From: "bernie wong" <bernie.wong@canrem.com>
Subject: time's arrow ii
Reply-To: "bernie wong" <bernie.wong@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: 28 Sep 92 20:39:40 EST

>SPOILERS AHEAD !!!!



>3 More chances


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>Last Chance !!


>O.K. Folks we now have the high and mighty Federation committing genocide
>against a bunch of aliens who are eating our neural energy.  Yet they let
>the poor Borg Hugh go free when they could have done the same thing against
>the Borg, namely commit genocide.  What consistency!  These aliens are
>*not* killing or hunting humans that are alive and well, but are going
>after ones that are about to die.  The Borg are a much more promenent
>danger, but no, we have to give the Borg a chance to redeem themselves.
>Picard never even tried to give these aliens a chance.  The Borg want to
>assimilate us, is that it?  The Borg *really* aren't trying to kill us,
>so we can let them live.  But these aliens are killing us so it is fair
>to wipe out their entire race?  What consistency!

Yes, I kind of agree with this.  But I think the entertainment factor of
Time's Arrow II far outways the inconsistancies.  It is believeable and
fun to watch.  However, I believe that the aliens were possibly a bigger
threat than the Borg because the aliens travelled back in time to
destroy the human civilization.

It was my understanding that they needed our souls/"energy" to survive,
and since they went BACK in time to do this it seriously threatened the
present time.

However, I must agree that the aliens and the Borg a very similar.  Both
did not listen to the Federation's pleas and what-not but also,
communication was quite impossible with these aliens.  You could get in
the same phase as them but you couldn't talk to them, and if you
perchance found one dressed like a human it would be nearly impossible
to persaude it to stop.  If they stop they will die.  If the Borg stop
they will not die, but they are programmed...  They were just lucky to
find Hugh who was not so programmed...  The day the Borg makes peace
with the Federation, it will be the day of GREAT inconsistancies.

>Anybody want to *dare* try to defend the racist Federation!

Well, I TRIED...!  :-)

>Twain sure did fall for Troi's B.S. real quick!  And where was the
>doctor who values human, I mean Borg, I mean life so much.  Where
>was her protest!

I agree that there should have been some protest from Beverly.  Mostly
she had UNDERSTANDING for the aliens, IMHO (remember the beginning scene
with Riker and Bev?)

>And while we are on inconsistencies, why did the aliens go back to
>that epidemic?  Why not the Dark Ages when the Black Plague ravaged
>Europe.  Seems like they could have gotten many more humans from that
>time period.

- Because the writers wanted Data to go back to that time frame to meet
Mark Twain or even possibly Jack London.

- Because 19th century people had better "energy" than the Dark Ages
people...  (Ok, that doesn't work out too well because they were getting
energy from sick people)

>I hope the Borg win just to put the racist Federation in its place
>and poor Picard faces his worst nightmare - being Locutus again!

>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHhahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahaha !!!!!!!!!!!!

What?!?!  That would mean the END of Star Trek: The Next Generation as
we know it!  :-)


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From: mhampsch@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Mark Hampsch)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 09:06:27 GMT
Subject: Re: Possible mistake in Realm of Fear  (maybe some spoilers)
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID