I mean a fully informed choice.The child did have a choice. He chose faith instead of knowledge, and it cost him dearly.
I mean a fully informed choice.The child did have a choice. He chose faith instead of knowledge, and it cost him dearly.
That's what I meant with my second sentence.I mean a fully informed choice.
I find most of the TNG main characters to be smarmy and/or boring.
Perhaps the best characters to come from the series are supporting/recurring, like O'Brien and Q.
I find most of the TNG main characters to be smarmy and/or boring. Perhaps the best characters to come from the series are supporting/recurring, like O'Brien and Q.
I wonder if Pike had a different view because he was at least able to have a choice. The child didn't while Pike, Spock and Kirk all did.
One could certainly say the same thing about TOS. Of course on TOS the supporting cast weren't co-stars. (Until The Search for Spock.)Oh, they have quirks. Riker gets laid and plays the trombone. Geordi is bad with women. Some characters don't even get this, though.
Deanna is certainly "Most Improved". No, she does not have a "quirk". But she becomes much more of a personality as the show goes on. What's amazing is how much Deanna grows and yet she never becomes remotely like Marina.I'm struggling to come up with anything to say that makes Deanna stand out beyond liking chocolate (which she shares with half the human race).
Deanna is certainly "Most Improved". No, she does not have a "quirk". But she becomes much more of a personality as the show goes on. What's amazing is how much Deanna grows and yet she never becomes remotely like Marina.
Oh seriously, I agree with what's been said here about her.Deanna is certainly "Most Improved".
I'd say even Worf fits into that category, at least until DS9.Part of the issue is that other than Picard, Data, and Worf, TNG characters do not have personalities to speak of.
Oh, they have quirks. Riker gets laid and plays the trombone. Geordi is bad with women. Some characters don't even get this, though. I'm struggling to come up with anything to say that makes Deanna stand out beyond liking chocolate (which she shares with half the human race).
In general, the characters are defined by their ranks, jobs, and social roles. So Bev is a doctor and a mom, and that's about it. But she doesn't have a personality beyond this worth speaking of. Who she is as a person in no way defines the choices she makes in the show. The needs of the plot of the week define those choices.
One could certainly say the same thing about TOS. Of course on TOS the supporting cast weren't co-stars. (Until The Search for Spock.)
It's an interesting enough plot point (and we can't do Praxis twice.) Of course the notion that the Romulan supernova would "threaten to destroy the galaxy" is JJ BS.The Romulan Supernova should have never happened. It sounds very nonsensical to me and anything involving Picard and Discovery is not at all "Star Trek" to me.
Eh, TUC did the same thing with Praxis' explosion and Generations with Armagosa. We just have to accept that in the Star Trek universe some events cause devastating subspace ripples or something.I know distance rate and time has never been Star Trek's strong suit but this really takes the cake. And leaves it out in the rain.
With regard to Praxis I think there was a line about a "subspace shockwave" within the movie itself, so that problem is sidestepped somewhat.Eh, TUC did the same thing with Praxis' explosion and Generations with Armagosa. We just have to accept that in the Star Trek universe some events cause devastating subspace ripples or something.
The Romulan Supernova should have never happened. It sounds very nonsensical to me and anything involving Picard and Discovery is not at all "Star Trek" to me.
I guess since Aramgosa was destroyed by a trilithium weapon we can hypothesize a similar subspace effect as with Praxis. The star's mass had to have been dumped out of regular space as part of it destruction for Data's statements to make sense. Perhaps the Hobus star had massive amounts of dilithium or trilithium and going supernova caused a subspace shockwave that threatened nearby systems.So until that matter has dispersed beyond the region there won't be a change in gravity, certainly not an instantaneous one!
Trek physics has never made sense. Once one accepts this incontrovertible truth, it’s much easier to enjoy any of its iterations.Somewhat grasping at straws, JJ09 was describing a natural event (taking into account JJ doesn't word very well, see also The Resistance) while TUC and GEN are not. (At least Red Matter doesn't have to act like a thing.)
Mind you, they're all dumb in increasing degrees.
Trek physics has never made sense. Once one accepts this incontrovertible truth, it’s much easier to enjoy any of its iterations.
Pfft. I run into that on a regular basis. Every single instance where my PhD supervisor asks for my next chapter. Suddenly, whatever time I might have to devote to it is annihilated. Another way to say “anti-time” is children.Be careful you don’t encounter any “Anti-Time”.
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