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I don't know if it's because I literally just assumed Erich Anderson's Commander McDuff was a random Enterprise officer of the week (which we saw quite often during the show) when I watched it as a kid during the original run, so the twist actually worked on eleven year old me. I don't know if it's because I just like a good "everyone has amnesia" story. I don't even know if it's just because it's a good Ro Laren episode. I don't know if it's just because we learn that Starfleet doesn't give a crap about lasers.
I just like it. It's neat.
And I rewatched it last night, and feel that it holds up -- which is why I found it deeply weird that the folks who wrote the episode actually think it's not that good. My favorite episode of the entire seven season run of the show was a failure according to the folks who wrote it.
And maybe, as a writer and creator, I should remember that.
Like the hardest part of releasing creative works to the public is that often, after a while, I'll start to judge those things far more harshly than when I first made them. Or I'll compare it to the potential I thought an idea had in my head. And if I don't reach that potential, I'll think of it as "bad" -- when it might just be slightly different than that idea. I have one hundred percent published stories that I thought were just sort of okay and later had someone tell me how much it meant to them to read it.
*cough*I Hate November*cough*
So I should make sure I remember Conundrum. That one of my favorite things to rewatch is considered one of those failures by its creators. That the things I make might have value, just not in the way I originally thought they should.
It's just sort of how things work out.
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Let me guess – you’re out on the other side of the Maxwell’s Demon that seems to have taken up residence over the midwest. Out here in LA we’re getting Santa Anas and it’s been in the ’70s…
Hang in there! It looks downright scary on TV.
I’m in Indiana, where we got hit with a snow storm right before the cold, so everything is pretty much shut down. All the county highways are closed, as is the Interstate from here in Lafayette all the way to Chicago. My wife wisely decided we should stock up on food on Saturday though, so we’ve thus far just been sitting this one out.
Since Purdue University has been shut down for the weather though too, she’s been home from work these last couple days as well. Since I work from home though, sadly I don’t get the time off. 😛
And before everybody else points this out, that shoulda been the 70s as in 70 degrees Farenheit. We have not been innundated with Star Trek reruns, and silly looking pants. Do not worry.
I was a rational human being once… or I thought I was… okay I never was a rational human being
You’re a fan, rationality is over-rated.