I just got so used to him in it that it freaked me out when he wasn't wearing it. I think it would have been way better if they simply grown him new eyes in a vat or surgically altered his to repair them.
I think Gene's intention was to show that in the future disabilities would be irrelevant to the job at hand and there would be no bias for those who were differently-abled. I just don't think he pulled it off very well. B --- On Fri, 9/11/09, Keith Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: From: Keith Johnson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] LeVar Burton on the End of "Reading Rainbow" To: [email protected] Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 11:16 AM It was canceled, due to a combination of budget cuts and a feeling the show wasn't remedial or direct enough in teach basic reading skills. As for the eye piece, I'm ecstatic he didn't have it. I always hated the VISOR on TNG. I didn't get why in a time when Data exists and they have nanobots and genetic engineering, a big clunky thing like that was needed. Why couldn't they grow some organic eyes for Goerdi and implant them in his skull? Surely that's not beyond people who can create Augments and enhance Bashir's brain power. Why did the VISOR have to be so big and bulky: the more normal eyes he sports in the later movies made way more sense. I just never got the artifice of that contraption, and was really really glad to see it go. And, to be honest, I did have one of those "why does the black man have to have the disability" attitudes about the whole thing. Get enough of that in comics with the likes of Deathlok, Cyborg, Spawn, etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bosco Bosco" <ironpi...@yahoo. com> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 12:07:36 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] LeVar Burton on the End of "Reading Rainbow" I don't have time to read the transcript just now, was it cancelled or did Mr. Burton retire? That show was bad ass. Almost no whistles and bells, just books and stories and kids. I haven't seen it in a while but I'm sad to see it go. As a side note, I always found it creepy that he didn't wear the eye covering on the show. B --- On Thu, 9/10/09, Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net> wrote: From: Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net> Subject: [scifinoir2] LeVar Burton on the End of "Reading Rainbow" To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 11:34 PM A sad and mostly unnoticed end to a very important program. Several people called into the broadcast to thank Burton for his two-plus decades of teaching their children to read and love reading. They were very upset. Hey...maybe Obama should make a statement supporting the program? Yeah right: that'll make sure it stays dead and buried for all time. Can't risk having Burton teach the kids anything dangerous like how to read something outside of headlines and webpage tickers.... You can listen to the broadcast at the link below, or read the transcript. http://www.npr. org/templates/ story/story. php?storyId= 112679753
