By Chris Snellgrove | Published
Captain Picard has made many crazy decisions throughout Star Trek: The next generation This was going to refuse to erase the borg to let an early teenager steal the business. No doubt, however, his craziest choice was next to it and did nothing while Riker sprayed a relatively harmless assassin. Fans spent years Trying to understand why Picard did not say or do anything in the culmination of “the factor of revenge”, but it turns out that the real reason he was held so while Riker killed a woman, is that Patrick Stewart could not move or say anything that it spoils the special optical effect of the deadly deadly explosion of Riker.
In this episode, our intrepid crew discovers that an apparently young woman named Yuta is actually an assassin … One of the last of her kind, she is completely devoted to destroying the entire clan that killed her people. She progresses towards her target while Riker alternates by attacking him and pulling him with more and more strong Blasters, finally vaporizing her during the captain silently. The lack of reaction of Picard at the end of “The Vengeance Factor” is very strange, but the director of episode Timothy Bond explained later that he wanted the captain on the spot where Yuta was killed but that the optical effect forced him not to move.
As recorded in Captain newspapers: Trek trips unauthorizedBond was determined to have Picard in the most shocking scene of “The Vengeance Factor”, the moment when Riker vaporizes the assassin. He thought that the presence of the captain “would be really neat”, but to withdraw everything “meant putting several layers of elements in the photo, and for it to work properly, Picard had to remain motionless.” The director admitted to late that there was “no good reason” for Picard to be seated and did nothing and that “when I saw him, I regretted the decision”.
Interestingly, Picard’s actor, Patrick Stewart, was as confused as fans of the inaction of his character in this culminating moment of “The Vengeance Factor”. According to Bond, the actor was very incredulous and asked “I’m just supposed to sit here and do nothing?” Although the director of episode made late how a bad call was, he first estimated that it was the best action plan because “we knew that Riker had to kill the girl and we did not want to run Picard by the phaser”.
Now, if you are a fan of Picard who spent decades By asking why he did nothing in “the factor of revenge”, this explanation is probably unsatisfactory. For example, it made sense from a special effects point of view, but it is downright weird to watch Picard sit there to do and say nothing while Riker speaks and finally kills Yuta in four minutes. It turns out that Timothy Bond agrees, noting that “what I should have done is what you usually do – don’t have it in the photo” because “then the public does not think” why does Picard not react? ” »» »
What makes all this even crazier is that Riker probably had not had to murder Yuta … As, when we see that she cannot be amazed by the lower frame, the first officer only binds twice before maximizing his phaser. Perhaps there was a framework between “Stun” and “vaporization” which could have associated it? In addition, he had a laser pistol and she had only one glass, arguing that she was a clear and present threat that could not be captured very at best vague.
The moral darkness of the great moment of Riker makes the silence and inaction of Picard in “The Vengeance Factor” much stranger. Now we know, however, that this bizarre moment was caused by the need for the captain to remain perfectly motionless during an optical effect. Unfortunately, this effect has more than killed Yuta … in the eyes of many fans, he also killed the character of Picard, making him appear undecided and downright passive in front of his first officer murdering someone just before him.
