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From: ddl@danlan.*com
In article , David_Powell3006@msn.com (David E. Powell) writes:
| On Nov 13, 1:29=A0pm, Professor Bubba wrote:
| > In article
| > <11cbc306-7e32-419b-a6e7-4f41649ff...@g7g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
| >
| > Alls Quiet wrote:
| > > On Nov 5, 2:09=A0pm, "Grant Reeves" wrote:
| >
| > > > 1. Sub Rosa
| > > > 2. Sub Rosa
| > > > 3. Sub Rosa
| >
| > > Sub Rosa is so bad, "worst" is too good for it. In general, any
| > > holodeck-centered episode that didn't have a tie-in to the characters'
| > > lives stunk to high heaven ("We'll Always Have Paris"; "The Royale,"
| > > etc.). Holodeck episodes that had tie-ins often were good ("Ship in a
| > > Bottle"; "Family"). The first and seventh season had so many bad
| > > episodes, it's impossible to pick just three.
| >
| > "The Royale" wasn't a holodeck episode.
| >
| > BTW, I was the one who liked it.
|
| "Shore Leave" from The Original Series was another "Not their
| Holodeck" episode, which sort of predated the TNG era holodeck. Pretty
| good show that. I found "The Royale" to be OK, esp. as I believe it
| was an early one.
The problem I have with The Royale is that they were so intent on
having a clever solution to the contrived problem that they didn't
bother to try the obvious things. For example, they thought they
could cut through the shield with phasers and beam up the landing
party with the downside that the planet's atmosphere would rush in
and freeze them in the process. (In theory they could be revived.)
Well, the revolving door seems to let things _in_. Why not bring
in some environment suits or some sort of portable shield generator?
Dan Lanciani
ddl@danlan.*com
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