tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post8407918122907528685..comments2024-03-27T19:03:23.094-04:00Comments on The Armchair Squid: Star Trek: The HostThe Armchair Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-7424382807868819612021-08-05T20:37:47.672-04:002021-08-05T20:37:47.672-04:00Again, it would have been too much for me, too. I...Again, it would have been too much for me, too. I just wish they'd addressed it differently.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-76813889368706037552021-08-05T20:36:13.298-04:002021-08-05T20:36:13.298-04:00Yup, I follow you. I still think the more thought...Yup, I follow you. I still think the more thoughtful choice would have been to address her personal discomfort rather than blaming all of humanity.<br /><br />I'm glad you stuck with DS9 even though your family didn't.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-33322534261626927282021-08-05T20:32:53.646-04:002021-08-05T20:32:53.646-04:00Right. I don't mean to imply that heterosexua...Right. I don't mean to imply that heterosexuality is a personal failing (though that is the word used in the script). Indeed, I would have the same issue. My point is that blaming her own choice on society's shortcomings is missing the point.<br /><br />You're also right about avoiding the sense of deception as its own storyline. They definitely could have made more room to push that issue.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-27176032925139817482021-08-01T16:02:01.759-04:002021-08-01T16:02:01.759-04:00(Sheesh. Sheesh. Correcting the correction: “Now i...(Sheesh. Sheesh. Correcting the correction: “Now if it had been Kira…”)Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-61210627289146484592021-08-01T10:35:07.595-04:002021-08-01T10:35:07.595-04:00At the time I first saw this episode I felt the ch...At the time I first saw this episode I felt the character of Beverly did cop out when Odan came back as a woman. But as I've grown older I feel Bev's logic did revolve around all that sudden change and the fact that she is largely heterosexual.<br /><br />This was a great episode allowing Frakes and Gates to do some serious acting. Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-79801380893494804292021-07-31T09:11:25.067-04:002021-07-31T09:11:25.067-04:00(“Now if it has been Kira”…)(“Now if it has been Kira”…)Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-78781906349729225092021-07-31T09:10:06.106-04:002021-07-31T09:10:06.106-04:00It could read a lot of ways. She fell in love with...It could read a lot of ways. She fell in love with a person who kept changing on her. At some point the person is no longer the person she fell in love with. There are a number of allegorical takes on it. The obvious one is the one fans fixate on (and has since become a thing of Trek past). Another is that Crusher simply got tired of accommodating all the changes. Some people like change. Clearly Crusher wasn’t one of them. It’s all over her character profile. She could’ve had a romantic relationship with Picard years ago. But she didn’t. She left the Enterprise, then came back. This is not a cop out or an excuse. I doubt just anyone would just be able to switch their sexual preferences. It doesn’t work like that. Now it has been Kira, as we saw in the Mirror Universe. And clearly Jadzia has far less of a problem, too. My family literally stopped watching DS9 because of “Rejoined.” That was the exact point my Star Trek viewing branched off in a singular direction. Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-55775535578354630842021-07-30T10:21:33.789-04:002021-07-30T10:21:33.789-04:00This is a very good episode especially with dealin...This is a very good episode especially with dealing that she loves this thing..sorry, Trill. I would have a problem just being with River whom I never thought of in a romantic way and knowing his ..um...bits. I thought it dealt so well with the ending because I could never be with a woman and that does not mean I am prejudiced. I was just born this way and so, call it a failing but I could not be with the trill if it went to a host that is the same sex. It also didn’t deal much with the fact that Bev was lied to. She had no idea she fell in love with a man who was actually a weird worm and the man she kisses is just a host. This was a major lie that Beverly had to deal with.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.com