Comments on: Retro Review: The Abandoned http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/09/retro-review-the-abandoned/ Daily Star Trek news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Robert Clements http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/09/retro-review-the-abandoned/comment-page-1/#comment-8807 Robert Clements Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:44:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20189#comment-8807 Maternalism wasn't the image i had in mind.... (Neither did Jake, i'm sure) Maternalism wasn’t the image i had in mind….

(Neither did Jake, i’m sure)

]]> By: Guest http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/09/retro-review-the-abandoned/comment-page-1/#comment-8717 Guest Wed, 26 Sep 2012 03:55:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20189#comment-8717 Mardah had plenty to interest a teenage boy without being a maternal figure Mardah had plenty to interest a teenage boy without being a maternal figure

]]> By: Geiger http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/09/retro-review-the-abandoned/comment-page-1/#comment-8690 Geiger Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:57:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20189#comment-8690 That message is mostly there. It gets altered slightly as the series progresses, but largely escapes intact. I watch this episode in the rotation, but it scores pretty low here. I like the performance from the Jem'hadar character, and the B plot was good character building. I think Meg's review here is reading a lot more into minor things then is there and she's putting more thought into the episode than the writers did. That message is mostly there. It gets altered slightly as the series progresses, but largely escapes intact.

I watch this episode in the rotation, but it scores pretty low here.
I like the performance from the Jem’hadar character, and the B plot was good character building. I think Meg’s review here is reading a lot more into minor things then is there and she’s putting more thought into the episode than the writers did.

]]> By: Guest http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/09/retro-review-the-abandoned/comment-page-1/#comment-8678 Guest Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:39:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20189#comment-8678 I'm really fascinated to read the quite positive reassessments of this episode both her and on avclub.com's reviews (which are nearly synchronized at present). I shall have to revisit it. I remember thinking that the episode's morality was sketchy, delivering the message that the Jem'hadar, while somewhat sympathetic because of their compulsive loyalty to the Founders, are also beyond redemption -- meaning we can blow them up as much as we like a feel good about it. I’m really fascinated to read the quite positive reassessments of this episode both her and on avclub.com’s reviews (which are nearly synchronized at present). I shall have to revisit it. I remember thinking that the episode’s morality was sketchy, delivering the message that the Jem’hadar, while somewhat sympathetic because of their compulsive loyalty to the Founders, are also beyond redemption — meaning we can blow them up as much as we like a feel good about it.

]]> By: Robert Clements http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/09/retro-review-the-abandoned/comment-page-1/#comment-8663 Robert Clements Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:30:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20189#comment-8663 The Abandoned is a great - but not completely typical - DS9 episode. It's like Starship Down in season four - an episode needed for arc purposes (explain the threat of the Jem'Hadar & develop Odo's ambiguous relationship with his people) with a straightforward - even derivative - plot which works because of the details that the writers drop in along the way. O'Brien's aside to the camera - Godspeed, Jake - rings true with its knowing wisdom (& makes you regret once again that there wasn't room to develop the Sisko/O'Brien relationship more in the show) while the Odo/Kira storyline is cautiously advanced towards the big Fascination revelation. There's even the glorious unspoken joke that Jake's relationship with Mardah shows how much he misses his mother.... I love it; & accept the fact that most non-Niners won't The Abandoned is a great – but not completely typical – DS9 episode. It’s like Starship Down in season four – an episode needed for arc purposes (explain the threat of the Jem’Hadar & develop Odo’s ambiguous relationship with his people) with a straightforward – even derivative – plot which works because of the details that the writers drop in along the way. O’Brien’s aside to the camera – Godspeed, Jake – rings true with its knowing wisdom (& makes you regret once again that there wasn’t room to develop the Sisko/O’Brien relationship more in the show) while the Odo/Kira storyline is cautiously advanced towards the big Fascination revelation. There’s even the glorious unspoken joke that Jake’s relationship with Mardah shows how much he misses his mother….

I love it; & accept the fact that most non-Niners won’t

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