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Author: Benjamin PavsnerBenjamin Pavsner Date: Mar 9, 2007 05:38
Well, I wouldn't say Star Trek: Voyager HANDS DOWN, but that get's the award
from me. Look at the basic premis: Janeway does what no copitent captain
would do- she strands her ship and crew deep in the Delta Quadrent when she
could easily get them home. And for a conflict between two species she had
no business getting involved in. A good captain thinks of the safety and
wellbeing of her crew above all else.
2. The acting: Mulgrew's acting is just about as stiff and mechanical as any
major player in Trek. Shatner wasn't Olivier by any stretch, but he did do
some flashes of brilliance during his stint. The others in the cast weren't
as bad as Mulgrew, but then again, not saying a whole lot.
3. Of course, the political correctness thing. I have no objection with
there being a multicultural thing, but... Look at it this way, in TOS, yeah
Uhura was black, but that was just here color. She...
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Author: Anim8rFSKAnim8rFSK Date: Mar 9, 2007 12:07
In article bignews2.bellsouth.net>,
"Benjamin Pavsner" bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Well, I wouldn't say Star Trek: Voyager HANDS DOWN, but that get's the award
> from me. Look at the basic premis: Janeway does what no copitent captain
> would do- she strands her ship and crew deep in the Delta Quadrent when she
> could easily get them home. And for a conflict between two species she had
> no business getting involved in. A good captain thinks of the safety and
> wellbeing of her crew above all else.
>
> 2. The acting: Mulgrew's acting is just about as stiff and mechanical as any
> major player in Trek. Shatner wasn't Olivier by any stretch, but he did do
> some flashes of brilliance during his stint. The others in the cast weren't
> as bad as Mulgrew, but then again, not saying a whole lot.
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Author: JaxtrawJaxtraw Date: Mar 9, 2007 12:18
Benjamin Pavsner wrote:
> Well, I wouldn't say Star Trek: Voyager HANDS DOWN, but that get's
> the award from me. Look at the basic premis: Janeway does what no
> copitent captain would do- she strands her ship and crew deep in the
> Delta Quadrent when she could easily get them home. And for a
> conflict between two species she had no business getting involved in.
> A good captain thinks of the safety and wellbeing of her crew above
> all else.
>
> 2. The acting: Mulgrew's acting is just about as stiff and mechanical
> as any major player in Trek. Shatner wasn't Olivier by any stretch,
> but he did do some flashes of brilliance during his stint. The others
> in the cast weren't as bad as Mulgrew, but then again, not saying a
> whole lot.
>
> 3. Of course, the political correctness thing. I have no objection
> with there being a multicultural thing, but... Look at it this way,
> in TOS, yeah Uhura was black, but that was just here color. She was a
> communications officer first. Sulu was a navigator who just so
> happened to be of Japanese desent. The crew was just a crew from a ...
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Author: Jack BohnJack Bohn Date: Mar 10, 2007 03:27
Benjamin Pavsner wrote:
>3. Of course, the political correctness thing. I have no objection with
>there being a multicultural thing, but... Look at it this way, in TOS, yeah
>Uhura was black, but that was just here color. She was a communications
>officer first. Sulu was a navigator who just so happened to be of Japanese
>desent. The crew was just a crew from a lot a places. Voyager, it wasn't
>enough that Chakotay was a Native American (I forget which nation), we had
>it shoved down our throats.
Chakotay wasn't from any actual nation. They deliberately left
it that way so they wouldn't get letters calling them on any
mistakes they made (apparently on case where they knew their
limitations).
So, you can apparently be culturally sensitive without bothering
to know the first thing about the culture you are sensitive to.
--
-Jack
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