One of the things that always bothered me about the Star Trek shows and many other sci-fi shows is that EVERYONE seems to speak English throughout the galaxy! Now I understand that writing new languages for each episode and putting everything in subtitles is NOT practical--but ALWAYS finding planets that speak American-style English is amazingly ludicrous. This is one of the big reasons I really appreciated "Darmok"--an episode where the Enterprise and its fancy translation programs turn out to be rather useless, as the Tamarians and Federation WANT to establish diplomatic relations but simply cannot understand each other's languages. So, as Picard is frustrated with the lack of success in communicating, the Tamarians have a solution--and because their frame of reference is SO different, as they try to help the Federation THINKS they have kidnapped Picard and mean him harm!
In addition to the great topic, I appreciated Paul Winfield's acting. I could tell it was him because of his voice, but underneath all that makeup you'd never know it was him! And, he did a great job in trying to convey such an alien life form. All in all, very well done and it features and ending that is both touching and quite sad.
In addition to the great topic, I appreciated Paul Winfield's acting. I could tell it was him because of his voice, but underneath all that makeup you'd never know it was him! And, he did a great job in trying to convey such an alien life form. All in all, very well done and it features and ending that is both touching and quite sad.