From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
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   Subject: Re: Who Mourns for Adonais? my review   
      
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   <84192090-f7f4-4213-a0b0-e6acc13a151b@r26g2000vbi.googlegroups.com>,   
    Brad Filippone  wrote:   
      
   > On Dec 20, 4:42apm, "jph...@gmail.com"  wrote:   
   >    
   > > The episode did apparently have two alterations imposed on it by the   
   > > networks. One was the removal of a tag which would have revealed that   
   > > Palamas was pregnant with Apollo's child. The other was a slight   
   > > alteration to a line in which Kirk offers his initial dismissal of   
   > > Apollo, telling him, "We have no use for gods." Apparently, in the   
   > > original script, that was the end of the line. The network asked for a   
   > > slight follow-up, however, so in the televised episode Kirk adds: "The   
   > > one is quite sufficient." I have mixed feelings on the first   
   > > alteration. On the one hand, the cut scene certainly backs up my   
   > > reading of the scene in which Apollo assaults Palamas. On the other   
   > > hand, it was clearly a jokey tag scene... and I'm just as happy not to   
   > > have Trek be among the late '60's/early '70's shows that were a bit   
   > > too happy to find humor in rape scenes or rape threats.   
   > >   
   > No, sad to say, they had already done that in "The Enemy Within."   
   >    
   > > The change to Kirk's dialogue is one that I actually favor. It may   
   > > work against Gene Roddenberry's vision of a future in which humanity   
   > > has discarded all of its superstitions. But, much like J. Michael   
   > > Straczynski and Babylon 5, I never can quite buy that utopian future   
   > > in which humanity is free of crime and conflict, let alone religion.   
   > > Besides which, the addition is just a better line, far snappier and   
   > > more quotable than what would otherwise be a throwaway. And in drama,   
   > > one should never let one's worldview get in the way of a good one-   
   > > liner.   
   > >   
   > The problem with the "we find the one quite sufficient, on the other   
   > hand, is that it implies that all other religions have died out.  And   
   > that's just counting Earth religions only.  So the line comes across   
   > as unintentionally prejudicial.   
      
   Not if they HAVE died out.   
      
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