[thechat] RE: Alien half breeds (WAS: Boring)

[Madhu Menon]

At 11:30 PM 10/17/2001, you wrote:
>It's time to discuss last night's episode of Enterprise.  Was it a repeat of
>the first one or what?  I saw some Klingon's, an Alien form that had
>problems with their warp drive, chief engineer of Enterprise got
>pregnant.... I never saw the first episode.  Was this one new?

That's one thing that really bugs me - the ease with which one species can 
make another pregnant. So you have human-Klingons (B'ellana Torres), 
human-Betazoids (that godawful Troi), and now the chief engineer (male!) 
getting impregnated. I asked a doctor friend about what would theoretically 
happen if say, bull semen were used instead of human semen, and he said the 
human body would simply reject it, not create a bull-human half breed.

OK, OK, I know it's science "fiction" but still... there should be some 
physiological differences between the reproductive systems of humans and 
aliens!

My other beef is with the look of aliens. Yeah, I know the budget for ST 
episodes isn't that high, but the only difference between species seem to 
be markings or extrusions on their face. Now, if you want to see realistic 
aliens, you've got to watch Farscape. Absolutely wonderful series! (we're 
still waiting for the third season here in India).

On a sort of unrelated topic, does anyone know how much Star Trek cast 
members get paid per episode? (incidentally, Kelsey Grammar now makes $1.6 
million per episode of "Frasier". I shit you not!)

Oh, and Ron L, I know Amritraj acted in the ST movie. What I meant was that 
I'd like to see an Indian as a regular member of the cast, like LaForge or 
Scotty or Paris. The only time I remember an Indian on the series was a 
"Mr. Singh" in one ST:TNG episode. 30 second part. :))

I've clearly rambled on for too long. They're now showing an episode of 
Voyager daily here, so I'm all excited.

Madhu

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