Re: Star Trek Remastered: By Any Other Name

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"Steven L." <sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In general, popular science fiction has trouble imagining how
> vastly advanced aliens would regard humans, or the human-dominated
> UFP.
>
> The vast majority of such SF stories make the advanced aliens into
> a threat: They want to exterminate us.  They want our gold.  They
> want our planet.  They want our water.  They want our women.  Etc.
>
> Then a smaller class of stories concerns indifference.  They don't
> care about us at all, we'll just leave each other alone: The
> Organians.  The Metrons.
>
> Then there's curiosity: They just want to learn about us.  "Q," in
> TNG, for example.

I'd rephrase that particular exaple as "They just want to annoy us." :-)

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William December Starr <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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