Re: TOS Star Trek and The Warp Drive
I can understand the mentality of believing that it's totally safe to bring the family out into space...
Just look at the United States today...we as a people believed that we were totally safe, and there was nothing to worry about...and then there was the events of 9/11!!! The situation changed the perceptions of the American people.
Basically, we (as a people) seem to convince ourselves that nothing bad will ever happen to us...and then we get a "wake up call" , and we come to our senses...
It's like the old saying goes, "It's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye...:tsk:" (but then it's only fun...the game is gone!!!), but I digress.
Weaselly Crusher, I believe, was an attempt to draw a new "fan base" to the Star Trek universe...and make TNG a show that the family could all huddle around the TV to watch...
I don't really believe that it had the effect that the producers all thought it would...do you?