tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post1915104057701277136..comments2024-03-28T03:16:27.198-04:00Comments on Todd Seavey: Capt. Kirk vs. Klaus NomiTodd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-31322670859070555712008-12-01T11:31:00.000-05:002008-12-01T11:31:00.000-05:00And the most popular and most memorable episodes o...And the most popular and most memorable episodes of TNG were typically those when diplomacy failed and stuff had to be blown up– namely, episodes about Klingon politics or about the Borg. Picard got to be manly when getting tortured by Cardassians in another good episode.Jacob T. Levyhttp://jacobtlevy.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-40352435896804814242008-12-01T00:00:00.000-05:002008-12-01T00:00:00.000-05:00Und now viz ze time in za future vhen vee DANCE!Und now viz ze time in za future vhen vee DANCE!Dieternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-25645776846428087712008-11-30T21:27:00.000-05:002008-11-30T21:27:00.000-05:00I think there is a lot to be said for your explana...I think there is a lot to be said for your explanation of Trek’s enduring appeal. One of the most successful films of the franchise – and done on a shoestring budget to boot – was TWOK. Harve Bennett made a deliberate decision to play the “paramilitary” nature of Starfleet. “Master and Commander” works better in Outer Space than, well, uhm, Frost/Nixon…Markhttp://scribesandscoundrels.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-28772994028692338072008-11-30T16:48:00.000-05:002008-11-30T16:48:00.000-05:00Agreed that Kirk was missing from future iteration...Agreed that Kirk was missing from future iterations – but it’s beyond the missing character. TNG was clearly, to the discerning viewer, a chick show. TNG (which sometimes featured View host Whoppie Goldberg). Was clearly meant to attract a female audience. It was an egalitarian command structure, and even the nominal leader, Picard was cast old enough to avoid a peer-male giving orders, instead having the second in command as the male interest. Instead of Spock, you have a feeling oriented empath character. There is an episode where Beverly Crusher roughly grabs Data by the shoulder into another room and reprimands him for asking about her past as a ballroom dancer. “Don’t you know how difficult it is for a woman to maintain the respect of her male peers without drawing attention to my dancing ability” she reprimands him. Picard confides in his empath friend that he’s not sure whether he should date a subordinate (or some other soap opera plot) in one episodeThere is more, but I’m fairly certain that the show has been aired on Lifetime, fer gods sake!<br><br>DS9, they were obviously going back for the male demographic, because I remember lots of explosions from the little I saw of it. <br><br>But most interestingly, in Voyager, if you pay close attention to Janeway, she is written like Kirk. She’s a tough leader, not able to rely on government support for her command. They kind of got the Kirk-without-paternalism formula at least close with that one.davehttp://www.fireplacefeeling.com/noreply@blogger.com