pimento64
joined 2 years ago
I get shit for this but my opinion is almost the exact opposite. Watching her, it feels like they scraped Dr. McCoy's lines from unused TOS scripts and directed her with "look, you're just Bones as a woman". There are also things I really like about her character, like being one of the only characters who can really butt heads with Captain Picard, but it feels like a retreading of old ground.
With Breath of the Wild, they were happy to double-dip by selling DLC to the 15 people who bought the Wii U, so maybe this is actually true.
I think this might be the first time I've seen an Onion article almost exactly mirror something I've read people saying on 4chan. Especially the last part.
In addition to what was said about Berman, there's also Gene Roddenberry. The best way I can explain how his opinion of women evolved over time is that he allowed Marina Sirtis to have that role on TNG even though she didn't sleep with him. The same was not true of Nichelle Nichols in the 1960s.
Sirtis only stayed on the show after season 1 because Denise Crosby left. Not because there was a rift between them, but because she wasn't crossing the "too many women on the show" threshold anymore.
Gates McFadden left TNG for Season 2 because she ran afoul of Maurice Hurley, one of Roddenberry's lap dogs:
I had been in conflict with one of the male writer-producers about certain things I thought were sexist. What I’ve heard is that he said 'Either she goes or I go.' I was shocked that they let me go, because I knew my character was really popular. But he was going to be writing more and more and didn’t want to have to deal with me. What was great was they got rid of him and asked me to come back.
To his credit, Rick Berman asked her back, but I think it was only because Dr. Katherine Pulaski was such an unpopular character and the fans kept writing letters about bringing back Dr. Crusher.
Rick Berman and Gene Roddenberry understood, to varying degrees, that it was important to have women represented as strong, intelligent equals—but did not necessarily personally hold that value.
The only reason killing Tuvix was a war crime is because doing so brought back Neelix too.
Relevant image from Muppet Babies:
@crul@lemm.ee
It depends.
Naturally-aspirated: lesbian with a shitty haircut, a denim vest, and 500 granola crunchy hippie stickers
Turbo: straight white male with a chinstrap, fake diamond stud earring, and 500 aftermarket parts supplier stickers
Most people start by throwing away their schizophrenia meds
That's why we should demolish every Krystal within 10 miles of an airport
the spaceship builder while not perfect (like the inability to rotate parts)
Please tell me you're exaggerating for humorous effect
Privateering, but better: Star traders: Frontiers (Though not 3D).
Also Endless Sky, which is free