From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: Led4acs@aol.com   
   Subject: Re: The Eye of the Beholder (TAS): my review   
      
   On Oct 10, 10:30aam, Graeme  wrote:   
   > On Oct 8, 3:43apm, Led4Aces  wrote:   
   >   
   > > On Oct 7, 7:21aam, Graeme  wrote:   
   > > My take on it is that advanced beings like the Thasians and Metrons   
   > > have "seen it all" and either weren't impressed with what they found   
   > > "out there" or simply retired into their own little corner of the   
   > > universe.   
   >   
   > To finish the thought, that's not a bad idea, but the two questions it   
   > raises for me, are   
   >   
   > a) Why is their own corner so interesting that it's worth hanging   
   > around in (usually, they seem very uninteresting).   
   Maybe for the same reason returning to one's home town can give them a   
   warm glow, especially if they grew up near Chernobyl.   
   > b) Why is their own corner still around and still habitable after all   
   > these millennia? a(Sometimes it may not be. Trelane's family seemed to   
   > be wanderers).   
   Well it takes billions of years for a sun to burn out. As long as the   
   Metrons/Whomever didn't take a big dump all over their planet and   
   learned to conserve resources, there is no reason to believe why their   
   respective planets wouldn't still be habitable.   
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