Féachadóir wrote:
> Scríobh Tim Bruening <tsbrueni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
> >
> >
> >"pbowles@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" wrote:
> >
> >> Onto the Ood, then. This episode has seemingly been constructed
> >> entirely to answer one question arising from the previous story - how
> >> does a slave race evolve? Disappointing then that the answer involves
> >> adding still more implausibility to Ood biology. An external brain I
> >> can buy for the sake of visualisation - chop off this bit and the Ood
> >> become slaves. Of course there's no terribly good reason humans
> >> couldn't lobotomise them internally, but if there's an easily
> >> detachable visible bit to remove it's more accessible to the viewer.
> >> However, the idea that the Ood have a brain they have to carry in one
> >> hand all the time stretches credibility too far, for all that I liked
> >> the imagery of an organic system the 'Persil balls' replaced.
> >
> >Why would the process of natural selection led to a brain that has to
be
> >carried in one hand? Wouldn't Oods that don't have to carry their
brains
> >have a big competative advantage over the brain carrying Ood?
> >
> >When the modified Ood go on a rampage and start killing with their
> >translater balls, why don't the soldiers smash the translator balls?
>
> The external brain was a bit silly, I agree.
>
> >In the year 4126, why are humans still using projectile weapons which
look
> >like 20th century machine guns and shoot bullets? Why aren't they
using
> >lasers or phasers or disintegrators?
>
> In the year 2008, why are people still murdered with knives and
> machetes? Because they still work. Lasers and phasers may be
> expensive. They may be unreliable. They may have high maintenance
> costs. The AK47 was invented in 1947 (hence the name) and still works.
> Good designs survive. I'm reminded of the Stargate episode where Thor
> tells Carter that they'd never have thought of using primitive lead
> projectiles to destroy replicators, even though their more advanced
> weapons were useless against the critters.
>
> >The Oodsphere company packs Ood standing up into big boxes. The Ood
aren't
> >strapped in in any way, meaning that they will get hurt if the box tips
> >over or is dropped. Why aren't these valuable slaves better secured?
> >Also, why aren't there any toilets in the Ood boxes or cages?
>
> Animals are regularly trans****ted on the hoof. Cattle boxes don't have
> toilet facilities either.
I thought the Ood were valuable slaves, not sources of food!
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