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I quite enjoyed this episode never expecting Scotty to turn up and be in it. So locked in some transporter gubbings for 75 or 80 years or so. (Two dates mentioned).
YET for his rehabilitation to this new timeline WHERE was Councillor 'new hair-do person' (that does her NO favours), Deanna Troi???. Oh I get it, she was off on some Starbase jaunt having her HAIR PERMED! Was she.
A noticeable absence in many episodes, just NOT there at all, not a trace or mention of her. Even when as in this case she would have been all over Scotty like a RASH.
Rehabilitating him, could have had that more in fitting screen play to it, a more humanitarian aspect than mainly a pure work/profession based theme. FELL out with the producers did she?. So actively not given paid work.
So star ratings deducted for that useless script.
THEN what about Scotty's living RELATIONS. No screen time of him seen checking out what happened to his SISTER and her offspring which most likely would have occurred.
Finding out she would likely have died by then but then finding out he had many Nieces & Nephews to visit upon return to his new life. As it was all played out as per the script it showed Scotty in a bad light.
Instead we have some PREDICTABLE bit of conflict between Scotty & Jordie in the engineering section. I DOUBT Jordie would have been so hard & indifferent towards him.
So more showing characters in a bad light. Did the script writer even like these characters??.
Having heard of Scotty, Jordie would likely have looked up to him, revered him even, as he would Zefram Cochrane, though of cause not nearly so much. Having likely checked out the senior officers of the previous Enterprise Starships.
Jordie would have been more professional, so that part as predictable and sloppy as it was, manly I expect for drama, to me it just WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. A 15 year old kid into Star Trek could have done better
Scotty throughout all this being a real Gentleman. Rising above it all in a cheery sort of way. I could see James Doohan was a fine actor, really playing the character well. In a comfortable relaxed way, letting his hair down a bit.
NO scenes of him replicating a litre of Scotch Whisky straight off the bat though. 7 decades of him being in the Transporter buffers/banks whatever it is, you'd think the moment he was informed of that he'd say, "I think I need a wee dram" "Where's your recreation room bar Laddie".
Not that he was an alcoholic, but more in keeping with his jovial comedic character.
Can't remember what happened about that Dyson Sphere, WHY was it 'not known' by anyone. All that scrap metal just sitting there.
The Ferengi & others would have found out about it and have stripped it down by now. WORD spreads, so the entire Federation not knowing about it is VERY UNLIKELY.
Like Scotty & Co crash land on it 7 decades or so beforehand BUT NO ONE since had ever been near the place. VERY UNLIKELY. The star rating is dropping as we go along then. Started out at 8, now down to a 6.
Great acting from James Doohan lifts it all up, I liked him a lot in this episode, but the script was for me too full of plot holes, just so VERY UNLIKELY and so so basic, one dimensional & predictable. So down starred to a SIX for that.
I quite enjoyed this episode never expecting Scotty to turn up and be in it. So locked in some transporter gubbings for 75 or 80 years or so. (Two dates mentioned).
YET for his rehabilitation to this new timeline WHERE was Councillor 'new hair-do person' (that does her NO favours), Deanna Troi???. Oh I get it, she was off on some Starbase jaunt having her HAIR PERMED! Was she.
A noticeable absence in many episodes, just NOT there at all, not a trace or mention of her. Even when as in this case she would have been all over Scotty like a RASH.
Rehabilitating him, could have had that more in fitting screen play to it, a more humanitarian aspect than mainly a pure work/profession based theme. FELL out with the producers did she?. So actively not given paid work.
So star ratings deducted for that useless script.
THEN what about Scotty's living RELATIONS. No screen time of him seen checking out what happened to his SISTER and her offspring which most likely would have occurred.
Finding out she would likely have died by then but then finding out he had many Nieces & Nephews to visit upon return to his new life. As it was all played out as per the script it showed Scotty in a bad light.
Instead we have some PREDICTABLE bit of conflict between Scotty & Jordie in the engineering section. I DOUBT Jordie would have been so hard & indifferent towards him.
So more showing characters in a bad light. Did the script writer even like these characters??.
Having heard of Scotty, Jordie would likely have looked up to him, revered him even, as he would Zefram Cochrane, though of cause not nearly so much. Having likely checked out the senior officers of the previous Enterprise Starships.
Jordie would have been more professional, so that part as predictable and sloppy as it was, manly I expect for drama, to me it just WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. A 15 year old kid into Star Trek could have done better
Scotty throughout all this being a real Gentleman. Rising above it all in a cheery sort of way. I could see James Doohan was a fine actor, really playing the character well. In a comfortable relaxed way, letting his hair down a bit.
NO scenes of him replicating a litre of Scotch Whisky straight off the bat though. 7 decades of him being in the Transporter buffers/banks whatever it is, you'd think the moment he was informed of that he'd say, "I think I need a wee dram" "Where's your recreation room bar Laddie".
Not that he was an alcoholic, but more in keeping with his jovial comedic character.
Can't remember what happened about that Dyson Sphere, WHY was it 'not known' by anyone. All that scrap metal just sitting there.
The Ferengi & others would have found out about it and have stripped it down by now. WORD spreads, so the entire Federation not knowing about it is VERY UNLIKELY.
Like Scotty & Co crash land on it 7 decades or so beforehand BUT NO ONE since had ever been near the place. VERY UNLIKELY. The star rating is dropping as we go along then. Started out at 8, now down to a 6.
Great acting from James Doohan lifts it all up, I liked him a lot in this episode, but the script was for me too full of plot holes, just so VERY UNLIKELY and so so basic, one dimensional & predictable. So down starred to a SIX for that.