Watched SNW episode 5 last night. Nah, not a fan of Spock's full-length Emotional Side stories. There are plenty of characters with Emotional Sides. There's only one Spock (well, in this volume). Let's explore rather what it means to live a logical life - something that most of us do not really do, something that *would* be different and harder for the writers to pull off.
Had the writers been more adventurous, that theme could have been really further enhanced with a more layered Amanda Grayson. Here the novels are a real help. Amanda was someone intrigued by Vulcan philosophy, much as some people are intrigued by Stoicism or Bhuddism. She studied it, and eventually was able to get a job at the Vulcan embassy, where she met Sarek. They fell in love and were married, with Amanda resolved to live according to Vulcan principles. She faced some scepticism at first, but her perseverance and her determination to master Vulcan principles won her the respect and acceptance of her neighbors, and she both held a job and accompanied her husband in his activities as a Vulcan ambassador.
Exploring HER journey - a full human who admired the logical life and lived it, while never hiding her own humanity - would have been more interesting than trying yet again to show Vulcan Emotional Breakdowns.
And, agreed about the busty evening gown, although it's in the general TOS female costume tradition. Have Orion dancing girls made an appearance in SNW yet? I forget. (Hey, if you're going to have dancing girls, Orions are the best).
