• Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOP
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    18 days ago

    Oh, whoops. I added text to the TenForward crosspost but not this one. I kind-of said mostly that:

    Hopefully my image selection doesn’t show by bias. But seriously, I don’t think either is “better” - they approached it two different ways.

    Data got the emotion chip, but had to learn how to use them. We saw that all on-screen.

    Android got the emotion chip upgrade (which also seemed to come with the requisite control software) and was able to hit the ground running.

    • SatyrSack@feddit.org
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      18 days ago

      Good point. That difference probably makes for a subjectively “better” (more entertaining) plot in which we get to watch Data adapt to the chip and learn from it. Android’s chip is arguably a more realistic scenario, being that it is effectively a software upgrade that takes effect immediately. But that plot point in and of itself is less of a story to be told onscreen, and acts moreso as exposition toward the actual plot of exploring the benefits of those human mannerisms that had been immediately mastered.