From: lat22@jester.usask.ca (T'Keela Mahkin Birr)
Subject: Rascals *SPOILERS*...DETTC
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
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Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 07:29:58 GMT

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Come on people, take a lesson from Don "Don't examine Quantum Leap too 
closely" Bellesario.  Did anyone see the HUMAN aspects of this show?
After your apoplectic fits over having the Enterprise taken over so
easily, could you actually enjoy the show?  Probably not.  Yes, I too
was amazed by the fact that there were more plot holes than you could
drive a Mack truck thru.  But, since I didn't let them interfere with
the story (watch Quantum Leap for awhile, you'll see some REAL
continuity errors), I enjoyed the episode.  It is FICTION.  If you
try a bit, you can explain away almost everything, and who can prove you
wrong?

* Riker didn't fire back because he didn't want to start an interstellar
incident.  Or, he was just having a bad day.  We attack the writers for
not making the characters believeable enough, but if one of our dear
Starfleet officers screws up once, like a human, we scream "FAKE!"
Ok, ok, so the Enterprise could have been destroyed...it happens in
real life.

* The Ferengi are good at taking over, stupid afterward.  Why not?
Tell me, if you looked at a room of people, who would you pick out
as being the leader? "Oh, that 12-yr-old with the nice hair."  And would
*you* have the slightest inkling that the 12 year old was the captain?
Why would you?  The Ferengi are "Yankee traders". They used the
armaments
they had to subdue the Enterprise, then lacked the tactical expertise to
maintain control.  After all, "hide and then shoot them" is not an
extremely advanced maneouver.  

* Those kids sure didn't seem like the REAL Picard, Guinan, etc.  OCME
(OCME? It's getting late)  ... COME ON! You mean they didn't *shrink*
the real actors?  In the real world, they were lucky to get actors as
good as they did to portray the children.  ACTORS.  (and actresses.)

* Just generally, you can come up with any excuse to fill in a plot
hole.
It is inexcusable to have to do so, by fault of the writers, but alas
we fans must do it, in fact have to in some cases, in order to enjoy
the show.  I'd hate to tune in every week just to be disappointed
because Riker's half-brother didn't look exactly like he should.  So,
sit back, relax, remember that all the above is IMHO! IMHO! IMHO!

My opinion is no better than anyone else's.  Or worse.  Pepper the
above with lots of :) and ;) and whatever else will keep you from
wasting your time flaming.  I do not mean to point out one person's
comments (and the Rascal likers are in the definite minority, so
the Rascal haters' comments are well known), so don't think I was
zeroing in on one article.  Before flaming, please take a Valium,
and watch an episode or two of QL.  Bet you find more inconsistencies
than in the whole SEASON of Star Trek:TNG. :):):)

T'Keela

Tired of reading a million "I hated <insert ep name here>" posts
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"Time and space can be a bitch." -- Gooshie, "Killin' Time"

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