tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post2690188589423289747..comments2024-03-27T19:03:23.094-04:00Comments on The Armchair Squid: Star Trek: Suddenly HumanThe Armchair Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-27128165311863930712021-03-24T19:34:54.525-04:002021-03-24T19:34:54.525-04:00Certainly an interesting dilemma.Certainly an interesting dilemma.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-45414570410788913922021-03-24T19:32:58.478-04:002021-03-24T19:32:58.478-04:00Indeed, he did.Indeed, he did.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-64573015240624930142021-03-24T19:29:49.011-04:002021-03-24T19:29:49.011-04:00Thanks.Thanks.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-20955787266338622862021-03-21T16:28:02.412-04:002021-03-21T16:28:02.412-04:00It's a hard puzzle.
We recently watched News o...It's a hard puzzle.<br />We recently watched News of the World, which handles the same question.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-31994246049767500462021-03-21T07:56:40.875-04:002021-03-21T07:56:40.875-04:00Great review and outstanding episode!
I think I k...Great review and outstanding episode!<br /><br />I think I know the DS9 episode Tony mentioned. Didn't Sisko come to a different answer?<br /><br /> Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-60433443797941377262021-03-20T20:38:05.913-04:002021-03-20T20:38:05.913-04:00I'm pretty sure I never watched it.I'm pretty sure I never watched it.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-49248329761963107762021-03-20T18:48:25.007-04:002021-03-20T18:48:25.007-04:00Of course I meant to write “wasn’t as good.”
Any...Of course I meant to write “wasn’t as good.” <br /><br />Anyway, I fondly remember Howard’s Luthor. I was a fan of <i>Superboy</i>. Of course I haven’t watched a minute of it since it was on TV. Would be interesting to revisit.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-88878154918906066852021-03-20T11:43:51.488-04:002021-03-20T11:43:51.488-04:00I guess I'll need to keep an eye out for the n...I guess I'll need to keep an eye out for the novel.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-78364228812490121122021-03-20T11:42:54.837-04:002021-03-20T11:42:54.837-04:00Birgit, funny you should mention that. One story ...Birgit, funny you should mention that. One story that came to me as I was watching this was The Searchers which involves just such a story.<br /><br />Under the circumstances, it's the humane thing to do. Would any decent person leave a terrified child to starve to death alone? I would hope not.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-35318928773643999362021-03-19T20:45:36.346-04:002021-03-19T20:45:36.346-04:00I’d recommend a book entitled The Unredeemed Capti...I’d recommend a book entitled <i>The Unredeemed Captive</i>, concerning how far into American history this goes.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-45446197003187724172021-03-19T20:44:07.554-04:002021-03-19T20:44:07.554-04:00Interestingly, the geek in me always thought this ...Interestingly, the geek in me always thought this episode could be better by featuring an established alien species. But when DS9 does it later (“Cardassians,” second season), I still didn’t think it was as good as it could be, until I saw it reworked as a truly outstanding novel, <i>The Never-Ending Sacrifice</i>.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-68624272721624899602021-03-19T09:54:43.008-04:002021-03-19T09:54:43.008-04:00I can’t seem to recall this episode but it makes m...I can’t seem to recall this episode but it makes me think of the Native Americans who, in the 1800s, did take people and raised them as their own. We think of it as horrible even a few decades ago but they were often treated well from the litTle I read. It s a hard decision. Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.com