Or will Tin Man be alone again?
This was the impression the episode gave me...this was now an eternal friendship now.
This was the impression the episode gave me...this was now an eternal friendship now.
So does Tin Man make Tam Immortal just by being there?
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Okay, the definitive answer is:
Whatever makes sense to you is what happened.
The only way that what I think on the subject ever matters again is if someone hires me (and Dave) to do a sequel. I pretty much figure that ship sailed twenty years ago. OTOH, if Paramount ever paid anyone else to do another story about this - in whatever form - they'd have the last word.
I can tell you what happened in the novel this script was based on: Tam (or "Div" as he was in that version) is eventually physically absorbed into the ship. He becomes a component of it - or depending upon how you want to look at it, is digested by it (eeewwwwww!) His consciousness will exist as long as the ship exists, but he ceases to have a physically separate existence.
As far as Tam's whining is concerned, I guess those of us who've been around for a few years have all encountered couples who seem to adore each other while we shake our heads and wonder "how the hell can she stand him twenty-four hours a day?" or even "she has to see him naked?!" But enough about my personal life...
Whatever makes sense to you is what happened.
The only way that what I think on the subject ever matters again is if someone hires me (and Dave) to do a sequel. I pretty much figure that ship sailed twenty years ago. OTOH, if Paramount ever paid anyone else to do another story about this - in whatever form - they'd have the last word.
I can tell you what happened in the novel this script was based on: Tam (or "Div" as he was in that version) is eventually physically absorbed into the ship. He becomes a component of it - or depending upon how you want to look at it, is digested by it (eeewwwwww!) His consciousness will exist as long as the ship exists, but he ceases to have a physically separate existence.
As far as Tam's whining is concerned, I guess those of us who've been around for a few years have all encountered couples who seem to adore each other while we shake our heads and wonder "how the hell can she stand him twenty-four hours a day?" or even "she has to see him naked?!" But enough about my personal life...
Oh, brother - if I want any peace around the house at all, I can't let it know what the right hand is doing...
That made me chuckle. Thank you.
Always glad to lend a hand.
That works for me.
Can't argue with the writer.
Everybody argues with the writer. For as much energy as people devote to telling what we're doing wrong, we might as well be quarterbacks.
Yep, the sequels were built in - but you know what Sean Connery said about that.
Oh, I didn't say I wouldn't give you my opinion for free - but it's worth what you pay for it. What the writer thinks ain't "canon."
In my opinion, Tam was difficult to get along with because he was constantly dealing with the "unwanted" barrage of thoughts from everybody around him... and who knows how large the radius was, maybe a mile?
Gomtu silenced the chatter for him. At last, he was at peace. So, I suspect his personality would shift accordingly. Maybe he and Gomtu set out to explore the universe together? Given Gomtu's talents, I wouldn't be surprised if it was able to significantly extend Tam's lifespan. Maybe not immortality, but at least good few hundred years beyond what he would have lived to among his Federation brethren.
Gomtu silenced the chatter for him. At last, he was at peace. So, I suspect his personality would shift accordingly. Maybe he and Gomtu set out to explore the universe together? Given Gomtu's talents, I wouldn't be surprised if it was able to significantly extend Tam's lifespan. Maybe not immortality, but at least good few hundred years beyond what he would have lived to among his Federation brethren.
Something, to think about it for sure.........
That wouldn't have occurred to me, no. IIRC correctly we described his physical state at the end of the novel, as opposed to giving it a name. It was actually more than a bit creepy, which I think was Dave's intention (the lion's share of the writing in the novel was Dave's).
It makes sense that something as old as Tin Man would realise that Tam's lifespan was short ,and something had to be done.
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