From a reader:
I canโt remember, but it seems as if it was you who said something like โMind my words, if the ratings for Enterprise drop enough, you can bet that TโPol will go into Pon Farr.โ
Well, guess what happened on last nightโs episodeโฆ
Heโs right. Hereโs the opening from my Enterprise review , with the relevant prediction:
Okay, the Vulcan chick is over the top.
By now, anyone who cares (if you donโt, you shouldnโt be reading this anyway) has seen or heard that the new Trek series, Enterprise, has a Vulcan sexpot named TโPol. The producers learned their lesson from Voyagerโs 7-of-9, and have concluded they will never again be caught without a silicone-enhanced chick in a spackled-on uniform. It is cool that theyโve chosen a Vulcan to be the sex symbol, since Vulcans โ while superior to humans in so many ways โ have โnot tonight, dearโ headaches that last in roughly seven-year stretches (prediction: TโPol will hear the Vulcan call of the birds and the bees, the Pon Farr, the moment the ratings dip).
With her over-the-top bitchiness and her under-her-top augmentation, TโPol reminds me of that old Robin Williams joke about how he wanted sex to become an Olympic sport, just so we could see what the East Germans would come up with.






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