tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post3624557600321058053..comments2024-03-15T07:28:47.064-05:00Comments on Treknobabble: Enterprise, Season 4: Observer EffectUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-44318548336258301832023-03-04T03:01:36.066-06:002023-03-04T03:01:36.066-06:00I'm so glad to have Montgomery and Park do stu...I'm so glad to have Montgomery and Park do stuff (even if we see little of Mayweather as Mayweather). Yes, we do run into the 'no characterization trap'. But as you point out, better to try and fail than not to try at all. And on that note, I'm glad they're putting the crew into different constellations than usual.<br /><br />I was also very happy to have Phlox rip into the two observers for their behaviour, giving a voice to what I was feeling. He realizes what's going on and is thoroughly creeped out; then grabbed onto the situation intellectually; and then realized he only had moments before his mind was wiped, and tore into them with dignity. Have I mentioned lately that Billingsley is a rare jewel?<br /><br />The Organians came across to me as wearing the blue-and-orange morality trope. I think they conflate morality with technological capability. It is more moral to be more capable, and so be able to save your crew. But I admit, it's just an impression.<br />And I barely remember them from TOS at all, so I don't get the continuity bumps. Maybe it's time to go revisit, though I'm worried I won't love it as much with older eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com