Fun episode, especially Worf's 'I protest, I am not a Merry Man!'
When Picard enters Vash's room through the window, we hear crickets chirping in the night.
Well Nottingham is just up the road from where I live, and we don't have any crickets around here! An owl would have been more appropriate.
Maybe by Picard's time someone will have imported crickets?
John Belushi's character in "Animal House" destroys a guitar that a fellow is playing in the stairwell, then hands him the leftovers and says, "sorry". I wonder if Worf's actions are a small tribute to this moment...
If the Taguans refuse to allow outsiders to visit their ruins, then why is the conference being held in orbit around the planet? For that matter why bother having an archeological conference about a site which hasn't had any digs for over a century? If a Taguan archeologist was addressing the conference then it would make sense. However, since Picard is telling them about his views on the ruins and using old archeological findings for references then it seems unlikely that any new digging has been done.
If all the greats of archeology are at this conference, then where is Professor Galen?
After seeing Vash, Worf says, "Nice legs... for a human." How exactly do Klingon legs differ from Human legs? For that matter isn't it amazing how many alien species have legs which look just like Human legs? (Hmmm, I wonder why? ;-)
Picard enters his Ready Room and finds Q there. Q says "How about a big hug?" Watch Picard's reflection in the Ready Room window. At the end of the shot Picard's head moves, but when the camera shot changes to Picard he is standing still with no evidence of head movement.
Picard is telling Riker about Q. The Ready Room doors are open and the stars on the view screen are still, but the stars out the Ready Room window move. (Actually, this turns out to be a very common inconsistency.)
In the 24th century a shovel is still the best way to dig?
When Picard discovers that Vash is planning to break Taguan law, Vash reveals that she did not get caught stealing artifacts on Sarthong V. A crime that Picard suspected that she would attempt, but apparently he chose not to inform the authorities of a possible crime and apparently he did not bother informing them as to who did commit the crime, as I don't remember Commander Sisko of DS9 placing her under arrest when she came back from the Gamma quadrant in Q-Less.
So where did Geordi learn to use a sword and why were Crusher and Troi not very talented swordfighters? (Especially considering all of Dr. Crusher's other skills this is an incredibly sexist oversight.)
>>How exactly do Klingon legs differ from Human legs?
In keeping with the general Klingon view of human women as 'fragile', their legs are probably considered far too slight and skinny for a warrior's taste.
Must... avoid... temptation... to make.. drumstick joke.
I'm sorry to ruin the scriptwriter's "element of surprise"...but I KNEW when the robed monks came in before the execution, it was Riker & the others.
TRIVIA: Marina Sirtis & Gates McFadden had fencing lessons sometime in their lives & they were both quite miffed when the director told them that they could not engage in the swordfight near the end of the episode. The director felt if they got involved in the swordfight, it would have been "un-lady like"..so they director told them to smash pottery on people's heads
What happened to all the Archeological delegates when Picard & the others returned? You'd think that Q would return everyone to the exact time that the crew vanished. (To make it look like they never left the room)
When Picard finds Vash's digging tools, one of the things he holds looks like a portable transport scrambler (shown during the movie INS). Why would Vash need one of those?
This was a fun show. Lots of great interplay:
PICARD: "Not now, Q! I have more pressing matters to attend to."
Q: "Oh, you mean your speech? It's dull, plodding, pedantic...much like yourself."
When Picard kisses Vash, he tilts his head to the left. I heard years ago on a TV show (Robert Q. Lewis, maybe?) that this is typically British, whereas Americans typically tilt right. Can anyone verify? Does anyone have a broken nose story? And for the love of God, no comments about the character Picard being French. Family site, you know.
Here's something I noticed when I saw a rerun of this a few days ago: when Worf smashes Geordi's lute, watch Crusher very closely -- she seems to be stifling a laugh! I suppose this isn't a mistake, technically (since Crusher could find it funny herself), but I bet that this was Gates McFadden trying really hard not to laugh loud enough to wreck the take.
Of course, the 'real' Robin Hood story is considerably different from this setup, but I suppose we can assume Q was a little Errol Flynn-happy.
Clive Revill is the only actor (so TVTome says) to appear in a Star Wars movie and on Trek. I think that's wrong, but I'm too pickled right now to think. He was the Emperor in "The Empire Strikes Back."
Well, I recently learned that Jason Wingreen did the voice of Boba Fett (uncredited) in "The Empire Strikes Back." He played one of the scientists in the TOS episode "The Empath."
He was on Bablyon 5, too. (I mean Babylon 5, as well, Babylon 52.)
This episode proves that Picard has a "Beautiful Babe Bypass Button" just like Kirk....seeing how Vash got into Picard's quarters
Picard told Vash her equipment would have to be confiscated, but he just leaves it there and does not call anyone to confiscate it.
So Vash transported into Picard's quarters? How did she know where they were? No intruder alert sensors went off? Given Vash's nature this is possible but I hope the sensors were tightened up.
Why wouldn't the captain's quarters have a transporter scrambler in operation to prevent unauthorized entry?(or planting a bomb)
Or kidnapping the captain.
If the Taguans refuse to allow outsiders to visit their ruins, then why is the conference being held in orbit around the planet?
Perhaps the Federation is trying to encourage them to open up their ruins to outsiders by having such an important conference there.
If a Taguan archeologist was addressing the conference then it would make sense
Maybe one was going to, I don't believe any mention of the speakers at the conference was made, beyond Picard.
In the 24th century a shovel is still the best way to dig?
We have seen phaser drills used to dig a shuttle out of the ground(VOY's Once Upon a Time)but using phasers at an archaeological site would probably risk destroying anything that might be there to find.
Phaser drills?
Given the amazing sensor & transporter tech the Federation you could scan the ground to locate & analyze objects & if something is deemed worthy of excavation you could use the transporter to beam it out.
Although if it's too fragile to beam out they could send the scanner info to the replicator to create a copy to study it.
The science of Archeology might occasionally require shovels in the 24th Century, but I'd think it would be the exception rather than the rule.
If a Taguan archeologist was addressing the conference then it would make sense
Maybe one was going to, I don't believe any mention of the speakers at the conference was made, beyond Picard.
I do get rather annoyed at your selective copying of my posts.
You took one sentence of the whole paragraph & ignored the fact that the sentences were meant to be read together. You've done this several times on various boards & it really pisses me off.
Um........I'm not trying to tick anyone off....I wasn't ignoring anything. In some cases I figure copying a portion is better than writing the whole thing. In others I only want to comment on one portion of a post. I've seen this done before. I'm not exactly sure what I did to make you mad, but I apologize.
Your posts are well written and I just wanted to comment on them, but I won't if it makes you mad. If you don't want me talking about your posts I guess I won't, though I thought commenting on each others posts was the whole point
I believe in the VOY episode there was something blocking their attempts to beam the shuttle up.
Perhaps I overreacted. It just seems like for the past few weeks you'd been going after my posts, sometimes quoting lines out of context. Sorry about that.
No problem. I was never offended, just a little puzzled.(That happens to me quite often, actually.)
I've just had the opportunity to be on here a little more recently. I realize that it does appear like I target you in particular, but I do assure you that it not my intention. I'll comment on any post that makes me think, and yours seem to do that a lot.
Okay. Thanks for the compliment & sorry I overreacted.
*Sitcom Audience* "Awwwwwww..." (light clapping, scene fades, ends credits...) :-)
We want to see blood!!! Fight Fight Fight!
*attacks crowd with batleths*
Happy now?
Personally, I'd like to have seen Troi & Crusher wearing the "Rocket Robin Hood / Maid Marion" outfits.
(If you'd seen Maid Marion from RRH, you'd know what I'm talking about....MMM LEGS!)
To think that Picard could have side stepped this entire episode had he just taken Q up on his offer, Q wanted to give him something to Alleviate his guilt so why not say "Fine Q, see to that the Borg loose all interest in Assimilating anyone, make them content to settle down somewhere and become farmers"
there. no drama and races throughout the galaxy would send Picard thank you notes: "Dear Captin Picard, I truly appreciated not being assimilated today and I hear that I have you to thank for it. you are a swell guy!"
Q might've likely dismissed that, much as he dismissed Picard's request to never bother him again (IIRC). Q seemed to be wanting to go for something profound.
you want profound?
"Q give me hair."
Kirk: "Q, give me a toupee that looks natural."
Uhura: "Q, give me something to do other than what is essentially answering the phone."
Chekov: "Q, give me an episode where I don't scream loudly or misattribute something to Russian origin."
Troi: "Q, give me something to do that isn't merely 'sensing hostility' after an alien has already put a torpedo hole in our hull."
Janeway: "Q, give me some good, consistent writing."
Harry Kim: "Q, give me a promotion."
Torres, Chakoty and Paris: "Q, give me a three-dimensional personality."
Mayweather: "Q, give me something to do."
Wesley: Q give me a spine and take this cheesy smile off my face!
One thing about this episode I found odd was the fact that Riker thought Vash was a Betazoid. I don't know if this is canon or not, but I read somewhere years ago that because of Betazed's sun, all Betazoids have black irises, like Deanna and Lwaxana. Tam Elbrun (from "Tin Man"), Reittan Grax (from "Menage A Troi"), and the poor catatonic Andrus Hagen (fron "Night Terrors") all had black eyes too, I believe.
However, Vash's eyes are definetly brown. But Riker was just chatting her up and maybe wasn't concentrating on her eyes too much. Because I kinda thought that being involved with Troi on Betazed for so long, he would know that basic fact about Betazoids.
No major nitpick here, just food for thought.
Just how, exactly, did Vash get into Picard's quarters at the beginning? Does the computer let just anyone waltz into the Captain's quarters without asking?
She climbed in through a plot-hole?
Isn't that a Beatles song?
"She came in through the bathroom plot-hole"