tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 27 20:14:05 1997
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Re: "Soldiers of the Empire" and KGT
qaSDI' 05:23 PM 8/27/97 -0700, ghItlh mIqIraH:
>Although covering the writers' asses may get a little frustrating, I think
>it is sort of cool, myself. It is fun to argue for weeks and get angry at
>the writers, and then find out later that they were "right" the whole time!
>;-) Backpeddling? Yep. Aggrivating? Sometimes. Neccessary? You betcha.
I have to agree. I'm as frustrated with the apathetic attitudes of Star
Trek writers as anyone else. It makes me especially angery that Paramount
is sueing HetaQ for possession of a language that it seems only vaguely
aware of. But I think it is a credit to Okrand that he tries to bridge the
gap. Someone involved in ST production has to give a damn! Besides, as
ironic as it may seem, compensateing for Paramount hol, or rather
incorporating it into tlhIngan Hol, has given Okrand avenues of "fleshing
out" the language, and it's history. He has always writen from the
perspective of a cultural observer rather than an author. This latest work
of his reflects that.
SuSvaj