Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Rob Doorack (R) on December 03, 2001 at 13:30:03

In Reply to: Re: tsk,tsk,tsk posted by Bruce from DC on December 01, 2001 at 13:18:28:

>>the UFP was ... essentially, a defensive military alliance<<

That's how the Warsaw Pact described itself, too. My memory is that the Federation has its own ambassadors and planetary governors, which is a little unusual for a military force (and the Enterprise is clearly a war ship). A Trekkie coworker observed that there doesn't seem to be any form of justice in the Federation other than courts martial. When Data wanted to establish whether he was a sentient being or an "it" wasn't his case heard in a military court? The point is that there's little evidence that the Federation is subservient to civilian control.

>>Most earlier Sci-fi was for kids<<

That ignores The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, to name just two shows.