Comment on Janeway’s “Tuvix” Decision Divides ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Cast: “It Kind Of Hurt Her Character”

• wahming@monyet.cc ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because the star trek transporter is pretty much the definition of deus ex machina, with a particularly lazy deus that only works every few episodes

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• michaelgemar@mstdn.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  @explodicle @startrek I think it’s best not to ponder the capabilities of the transporter too closely, otherwise it kinda breaks the world.

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• EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wonder if that falls under eugenics, too close to cloning.

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  • explodicle@local106.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They had a pretty broad definition of “eugenics” anyways. Bashir’s parents did nothing wrong.

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