From: starfist@gmail.dot.com   
      
   On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:29:18 -0600, Brian Thorn 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.   
      
   That wouldn't work either.  A shuttle transporter can easily transport   
   two people, so Data wouldn't have had to die.   
      
   But this was just one of many -- how did they manage to find a   
   "positronic signature" for B4 *light years away without even looking   
   for it*?  Does that mean anyone can find out where Data is (was) light   
   years away?   
      
   And where did Picard's clone get B4 anyway?  Too many contrivances   
   pull me out of the story.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   That's true, but there has to be a limit to how much magic happens.   
   Too much and I can't stay in the narrative.   
      
   >>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?   
      
   Good villains are not internally irrational.  Nero (in Star Trek) was   
   out for revenge and wanted to protect the future Romulan Empire from   
   the Federation.  Okay, I can go with that -- Kahn was blinded by   
   revenge too.  But what was Picard's clone's beef with humanity?  He   
   knew he was cloned *by Romulans*.  He was dumped into a mine and left   
   to die *by Romulans.*  Why is he hell-bent on wiping out humanity?   
   And I don't mean "explain it so it makes sense,"  I mean *clue me in   
   on his motivation.*  I don't have to agree with it, but it has to   
   exist in order for me to get into the character.   
      
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