tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post7100882916381170134..comments2024-03-29T06:56:12.797-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Star Trek The Next Generation: Devil's DueBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-39983291541085660512022-03-20T00:12:16.495-04:002022-03-20T00:12:16.495-04:00This was an okay-ish episode for me. I liked Ardra...This was an okay-ish episode for me. I liked Ardra quite a bit. She was a scammer a liar, but Ardra had a certain moxie about herself I enjoyed. She was a bold-faced liar and it's not too often that you see anyone really go against Picard. I liked that. Plus she could change clothes, make up in an eyeblink. Who wouldn't like that power?<br /><br />The part I didn't like was Picard. I actually like Picard quite a bit, but he can at times be too...pure? Yet he is at times sort of a hypocrite. He went out of his way to prove that Ardra was a fraud. What was it about her he was so compelled to disprove? The leader of the planet didn't seem that out of sorts at the thought of Ardra as his ruler, yet Picard was just so indignant of the thought. Where was all this concern in season 2 episode Pen Pals? That entire planet came within a whisper of being torn apart, an entire society wiped out. The Picard in that episode was almost cruel, and used the Prime Directive as a way to not do something...almost. I get the fact the planet in Pen Pals were not on a high level technology wise, but they should have been saved and I'm glad they were. Had Picard not heard the child's plea he would have let them die. That's cold.<br /><br />Data was fine I suppose. I find the character so creepy. I did enjoy Picard in his pajamas, nothing wrong with that all.Nonamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611477624834853472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-65554956654915464782019-10-28T20:03:29.958-04:002019-10-28T20:03:29.958-04:00I spent this whole episode thinking, "I'v...I spent this whole episode thinking, "I've already <i>seen</i> 'Who Mourns for Adonais' AND 'Catspaw' AND 'The Squire of Gothos,' thanks. No need to put them all in a blender and come out with this mess!"<br /><br />Of course, I'm one of those women who does not find Patrick Stewart at all sexy; if he'd been Leonard Nimoy, I might have been able to get into the spirit of things more. :-)<br />Coryleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16961220703672521166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-92226057738828576392016-08-25T04:51:10.111-04:002016-08-25T04:51:10.111-04:00Well, Ardra tempting Picard with Troi was just fur...Well, Ardra tempting Picard with Troi was just further evidence that she was no God or devil, thus predictably falling into the trap that all men must want teh boobies.<br /><br />I liked this episode. It was a fun outing and it rang true with TNG's and Roddenberry's stated atheist message which I always fully supported. I watch it now and then. ;)Thomas Ijon Tichyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01401298696128080459noreply@blogger.com