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Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1x03 - "Ghosts of Illyria"

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Although he is an Aenar, and until 100 years before SNW his people were still largely misunderstood and subject to misguided theories and even abuse in the case of the one Aenar kidnapped and used by the Romulans to control their drone ship. So he himself might not be the product of tragedy but the Aenar have a pretty controversial history and recent at that.
 
Plus the Aenar can see, just not in the traditional sense.

Jhamel knew Shran's skin was blue.

JHAMEL: I've never met a blueskin.
SHRAN: You're blind. How can you tell my skin is blue?
JHAMEL: Don't ask me to explain. I was never very good at science.
 
Sci said:
He has a right to feel however he wants to feel about it -- but a contract that gives the corporation to right to benefit from a person's labor without compensation or acknowledgment is still exploitative. And it's gross not to at least give a special thanks.
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A (TV) writer is compensated for his work. He willingly signs a contract turning over the rights to his story and elements to the studio (and gets residuals). If he/she doesn't like that, go create your own show. It would be ridiculous if who ever originally gave a line to "Lt Riley" now has to be paid/credited EVERY time Lt Riley is seen in TOS. That's what they were paid for.
 
I do wish they'd make the transporter operator a little less excitable. Not every transport has to be him frantically doing technobabble and shouting into an intercom.
 
Photoman15 said:
A (TV) writer is compensated for his work. He willingly signs a contract turning over the rights to his story and elements to the studio (and gets residuals). If he/she doesn't like that, go create your own show.
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This argument relies upon the a priori assumption that all contracts are valid because all the parties are equal. In reality, of course, workers have much less bargaining power than the owners of the means of production, and must frequently agree to terms of employment that are exploitative in order to survive. That principle applies across many different income levels and industries.

But in any event, I was referring to the authors of media tie-in novels, not TV writers -- who have a very powerful union that fights for their rights, unlike media tie-in novelists.

It would be ridiculous if who ever originally gave a line to "Lt Riley" now has to be paid/credited EVERY time Lt Riley is seen in TOS. That's what they were paid for.
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And yet a similar scenario applies with at least some writers and their characters. The Estate of Theodore Sturgeon gets a royalty check every time T'Pau is used -- that's why Berman and Braga created T'Pol instead of using T'Pau.
 
cooleddie74 said:
Although he is an Aenar, and until 100 years before SNW his people were still largely misunderstood and subject to misguided theories and even abuse in the case of the one Aenar kidnapped and used by the Romulans to control their drone ship. So he himself might not be the product of tragedy but the Aenar have a pretty controversial history and recent at that.
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It was a century ago! Let bygones be bygones!
 
Sci said:
The Estate of Theodore Sturgeon gets a royalty check every time T'Pau is used -- that's why Berman and Braga created T'Pol instead of using T'Pau.
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and here i thought they were just trying to avoid referencing the 80s band "T'Pau". how'd you come by this info?
 
captainmkb said:
oh yes, anything found in a google search is true.
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Well, as I included a second source to my original post, one that says the information came from Brannon Braga, that adds a little more legitimacy to it. Certainly more than your assumption that they were trying to avoid confusion with a flash in the pan rock band.
 
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