"Fine, Data's a Toaster"
I watched SciFi's Star Trek: The Next Generation mini marathon last night. Unlike last Monday's line up, these were all good episodes and one outstanding one, 'The Measure of a Man'. Not all ST:TNG holds up well, but that episode is a classic. It wasn't until Captain Phillipa Louvois's remark about Data that it hit me Ron Moore borrowed quite a bit from his old series. I'm not even certain if he was on staff in the second season, he didn't become a producer until 1991, but the influence of this episode on BSG is clear. Picard is fighting to prove that Data, a machine, is a sentient being with the same rights as humans. And arguing that Starfleet, by claiming Data as property, has the potential for creating a slave race. At the conclusion I was left with to wonder, what if? What if Picard had lost his case, Data was forced to be disassembled for study, and Starfleet created a whole army of Datas with the likelihood of them, eventually, turning on their masters.
And watching all the episodes I got to not-so-fondly recall how much I hated Doctor Pulaski. If she wasn't acting as if she was smarter than everyone else, she was treating Data like he was nothing more than a walking computer. I was so thrilled when they dumped her and brought Doctor Crusher back.
While watching ST:TNG I saw numerous promos for this week's mid season finale of BSG. Or, more precisely, I saw the same promo over and over and over again. It's similar to the one shown at the end of 'The Hub' with one noticeable difference.
We now see a close up of Lee before Kara rushes in and stops him from pushing the button and airlocking Tigh, Anders, and Tyrol into space. He has tears in his eyes! This is AWESOME. I was worried that we wouldn't get any reaction from Lee, but he's served with two of the men for years and, if not close friends, he's been friendly with Tyrol and even Sam. I'm so thrilled we are going to see his pain at the betrayal of trust he must feel and also at what he believes he must do. Woo!
Prior to House, Hugh Laurie did a series over in England called Fortysomething. Has anyone reading this seen it? Is it funny? I ask, because Deep Discount is having one of their 20& off sales and I can get a really good price on the box set. But if it's crap, I don't want to waste the money.
And watching all the episodes I got to not-so-fondly recall how much I hated Doctor Pulaski. If she wasn't acting as if she was smarter than everyone else, she was treating Data like he was nothing more than a walking computer. I was so thrilled when they dumped her and brought Doctor Crusher back.
While watching ST:TNG I saw numerous promos for this week's mid season finale of BSG. Or, more precisely, I saw the same promo over and over and over again. It's similar to the one shown at the end of 'The Hub' with one noticeable difference.
We now see a close up of Lee before Kara rushes in and stops him from pushing the button and airlocking Tigh, Anders, and Tyrol into space. He has tears in his eyes! This is AWESOME. I was worried that we wouldn't get any reaction from Lee, but he's served with two of the men for years and, if not close friends, he's been friendly with Tyrol and even Sam. I'm so thrilled we are going to see his pain at the betrayal of trust he must feel and also at what he believes he must do. Woo!
Prior to House, Hugh Laurie did a series over in England called Fortysomething. Has anyone reading this seen it? Is it funny? I ask, because Deep Discount is having one of their 20& off sales and I can get a really good price on the box set. But if it's crap, I don't want to waste the money.
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Is it every Monday?
I'm glad Lee is conflicted as some seemed to think he would just be skipping his way to airlock and no. It's interesting the relationships he has had which each of the three.
Tigh - well, it has been "lively"
Tyrol - friends...kinda
Sam - nuff said
I'm glad Lee is conflicted as some seemed to think he would just be skipping his way to airlock and no.
You just put an image of Jamie skipping in my head and I'm trying very hard not to laugh here at work. I never felt Lee would be skipping to the airlock, but I did worry that the writers would gloss over the impact this was having on him.
how do you ppl notice these details in previews? they seem to move so fast. then again, i noticed the pretty tv you've got. def beats my 13" computer screen. :D
how do you ppl notice these details in previews?
The detail did involve Jamie. I tend to notice those details. ;) The TV probably helped too. :)
i blame the tv! i remember watching the show on dvd, on a real tv, after having seen it at least 3 times on my computer and noticing things i haven't noticed until then. amazing what a difference a LARGE crisp picture can make. :)
Ben Sisko and Laura Roslin in the same room would seriously kill me dead of awesomeness.
i am totally looking forward to this!
That idea is kind of revisted with the EMH on ST:Voyager.
And, yeah, I was never a fan of Dr. Pulaski. She grated on me, and was way too much a Dr. McCoy clone for my tastes.