Story: Datalore
Written By: Robert Lewin and Gene Roddenberry
Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Year: 1988
"Datalore" is not a good episode, but I kind of liked it when I was a kid. I just liked the concept of Lore. As an adult I can see how uninteresting a concept it is, that it is just a lame evil twin story. But as a kid, Lore was one of those recurring villains I liked. This is his first appearance.
The crew returns to the planet where Data was initially discovered, and they find some caverns in which they discover the body parts to Lore. They decide to put him together. As it turns out the crystalline entity that killed everyone on the planet except Data was summoned by Lore, and now he’s alive again to do the same to the Enterprise.
There are a lot of dumb scenes and bad dialogue…and it really just isn’t very well executed for the generic plot they are using. It had potential with Data being an android the evil twin plot could have had a new spin on it, but it just falls flat. Luckily Lore gets better episodes in the future.
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Written By: Robert Lewin and Gene Roddenberry
Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Year: 1988
"Datalore" is not a good episode, but I kind of liked it when I was a kid. I just liked the concept of Lore. As an adult I can see how uninteresting a concept it is, that it is just a lame evil twin story. But as a kid, Lore was one of those recurring villains I liked. This is his first appearance.
There are a lot of dumb scenes and bad dialogue…and it really just isn’t very well executed for the generic plot they are using. It had potential with Data being an android the evil twin plot could have had a new spin on it, but it just falls flat. Luckily Lore gets better episodes in the future.
NEXT TIME: Bitches