tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post6497157291569412253..comments2024-03-15T07:28:47.064-05:00Comments on Treknobabble: The Next Generation, Season 2: Loud as a WhisperUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-84881656104302965082017-11-28T14:14:31.395-06:002017-11-28T14:14:31.395-06:00Time has proved your words quite prescient, eh?Time has proved your words quite prescient, eh?matthewweflenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540521459703556959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-81927508285277392212017-05-15T12:14:52.866-05:002017-05-15T12:14:52.866-05:00What makes me uncomfortable about this episode, a...What makes me uncomfortable about this episode, and I am surprised you guys did not point it out,is the way Riva only talks to Troi with his "Libido/passion" chorus (i.e. his dick essentially). He talks to the other Enterprise members with his other two choruses, the intellect and philosopher and the mediator that binds all three, but he ONLY talks to Troi with his "lusty" side, so to speak, and I find that both a bit creepy but also just inappropriate and degrading. <br /><br />It is inappropriate for obvious reasons and it is degrading as it reinforces the idea that you cant have an intellectual, rational conversation with a woman (even and especially one you are attracted to) and conduct yourself in a professional manner toward her. This whole "women are for fucking and romance, men are for business and intellect".<br /><br />He is a diplomat for god's sake, yet he clearly cannot be bothered or expected to maintain a professional demeanor toward a female colleague he is attracted to? It's like Riva is not even trying to hide it in any way. In fact, he completely feels entitled to her, both in the way he talks to her and the way he looks at her, even going so far as to demand that he take her to his quarters. <br /><br />I find that very problematic. And from the look on Troi's face in the beginning I reckon she did too. What's worse though is that later the writer makes it so that she actually likes it and finds nothing wrong with being pimped out to him for "the mission". Yikes. <br /><br /> Imagine if you walk into a meeting and the men in the room look and talk to you like they wanna fuck you on the table, right then and there. <br /><br />And then Picard who seems strangely oblivious to Riva's inappropriate behavior totally pimps out Troi to him (to show him his quarters). As her superior he should have stepped in but he was too preoccupied in pleasing HIM and making sure HE gets all he needs, that he didnt even blink twice when he asked her if she could take him TO HIS QUARTERS. <br /><br />Again, I really felt sorry for Troi and just uncomfortable watching it. <br /> <br />There is an episode in Enterprise where Yoshi is supposed to go to spend a few days with this telepathic alien on a planet so they can find the location of a Xindi something, and Archer makes it clear that it would be inappropriate for Yoshi to do so and that he wont make her. In fact, he asks her, he doesnt just volunteer her. Unlike here where Picard does just that, even though it is very clear why Riva is asking. <br /><br />As much as i enjoy this episode, these parts always make me cringe and leave me incredibly uncomfortable, especially as a woman who has to navigate a world where this sort of behavior is very common (and illegal may I add). poppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064123327462038174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-1482677481984942762011-02-14T10:57:03.533-06:002011-02-14T10:57:03.533-06:00What long line of Q neoptism? We get his wife in t...What long line of Q neoptism? We get his wife in this episode and his son in one episode of Voyager, and that made sense since the actors look alike and he did a pretty good job. Two points do not make a line. They make a line segment. :PKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11065121037234785365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-35597864844275492942011-02-08T20:19:16.779-06:002011-02-08T20:19:16.779-06:00Ahhh. First in a long line of Q nepotism!Ahhh. First in a long line of Q nepotism!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com