August 06, 2003
TNG: Skin of Evil
[Trek Talk]
What a sad way to kill a main character. The death of Tasha Yar in TNG: Skin of Evil came as a surprise and left me deflated when I first saw the episode. Until this day I had always thought it pretentious to always have to kill a main character in some incredible noble fashion (giving their life for everyone else, dying in a huge battle, etc.) The empty and meaningless death of Tasha made me change my mind about that. She deserved better.
On another note, I want to know who manged to convince Frakes that it was a good idea to jump into a tub full of ink!
Posted by Leopoldo at August 6, 2003 08:54 AM | TrackBackI can't decide whether to like or hate this one ... I always did have trouble being afraid of oil slicks and trashbags though. (pity the por actor who played Armus). Though I did have an interesting thought occur to me last time i saw it. When Armus tells the story of how he was created (basically he's the castoff crud of a beautiful race, they decided to leave behind all evil and ugliness, creaing him) for some reason I thought of the Kelvans in the Original series episode 'By Any Other Name' (also known as the crew-gets-reduced-to-styrofoam-cubes one). The Kelvans are beautiful, advanced, and in pursuit of higher knowledge, so they fit Armus' description. Am I crazy?
Oh, and at least the ink improved Riker a little ...
Posted by: dyingofluv on September 4, 2003 10:07 AMThe Kelvans aren't perfect, though, and they're not all beautiful. Mostly just Kelinda, who was one of the more interesting Original Series women guest stars.
Posted by: Diane Gibson on September 5, 2003 04:05 PM'Skin of Evil' was a bad episode, but at the same time it means a lot to me because of Tasha Yar... The final scene is the best, simple and remarkable, not overdone. Each and every cast member, without dialogue, did a wonderful job in that last goodbye.
Posted by: heathcliffe on September 8, 2003 12:05 PMI forgot about the part where they try to revive Yar ... and at the end, Data's wondering grief. Very sad.
Posted by: heathcliffe on September 8, 2003 12:06 PM
