From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: David_Powell3006@msn.com
Subject: Re: Crusher vs, Pulaski Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?
On Jan 2, 8:08apm, Anim8rFSK wrote:
> In article <4b3fac35$0$1636$742ec...@news.sonic.net>,
> aDimensional Traveler wrote:
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> > Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > > In article
> > > <36a59991-b3bb-43fd-b227-606742808...@h2g2000vbd.googlegroups.com>,
> > > a"David E. Powell" wrote:
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> > >> 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.
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> > >> 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.
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> > >> 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.
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> > >> Either way good on Diana Muldaur for going to L.A. Law soon after and
> > >> having a hellacious run there as a heavy.
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> > > 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.
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> > >> Much like the B-5 "replacement" arguments, the vs. thing is tough
> > >> because I don't have a beef on either.
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> > > The big problem they had with Pulaski was making her nasty towards Data.
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> > > They were trying to recapture the McCoy/Spock feud, but Spock was more
> > > than able to defend himself, and Data wasn't. aThe result was it seemed
> > > like she was picking on an innocent child.
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> > > 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.
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> > But probably not. aBlaming writer stupidity on the actor is going a bit
> > far in your crusade, Anim.
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> Not really. aI admit I don't understand the dynamics, but Crusher was
> written as an incompetent joke (McMuffin admits it) and Pulaski wasn't. a
> 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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Then again it was Dr. Crusher who thought to use the shields that
allowed them to hang near the sun to trap a borg ship one time. Plus
she shot a lot of people. (Good for business!)
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