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   From: wickeddoll1958noeffingspam@yahoo.com   
      
   On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 06:14:48 -0700 (PDT), Graeme  wrote:   
      
   >On Nov 4, 12:07 am, Wickeddoll   
   >wrote:   
   >> Maybe being black made me like LTBYLB more than you did, but honestly,   
   >> audiences back then wouldn't have picked up on a subtle hint, such as   
   >> very similar aliens fighting because one has a freckle on his neck but   
   >> the other doesn't. :-)  Seriously, though - was it heavy-handed? Sure,   
   >> but at that turbulent time, I welcomed it.   
   >   
   >Every generation thinks that previous generations were stupid.  They   
   >always knew a lot more than people think.  And the sight of two mimes   
   >fighting just didn't come across as a great message about race   
   >relations.  Trek always has a way of getting ham-handed about things.   
   >The worst offender was that insane drug about episode from TNG.  You   
   >know, the one with Merritt Buttrick, where Picard helps the one race   
   >screw over the other in some muddle-headed belief that he's serving   
   >the Prime Directive.  They had that embarrassing scene on the bridge,   
   >with Wesley saying something like "Golly gee, why would anybody ever   
   >want to do drugs at all?", and Tasha grinning and saying something   
   >like "Well, I hope you never find out, you big wonderful kid, you."  I   
   >never did drugs, but I felt like starting after watching that.   
      
   ROFL!  I actually liked that ep you're slamming that had Merrick in   
   it, but I'm much more fond TNG than a lot of folks are, apparently.  I   
   accept my deficiency there. :-)  (and not just because I think Stewart   
   is hot)   
   >   
   >Battlefield is the same kind of story.  It's more about stroking our   
   >egos than dealing with a problem.  The premise is "Look at us.  We're   
   >so pure that we can't even understand why you're fighting."  That's   
   >nice, but if you haven't got a clue, you can't really be of any use.   
   >And sure enough, they aren't.  They sit around twiddling their thumbs   
   >while Bele and Lokai play their game out.   
      
   Oh it's definitely a billy-club over the head, but as I stated, I was   
   glad to see the issue addressed, as were my parents.  Even a child can   
   comprehend it, which means probably most of the adult audience gets it   
   too.  But I fully acknowledge the failings of the ep.   
   >   
   >Add to that the fact that just not very much happens in the episode.   
   >They pick up Lokai.  They pick up Bele.  They yell at each other.   
   >They argue whether to go to Charon or Starbase Whatsis.  They go back   
   >to their planet.  The self-destruct sequence is the only interesting   
   >bit in there.  It feels like a 30 minute story padded out to an hour.   
      
   hehehe - how about this - we can both agree it's a lousy Trek ep.  But   
   for me, it was another supporter of the cause in which my family was   
   deeply entrenched at the time.  We were living in Washington, DC then,   
   and we were there during the MLK race riots.  So that cheesy ep was a   
   ray of sunshine for us.   
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