tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post7518867811357169936..comments2024-03-15T07:28:47.064-05:00Comments on Treknobabble: The Next Generation, Season 5: The Perfect MateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-31393649192776642322016-03-22T15:11:31.010-05:002016-03-22T15:11:31.010-05:00I'd like to know why the hell they didn't ...I'd like to know why the hell they didn't lock the door to the cargo bay...matthewweflenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540521459703556959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-83754437801551142992015-07-12T20:14:56.607-05:002015-07-12T20:14:56.607-05:00The thing that bothers me about Kamala is that sh...The thing that bothers me about Kamala is that she is not a real person. I dont really see that she has her own persona, her own desires and character. She is whatever the person she imprints on wants her to be. <br /><br />I also took her imprinting on Picard not as much of it being a choice she made, but what sort of happened inevitably and as a result of having spent so much time with him. <br /><br />Finally, I dont buy Picard's attraction to fantasy girl. I mean on the one hand yes i buy that he is attracted to what she leanrs to portray after having read him: the confident, cultured and intellectual woman who can get him hard both physically and intellectually, But on the other hand, especially given that he knows why she is all those things, why she is the perfect mate (i.e. due to her ability to read him so well and give him what he wants) I dont buy that he would find that attractive and really desirable about a person. Not Picard. <br /><br />In a way Kamala is cheating, right? It is not magic, she cant just read someone's mind, but she possesses certain qualities that allow her to read the man in front of her, whoever that may be; to discern exactly what he wants in a (perfect) mate and be that. So it is not really her. She is actually not all those things Picard wants in a woman because those things dont emanate from her, they exist and have been brought forth by her imprinting on and reading Picard. <br /><br />If Picard had been into beach blanket bimbos with the intellectual capacity of a Disney Cruise ship, then Kamala would have been that. <br /><br />So she is really not her HER, she is Picard's dream partner in the flesh, yes, but it is not her. <br /><br /> And I dont buy that Picard would like that or ultimately be attracted to this fantasy as a real potential partner, especially if he is aware of why she is all those great things he wants in a woman. <br /><br />Kamala is not a real person with flaws, shortcomings and maturity, or even one with desires and interests of her own separate from that of a mate she is supposed to cater to and please all her life; she is a mirage (unlike Beverly); precious cargo; a mail order bride of the highest caliber; a robot and I cant see Picard wanting that in a partner. or anyone really. <br /><br />The episode is titled the Perfect Mate and I understand why - in a way she for whomever she imprints on but i do wonder, is this what men want in a perfect mate? Is this their fantasy of the most desirable partner? Make no mistake about it. There is no Kamala. Kamala lives for her mate. She said it herself: she is what someone else wants her to be and being what someone else wants her to be is her purpose in life, it is what gives her pleasure. She doesnt have wishes and needs of her own. Whatever they are, they are fulfilled by what she gives to others. <br /><br />Again, that is not a real person. And i cant imagine anyone in their right mind wanting this in a partner. <br /><br />In a way Kamala is no different than the bride chosen for Eddy Murphy's character in Coming To America. You know, the one who danced on one foot and barked because he asked her to and who, everytime he asked her want she wanted and what she liked, responded by saying whatever he wanted and whatever he liked. Yes Kamala is more sophisticated. Less comical. But in essence it is the same thing - waiting to jump, bark, growl and recite Shakespeare when required. poppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064123327462038174noreply@blogger.com