rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (09/19/83)
Your points are well taken, B.K. Cobb, particularly with regard to the Romulans. It was unfair of me to group them together like that. I apologize to all Romulans out there whom I may have offended by my ethnic remarks. But the Klingons are, as you said, "too nasty". They have no redeeming qualities at all--quite unrealistic. And they're always LOSING in the long run. The best they ever came off was with the Organians, another dubious development in Star Trek. And I must admit, some of the better episodes did involve Romulans. "Balance of Terror" shows us the errors of prejudice, introduces us to Romulans (especially their very interesting commander), and I've always enjoyed "The Enterprise Incident" more than most trekkers do because of the intrigue, Spock's non-affair, the cloaking device, Kirk as a Romulan, the Vulcan death grip--and all this relatively without violence. Yes, it was an error for me to say that the Romulans should be dumped. I would like to see them in a Star Trek movie on the road to becoming allies with the Federation [HINT] after overcoming their mutual fears. I stand by my statement on the Klingons--as an idea they suck and should disappear, nonviolently, of course. I do believe the best stories are those centering on the conflicts of human against nature or human against itself rather than human against human. -- Roger Noe ...ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe
okie@ihuxs.UUCP (09/20/83)
Roger, maybe you are right as well. The more I think about it, the more I dislike even the concept of the Klingons. The only time I think they worked well was in "The Trouble With Tribbles," and that was camp! As serious villains, they certainly failed in "Day of the Dove," and (I agree with) also in "Errand of Mercy." But I *still* think there should be some type of "bad guy," simply for the fact that there are good guys and bad guys everywhere. But I won't get back on my soapbox with that discussion. Wrong group for it anyway. Though our opinions may diverge, there is "infinite diversity in infinite combination." B.K. Cobb