tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post185598584624432754..comments2024-03-27T19:03:23.094-04:00Comments on The Armchair Squid: Star Trek: The PriceThe Armchair Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-53257929840689236892020-10-25T20:44:32.980-04:002020-10-25T20:44:32.980-04:00Right.Right.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-19672505490012548522020-10-25T13:39:44.543-04:002020-10-25T13:39:44.543-04:00Truthfully, it was a blast! Of course that was bac...Truthfully, it was a blast! Of course that was back when the army's promise to show you the world didn't put automatically pick a soldier in the desert.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-10185895055296003402020-10-18T19:37:10.916-04:002020-10-18T19:37:10.916-04:00Yup.Yup.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-44284938694037760532020-10-18T15:26:37.290-04:002020-10-18T15:26:37.290-04:00That would have indeed made a huge difference.That would have indeed made a huge difference.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-16639613913806268122020-10-18T07:32:25.092-04:002020-10-18T07:32:25.092-04:00The role of poker in the series is well worth exam...The role of poker in the series is well worth examination on its own. As in real life, it is a game that reveals much about character.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-41504780781980105502020-10-18T00:24:13.138-04:002020-10-18T00:24:13.138-04:00As one who watched the entire series and forgot mu...As one who watched the entire series and forgot much of it, I was pleased to reacquaint myself with Mr. Mendoza's line to Cmdr. Riker: "Our skills are not dissimilar, Commander." Great writing throughout.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-47648749821539360172020-10-17T22:16:22.755-04:002020-10-17T22:16:22.755-04:00I had to Google "Reforger Exercise"... a...I had to Google "Reforger Exercise"... another Cold War relic!The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-88252257615303064822020-10-17T20:11:10.379-04:002020-10-17T20:11:10.379-04:00This was a good episode but not one of my favorite...This was a good episode but not one of my favorites. Got to admit, didn't care for the character of Troi during the first season. In fact she was third on my wish list to disappear before the beginning of the second season. My first choice being Wesley and second being the concept of children on a starship that went deep into unknown space and could see combat.<br /><br />Very happy that Troi was developed and became an important part to the show.<br /><br />I was in West Germany on the Uncle Sam travel plan in 1987. My visit was during a REFORGER Exercise go to see the East/ West German border along with what was once the Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp. Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-41425714039728941552020-10-17T13:34:22.744-04:002020-10-17T13:34:22.744-04:00My upbringing had a lot to do with the impact of t...My upbringing had a lot to do with the impact of the Wall coming down for me. My father has strong emotional attachments to Germany, including a lifelong friend whom we visited in West Berlin. Also, he spent his entire career in foreign relations so the Wall falling was THE game changer.<br /><br />To your point, though, I will also forever remember his emotional reaction that first night the US bombed Baghdad.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-39267680070418750232020-10-17T13:26:44.640-04:002020-10-17T13:26:44.640-04:00The counselor side of Troi's character is bett...The counselor side of Troi's character is better developed as the series goes along.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-81114279988703391282020-10-17T13:24:46.203-04:002020-10-17T13:24:46.203-04:00Funny, my wife was just recently saying the same t...Funny, my wife was just recently saying the same thing about Troi/Worf...<br /><br />I've known men like Ral. I have also known women who were drawn to men like Ral.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-28131377338931348492020-10-16T20:02:35.465-04:002020-10-16T20:02:35.465-04:00There’s a kind of sequel to this in Voyager, “Fals...There’s a kind of sequel to this in <i>Voyager</i>, “False Profits,” where we meet up with the Ferengi again. Speaking of which, “The Price” was also the start of the effort to redeem the Ferengi, which...kind of backfired as much as the original version. Even though <i>Deep Space Nine</i> spent seven years showing an incredibly nuanced version of them, “Ferengi episode” still became a common pejorative.<br /><br />The Troi romance episodes...to me they were always embarrassing and even insulting. This was a smart lady! With keen emotional insight! But she didn’t seem to have any for her own! Ever! Call it irony or just lazy writing. I mean, between her, Crusher, and Short-Lived Yar, and women were never the strong suit of the series. So the next four series made a concerted effort to do better, and thank goodness! It’s culminated in Michael Burnham, who has gotten to be as nuanced a character as the franchise has ever seen.<br /><br />As for the Berlin Wall, I managed to experience its fall without overly remarking on it. I mean, I remember people making a fuss about it coming down, but it seemed as if the significance of it was assumed to be understood, when there was at least one generation for whom it was not. Now of course I get it. As a writer it’s even hugely compelling a subject. (Maybe one day!) But it made less of an impact than, say, the media sensation that was Desert Storm. There were trading cards! If you had given me a Berlin Wall trading card I guess it would have registered better. And been kind of relevant, too...Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-39957316097174376372020-10-16T11:12:10.713-04:002020-10-16T11:12:10.713-04:00Thinking about it right now, I think the problem w...Thinking about it right now, I think the problem with Troi, as a character, is that she is, presumably, the ship's mental health expert. On the one hand, that was very ahead thinking for Star Trek. On the other hand, unless I'm not remembering (which is very possible), they never use her as such. She should have the same kind of power as the doctor, within her realm. Telling the captain, or any of the crew, that they were not currently mentally fit to do their job would have made for an interesting story.<br />None of which has anything to do with this episode.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-61842188493194521692020-10-16T08:28:11.800-04:002020-10-16T08:28:11.800-04:00I so agree about Troi who went from”I am feeling f...I so agree about Troi who went from”I am feeling fear, Captain” to someone who can command attention and respect. She is one of my favourite characters later on. To be honest, I wanted her to end up with Worf. This episode was good but this smarmy used car salesman was tough not to want to punch him. I couldn’t understand how she fell for this dweeb.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.com