Welcome to the idiocy that is....the Pakleds
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Re: Welcome to the idiocy that is....the Pakleds
Same thing.
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He does that a fair bit actually, he always gives credit where it's due and even if he hasn't anything good to say about a particular plot point, he offers an alternative. Which is far better then most ever do.RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Tyyr wrote:Awesome.
His schtick isn't building up, it's tearing down and I love him for it. Does he have a website or forum? He's mentioned people suggesting things but I've seen no way to contact him.
I've always preferred building up, myself.
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No, it's not boring.Rochey wrote:But that's boring.
I recall that he had a lot of good things to say about one of the VOY episodes. The Freeze, or something like that.
Aye, that's a good point. Although I'd still like to see him do a 'good' episode.Cpl Kendall wrote: He does that a fair bit actually, he always gives credit where it's due and even if he hasn't anything good to say about a particular plot point, he offers an alternative. Which is far better then most ever do.
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The thaw was a 'good' episode, and it really was an excellent episode.
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There are some gay Harry jokes, but its merited.
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The Pakleds are one of those species that could have been good in theory, but just didn't work. There's no reason to suppose that all species would be of equal intelligence, and indeed we've seen species that are, or are alleged to be, superior to Humans many times. So you either have to assume that humans are basically the dumbest species in the galaxy... or there has to be folks out there that are dumber than we are.
The idea of having a species who are successful whilst being say half as bright as humans could be a fascinating one. How would they work around the difficulties? How would they feel confronted by us, who grasp things so quickly and come up with solutions they could never think of? You could have fascinating parallels with how Humans have reacted to "superior" intelligences in the past.
Alas, the episode just totally doesn't work. It was a huge mistake to make the Pakleds bad guys. They just don't work on screen. It puts me in mind of the Gorn actually... a slow species, interesting in theory, dumb on the actual screen.
The idea of having a species who are successful whilst being say half as bright as humans could be a fascinating one. How would they work around the difficulties? How would they feel confronted by us, who grasp things so quickly and come up with solutions they could never think of? You could have fascinating parallels with how Humans have reacted to "superior" intelligences in the past.
Alas, the episode just totally doesn't work. It was a huge mistake to make the Pakleds bad guys. They just don't work on screen. It puts me in mind of the Gorn actually... a slow species, interesting in theory, dumb on the actual screen.
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I think the biggest problem was that they took the Pakleds from being slow or not as intelligent and pushed them right into total brain damage.
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Yeah, slower thinking than human doesn't need to mean mentally retarded. They didn't just grasp things slowly, they really just didn't grasp things at all.Tyyr wrote:I think the biggest problem was that they took the Pakleds from being slow or not as intelligent and pushed them right into total brain damage.
And I laugh at the idea that they might have pulled their "kidnap someone for tech" on the romulans or klingons. Either race would have blown them out of the vacuum for pulling a stunt like that.
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I could imagine the Ferengi taking advantage of them, giving them a few beat up ships for something really valuable on their planet.
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Heh, the Ferengi would love these guys. They would rape them in any and every business deal they made, and best of all, the Pakleds would probably never even know they got the shaft. The Ferengi would probably be able to keep fooling the Paks into thinking they were getting the better deal.Lazar wrote:I could imagine the Ferengi taking advantage of them, giving them a few beat up ships for something really valuable on their planet.
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My two and a half year old could have fooled those guys. Give him five minutes with them and he'd be their king.
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But finally, a species whose eyebrows give Leonid Brezhnev's a run for their money!
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Don't be too hard on them. They're just all constipated and looking for things to make them go.
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Re: Welcome to the idiocy that is....the Pakleds
Lesser intelligence means that they would have a lower tech level and a slower rate of advancement; it doesn't necessarily mean that they would all speak like the St. Bernard from Bugs Bunny. That method of presentation turned them into a farce.GrahamKennedy wrote:The Pakleds are one of those species that could have been good in theory, but just didn't work. There's no reason to suppose that all species would be of equal intelligence, and indeed we've seen species that are, or are alleged to be, superior to Humans many times. So you either have to assume that humans are basically the dumbest species in the galaxy... or there has to be folks out there that are dumber than we are.
The idea of having a species who are successful whilst being say half as bright as humans could be a fascinating one. How would they work around the difficulties? How would they feel confronted by us, who grasp things so quickly and come up with solutions they could never think of? You could have fascinating parallels with how Humans have reacted to "superior" intelligences in the past.
Alas, the episode just totally doesn't work. It was a huge mistake to make the Pakleds bad guys. They just don't work on screen. It puts me in mind of the Gorn actually... a slow species, interesting in theory, dumb on the actual screen.
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