Chris Snellgrove | publishing
Captain Picard made many crazy decisions throughout the process Star Trek: The Next Generation From refusing to eliminate Borg to driving companies that make precocious teenagers. However, it can be said that his craziest choice is to stand and do nothing, while Riker evaporates a relatively harmless assassin. Fans spent it Year Trying to figure out why Picard didn’t say or do anything during the climax of the “Revenge Factor”, but it turns out that the real reason for him to stand up is that Riker kills a woman that Patrick Stewart can’t move or say anything so that he doesn’t mess with the optical special effects of Riker’s lethal.
In this episode, our brave crew discovers that a seemingly young woman, Yuta, is actually an assassin…her last one is her last one, and she is totally committed to eliminating the entire clan that killed her people. When Riker alternately warned her and shot her with a more powerful mobile blaster, eventually causing her to evaporate her silently, she stepped towards her target. It’s strange that Picard lacks reaction at the end of “The Revenge Factor,” but plot director Timothy Bond later explained that he wanted to kill Yuta’s captain in the shooting, but the optical effect requires him to remain unmoved.
As record Captain’s Log: Unauthorized Complete Trek SailBond was determined to put Picard in the most shocking scene of the “Revenge Factor”: the moment when Riker evaporates the assassin. He thought the Captain’s presence was “really neat”, but cancelled everything, which meant putting several layers of elements into the shot, and for it to work properly, Picard had to stay still. “The director belatedly admitted that Picard was sitting there and doing nothing “without a good reason,” “I actually regretted the decision when I saw it.” ”
Interestingly, Picard actor Patrick Stewart is just as confused as fans’ inaction during the climax of this “revenge factor.” According to Bond, the actor was incredible, asking, “Should I sit here and do nothing?” While the director of the episode was belatedly aware that it was a bad call, he initially thought it was the best action because “we knew Rick had to kill that girl and we didn’t want Picard to hit Picard.”
Now, if you are a Picard fan Decades This explanation may be unsatisfactory when asked why he did nothing in the “revenge factor”. Like, from a special effect perspective, it makes sense, but it’s no doubt strange to watch Picard sit there when Riker talks and ends up killing Yuta in the course of four minutes. It turns out that Timothy Bond agreed, noting that “What I should do is what you usually do – don’t let him shoot” because “then the audience doesn’t think ‘Picard doesn’t react?'”
All of this is even crazy that Riker can say no to murder Yuta…like, while we see that she can’t be shocked by the low environment, the first officer fired her only twice before firing his mover. Maybe there is a setting between “coma” and “evaporation” that might knock her down? Plus, he has a laser gun, she only has one cup, proving that she is a clear and current threat that cannot be captured Very It is vague at best.
The moral haze of Riker’s important moments makes Picard’s silence and inaction in the “revenge factor” so strange. However, now we know that this strange moment is caused by the captain’s need to stay perfectly during the optical effect. Unfortunately, this effect is more than killing Yuta… in the eyes of many fans, it also kills Picard’s character, making him appear soft and thoroughly passive when he murdered his first officer in front of him.
