RE: Still more spin from a delusional old man | Report this post to moderator
By: Jadzia-Dax (Odo's file, contact) @ 22:31:45 on Jan 07, 2004

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Jeez, what is wrong with you? I only said the relationship concerns me because I had thought that Archer might have feelings for T'Pol, but it is now plain that the producers have decided to soften the image of the vulcans or at least T'Pol.

What is there to "soften"? What has happened is that the creators envisioned a 1-dimensional skeletal shell of what Vulcans were, based on a sloppy review of only a few characters in past Treks, and then exaggerted their distortion, and used it as a "template" for the Vulcans in ENT. And then they tell the fans that these were supposedly "Vulcans from an earlier society" who may have had different "social" practices from what we knew... or some such nonsense. And this resulted in the mess that you saw in the premier. And so now they want to "soften" this false image they created by making the characters even more inconsistent? To the point where this behavior will be inconsistent not only within the original distortion created for the show, but even more inconsistent with the previous characterization in other Treks as well.

In ENT "Fallen Hero", at the very beginning, Archer is half-choking on his meal at a comment by T'Pol (that occurred offscreen) regarding her assessment that the crew was suffering from "a lack of sexual activity". And Archer asks her what made her think that. And she indicated that it was because of Star Fleet regulations prohibiting fraternization.. And Trip jumps in to remind her that the regs didn't apply to her and asks if she had been "suffering". And she very matter-of-factly states "On Vulcan we only mate once every 7 years". And eventually this little piece of information is reiterated in "Fusion" (and this was the established canon for Vulcans in Trek for the other series EXCEPT that the topic of "mating" was OFF LIMITS for mention, let alone discussion. It was a very private matter).

But of course because of the way her dialog was crafted, since T'Pol is not literally "on Vulcan", that will be the opening to have her violate her supposed Vulcan physiology, part from known canon AND consistency as established in other series, and hump her brains out with the crewman-of-the-week outside of what is supposed to be her normal mating cycle. Of course the joke within modern Treks was that at any point within a 7-year series, any regular Vulcan character has an opportunity to experience Pon Farr during the lifetime of the series. And since she's only had a "false" Pon Farr so far ("Bounty"), then she can be due at any time... Which cheapens the whole thing. :\

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Come on admit it, T'Pol is not the warmest character. Lighten up, enjoy the show. By the way, I have always been a star trek fan (since age five, about fifteen years) and I do not watch soap operas.

When you eventually add on another 20 years to your 15 (which is where I'm at and coming from), then you would have seen alot of Trek and know they can do better.

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RE: Still more spin from a delusional old man | Report this post to moderator
By: Scorned (Odo's file, contact) @ 21:43:10 on Jan 07, 2004

I was kidding....geessh!

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