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Jolene Blalock Criticizes ENTERPRISE Writing, Says Vulcan Characterization Inconsistent

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By GustavoLeao / 01:34, 11 September 2004 / Enterprise

The latest issue of Cinefantastique magazine, just out in the US, features an exclusive interview with STAR TREK ENTERPRISE star Jolene Blalock, in which the actress talks to journalist Jeff Bond about her disappointment in the overall level of writing on the show. Here are a few excerpts.

"The concepts with the shows aren't the problem; I think the concepts are amazing," Blalock told the magazine "The issue is the dialogue. I personally believe that T'Pol should have more of her Vulcan culture. I don't believe she should be so desperate to be like everyone else, because the original STAR TREK which I grew up with, had a very simple message that I took from it, and that is that not everyone is like me, and I'm not perfect, and nobody's perfect, and that's okay. That really helped me. I think that T'Pol could be okay with being Vulcan, she shouldn't have to want to be Vulcan. In the dialogue... why is it that when we're trying to teach each other something, all of our analogies involve Earth lore? Don't our cultures have their own lore that might make for good messages."

Ironically, Blalock'a attitude is in line with that of many old-guard TREK fans who see ENTERPRISE as diluting the core elements of the franchise mythology; for Blalock the damage is done in small increments. "In [the first season's] 'Shadows of P'Jem', they made this huge story about how Vulcans were undermining Starfleet and had some kind of agenda, but they never went to readdress it." says Blalock "Then there's this episode in which T'Pol gets sick, terminally ill, and they never readdress it. There's the characteristic where Vulcans don't eat food with their hands, and yet they'll write scenes where T'Pol is eating popcorn at a movie or Trip will bring T'Pol a peach. It's just so strange to me, and I think that as a character you should be okay with who you are and or who you're meant to be."

To read the full interview, get the latest issue of Cinefantastique, at your local newstand.



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RE: Inconsitencies Not Exclusive to T'Pol | Report this post to moderator
By: Burkins (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:37:33 on Sep 12, 2004

This finer point of communication technique will likely be lost on you but my post states that these are the feelings I get by reading Blalock's interviews. Nowhere do I state that they absolutely ARE her motives for voicing her criticisms.

I don't believe (note that this implies it is my opinion) it helps the situation to couch responses to interveiw questions in such negative terms as Ms. Blalock has done. There is such a thing as responsibility to the rest of the cast and crew for denigrating a show on which one has a position of influence - a show which is in need of positive press right at the moment.

Other characters besides T'Pol have suffered from inconsistent writing, but I don't see other actors saying these kinds of things in the press.

You on the other hand, TRexx, flat out state that I have No basis to speak about Star Trek, then go on to say that I don't have the capacity to enderstand what I've seen in the episodes of TOS. Those represent two entirely different methods of communication - polar opposite ones in fact - and you bloody well know it.

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