From: wombat@eng.umd.edu (Jose Gonzalez)
Subject: Re: OFFICIAL INFORMATION - SEASON 6 AND DS9  !SPOILERS*!
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 04:16:42 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park, College of Engineering
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Originator: wombat@coke.eng.umd.edu

In article <1992Aug17.021615.14267@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> kanamori@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Atsushi Kanamori) writes:
>In article <1992Aug16.033436.3973@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> ira2p@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Iain Robert Asplin) writes:
>>Those of us who attended a Creation Con in Minneapolis today with Marina
>>Sirtis were treated to some spoiler information on the first few episodes
>>of Season 6 and on DS9.
>>
>>So, let's warn people off......
>>
>>SPOILERS!
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>>I'm not kidding......
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>>First, info on Season Six straight from Marina Sirtis' mouth on the
>>first four episodes of the new season:
>>
>>"Time's Arrow II"  
>>By the way she speaks of it, prepare to be disappointed, as the thing is
>>still very confused even after Part II is finished she says.
>
>So what else is new: the season cliffhanger resolutions have *always*
>been a disappointment.

"BOBW II" had one major flaw, that being the resolution to the problem.  
Admittedly, that's a big one, but it doesn't ruin the enjoyment of the rest.
"RII" simply had too much packed into one episode.  With the exception of 
the contrived Sela plot, all the rest is solid.  Admittedly, neither of them
stand up to the first part.


>Given that this one follows the same pattern
>as the previous two (i.e. part I written before it's known how to
>end it in part II), I expect nothing to disappoint me here.

"Time's Arrow I" is different from the previous two cliffhangers in that
it is mostly setup for part II.  Most of the story still needs to be told.  I
think it has potential to be the first part II that's better than part I 
(including UII).  And as for it being "still very confused after part II,"
Ron Moore says that that's what everyone thought about "Yesterday's Enterprise."


>>Episode Two:
>>Features the return of Lieutenant Reginald Barclay played again by Dwight
>>Schultz.   This time he has a neurosis about transporters; i.e. he is
>>terrified to use them and he seeks Troi's help to cure it.
>
>That's more like it. Okay, so it's another "crewman with an angst" but
>Schultz is reliable so if they don't try to mix it up with another
>bogus sci-fi device (a la "Nth Degree"), this might be worth the watch.
>Depends a lot on who's writing it.

I think the bogus sci-fi device is obligatory, don't you? (-:

>>
>>She names Episode Three but I can't remember what it was now, oh well,
>>it is a heavy-duty Troi episode in which Marina gets aged and is thus
>>required to wear heavy make-up, giving Marina a new-found respect for
>>Michael Dorn and his make-up.
>
>"The Deadly Trois" ;-)
>
>
>>And in this episode, Troi *dies*...................
>
>So what's that supposed to do for me? Again, this'll depend a lot on
>how they approach it emotionally. If it's an offbeat and non-bludgeoning 
>approach a la "Next Phase"; fine. If it's a manipulative and 
>shove-the-hanky-in-our-face approach a la "Ethics" or "Skin of Evil", I've
>got a nice fat "F" ready to shove in their faces.

So you will be reviewing again this year.  Good.  I may not agree with you
90% of the time, but your reviews always manage to get an "arrgh" or two from
me. (-:

As for this "Man of the People" (and what that title has to do with Troi
aging, I have no idea), I think if they use(d) this as a way to examine her
relationship with Riker, it has potential.  The short but effective scene
in "Violations" and Peter David's excellent "Imzadi" has renewed my interest
in the Riker and Troi.
 

>>Episode Four:
>>Guest star is James Doohan as Scotty, and he is indeed picked up in the
>>transporter having been held in accidental stasis for over 75 years.
>>He is still alive and in their time frame at the end allowing him to do
>>further guest shots on this show or on DS9.
>
>Eeeeech. Blech. The son of "Unification." No thanks.

It is beginning to seem a little bit contrived, isn't it?  I just hope that
Doohan doesn't do that yelling that he calls acting thinking he can get
away with it.  Anyway, I hope they play it for fun, unlike most of "UII," 
which was a little too serious most of the way through.

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>
>>These four episodes are "in the can."  Whether they will be transmitted in
>>exactly this order is another question though.....
>
>Well it doesn't exactly look like their promise of "new stories" and
>more "mystery and weirdness" is leaping off the screen any time soon.

I dont' think their any "new" stories out there in SF land, just new and better
ways of telling good (and bad) ones.  I'm glad they're not abandoning the
character shows, though they are harder to make work than the plot ones.
We'll see.


-- 
Jose Gonzalez
                       Spock- "In your own way, you are as stubborn as another
                               captain of the Enterprise I once knew."
                       Picard-"Then I'm in good company, sir."  
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