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One thing I did not like about data is he sorta made everyone else second best in thier specialty. stronger than worf, smarter than wesley. I almost surprised they did not give him more sensory capabilities than giordi.
He's stronger than worf, but doesn't have his instinct for dangerous situations. He's smarter than Westley (lol) but doesn't have a great capacity for improvisation and adaptability. He's technically better than Geordi at science, but not necessarily engineering, again pointing at his spock-like proclivity for sticking with "in the box" thinking.
Ironically, Geordi has better tech eyes, but data gets more play, if you know what I'm saying 😉
That's one of the reasons I think neurodivergents identify so strongly with him. I might be smarter, or better at some things than someone else, but it definitely doesn't mean I'll be more successful than they are.
not smoother than Riker though, or wiser than Picard, or hotter than O'Brian... they left room!
riker will never be as fully functional as data and even picard louds his wisdom at times.
Lauded.
No bro, Picard louds it. Like when he says "THERE. ARE. FOUR. LIGHTS!"
You forget Data's ultimate weakness. All those other crew members mentioned above can use contractions. Data can not.
Riked never could woo Tasha Yar, so Data has that on him!
Yeah, but they were both space drunk at the time, so does that count?
You think Riker never tried the synthohol approach?
Data looking at that hologram of Yar is the funniest fucking scene in the entire series.
They did it with Spock too, so it is sort of par for Trek
true
He's also better at boning hot blondes than anybody else.
yes but no post nut clarity.
man's got positronic pre nut clarity
Man in the future not only will machines take our jobs but they will also turn into Data and take our girls
They're already pleasuring women in a way that men can't.
But that's kinda the same discussion as in pen and paper RPGs - why do have any other regular members of the party if you have magic user. It's a cool idea to add frankly overpowered character but it will inevitably lead to the numerous plotlines where they gonna have to cripple them or remove from the picture in order to let others to show some problem solving skills.
They do that with villains in those superhero movies too. First you introduce ludicrously powerful character that can alter matter at will or manipulate time or crush armies with thought then how do some much weaker guys defeat them? When they are looking to the left so they don't see someone's first. Or some random crap that was never mentioned before. Or sometimes literally a more powerful guy shows up.
It's the easiest way to put yourself into a corner as a writer.
yeah it drives me a little nuts with adam eve in incredible. she fights so many opponets who rely on tech but doesn't bother converting it all to lead bricks.
adam eve in incredible
It's actually atom eve. I had the same confusion when I first watched the show. The fact that the animators screwed up and used the "far away" version of her chest logo (with just an X over the female symbol) during closeups didn't help. Her actual logo is the female symbol with electron orbits around it.