From: Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.startrek.fandom,rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv,can.arts.sf
Subject: Re: AI/LLM reviews of STNG - The Loss
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 07:11:35 -0700
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Verily, in article <1089l3d$tqa$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did
doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
>
> Ai/LLM Reviews of Star Trek The Next Generation - The Loss
>
> Strengths
> Character Focus: This is a fantastic character
> study of Counselor Troi. It explores her
> vulnerability and the deep connection she has to
> her empathic abilities. Seeing her without them,
> and the panic and fear that results,
> is a compelling and unique perspective.
Hunh, Gemini seems to like this one. I always thought it was a contrived
and weak.
I've never liked lose-your-powers episodes, though. The idea is human-
centric, which IMO is inappropriate for an SF show with
extraterrestrials in the main cast.
Imagine it this way: most species have no sense of hearing, but humans
have this handy extra ability to perceive air vibrations quite keenly. A
ship has one human officer, whose hearing is sometimes useful. If this
lone human suddenly and mysteriously goes deaf, it means the writers ran
out of good ideas that made sense.
--
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul.
--George Bernard Shaw