From Chris Snellgrove
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When it comes to comparison Star Trek: The next generation To The original seriesHowever, one of the most famous authors of TNG did not want the character of the Android to remain so Staist and Vulkan. This writer was Melinda M. Snodgrass, who complained that her script “Ensign of the Command” was changed so much that data did not become like Kirk. As she put it, the Android should “learn how to wave with her d*ck and hope that you are greater than the other.”
Data Kirk
To understand this story of a prominent TNG writer who wishes to channel data Captain KirkYou may need a brief summary of the “Flag of the Command”. This is the episode, in which a creepy alien breed threatens to wipe out all the people who have decided on one of their planets, and captain Picard breaks all of his inexplicable knowledge of laws to negotiate more time. In the meantime, data is commissioned to move the colonists in the move, but their stubbornness and lack of emotional IQ threaten to end this mission in the catastrophe.
One could say generously that the episode that has been broadcast still has data channeling -captain Kirk. While he was mostly a childlike Android buddy in the past seasons, “Ensign of the Command” takes over data that takes over the situation and even use his phaser to participate in a bit of cowboy diplomacy. Most of the time, however, it was to give the data a greater foretaste of what it meant to be human, and the writer Melinda Snodgrass later said: “I wanted to emphasize it and have it in a situation, in which logic is not enough Show that you have to have charisma to order. ”
This led to her rather shocking statement that the Android would have to learn how to do its metaphorical d*cklitt. Then why didn’t we learn that data learn how Kirk is intended as a snod grass? Simply expressed, the episode has described many thanks to the producers, which is why Snodgrass, a well-known Trek author at this point, used the pseudonym “HB Savage” for the credits of the episode.
Become human
If you are still a bit shocked that a Trek writer wanted to do the Android data more than the passionate Kirk (up to swinging, um, phaser), you may think that Snodgrass does not know what that makes character ticks . However, it is worth remembering that she wrote “the measure of a man”, which largely viewed the best data episode and one of the best Tng EPS ever written. She knew the favorite android of everyone quite Well, but she often joined the showrunner Michael Piller, which is why she ultimately left the show after season 3.
It is interesting to determine that even after receiving its emotion chip, data has never really become a cherr -like figure. We saw charismatic command officers in the streak of William Shatner. However, this is okay when data became a quirky character (the ultimate white boy) in his own right who managed to captivate science fiction fans around the world. And the fact that he is probably a pedantic floor in the mud instead of being a leader with the take away is ultimately only part of his positive, positive charm.
