{"id":6122,"date":"2015-08-13T04:58:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T04:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/322-The-Most-Toys"},"modified":"2015-08-13T04:58:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T04:58:22","slug":"322-the-most-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/13\/322-the-most-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"3.22 &#8212; \u201cThe Most Toys\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.22 &#8212; \u201cThe Most Toys\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Plot:<\/strong> Lt. Cmdr. Data is kidnapped by an unscrupulous collector of rare artifacts while on an away mission. The collector, Kivas Fajo, fakes Data\u2019s death in a shuttlecraft so that the crew believes Data to be lost. Data must figure out how to resist his captor. Will he ever return to the <em>Enterprise<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thoughts:<\/strong> I like this one more than I expected, based on the episode preview (&#8220;Next week, on <em>Star Trek: The Next Generation&#8230;<\/em>&#8220;). This is largely due to Saul Rubinek, who really elevates the Kivas Fajo character. It\u2019s not easy to be funny while acting broadly and wearing Groucho eyebrows, but he pulls it off. Rubinek was not intended to play the part. The producers cast David Rappaport, a dwarf actor who also played the lead in <em>Time Bandits<\/em> (1981), among other roles.\u00a0Rappaport attempted suicide during filming, and the role was recast and certain scenes reshot.\u00a0Rappaport completed his suicide attempt two months later, shortly before the episode first aired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I find the story to be adequate and sufficiently entertaining, but I was disappointed not to get more from a Data-is-captured story. I want to explore more about Data&#8217;s inhumanity, and how he can be dangerous if cornered. We know from prior episodes that he is extremely strong. I bet he\u2019s capable of being fast, as well. While the episode establishes that he can\u2019t touch Kivas, he never tests Varria, who can also operate the prison doors. There are several opportunities while the prison door is standing open for Data to rush through it, or wedge the door open with a thrown object. It would then be impossible to physically force him back into the room. Unfortunately, the producers either didn\u2019t have the time, budget, or inclination to explore Data\u2019s true limitations (or lack thereof).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like a good quote from <em>Hamlet<\/em>. \u201cHe was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again\u201d is a line Hamlet speaks about his murdered father, which brings the rejoinder from Horatio \u201cMy Lord, I think I saw him yesternight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are supposed to think about whether Data really did try to shoot Kivas at the end, and whether the final scenes mean that Data has emotion, or not. Did anyone find this intriguing? To me, this plays more as a reminder that this ambiguity exists in the character rather than an advancement of the conundrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 out of 5 rare, supposedly extinct <strike>hand puppets<\/strike> Laplings.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/The_Most_Toys\" class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-recommend=\"0\" data-card-width=\"100%\">http:\/\/en.memory-alpha.wikia.com\/wiki\/The_Most_Toys<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n      ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>        3.22 &#8212; \u201cThe Most Toys\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-6122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-star-trek-relive-the-majesty-tng-episode-threads","tag-kevin-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}