posted April 02, 1999 11:17 AM
I aggree, it was an excellent episode. And, speaking of continuity, I would like to see the think tank make another appearance in a future episode before the series ends.
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posted April 03, 1999 07:43 PM
The best part of the episode was the diversity of the aliens. Only two were even humanoid.
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posted April 04, 1999 07:20 AM
Janeway's "racist" comment concerning Fennim ("They must be studying it.") was a good demonstration of prejudiced human nature.
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posted April 04, 1999 09:04 AM
Janeway said that? I thought it was Seven....though my memory is a bit foggy at times. I don't know if I would call it a prejudice against non-humanoids, it may have just been an assumption based on the fact that nearly all the sentient, space travelling races encountered are humanoids. That comment certainly wasn't "racist" in my opinion.
------------------ "Sometimes you get the bear, and sometimes the bear gets you." -Commander Riker, USS Enterprise
posted April 04, 1999 09:09 AM
Racist was the wrong word; perhaps it was Seven. I can't remember, but I did think of it as a subtle way of bringing back some themes from the old series.
------------------ "Audaces fortuna juvat." "Fortune favours the bold."
posted April 04, 1999 01:09 PM
Themes like bad costuming?
Actually, that line bothers me the more I think about it. Surely, Janeway had come across sentient nonhumanoids before. Hell, that was the plot of the series premeire.
Of course, let me think back...she was talking about the jellyfish-like alien, yes? Perhaps her comments stemmed from the small size of the creature's tank.
------------------ "The record of my unspeakable crimes, in previous lives, in previous times, indelibly stains the pages of history." -- They Might Be Giants
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