tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2003285003112358537.post3929202953663079098..comments2024-03-20T02:40:27.028-07:00Comments on Warp Speed to Nonsense: ST:TAS Season One, Episode Fourteen "The Slaver Weapon"Last of the Archonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235468580971451512noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2003285003112358537.post-65196046119487574502016-10-12T11:37:31.711-07:002016-10-12T11:37:31.711-07:00Mysterious evil race that wiped out all life in th...Mysterious evil race that wiped out all life in the galaxy billions of years ago? Okay, kind of interesting, but just another dead civilization backdrop. A lot of episodes have that, especially in the first season of TOS. I like them for the ambience they set, but since I know the show isn't going to explore them beyond the episode I can't get that excited about them. Spock's " what would you do if you were that computer" speech was pretty stupid. I know Star Trek likes to make computers sentient and self-aware, but anyone who knows even the basics about how computers work would be slamming their head into the nearest wall. They do what they're programmed to do. I wish Star Trek had had the foresight to have written that deduction in a way that meshes with reality. Say that it's probably programmed to direct people who don't have clearance and look to be enemy to self-destruct. Say anything besides "how would you feel if you were a computer" because that doesn't make any sense. That's like something a three year old who thinks Siri is alive would say.<br /><br />At the end of the day, Spock lost the precious cargo they were carrying, and three Kzinti blew up. Not what I'd call a successful mission. He failed the mission objective and watched three sentient beings needlessly die. And this whole situation could have been avoided if he had stuck to the original plan and later brought back a larger, better equipped team to investigate. What he did do was brash and risky, more like the kind of thing he'd advise Kirk against. Seems like Spock's always ready to pull a Kirk when Kirk's not around but never gets the same results Kirk would. <br /><br />This originally being written with other characters would explain Spock being polite to Uhura when she got indignant. Normally he doesn't care about offending people and would probably lecture her about being emotional. Yeesh. Can't say I mind that he's being decent here, even if it does feel odd for the character.<br /><br />Sulu gets more screen time! Unfortunately there is no Chekov in the cartoon, and we never see how he and Arax interact. Chekov and Sulu were bros and it was fun to watch them interact. Them on an away mission together could have been entertaining. I like it when Uhura gets the spotlight but we don't really know how she, Sulu, and Spock feel about each other beyond professional curtesy so there's not a lot going on here.Outsider65noreply@blogger.com