NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/arts/startrek/current/21776

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From: [e-mail] (David Cohen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: CoC was CHEAP
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Date: Fri, 01 Jan 93 20:56:25 CST
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I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but my major impression
from CoC was that there was a huge dearth of new opticals which made the
whole thing seem like it was a minor project com
(oops) to the DS9 project (which I guess it was).  We got to see the
Excelsior/Hood veer away from the Enterprise for the millionth time, and
the Cardassian fleet being conveniently stowed in a nebula from which it
was never shown to emerge was gimmicky at best.  Two-parters on TNG have
traditionally been (it seems to me) as all-outers in terms of budget,
guest star interest (Nimoy, Crosby).  This one's only unique feature was
the DS9 tie-in.

Also, the "land mines" didn't make much sense to me, either.  And I did
not appreciate the redress of the 20th century navy buoys which they've
already used as transporter test objects and other things (I might be
wrong on this).  They don't really have the right shape or structure to
be something which would latch itself to a ship or make a sizeable
explosion.  Yet again, the episode was unbalanced because of a hurried
ending, most especially because Picard was instantly back to his old
sparkly, happy-go-lucky self within minutes.  (I was underwhelmed by the
ending scene with Troi, to say the least.)

David

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