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I do think it needed the last 3 seasons. You'll probably better understand why once you finish season 4 but there were so many stories that they could have and should have done but couldn't do because they didn't have the last 3 seasons.

 

Like TNG, if it had shut down after season 3 then the best part of the series would have been lost. If DS9 had closed it's doors after season 2 the same would be true as with Voyager. It wasn't until season 4 that I think it really got started.

 

Seasons 5, 6 and 7 of Enterprise would have been great.

I agree...they would have been. There were many things to explore: Vulcan self-discovery, more inter-species

interactions leading to the birth of the Federation, the possible war with the Romulans, and more.

Oh, as to Archer... The Archer of seasons 1 and 2 wouldn't do what SIsko did but I believe the Seasons 3 and 4 Archer would.

It is still different, however. The Dominion mostly used subterfuge and intrigue and infiltration before going into all out war. Sisko's actions, even though occurring after all out war had begun, were still morally questionable on many levels, and were even a struggle to him. It was using questionable tactics, inconsistent with what it meant to be a Star Fleet officer, to gain a necessary ally in a fight for freedom of Alpha quadrant. There will always be the question of whether or not there was any other way to get the Romulans to join on the side of Federation allies,

whether or not Sisko did that which was expedient. 'Course, Sisko has let that question go........

Archer's choices were after the fact of an unprovoked slaughter leading to the deaths of millions, and the promise of the total annihilation of all humans. He had no other choice, in his race against time, to let go of lifelong constraints .... what was considered acceptable behavior of an officer and gentleman. While he had to change, it was circumstances that forced him to change, and the necessity of the change I think made it less of a struggle for him to make 'less than moral' choices.

I think Archer struggled with it more later, after getting back to Earth. But he did not do a lot of soul searching in the process. And later he and others also concluded that he had to do what he had to do.

How difficult it will be for children to handle the notariety of their father in part depends on the kinds of help they have from family members. You also have to understand that they may not believe their father killed their mother, so it may be a in part a matter of handling public perception, and the latest crisis. Some public figures have children who are healthy in spite of the pressures of public life, and all the things they do. Chelsea Clinton comes to mind as an example.

The woman I admire the most in the world is a childhood friend who grew up well-to-do, married a doctor, and seemed headed for a storybook life until her husband was very publicly brought down by alleged wrongdoing.

He lost his license, the family lost their beautiful home, and it was on the local news day after day. Years later one of the things she told me about that time was how she handled working with her children so that they would not lose respect for their father, and a healthy family life be maintained. Today those children are healthy, responsible young adults ( well one is still a teen), all of good character.

It's good to see folks giving it a chance.

i just thought about this while i was out, the other thing that makes them hypocrites is the fact the fail to realize, we're also mammals. so in a way that puts us with every animal on the planet if they want to complain about something

Great point! If milking cows is bad, is 'milking humans' , even if for other humans, a good thing? The whole though is so bizarre.

Voyager.

 

BTW did you know it won an Emmy?

I voted Voyager, because I like very much the entire initial scene with the planets....

Voyager for me also.

I voted for 'The Undiscovered Country.'

But I love so many of the Star Trek movies. I could have easily voted for Wrath of Khan, Insurrection, First Contact, The Voyage Home for the humor award, and Nemesis dealing with loss.

Sean Connery in Outland or Outsomething.......he was a law enforcement officer on Mars or the Moon or someplace. He beat all the bad guys and went home to his family.

Didn't hear a thing.

Although the Poll is closed I would have cast my vote for Shran.

I think only those who have voted previously cannot vote.

The whole situation is sad, and a different approach by Nancy Grace might have brought out more information, and not resulted in the woman's death. What she could have done was investigate how stressful it is to be a mother (or parent ) of a toddler, and how much help and support this woman had from family and friends, and approached the investigation with sympathy, trying to determine whether or not the woman had felt overwhelmed.

I wonder how much help the family that is now suing provided their now dead relative when she needed a babysitter or a break.

I know this is going to sound a little strange, but I have actually met with and gotten to know some of my personal heroes, people who inspired me to the life I now have, people who made history.

One of them was honored recently, and I communicated I to her how rare it was for a person to ever get to be friends with their heroes.

This particular group of heroes are the first African American women and men to earn Ph.D.'s in the mathematical sciences. Some of them are dead, but most are alive but aged, and I have seen them in the flesh, when at one time I had only heard of them, and read about them.

For instance, I have actually seen Dr. J. Ernest Wilkins, an African-American who earned his Ph. D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago at age 19 ( in the 1940's I believe). He is ailing now, but still alive.

It's nice to see such people, who often endured segregation as they achieved, and are creative and giving, not bitter or resentful---great role models.

Of course there is a world of other people, great writers and poets, for instance, that I would like to meet. But I really admire the group I just mentioned.

I thought she just said "Swahili," in a pleasantly surprised tone. It's been a while since I've seen it, though.

 

Just watched it with subtitles. She asks, "You're Swahili?" Sothe writer's must have not realized Swahili's a language and not a group. Forgivable, considering the time and place.

Or Nichelle's line was 'you're SPEAKING Swahili', and she dropped the word on the take and no one caught it in the editing.

May I say Noone knew what a romulan looked like before Kirk saw one. So maybe they had heard of the Gorn but never encountered them or there ship

It's possible about the Gorn, but we now know that at least some Vulcans knew what the Romulans looked like.

100% for me!

Very imaginative, but I would have thought that Germany and South Africa would be involved with the Khanate, having both had histories where their countries were ruled by like-minded people. Those people are still there as political parties.

I watched Caspian last night, it was a good movie but I was a little annoyed that they strayed from the book in places.

Both of the Chronicles of Narnia movies strayed from the books, although the first one only strayed in small details, like having the wolves in hot pursuit of the children, instead of following a nearly cold trail. Some things they clearly did to give action to the movie, to create suspense. But they did not change the story line in any fundamental way.

Prince Caspian had a lot of fundamental changes in it, in particular

Many of the reviews I read were from people who felt the Christian allegory was lost by the way Peter;s character was developed in Prince Caspian. While I suspect it was not the intent of Adamson and others connected with the movie, I believe one can still see an allegory to Christian life in that Peter learned not to depend on himself, but on Aslan and others. He 'matured.'

I liked and enjoyed the movie even though it was not faithful to the book.

I think people who are bosses, teachers, owners, etc always get the 'benefit' of both brown-nosing and slander.

As a teacher, I can say that I have been a little heart-broken at times that my students cannot recognize that the the requirements I have established for them are for their benefit. I am one of those on the 'do not take' list at my institution, and I know some of the things that are regularly said about me. But mostly I view it as my responsibility to operate in the best interest of my students whether they gripe or not.

On the other hand, I often complain to fellow teachers about the lack of motivation, and unwillingness to work that I see in the classroom. That is, I also talk about my students. So it goes both ways. I probably should only do such things in the context of looking for better teaching methods in light of 'current realities', but often I just complain. This means that I am a little 'two-faced' at times when dealing with my students. On the one hand I try to encourage them to work harder.....on the other hand I complain about them to others when they do not make an effort. So I should behave better than that.

The best response to back-biting that I have seen involves a relative with a problem that was exposed by another relative. It could not have come out at a worse time for our extended family. For a long time the source of the information was not known. But when it was finally known, I initially found it hard to forgive this big-mouthed relative. However the relative whose problem was exposed was completely forgiving. His response was that if he harbored a grudge for how things happened, he would not be able to come to the aid of the individual if the person ever needed his help. (He had helped this individual in the past.) And that's the kind of person he is, and that's the best response to being the victim of back-biting: forgive.

In general it is better to wear seat belts. But when my sister was alive, she and one of my brothers were in an auto accident, where they were hit on the driver's side by someone running a stop sign. My sister was wearing a seat belt and was sitting in the passenger seat in the front. She went forward, hit her head on the windshield, but did not go through the windshield because of the seat belt. She had a contusion, but recovered. My brother, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown to the passenger side. He had lots of cuts, and a concussion but also recovered. The driver's side of the vehicle was completely demolished ( I saw the vehicle later). Had he not been thrown out of that seat, he would have been crushed. My sister may have died had she gone through the windshield.

Vulcans would win. Treachery and conniving ways do not always carry the day. Strength of character and perserverence also count for something.

I'm all for going back to the moon.

The Lunar Landings that I watched on TV as a kid were the best things on TV back then.

When Armstrong first stepped onto the moon was one of my favorite childhood memories.

I agree. The moon landing was one of the good memories of my entire family gathered around

the television.

As for the naysayers.....well all those who didn't support Christopher Columbus were wrong also.

We never did find out who 'future guy' was. I did not vote because there was not a third choice. I think the TCW complicated the story line, but the minute time travel was made possible in TOS, it opened the possibility for tampering with the timeline, and it seems inevitable that there would be races trying to interfere with the rise of the Federation. It had to be included.

But they did not do much with the Tellurites (sp?) either until Enterprise.

Nog, because he broke out of the Ferengi mode (I like Rom for the same reason). I also liked his friendship with Jake. I liked the fact that the Ferengi on DS9 showed how the impact of the interactions of cultures could lead to a 'better' Ferengi. Even Quark was at times unselfish, and not merely self-serving in his choices.

Students who place an 'order' for a grade like they place an order at McDonald's"

'I need a 'C' '.

'But you have failed all the work you have turned in, and you did not do all the assignments.'

'Can I still get a 'C' ?'

Students who feel they are entitled to a grade because they paid to attend the university, and sometimes came to class.