Therapist reacts to Star Trek: First Contact
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I watched this over the weekend. I love how they comment about Captain Picard's mental state and how trauma does stick with you.
Fascinating.
...Of course, this puts special emphasis on the question of whether Cochrane ever actually invented warp drive. All he ever admits to is wanting to sell it. Perhaps he is a fraud, trying to make money on stuff invented by somebody now dead? Yet decent enough to feel bad about it, especially now that he's faced with having to fly the rig for sheer charity after all.
This movie would not be the time for him or his accomplice Sloane to come clean. Nor would "Metamorphosis"...
Picard's mental distress would have had quite a few relief valves during the TV show already, so it's a bit odd that he only boils over here and not back in, say, "Descent". Then again, the Borg never directly threatened his ship previously, not while he was aboard. In any case, Starfleet not quite trusting him seems like a sound and realistic decision, while Deanna Troi having secret orders to guard against this sort of relapse is valid speculation here circumvented by her not being onboard at the key moment. It's odd in the professional sense that she doesn't confront Picard during the initial frustrating wait at the Romulan Neutral Zone, though, and that Riker does instead.
Timo Saloniemi
This movie would not be the time for him or his accomplice Sloane to come clean. Nor would "Metamorphosis"...
Picard's mental distress would have had quite a few relief valves during the TV show already, so it's a bit odd that he only boils over here and not back in, say, "Descent". Then again, the Borg never directly threatened his ship previously, not while he was aboard. In any case, Starfleet not quite trusting him seems like a sound and realistic decision, while Deanna Troi having secret orders to guard against this sort of relapse is valid speculation here circumvented by her not being onboard at the key moment. It's odd in the professional sense that she doesn't confront Picard during the initial frustrating wait at the Romulan Neutral Zone, though, and that Riker does instead.
Timo Saloniemi
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to be honest, I can never reconcile the HUGE character gap between the Metamorphosis Cochrane and the one we see here. They are completely different characters. And, given how much I loved metamorphosis, this movie has always grated one me. And, it’s all about ME …. (Jk there. It’s my inner ‘canon’ at work)
Alcubierre?
