Cade wrote:
Actually the Vulcans on Enterprise were pretty much as Roddenberry intended them. The way Vulcans ended up being portrayed on other post-TOS series was a very narrow, cliched manner that focused heavily on one dimension of the race mainly because that's what the fans liked, even though Roddenberry had a bigger and far more interesting concept behind them. What I like about Enterprise in they got more into Roddenberry's original idea of Vulcans as an intensely emotional, even violent and treacherous race that had to learn logic and detachment to save themselves from their own inner chaos and self-undoing. I mean, he didn't call them "Vulcans" (Latin for "volcano") just because that sounded cool. But whatever. Trekkies can be idiots as much as anyone else. If Vulcans can't be treacherous or have the free will to do unethical things, then how do you explain the Romulans? It's like the fans want the Vulcans to be genetic predisposed to being ethical, logical and thoroughly one-dimensional. Boring. We already had three series of those Vulcans. I like the idea that Vulcans have to strive to be honorable just as much as other races.
Actually "Vulcan" is the Roman name for Hephaestos, who was the blacksmith of the gods and who was responsible for overseeing the Cyclopes. Among other things, Vulcan/Hephaestos and the Cyclopes manufactured Zeus' lightening. Volcanoes are so called because it was said that Vulcan etc dwelled within the mountain. (He was also married to Venus / Aphrodite)
But anyway... There are episodes of other series (including Next Generation and Voyager) that show instances of Vulcans struggling to control their intense emotions. They are not always portrayed as automatically logical.
Incidentally, perhaps someone could help me with something. Did the guy who played Tuvok in Voyager also have a small part in Generations?
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