Frakes wants 'Code of Honor' erased - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) Discussion

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) a year ago

Just plain dumb. One of reasons Denise Crosby left was that they didn’t use her character to the fullest. This is one of the few that focused on Tasha.

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[–] JosephQCat (706) a year ago

I don't know that Denise was the sharpest when sensing career advancement. Klinger was nothing for the first season of MASH. A few years later each season had at least a few strong Klinger episodes. Back to TNG LaForge's presence increased from Season 1 to Season 3.

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[–] [deleted] a year ago

I like how the romulans are clearly based on asian communists, will they pull those episodes too?

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[–] JosephQCat (706) a year ago

How? The Romulans were based on Ancient Rome. Lead by their passions and so forth. It always baffled me as to them or the Klingons having advanced tech. Probably marginally advanced enough to steal what they wanted from other civilizations.

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[–] MCguy (1142) 9 months ago

Romulans are offshoots of Vulcans and in TOS Spock once posed as an Asian. Visually both are more Asian than Caucasian.

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[–] samoanjoes (56728) a year ago

No, leave it. Let the audience decide for themselves if it's racist. I've see movies that are racist and I just look at it as a negative of the film.

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[–] capuchin (3187) a year ago

Slap a content warning on it, so new audiences can decide for themselves whether or not they want to watch it. Let people make informed choices about what they watch.

It's part of the show's history, it's therefore part of pop culture history. You can't just edit out the mistakes or the bits that are no longer socially acceptable. No-one gains anything from that.

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[–] TandyMan (11097) a year ago

You're next Ferengis.

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[–] MCguy (1142) a year ago

Let people decide to not watch the episode because it's poorly done.

Is Burton complaining?

Frakes just wants attention.

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[–] wrlord (1141) a year ago

Actually he has.

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[–] MCguy (1142) a year ago

If Burton has complained didn't do it to the press. I see blind items that stated he and some others complained, but no actual quotes.

It's a poorly done episode.

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[–] MCguy (1142) 9 months ago

I dug in a little deeper and found a Burton quote on the episode
LeVar Burton cut in to suggest that the script for "Code of Honor" may not have been all that bad, saying that the episode "read better than it filmed."

Also Michael Dorn dubbed it "the worst episode of Star Trek ever filmed" at a TNG reunion panel in 2013. Is that because it's a bad episode, perceived racism, or both? I don't know,

full context below.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/star-trek-tngs-most-hated-episode-still-traumatizes-denise-crosby/ar-BB1j59mK

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[–] [email protected] (5871) a day ago

With all due respect to Michael Dorm, season seven “Genesis” was the worst piece of crap ever. I almost stopped watching the show after that one. Trek was never really great science fiction, it was more science fantasy. But this one was pure nonsense.

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[–] JoWilli (19966) a year ago

Pull, delete, censor, cancel seem to be the biggest verbs these days.

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[–] JoWilli (19966) a year ago

they should erase Season 2, it was horrid...

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[–] raymondoz2007 (2098) a year ago

its nothing like they did with the irish.

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[–] MCguy (1142) 9 months ago

if one is pulled the other should be, but neither should be

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