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sarnathI'll be upfront: I love Star Trek: TOS, and think that TNG hasn't really lived up to the expectations I had after watching that. Some of it may be because I don't care as much for the characters of TNG, but many of the stories are just dumb (well, all right, Spocks Brain may not have been a shining example of quality (though it was still awesome), but that was a whole different sort of badness).
Like Ensign Ro.
Actually, I liked the character Ro, but the premise of this whole Bajoran situation was just incredibly stupid.
Why are these people living in refugee camps if they had an advanced culture "when humans were not yet standing erect"?
I mean, sure, having their planet occupied (and being driven from it? That was really unclear) no doubt destroyed a lot of their achievements, but there are settlements on several different planets, and what's stopping them from building their civilisation there?
Though why they've settled on many different planets instead of creating one strong colony is beyond me. That sounds highly detrimental to any sort of cohesive recovery for the Bajoran people.
The only way that this situation could have developed is if they have no resources whatsoever, which in turn must mean that the Federation hasn't helped them one bit. Why? Isn't this completely in opposition to what the Federation should be at this point? Though seriously, from what I've seen so far the Federation admirals (and why do Starfleet admirals have influence over what the Federation of Planets decide? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Maybe things will be clearer as I keep watching) are all evil. Or possessed by evil parasites (though I liked that episode, it was fun).
Contrast with the Vulcans after their planet has been destroyed: sure, we have not much canon yet, but what we heard at the end of the film was a) they've already located a planet suitable for colonisation and b) they've started planning the rebuilding of their race and culture.
Of course, Vulcans aren't Bajorans and may be better at dealing with this, but the Bajorans still have their planet! It's occupied, but isn't that an incentive to build a strong colony out of the Cardassian influence, and when the time is right fight to get their planet back?
And yes, I'm not blind, I can see that they tried to make it a metaphor of what happened to the Jewish people. It's just that it doesn't work. As things are, it just seems as if the Bajorans just play the martyr role and do nothing to improve their situation when there are (or should be) ample resources to do so. The Enterprise replicated blankets for an entire camp with no problems whatsoever! Seeing to that the Bajorans have basic health, comfort and education should be easy.
Seriously, it was clumsy and stupid. Also like an anvil to the head when it comes to subtlety.
OK, I just really needed to get that off my chest I suppose, heh.
Like Ensign Ro.
Actually, I liked the character Ro, but the premise of this whole Bajoran situation was just incredibly stupid.
Why are these people living in refugee camps if they had an advanced culture "when humans were not yet standing erect"?
I mean, sure, having their planet occupied (and being driven from it? That was really unclear) no doubt destroyed a lot of their achievements, but there are settlements on several different planets, and what's stopping them from building their civilisation there?
Though why they've settled on many different planets instead of creating one strong colony is beyond me. That sounds highly detrimental to any sort of cohesive recovery for the Bajoran people.
The only way that this situation could have developed is if they have no resources whatsoever, which in turn must mean that the Federation hasn't helped them one bit. Why? Isn't this completely in opposition to what the Federation should be at this point? Though seriously, from what I've seen so far the Federation admirals (and why do Starfleet admirals have influence over what the Federation of Planets decide? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Maybe things will be clearer as I keep watching) are all evil. Or possessed by evil parasites (though I liked that episode, it was fun).
Contrast with the Vulcans after their planet has been destroyed: sure, we have not much canon yet, but what we heard at the end of the film was a) they've already located a planet suitable for colonisation and b) they've started planning the rebuilding of their race and culture.
Of course, Vulcans aren't Bajorans and may be better at dealing with this, but the Bajorans still have their planet! It's occupied, but isn't that an incentive to build a strong colony out of the Cardassian influence, and when the time is right fight to get their planet back?
And yes, I'm not blind, I can see that they tried to make it a metaphor of what happened to the Jewish people. It's just that it doesn't work. As things are, it just seems as if the Bajorans just play the martyr role and do nothing to improve their situation when there are (or should be) ample resources to do so. The Enterprise replicated blankets for an entire camp with no problems whatsoever! Seeing to that the Bajorans have basic health, comfort and education should be easy.
Seriously, it was clumsy and stupid. Also like an anvil to the head when it comes to subtlety.
OK, I just really needed to get that off my chest I suppose, heh.
