From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
   Subject: Re: Crusher vs, Pulaski Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   In article <4b3fac35$0$1636$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,   
    Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
      
   > Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   > > In article    
   > > <36a59991-b3bb-43fd-b227-60674280884d@h2g2000vbd.googlegroups.com>,   
   > >  "David E. Powell"  wrote:   
   > >    
   > >> It is wierd for me because I liked both. Pulaski was a bit more like   
   > >> Bones, ascerbic at times but when you got to know her she was cool,   
   > >> and she embodied professionalism. I guess the wierd thing was   
   > >> replacing a character a season in, but Babylon 5 did in and did OK,   
   > >> and with them one character they "replaced" became a recurring guest.   
   > >>   
   > >> Since Wesley became such a big part of the show maybe they wanted Dr.   
   > >> Crusher around more, so maybe that could have been another reason.   
   > >> Though the idea of Picard as the surrogate father he'd lost would have   
   > >> been reinforced if he were on board as an acting Ensign and Beverly   
   > >> were assigned elsewhere and occasionally dropped by, like she was the   
   > >> doctor on their local starbase etc.   
   > >>   
   > >> Or for a reason we don't know everything about they regretted letting   
   > >> her go, a circumstance that doesn't get talked about publically, so we   
   > >> may never know.   
   > >>   
   > >> Either way good on Diana Muldaur for going to L.A. Law soon after and   
   > >> having a hellacious run there as a heavy.   
   > >    
   > > Yes   
   > >> I thought Crusher grew as a character and McFadden found a groove.   
   > >> Then again Muldaur probably would have gotten in a deep groove too,   
   > >> and she had ties to the original series so it wasn't her first Trek   
   > >> bike ride either.   
   > >>   
   > >> Much like the B-5 "replacement" arguments, the vs. thing is tough   
   > >> because I don't have a beef on either.   
   > >    
   > > The big problem they had with Pulaski was making her nasty towards Data.     
   > > They were trying to recapture the McCoy/Spock feud, but Spock was more    
   > > than able to defend himself, and Data wasn't.  The result was it seemed    
   > > like she was picking on an innocent child.   
   > >    
   > > If Pulaski had stuck around, we might have been spared crap like Sub    
   > > Rosa, or Barclay Devolves Into A Spider, Or Crusher is Being Sucked Into    
   > > Another Universe, or Crusher is too Stupid to Know Klingons Have 2    
   > > Spines, or Crusher is too Stupid to Read the Manual on Trills, or    
   > > Crusher is Too Stupid to do the Memory Wipe, or Crusher Doesn't Care    
   > > that O'Brien Has a Dislocated Shoulder, or Crusher Runs Around On a    
   > > Planet Reading Picard's Mind etc. etc. etc.   
   > >    
   > But probably not.  Blaming writer stupidity on the actor is going a bit    
   > far in your crusade, Anim.   
      
   Not really.  I admit I don't understand the dynamics, but Crusher was    
   written as an incompetent joke (McMuffin admits it) and Pulaski wasn't.     
   Plus stuff like "Barclay Devolves Into A Spider" can be blamed on    
   McMuffin since she directed it, and crap like "Crusher Runs Around On a    
   Planet Reading Picard's Mind" or "Crusher is Too Stupid to do the Memory    
   Wipe" wouldn't have happened without Crusher at all.   
      
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