Star Trek is famous for saying everything you wish you could say, that you wish everyone was saying, but just can’t find the collective strength to do so.
Losing the Star Trek franchise to the profitable, corporate machine of pumping out dollars… Well, it was extremely incompatible with the message. Star Trek had always had.
CEO of Paramount has openly stated that the Kelvin timeline Star Trek films are no more. But what may come next for Star Trek?
Presumably, his knowledge base includes recognizing signs and signals from his partner and how to react accordingly.
dude, have you seen this show? I know that you know better. he might make a lucky guess once in a great while and somewhat predict another person’s reaction, but he’s pretty shit at doing that. even after he gets emotions.
Data is not (or, wasn’t during the period you’re referring to) capable of feeling human emotions– physical sensation, he can feel just fine, possibly better than humans. he was “fully functional” from a physical perspective. so, he was perfectly capable of feeling the pleasure of sexual intercourse (or any other physical sensation like hot or cold)… he just wasn’t capable of enjoying it (or not, as the case may be)
When Data finally becomes capable of feeling human emotions, well… it’s quite a journey:
(also, this scene demonstrates the differences I’m describing)
I really don’t know. But I will say one thing: all these decades later, I would prefer the name “Gates McFadden“ to “Cheryl McFadden“, but that’s really a matter of personal preference, and certainly not in any sort of objective creative judgment, or critique.
The name “Gates“ certainly aged better than the name “Cheryl“, at least in my opinion. She very likely came to this decision in the late 70s or early 80s. The choices certainly reflect the era.
Yes, well, I love Star Trek a lot, and I also love the movie Labyrinth a lot. This resulted in a Venn diagram of me learning a bunch of things about Gates/Cheryl McFadden.
Funny thing is that Gates McFadden worked for the Jim Henson Creature Shop for a long time before she was ever in Star Trek. In fact, she was a choreographer in the movie Labyrinth for that creepy-ass scene where the creatures all sing while pulling their heads off.
Wtf
Edit: she also choreographed several other scenes. This is just the one that stuck out in my memory from when I was a kid.
Not if Rick Berman has anything to say about it