Comments on: Star Trek (2009.) http://www.couchslobs.com/2009/04/30/star-trek-2009/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:24:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Forrest http://www.couchslobs.com/2009/04/30/star-trek-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-162793 Forrest Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:45:06 +0000 http://www.couchslobs.com/?p=1120#comment-162793 Not doing villains is one of the definitive qualities of Star Trek. The Klingons were introduced solely to prohibit further conflict with them, by way of the Organian Peace Treaty. The Romulans were introduced so that by the end of the epsiodethe chief heavy could declare common ground ("In a different reality, I could have called you friend.") The Gorn were introduced to raise the notion that even the Federation might have cultural blinders on to the point of not recognizing deadly provocation. The man-dissolving Horta, ditto. On rare occasions there were stock villains, but they were subverted by later episodes ("Wolf In The Fold" vs "Day Of The Dove"; "The Changeling" and "The Doomsday Machine" vs the first movie). This is not to say there is no evil in Star Trek. "If you are going to epitomize evil, what is it? ... The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worst part of oneself." — Patrick McGoohan Not doing villains is one of the definitive qualities of Star Trek. The Klingons were introduced solely to prohibit further conflict with them, by way of the Organian Peace Treaty. The Romulans were introduced so that by the end of the epsiodethe chief heavy could declare common ground (“In a different reality, I could have called you friend.”) The Gorn were introduced to raise the notion that even the Federation might have cultural blinders on to the point of not recognizing deadly provocation. The man-dissolving Horta, ditto. On rare occasions there were stock villains, but they were subverted by later episodes (“Wolf In The Fold” vs “Day Of The Dove”; “The Changeling” and “The Doomsday Machine” vs the first movie).

This is not to say there is no evil in Star Trek.

“If you are going to epitomize evil, what is it? … The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worst part of oneself.” — Patrick McGoohan

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