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beccaelizabeth) wrote2010-10-13 04:18 pm
beccaelizabeth) wrote2010-10-13 04:18 pm
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ST: TNG The Hunted
This is one of the ones I remembered best when I hadn't seen them for ages and ages. What do you do with the super soldiers, after the war? This episode the bad guy's answer is 'try and put them back in the box', which oddly enough doesn't work. I liked that it got into the difficulty of returning to civilian life, the way the rules change, and the soldier's trauma, which is of a sort that makes civilians uncomfortable. Telling people it's okay that they've kill 84 people is, well, socially awkward. I liked that SF was bringing that stuff up.
Also I liked Picard's response at the end. "If the government survives the night" just has this lovely edge to it. But it do bring up that Prime Directive stuff again. If it were okay for him to mediate in the one with the trade dispute and the one with the Gatherer amnesty why is he leaving them to it in this one? Because of the extra shooting and the way only one side is talking and the way that was the side that already told them to go away, yes, it makes sense, but still. Can't be smug about not getting involved and smug about being mediators all at once.
The bit in the middle when the prisoner's running around the Enterprise and leaving traps and having fights and stuff, I'm sure that looked like very exciting stuff, but I got bored and wandered off writing things in my head. Partly because there's a lot of the same sort of stuff, he nearly gets caught but he doesn't but he nearly does but he doesn't oh look something else goes boom oh look he's using the same kind of distraction again again again. Also a little because if they catch him again the story is over and there's more minutes left than that. Mostly because I just wasn't into it.
Mostly I liked this episode.
I should probably start doing college work again soon. My ear has quit hurting (yaays!) and I at least should have had enough sleep by now to restart my brain. But going back to bed has massively more appeal.
Also I liked Picard's response at the end. "If the government survives the night" just has this lovely edge to it. But it do bring up that Prime Directive stuff again. If it were okay for him to mediate in the one with the trade dispute and the one with the Gatherer amnesty why is he leaving them to it in this one? Because of the extra shooting and the way only one side is talking and the way that was the side that already told them to go away, yes, it makes sense, but still. Can't be smug about not getting involved and smug about being mediators all at once.
The bit in the middle when the prisoner's running around the Enterprise and leaving traps and having fights and stuff, I'm sure that looked like very exciting stuff, but I got bored and wandered off writing things in my head. Partly because there's a lot of the same sort of stuff, he nearly gets caught but he doesn't but he nearly does but he doesn't oh look something else goes boom oh look he's using the same kind of distraction again again again. Also a little because if they catch him again the story is over and there's more minutes left than that. Mostly because I just wasn't into it.
Mostly I liked this episode.
I should probably start doing college work again soon. My ear has quit hurting (yaays!) and I at least should have had enough sleep by now to restart my brain. But going back to bed has massively more appeal.