First, they can't do the operation because it could kill Spock.Then it was like- WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW!
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Obvious plot devices- We begin with Journey To Babel...
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Midgets. Natures funniest joke.
No offense.
As for the Babel change of mind. It was Amanda who was really of two minds. First she didn't want to risk losing them both, but when faced with Sarek's iminent death she changed her mind. Spock was for it until Kirk was injured. His position made sense from a vulcan POV.
No offense.
As for the Babel change of mind. It was Amanda who was really of two minds. First she didn't want to risk losing them both, but when faced with Sarek's iminent death she changed her mind. Spock was for it until Kirk was injured. His position made sense from a vulcan POV.
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I dunno - anything can be called an "obvious plot device" out of context.
Having McCoy accidentally hypo himself when the ship hits a speed bump - how often does that happen? - just so Our Heroes will have to beam down to a mysterious world to hunt for him comes to mind. Or having a higher-up absolutely forbid Kirk to make a detour of a day or so to Vulcan because the bureaucracy considers four ships, not three, to be somehow crucial to a ceremony simply to artificially ratchet up the already life-or-death stakes...
But so what? Those are tres cool stories.
Having McCoy accidentally hypo himself when the ship hits a speed bump - how often does that happen? - just so Our Heroes will have to beam down to a mysterious world to hunt for him comes to mind. Or having a higher-up absolutely forbid Kirk to make a detour of a day or so to Vulcan because the bureaucracy considers four ships, not three, to be somehow crucial to a ceremony simply to artificially ratchet up the already life-or-death stakes...
But so what? Those are tres cool stories.
Anything goes.
Once Kirk fell for Miramanee (sp?), who DIDN'T know she was gonna die?
*sniff*
Pretty flipping offensive, actually.
Well, it went like this:
1) they needed a transfusion, but it would have required too much of Spock's blood.
2) McCoy found a drug or something that boosted blood production, but it was not for Vulcans, it was for some other race that had similar physiology.
3) Sarek was too weak for the drug...
4) So they ended up using it on Spock, so they could draw blood for him while not killing him. It was still a risky operation, as it was untested on Vulcans.
Okay, it's the lack of the apreciation for the Vulcan IDIC thing again.
Yeah, not so funny, the idea that "difference" is to be made a joke of.
NO ADMISSION TO THE FEDEREATION FOR YOU, GRANT!*
* a learning jest is all.
So, that accounts for Amanda's "not allowing" exactly, how...?
So, that accounts for Amanda's "not allowing" exactly, how...?
I thought she was against it before the introduction of the blood production booster, but for it after. Been a while since I saw JTB though.
Flipping midgets! I've seen that act at the circus!
QFT. It is the way of the Boy/Girlfriend of the Week. Dynamic characters can't get tied down...Also sad is that the baby died, too.Once Kirk fell for Miramanee (sp?), who DIDN'T know she was gonna die? *sniff*
Just once it would be nice for one of the crew to fall in love, but in the end, WITHOUT any sort of plot device stuff the woman of the week just decides that they belong to different worlds and ways of life and it just wouldn't work out. No dying, no "alien spores to make you happy", no "I was dying of a rare disease but now I'm cured and can go back to my life", just a decision based on their own experiences.
I thought we would have evolved beyond that....Politically incorrect and insensitive as that is, you made me laugh.
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