@dgw Do you consider an error when, at the beginning, Doctor Katherine Pulaski enters the elevator and, without announcing where she wants to go, the elevator starts and brings her in the right place?
I am relatively new in the Star Trek world, maybe there is an explanation :)
It seems there are at least 2 elevators, and she doesn't use the same we see in other episodes. Maybe it's a direct elevator.
@andreas1138 It could be a direct turbolift, but I think the obvious explanation is the correct one: Neither the writers nor the director wanted to show Pulaski mouthing a command to the turbolift during her voiceover dialogue—and they certainly didn't want to have her talk over herself—so they had her stand in silence instead.
This won't the the first time you encounter blocking that doesn't quite fit with how things are "supposed to" work in the Trek universe. Automatic doors, for example, are notorious for somehow "knowing" exactly when to open (or not) based on the dramatic beats of a scene. :grin:
@dgw " Automatic doors, for example, are notorious for somehow "knowing" exactly when to open (or not) based on the dramatic beats of a scene"
That's one of the things I actually love of these series :D I am watching the series for the first time (I watched most of the TOS and Voyager) so I check your comments to know the errors, behind the scenes and fun facts :) Thanks for your contribution.
@andreas1138 Unfortunately I haven't gotten to all of the episodes, but I'm glad you're enjoying what's there. :)
Review by dgwVIP 10BlockedParent2019-01-31T07:06:48Z
Patrick Stewart spins around the wrong way after Brent Spiner "hits" him in Engineering… No wonder that particular fight call seemed extra cheesy.
Both times Graves transfers his consciousness, the implied mechanics leave major plot holes. Who turned Data back on? How did Data get on the floor? Who unplugged him?!
While I wouldn't necessarily call this a great story—it has a lot of elements that were common in science fiction up to that time, and the plot holes are awfully big—it is a great watch. Brent Spiner doing just about anything makes for a great watch.
I'm a bit disappointed to read that a scene where Data was to riff on Picard's bald head, after his attempt at a Riker-like beard failed, was cut from the script. That would have been hilarious. But maybe it would have included another instance of Deanna making some excuse to avoid laughing in front of Data, who is an android and would not feel insulted by it, so… maybe it was better left out. (That bit was very out of character, I thought. Troi shouldn't feel the need to hide her reaction from Data. He'd find it useful feedback, if anything.)
Besides Spiner's usual obvious fun-having, there are some nice little writing touches to think about.
IMDB pointed out (because I haven't read Dickens in forever) that the disease Graves had is probably a reference to a character of the same name in A Tale of Two Cities, which is pretty great.
Graves' name itself, while not really a literary reference per se, is still funny. A man trying to cheat death is named after the thing in which he does not want to end up (a grave). Har har?
(I also realized early on this this episode why Dr. Pulaski must be so dour… She's played by Diana Muldaur, who practically has "dour" in her name… but that's a cheap shot, I guess.)