Talk:Ode to Spot
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The poem should be posted in its original. You can edit it if it's copied wrong, but you shouldn't fix errors in Data's poem, if he (or the writers) had the "error" in the original. What's the source for this? --9er 22:22, 31 Oct 2005 (UTC)
- If there's a flaw it can be made into a note at the bottom of the page. Jaf 00:47, 1 Nov 2005 (UTC)Jaf
- It's still wrong. I'm listening to it now, and its mostly right except for a few pluralizations: hunting skills, cat communications, hedonistic predilection. Since we're apparently going for a 'As Data did it' version, I've fixed those. Skold 17:33, 13 Dec 2005 (UTC)
"Data would presumably not make these mistakes" ...given Data's incomplete dictionary (in Encounter at Farpoint, he didn't know the meaning of the word "snoop") he well might. Data does not make logical mistakes, but incorrect input will lead to incorrect output.
- It’s possible the meaning of the word ‘obviate’ has changed by this time. It wouldn’t be the first time a misunderstanding about a word’s meaning has shaped what it came to mean.
[edit] Real Author?
I removed the following:
- The ode was credited to visual effects artist Clay Dale.
I can't find anything on this point in a reference book, and a quick google search only gives pages derived from Wikipedia, which doesn't cite a source. [1]
It seems more logical to assume it was written by Brannon Braga, as he wrote the teleplay. A quote from the Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion: "in his rewrite Braga was proud of...Data's bad poetry, the bulk of a light teaser in direct contrast to the dark story to follow. He hoped the verse would reappear again beyond ("A Fistful of Datas").
– Cleanse 05:12, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
