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> Also from a purely Doylist point of view, a villain needs a face and a voice, otherwise it's just a force of nature. I always felt that they don't is exactly
by arp242 3y ago
> Also from a purely Doylist point of view, a villain needs a face and a voice, otherwise it's just a force of nature.
I always felt that they don't is exactly what made the Borg so scary; they can't be talked to or negotiated with. They just exist to assimilate. Nothing more or less. No compassion, no humanity. Before the Borg queen they really were a force of nature, but with laser phaser guns and shit.
The replicators in Stargate had the same effect. I felt there too they went too far by explaining the origins and having "human-like" replicators (I'm a bit fuzzy on the details, as I never cared all that much for Stargate and it's been ages since I watched it).
- data-ottawa 3y agoI have the same thoughts on the Borg. They’re like a virus, they’re a local optimum that is both logical and nearly inescapable.
- Izkata 3y agoThe origin worked for me: it's a grey goo scenario, technology that escaped control of its creators. The human-form replicators were an evolution of the technology during the show, not part of their origin. Happened while they were trapped in a time dilation field.