It was always nice seeing this crew get put in their place. Only Captain Jellico, Data, and Dr. Pulaski had the proper discipline and intelligence to do their jobs properly. The rest of the Enterprise D commanding officers were the worst…
Although I have no information to verify that this was the intention, it occurs to me that Picard got the karma of payback for getting Ensign Sito Jaxa killed in a previous episode, Lower Decks, on a similar type of mission to the one in which Lieutenant Ro Laren defected to the ranks of the Maquis.
Washington and the rest were called traitors by England. Terrorists was not yet a word in use. Certainly innocents died then; no war happens without that. Washington was very meticulous as much as he could be about obeying the rules of war as they were at that time. But at the same time he ordered Indian villages destroyed as they had allied with England and he had to make sure that they did not effectively hinder his campaigns. Terrorism is a word used too often today. Calling someone a terrorist happens too easily today. I guess you have to get down to the bedrock of what they are doing and why. For example Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to the destruction of Israel that is called freedom fighters by anti Semites. They want to destroy a country and its people so that to me qualifies them as terrorists.
Scotty was on a low-range transport ship on the way to a Federation colony, so presumably this is a well-charted area of space...and nobody noticed this solar-system encompassing sphere before? And after the crash, the ship sat there atop it for 75 years sending out a distress call without anybody noticing it? Presumably there would be a search party when the ship failed to arrive at its destination, especially if the passengers included one of the most famous officers in Starfleet.
Agree, looks more like a 68 Pontiac Firebird or a Pontiac Catalina Sport. Front and rear needs more rendering to get the 70 Cuda look. Really like the sides.
1:00 - it's kind of funny how Picard always thought of his inability to form connections the way Riker does as a 'defect' of his own personality - leading to him choosing Riker as his XO to balance out his own personal defects
Jean Luc Picard was hurt by the Borg and had a couple emotional breakdowns. Benjamin Sisko was hurt by the Borg and built a starship designed to kill Borg.
Sisko lost his wife. But Picard was violated and his entire existence was altered and he was used to murder thousands. The man who had such a well developed sense of morality that the loss of life through violence was so reprehensible killed thousands! Sisko also was throwing temper tantrums at starfleet for giving him “bad” assignments and had to be told he was the prophet of alien gods for him to stop sulking lol ontop of the he may have “tried “ to make a ship that was designed to kill the Borg but it was a failure for what it was designed to do. It was a nice gunboat but was pretty useless against the Borg on its own.
"less than one hour away from a battle simulation and i have to hold an android." developers feel the same with chatbots today as they did in the 1980s.
Casually exploring important metaphysical concepts from the viewpoint of the innocent observer, in a way that accommodates the layman without insulting his intelligence. That's just how the 90s rolled.
People who take their own lives don't want to die; they just want their suffering to stop, they want stop being a burden on people. Many suicide survivors talk about their intentions were not to end their lives,but end their pain. They feel that nothing is working, nobody is helping.
This relates to those who have been in Data's position by suddenly becoming the grand poohbah over those they literally a day ago were rank and file with, and further know their assignment is likely temporary only so they'd have to go back to the floor. It does create the tension that Data was trying to express of a lost friendship because of this issue - happens quite a bit.
I always beam down into dangerous situations wearing nothing but my bridge uniform of the day and a girly sidearm. Who the heck needs body armor, com gear, weapons and armament? You people from the 21st century are soft, we don't even bring along a med kit, or drones to save our sorry asses. We have the red shirts to die for us, what need for med kits?
