From: bthorn64@suddenlink.net   
      
   On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:01:24 -0600, Lance Corporal Hammer Schultz   
    wrote:   
      
   >I think part of what I didn't like about Nemesis was how magical the   
   >tech started to get.  For that movie we had an emergency transport   
   >device that was the size of a communion wafer and was able to beam   
   >Picard back to the Enterprise after the Enterprise transporters were   
   >pulverized.   
      
   A simple line of dialogue about the wafer being tied in to one of the   
   Shuttle's transporters would have been an easy explanation. I wonder   
   if such a line got dumped in editing.   
      
   But honestly, that didn't bug me much. It wouldn't be Star Trek if it   
   didn't have a "hey, wait how the heck did THAT work" moment or a "why   
   didn't they just do THIS like they did in x episode" moment.   
      
   >It seemed way to contrived just to get Data to sacrifice   
   >himself for Picard.   
      
   It didn't to me.   
      
   >Oh, and why did Pickard's clone want to murder every last human?  Did   
   >they ever explain his motivation for that -- given what the *Romulans*   
   >did to him and his comrade Remans?   
      
   He was nuts, wasn't he? He killed the whole Romulan Senate. Why expect   
   a rational explanation?   
      
   Brian   
      
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