Talk:The Masterpiece Society (episode)

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Contents 1 Episode talk page 1.1 Maintenance links 2 The any-phasic tractor beam 3 "This is John Snyder's second appearance on TNG. His first appearance was as Romulan Centurion Bochra in "The Enemy"." 4 Nitpicks 5 Moab IV is the exact same as Torman V 6 Significance of Picard's crystal in final scene?

Hello, guys i have some questions about this thema. Can anyone help me? Many thanks.

This thema? Anyways, you don't need permission to ask your questions, just go ahead and ask, although depending on the type of question, it may be better suited for one of our forums. --From Andoria with Love 01:24, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The any-phasic tractor beam

There is a mix of multi-phasic, multiphasic, transphasic - someone in the know should take care of this.Canonball 21:37, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "This is John Snyder's second appearance on TNG. His first appearance was as Romulan Centurion Bochra in "The Enemy"."

Should it be mentioned that LaForge's visor saved the day in both of John Snyder's appearances?

Possibly: "This is John Snyder's second appearance on TNG. His first appearance was as Romulan Centurion Bochra in "The Enemy" inwhich LaForge's Visor also played a pivotal role." Maybe adding "...pivotal role saving a person or peoples who would never of had such a device."

69.148.70.43 01:18, 29 July 2008 (UTC)Jay

I don't think there is any good reason to link plot points to guest stars that way, unless we know it was intentional (actor preference, or some such). --OuroborosCobra ^talk 01:23, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree, although tempting we need to stick with what we know is intentional. – Saphsaph 01:22, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nitpicks

• A fact commonly perceived as a continuity error is that, in "The Masterpiece Society", the Human colonists on Moab IV appeared to be stunned by transporter technology, despite the fact that their colony was founded "200 years ago". Taking this rather vague statement exactly, it would mean that the inhabitants of Moab IV did not know of the technology in 2168, thirty years after standard transporters must have been invented by Emory Erickson and fifteen years after they were frequently used on the Enterprise NX-01. However, it is absolutely reasonable to assume that the 200-year statement was an approximation, meaning the colony could have easily been founded 210 or 215 years prior. In addition to that, it is possible that the founders of the colony left Earth another ten or fifteen years earlier, at a time the Human public was still not aware of this brand new technology.

A nitpick that also ends with saying that it may in fact not even exist... – Saphsaph 01:22, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Moab IV is the exact same as Torman V

I don't know if this occurs more than once throughout the series, this is the first time I've noticed something like this, but the Image used to show the colony of Moab IV (the bio dome)is the exact same as the city on Torman V in "Chain of Command I". Has this happened in any other episodes?

Recycling footage was quite common on all the Trek shows. As for the specific image I couldn't say how many times it was used.--31dot 07:54, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Look here and here. --Jörg 08:10, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

OP here, wow I had no Idea, never really paid much attention to that before. Thanks.

[edit] Significance of Picard's crystal in final scene?

The final scene of the episode opens with a close shot of Picard idly toying with a crystal, which he sets down when joined by Riker. I can't shake this feeling that the crystal is a memento from some other episode (in the manner of the flute Picard keeps). Is there anything to this, or am I seeing meaning where a simple block of glass actually is? -NTC 05:05, October 1, 2009 (UTC)