tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post24814670603574970..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: Star Trek, Faith and ConservatismMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-28619209897542389122012-08-08T12:36:02.372-07:002012-08-08T12:36:02.372-07:00One thing I really like about Captain Janeway is t...One thing I really like about Captain Janeway is that she is such a womanly woman. I didn't get around to seeing Voyager for ages and I assumed that the first female captain would be a ballsy, hard-as-nails, Iron Lady kind of Captain in order to avoid female stereotypes. But while she CAN be hard as nails she is quite maternal towards her crew and very feminine.<br /><br />There is another episode where Worf is contemplating euthanasia and Riker (the handsome deputy) is asked to assist but is horrified and disgusted. That to me shows how even a very politically correct show like The Next Generation has been left behind by "progress"-- that attitude would now be "reactionary", no doubt, but the episode presents it as healthy. Another way TNG has already been left behind by the march of liberal orthodoxy is that the young guy, Wesley Crusher, is seen to idolize Captain Picard because he lost his own father and is seeking a father figure. Really, to suggest a boy needs a parent of both sexes-- pure heterosexist fascism really!<br /><br />I love Tom Paris too. I'd like to be his friend because I imagine it would always be fun to be around him.<br /><br />P.S. Buy the box-set...buy the box-set...buy the box-set!!Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-22385375329102075602012-08-08T11:39:49.812-07:002012-08-08T11:39:49.812-07:00Yes, we spent every evening hogging the telly too!...Yes, we spent every evening hogging the telly too! I think that Buffy came on after that or perhaps when that series finished? Seven of Nine, Captain Janeway, Picard's handsome deputy and his love the Nigella lookalike. I remember watching that suicide episode with horror, I was only an innocent and it frightened me. I didn't believe they'd not kick up a fuss though. Wasn't it the Nigella lookalike's mother he was marrying? Lawks I'm such a nerd.<br /><br />I have a head like a sieve and my nephew asked me once what I wanted for Christmas while I was in one of my eternal searches for something I'd put down. We looked at one another and both shouted, "A tricorder!" That would solve all my problems. <br /><br />My crush was Tom Paris. I also had a secret girl crush on the fiesty B'Elanna and wanted her mad maths skills and courage. Plus my Trekkie hero Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) is in real life an outspoken prolifer. I knew I liked her for a reason. I have to go now before I find myself hunting on amazon for a box set!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com