Shot down by crossfire, Chakotay bonds with one faction in the midst of a war.Shot down by crossfire, Chakotay bonds with one faction in the midst of a war.Shot down by crossfire, Chakotay bonds with one faction in the midst of a war.
Jeri Ryan
- Seven of Nine
- (credit only)
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- TriviaThe Kradin aircraft are Harrier Jump Jets modified with CGI.
- GoofsChakotay says that, where he's from, they always resolve their differences peacefully, then goes on to acknowledge his Maquis career, which is the exact opposite of that.
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Glimpse at this soon-after and fathom those nullified
First of all: This is the third shuttle destroyed in the last three episodes...
Second, instead of adding a wrinkled nose ridge to the aliens they gave them a dumb language with overused silly words: Glimpse, fathom, soon-after, nullify, trunks... it gets annoying very quickly. The other alien race though borrowed a lot of their facial traits from Predator.
This episode is about war propaganda and how to make your own people hate the enemy and paint the enemy into the most violent colors imaginable, reducing him to beasts instead of sentient beings. It has been done and is done in wars in our own history. Chakotay learns to hate the enemy of one of the war factions on an alien planet. Although he is not part of this conflict, he soon feels like the people around him. He starts to hate their enemies which become his enemies. He sees them as mindless beasts, killing innocents and desecrating their dead bodies. And he wants to kill them all.
In the end though it all just is a propaganda mind play, tricking Chakotay to hate and fight a war that is not his own. A brain wash. Yet, we also see that the other faction ultimately seems to be not much better than the one, Chakotay fought with. They also hate their enemies and call them their Nemesis. Both factions are driven by hatred and the wish to eliminate their enemies. In war often both sides lose perspective and after a long time fighting, the enemy has become the devil which makes it easier to fight him instead of humans with feelings, fears and beliefs - just like your own kind.
Second, instead of adding a wrinkled nose ridge to the aliens they gave them a dumb language with overused silly words: Glimpse, fathom, soon-after, nullify, trunks... it gets annoying very quickly. The other alien race though borrowed a lot of their facial traits from Predator.
This episode is about war propaganda and how to make your own people hate the enemy and paint the enemy into the most violent colors imaginable, reducing him to beasts instead of sentient beings. It has been done and is done in wars in our own history. Chakotay learns to hate the enemy of one of the war factions on an alien planet. Although he is not part of this conflict, he soon feels like the people around him. He starts to hate their enemies which become his enemies. He sees them as mindless beasts, killing innocents and desecrating their dead bodies. And he wants to kill them all.
In the end though it all just is a propaganda mind play, tricking Chakotay to hate and fight a war that is not his own. A brain wash. Yet, we also see that the other faction ultimately seems to be not much better than the one, Chakotay fought with. They also hate their enemies and call them their Nemesis. Both factions are driven by hatred and the wish to eliminate their enemies. In war often both sides lose perspective and after a long time fighting, the enemy has become the devil which makes it easier to fight him instead of humans with feelings, fears and beliefs - just like your own kind.
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- tomsly-40015
- Dec 26, 2023
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- Runtime46 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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