Skin of Evil - Armus

[JarodRussell]

Watched the episode today, and in retrospect it would have been cool if Armus had been a changeling like Odo, one of the 100 that the Founders sent out. He felt abandoned, maybe he was mistreated by another race that found him, wasn't able to discover his full shape shifting abilities, and then he turned into pure evil.

 

[Triskelion]

^ Sounds like a story.

 

[Alrik]

An interesting idea, but I don't think that it's necessary to 'tweek' Armus. Having it be the embodyment of pure evil and providing how it got that way worked just fine for the ep.

I know a lot of people hate this ep for one reason or another, but with a little TLC, there was a pretty good story lurking just under the surface. Its too bad it didn't make it to the screen.

 

[Lt.Cmdr.LaForge]

Wow i never thought of armus in that way before, but your right, with some clever story telling you could easily make an episode portraying armus as one of the lost changelings, who's sadly gone insane... Only one solution, a quick dip in that funky lake on the shape shifters home world XD

 

[john titor]

that was one of the best episodes of season 1, picard really came through as the man on that one.

 

[nx1701g]

You know that doesn't sound like a bad idea. It could be a pretty good story actually.

 

[The Grim Ghost]

Not a bad idea at all.

Honestly I like the original story better. But your version would have been interesting.

BTW, I'm another person who enjoys this episode and doesn't really get all of the hate for it.

 

[Tallis Rhul]

I think the hate comes from the fact that Armus looks like someone had a spill at a construction site!

Apart from that though (which obviously was limited through cost and the extent of 90s effects), I really enjoyed the episode, and it's one that really sticks in my mind frmo the first season of TNG. Everything, right down to Yar's senseless death, was really well written and executed.

 

[BlastHardcheese]

I always imagined Armus might have been linked to the founders and the dominion. Perhaps they were once solids and to form the great link, they had to reject what they perceived as their dark negative side which became an imperfect remnant.

Of course, the founders were pretty destructive but they did believe they were doing the right thing for the best interests of all life, just by conquering it.

 

[backstept]

I liked how awkward Data was with the phaser as Armus was controlling him
we didn't see nearly enough of what Spiner could do in terms of slapstick, but what we did see over the years was just great

 

[Danny99]

I think this episode can be fixed, however it seems the main issue with alot of people is Tasha's death, which I don't know how could it be done differently.

 

[Tallis Rhul]

Well, they could have put some thought into it, that'd be how to do it differently. Drown her in the black muck, have Armus slap her to death, or even call in a flock of very hungry, yet inexplicably hostile sparrows to peck her into submission.

Hell, even just have her collapse on the floor. I almost held up a card with 9.0 on it after the graceful flight half way across the set...

It was what came afterwards that was important though.

 

[Hober Mallow]

The only part of her death I didn't like was the silly cartoony black splotch on the side of her face.

 

[nx1701g]

I think this episode can be fixed, however it seems the main issue with alot of people is Tasha's death, which I don't know how could it be done differently.

I think that's it too.

 

[john titor]

I liked how awkward Data was with the phaser as Armus was controlling him
we didn't see nearly enough of what Spiner could do in terms of slapstick, but what we did see over the years was just great

I thought that was somewhat out of character of Data-"you should be destroyed", afterall Data was presented as the epitome of 24th century enlightenment, the least he could have said was "you should be studied in a lab and rehabilitated."

 

[BolianAuthor]

The only part of her death I didn't like was the silly cartoony black splotch on the side of her face.

Yeah... it looked like someone painted a big brown Gak Splat on her cheek.

 

[ProStar]

I got the feeling that Starfleet or the Enterprise put a warning bouy in orbit to stop people ever coming to or entering that System.

 

[JarodRussell]

No need, they destroyed the shuttle and Armus with photon torpedoes in the end.

 

[BillJ]

Watched the episode today, and in retrospect it would have been cool if Armus had been a changeling like Odo, one of the 100 that the Founders sent out. He felt abandoned, maybe he was mistreated by another race that found him, wasn't able to discover his full shape shifting abilities, and then he turned into pure evil.

I'll never understand why people need to interconnect every single piece of Trek.

 

[T'Girl]

An interesting idea, but I don't think that it's necessary to 'tweek' Armus. Having it be the embodyment of pure evil and providing how it got that way worked just fine for the ep.

Armus was a great concept, the idea of a race devesting itself of all it's evil, sin and darkness, then leaving that evil behind. I wonder how that worked out for them? My only real gripe with "Skin Of Evil" would be the costume, I don't think it turned out the way them wanted.

Maybe something like this would of been better. Lose the boots. Black chrome make-up of course

JarodRussell

No need, they destroyed the shuttle and Armus with photon torpedoes in the end. ....

I believe the torpedo was to destroy the shuttle only, to prevent Armus from somehow using it to leave the planet.

Originally Posted by canadaboy_32

I think this episode can be fixed, however it seems the main issue with alot of people is Tasha's death, which I don't know how could it be done differently.
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The whole thing they were aiming for was the sudden and meaningless death, very real world. It wasn't to be protracted and heroic.

BillJ

I'll never understand why people need to interconnect every single piece of Trek.

Thank you, been saying that for years.

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