Okay, Katie, think about the species extermination on a galactic scale caused by the importation of Earth species.

Ah, but see, there's a throwaway line somewhere about terraforming. I am free to imagine that all of those other planets were life-free before someone showed up with Magic Tech and made them bloom.

But that's not a flaw, so much as it is an intimation of mass murder.

...plus, these are people who blow up stars, so...

Hey, I just watched "Gilmore Girls", and was happy to see Michael DeLuise back as the boyfriend of Luke's flaky sister. And he brought David! (Playing his brother, natch.) Michael's character kicked that punk Jesse's ass (well, tried to, anyway), which endeared him to me even more.

...plus, these are people who blow up stars, so...

Hal has an icon of Sam with the words "Star Killer" written on it. I like it a lot. She was kinda upset Sam blew up a star with impunity, if I recall correctly. I think my own reaction to the episode was, "Wow, how are you doing with those new brass balls, girlfriend?"

On the DS9 front... I watched the S1 ep with the ambassador with a crush on Odo. I love it when Odo gets to be vulnerable. I like everyone, but Odo's still my favorite. Gruffness + sarcasm + existential angst = an unbeatable combination. Also, Chief O'Brien adopted a needy computer program as a puppy! I almost died from the adorableness.

That was Lwaxana's finest hour, Vonnie. However everything even remotely computer-related about that ep gives me hives. I'm too literal and early 21st century for that.

And I'm watching GG right now. Took me a couple seconds to work out why I was so damned fond of wotsisname's brother.

Yeah, when she took the wig off? And she gathered the liquid Odo onto her skirt? I was all moved and stuff.

This is the first Trek show I've watched/I have no backstory on any of these people, so I went up and looked her character up. So, she's mother of that black-haired gal on The Next Generation, eh? (Not that I watched that show or anything, but it's on all the frickin' time.) The way she was hitting on Odo like a Mack truck was absolutely hysterical. And Odo's numerous groans and eyerolls! Heh.

To me, the computer stuff was all, blah blah BLAH, computer, blah, blah system failure, blah blah blah PUPPY! Ergo, I wasn't too bothered. I could see how it would drive some folks nuts though.

With Deanna (her daughter) she's rarely sympathetic. She also comes on to just about everyone male and acts generally inappropriately.

She also comes on to just about everyone male and acts generally inappropriately.

At least it was a consistant characterization. Plus? Eventual character growth. Not much, but some. She sure wasn't Nurse Chapel.

I'm not passing judgment on her, DCJ. Just giving Vonnie background.

'S all good. It's fun to troll around startrek.com and, you know, get some back-stories on the universe. I was all, "Ahh, so that's who they mean when people say Riker/Troi in fanfic!", and "Huh, that Seven of Nine character everyone hates is part Borg?", and "Hmm, I should probably read up on The Borg since I say stuff like 'resistance is futile!' all the time (I *think* that is a Borg ref, but I could be wrong.) The only Trek ep I watched before DS9 was the one where Joan Collins was not a bitch and Kirk had to let her die to prevent Hitler from winning the war. I ran across that ep on a random afternoon and stuck around to watch, because it was actually pretty good.

Vonnie, that ep is one that Tim cited as having a large impact on him.

It was good TV.

Oh yeah. I recall Tim mentioning something about a Trek episode in his thread a while back. I can see how it would have had a large impact on Tim as a writer. It was all about shades of gray and wonky timelines and oh, the DEATH.

I tried to watch a couple of more episodes of the original ST after that, but it didn't take. Too much dairy for my system.