T'Pol gets an PTD? Would that be the term? I guess this is a mandate from the Paramount parent company to promote AIDS awareness (from the actual magazine, not in this article).
I'm not quite sure what to think. Maybe someone else has a thought.
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wieeeerd...
as long as they frame the story properly in the Trek universe, it should be acceptable. and even have the possibility of being more meaningful than the ENT eps we've already seen
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Yes. Another chapter in the annals of the blow-to-the-head allegory genre...
TOS was pioneering for its time, simply because the topics it addressed weren't present on TV in any other way. Today, practically ANYTHING can get on TV, and so it's nothing all that interesting. Berman may think he's being clever, but he's actually quite shallow.
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Here is where I might say "ha ha!" and "Tom broke this news a year ago!" and "I am full of hunger and pity and sloth." But, anyway, this is part of a Viacom mandate sweeping through its entertainment arm this season.
This is also the least helpful thread title ever.
Anyway, according to an interview with Bakula over on, uh, I don't know, somewhere, this episode supposedly deals with why Spock and Tuvok were willing to toss mind melds around like cheap candy at a fair, while Vulcans in the 22nd century look down on the practice.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Raising public awareness is fine and good and noble and commendable, but the bludgeoning way in which B&B usually approach these Social Issues tends to have an adverse effect on people's receptiveness.
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continuity-wise, recall that in its earliest TOS appearances, a mind meld was regarded as a personal experience, and Spock was always reticient to do so. it wasnt cheapened until later productions, when it was like 'Spock, i can't remember what happened last friday.. mind meld with me and tell me where i left my keys'..
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Hahaaa...I have to admit, that was pretty good..."where are my keys?"...
I think the stuff that got weird with mind melds is when Spock is controlling people through walls with them. What I want to know is when B&B are going throw the origin of the Vulcan nerve pinch and salute into Enterprise and steal those Nimoy-inventions as their own.
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It was actually a good episode!!!!! I thought it was more of a comparison to how homosexuals were treated in the initial stages of the AIDS epidemic.
...and the subplot with Trip was great.
Finally a good episode....and next week's looks good too!
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So I guess this is the "gay" episode that Berman has talked about... since 1991.
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quote:Originally posted by Futurama Guy: What I want to know is when B&B are going throw the origin of the Vulcan nerve pinch and salute into Enterprise and steal those Nimoy-inventions as their own.
The bastards! And what about the writer of "Sarek", eh? They stole Nimoy's inventions there too!
And what about English? They stole English! And they don't even live in England! The stupid fuck witted arse-clowns!
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Exactly!! B&B like to play every idea we see today on Trek as their own; especially English, and I have to reinforce that statement with the simple fact that they have an English dandy on that ship of theirs, which bares a name they stole as well!!
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Malcolm Reed is based on, and looks and sounds EXACTLY like a fan we have up here in Calgary. Seriously - even the nose. I wish I had a picture.
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