtroom in TNG "Measure of a Man" (not so much disturbing I suppose but good shock value)
McCoy getting pierced through the chest with the knight's lance in TOS "Shore Leave"
or this:
Riker turning off Data in the courtroom in TNG "Measure of a Man" (not so much disturbing I suppose but good shock value)
Two things. Firstly, you don't need to sety it at maximum in order to kill someone. Vaporising her was not needed., Secondly, she was getting weaker each time. Stun her with a sustained blast and she'd be unable to get up. Easy to capture her.
Plus, you know the thing with Yuta... her touch was deadly to only that one man she was trying to kill.
Riker or Picard or anyone else in that room could have physically restrained her, kept her pinned. I doubt Wil would have had much trubble holding her down.
Yeah, awkwardly forced killing for dramatic effect.
Riker or Picard or anyone else in that room could have physically restrained her, kept her pinned. I doubt Wil would have had much trubble holding her down.
Yeah, awkwardly forced killing for dramatic effect.
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For all Riker new, all she had to do was spit on him, possibly even just sneeze at him, so I disagree. A clear field with her in the firing zone was really indicated.
From a transcript (the scene immediately before Riker beams over):
From a transcript (the scene immediately before Riker beams over):
Riker does not know what is safe and what isn't.
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