From: Jerry Brown <jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.fandom,rec.arts.startrek.misc,can.arts.sf
Subject: Re: Ai/LLM reviews of Star Trek - The Empath
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 18:47:43 +0100
On Sun, 30 Mar 2025 09:43:46 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:
>The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>> In article <830021142.764990057.800875.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>> The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>> Ai/LLM reviews of Star Trek - The Empath
>>>>
>>>> ChatGPT
>>>>
>>>> ### **Review of *Star Trek: The Empath***
>>>
>>> Worst episode of the series
>>>
>>>
>>
>> What about Spock's Brain?
>
>Nah. At least you can laugh at Spocks brain. You can only cringe at the
>empath.
>
I recall a question on one of these groups asking for the earliest
example of a Mary Sue fanfic in Trek.
Someone, possibly the late Dorothy Heydt, replied that there was one
in the actual show, namely The Empath!
Spock's Brain, feels to me like their attempt to do a Lost in Space
tribute episode, and it succeeds on those terms. The Empath was just
boring, and had (at least for me) the worst musical score of any
episode (on a Hammond organ?).
--
Jerry Brown
A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)