Amph [NERRRD] Observations, rhetorical questions, and comments regarding Star Trek (General Thread)

The whole second season is affected by the Writer's strike. The season premiere is a repurposed script form an attempt at a 70's relaunch of TOS that got shelved in favor of the Motion Picture. Add to that Diana Muldur taking Gates McFadden's Crusher's place as a Bones-esque doctor that doesn't mesh quite as well with the rest of the cast, and it's definitely a different season compared to the other seasons.

The Emissary and A Matter of Honor are good (and essential for S3 and beyond viewing in regards to Worf's story) Q Who for obvious reasons and I loved Measure of a Man. Didn't really care so much for Elementary Dear Data. I just thought it was too hokey (but then, I also haven't watched S2 in years either)

She doesn't actually grate on me either to be honest. Nor, however do I feel that she meshes well with the cast in S2. But Gene wanted a doctor who he felt would be more advasarial than Crusher was with Picard (and by extention seemingly the rest of the crew), and while he got that, it really did throw the chemistry off with the cast in S2. I will say the one episode that's truly focused on Pulaski (Contagion) is probably the best ep of Muldur in the role.

I wish they still did the 'Strange New Worlds' fan contest, as I had an idea once upon a time for a 'missing scene' between 1 and 2 to explain Geordie's promotion to Chief Engineer.

Pulaski was only really adversarial towards Data, though. She got along fine with the rest of the crew IIRC.

She butted heads with Picard on a few occasions.

You can se where Pulaski had some personality Modeling after Lenord McCoy, of course she butted heads with Picard from time to time. She was unlikeable but mostly because she was not one of the "no personal conflict in the future" robotic constrcts Gene was obsessed over.

I think the reason why Pulaski doesn't really work in the same way that McCoy does is because McCoy has a much better sparring partner in the form of Spock, who he thankfully never refers to as "It."

Well I hope no episode is as bad as the third episode of Season 1, Code of Honor. Ugh.

Iwont deny the character was bad, but at least it was an attempt to inject some chracter conflict.

The is an idyllic world populated my blond haired white people, ruled by a hyperimesional space god, who's penalty for all crimes is summery execution by poison dart.

Yeah, but they did it in a totally hamfisted way and she came off looking like a crappy McCoy knock off.

True...true.

Wanst everything in season 1 and 2 of TNG Hamfisted?
http://sfdebris.com/videos/startrek/t126.asp

I mean really the worst humanity had to offer?

No, that was Justice. Code of Honor had Tasha being abucted by a misygonistic King and forced into a fight to the death.

It was also incredibly racist. Thankfully nothing else in TNG is nearly that bad in that respect.

"You will be my first one" Ugh please go away. Bad memories.

What About Angel One's crappy attempt at Sexism?

Justice, Angel One, Masks, The Naked Now, The Outrageous Okona and Samaritan Snare were all terribad.

If you're mentioning terrible late-series eps, you have to go with "Sub Rosa."

Up the Long Ladder was pretty bad too. Either one of the stories might have made a decent episode, with the Irish setters...I mean settlers...and the culture clash they presented, and the other culture that kept on cloning themselves to stay alive. But together they combined to make the episode worse.

I love SF debris

http://blip.tv/sf-debris-opinionated-reviews/voy-sacred-ground-review-6464448

The Irish daughter in that ep reminds me now of Donna Noble.