From: The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.startrek.fandom,rec.arts.startrek.misc,rec.arts.sf.tv,can.arts.sf
Subject: Re: AI/LLM reviews of STNG - Darmok
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2025 08:25:30 -0700
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Verily, in article <932307215.779031248.136346.anim8rfsk-
cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this
message:
> Unwatchable garbage. Offensively bad. The worst episode not helmed by or
> featuring Gates McMuffin except for maybe the one with the space Mayans.
I don't agree. The premise could have used more exploration, but it was
nice to see some aliens who were actually *different,* for a bit of
actual SF in the SF show.
What they should have done is developed this more. Tamarians are highly
narrative, apparently more so than the rest of us, and what does this
mean? There are fascinating implications for sociology, mental health,
and potentially even religion. There's also a burning question of how
anyone learns the stories in the first place. All of this stuff could
have been developed in side stories, as other alien cultures have been.
Lower Decks has a Tamarian crew member, Kayshon, who has learned to
speak the way everyone else does but sometimes reverts to his natural
mode. He's a pretty good character, so I'm not sorry they're in the
Federation.
--
Trustworthy words are not pretty;
Pretty words are not trustworthy.
-Lao-Tzu spoke those pretty words.