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Star Trek Observation
Mar. 30th, 2010 02:33 amYou know, as I wander through TNG again, I’m starting to realize that one of the reasons Lore annoys me so much is that he is way more uncanny valley than Data.
I’m not sure what this says about Brent Spiner as an actor, that he is a world champion at conveying weird android emotions,* but can’t for the life of him do believable human emotions, but I am just glad he found his niche.
Or maybe he just played Lore as the galaxy's most irritating villain on purpose. Is it too late to add him to the list of characters I'd slap several times?
*This would be Data’s default state, not some broken emotion chip. I maintain that Data’s claim that he doesn’t have emotions is a big old lie, except the reason he insists on it is that he really believes he doesn’t. He obviously has his own weird android emotions, but he has no idea what they are so he doesn’t recognize them.
I’m not sure what this says about Brent Spiner as an actor, that he is a world champion at conveying weird android emotions,* but can’t for the life of him do believable human emotions, but I am just glad he found his niche.
Or maybe he just played Lore as the galaxy's most irritating villain on purpose. Is it too late to add him to the list of characters I'd slap several times?
*This would be Data’s default state, not some broken emotion chip. I maintain that Data’s claim that he doesn’t have emotions is a big old lie, except the reason he insists on it is that he really believes he doesn’t. He obviously has his own weird android emotions, but he has no idea what they are so he doesn’t recognize them.
