135 - The Measure of a Man
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135 - The Measure of a Man |
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| In questo episodio... Note 47 Technobabble Blooper Versione italiana Premi Citazioni Script |
| Episodi |
| Author, Author |
| Navigazione |
| Base stellare 173 |
| Giochi |
| Poker |
| Quante volte... |
| Un marinaio viene rapito, arrestato o processato? |
| SEQ | 35 | |
| SAT | 13.02.1989 | |
| I1 | 15.12.1994 | |
| COD | mm | |
| DVD | 3 | |
| VHS | 18 (PG) | |
| STO | Melinda M. Snodgrass | |
| REG | Robert Scheerer | |
| MUS | Dennis McCarthy | |
| GUS | Dr. Katherine Pulaski | Diana Muldaur |
| Guinan | Whoopi Goldberg | |
| Cap. Phillipa Louvois | Amanda McBroom | |
| Amm. Nakamura | Clyde Kusatsu | |
| Commander Bruce Maddox | Brian Brophy | |
| Miles O'Brien | Colm Meaney | |
| IT | La misura di un uomo | |
| ES | La medida de un hombre | FR | Etre ou ne pas être |
| DE | Wem gehört Data? (Di chi è Data?) | |
| BR | O Valor de um Homem | |
| JP | Ningen no Joken (Term of Man) | |
| SCR | 14.12.1988 | |
Data Stellare 42523.7: Bruce Maddox ha studiato per anni il lavoro di Noonien Soong e adesso vuole migliorare le sue teorie sui cervelli positronici. Per fare ciò, e permettere alla Federazione di costruire altri androidi positronici, ordina il trasferimento di Data ai suoi ordini per poterlo smantellare ed esaminare con cura. L'esperimento interessa Data, ma vi sono molti pericoli connessi al suo disassemblaggio. L'androide però, nonostante la sua incertezza, non può rifiutare, visto che è considerato proprietà della Federazione. Picard rifiuta la situazione: Data è un essere senziente e non una cosa di cui si può disporre a piacimento ed è disposto ad andare fino in fondo, anche a costo di portare il caso davanti ad una Corte di Giustizia.
Picard: Your Honor, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life. Well, there it sits! [T:38:59]
Louvois: Is Data a machine? Yes. Is he the property of Starfleet? No. We have all been dancing around the basic issue. Data have a soul? I don't know that he has. I don't know that I have! But I've got to give him the freedom to explore that question himself. It is the ruling of this court that Lieutenant Commander Data has the freedom to choose. [T:39:56]
Maddox: He is remarkable.
Louvois: You didn't call him "it". [T:41:12]
Nello script non era previsto ci fosse la Pulaski tra i giocatori della partita a poker, ma solo La Forge, Data, O'Brien e Riker.
Prima dell'arrivo in plancia dell'ammiraglio
Nakamura,
erano previste le seguenti scene che descrivono il suo arrivo a bordo
della nave.
5 INT. TRANSPORTER ROOM (OPTICAL)
Riker watches as Picard, Admiral Nakamura, and Maddox
BEAM ABOARD. SOUND EFFECT in the b.g. as Nakamura is
piped aboard.
PICARD
Admiral, Commander Maddox, allow
me to introduce my first officer,
Commander William Riker.
NAKAMURA
Pleasure, Commander.
They shake hands and begin walking toward the doors.
PICARD
How long has it been since we've
seen each other?
NAKAMURA
You'd just been assigned as an
ensign aboard the old Reliant.
PICARD
(lightly)
Oh yes, and I seem to remember
a certain young lieutenant who
had harsh words about snap
inspections, and the admirals who
pulled them.
NAKAMURA
The situation changes when you've
got the admiral's stripes.
The party steps through the doors and into the
Enterprise corridor.
6 INT. CORRIDOR
NAKAMURA
There isn't an officer in
Starfleet who wouldn't give his
right leg to be where you are -- Captain
of the Starship
Enterprise. I'm no different.
I just have the power to get
aboard.
PICARD
Happy to have you, Admiral.
They enter the turbolift.
7 INT. TURBOLIFT
PICARD
Bridge. Congratulations on your
appointment. Command of a
Starbase.
NAKAMURA
Thank you, but I miss a ship.
A bit of advice, Captain. Don't
ever become an admiral. They make
you an administrator.
They arrive, and step out onto the bridge.
Dopo che Picard riceve l'ordine di trasferimento di Data dall'Enterprise alla
base stellare 173, nello script era previsto il
seguente colloquio tra Picard e l'ammiraglio Nakamura.
9 INT. CAPTAIN'S READY ROOM - VIEWSCREEN (OPTICAL)
Admiral Nakamura on the screen. Picard eyes him with
some hostility.
NAKAMURA
Look, it's a transfer, like any
other transfer.
PICARD
No, it's not. This is one of my
key officers, and he's been
removed without consulting me.
NAKAMURA
I'm sorry about that, but
Commander Maddox's work in
robotics is considered critical
by Starfleet Command. Think
what's at stake here. If
Commander Maddox can succeed in
duplicating Noonien Soong's work
other captains on other ships
would have the advantage you now
enjoy: a Data on every bridge.
You don't want Data transferred,
fine. There's an easy solution.
Have him work with Commander
Maddox. Nakamura out.
Il testo legislativo del XXI secolo cui fa riferimento il capitano Phillipa Louvois, secondo il quale Data deve essere considerato proprietà della Flotta Stellare, nello script è «Acts of Gould» (probabilmente come omaggio a Stephen Gould, come indicato nelle Note), mentre nell'episodio è «Acts of Cumberland».
La scena del colloquio tra Picard e Data a [T:10:54] nello script
contiene alcune battute che non sono presenti nell'episodio. Le parti
in grigio sono le battute presenti nell'episodio.
PICARD
Please, sit down. We've got a
problem.
DATA
I find myself in agreement with
that assessment of the situation,
sir.
PICARD
Your service to this ship has been
exemplary. I don't want to lose
you.
DATA
I am pleased to hear you say so.
Thank you.
PICARD
There is a solution which presents
itself.
DATA
Yes, sir?
PICARD
Undergo the procedure, then the
transfer order becomes moot.
DATA
I will not submit to this
procedure.
Picard rises, and seats himself on the corner of the
desk, closing the distance with Data.
PICARD
Data, I understand your objections
to this procedure, but I also have
to consider Starfleet's interests.
If Commander Maddox is correct
there is a possibility that many
more beings such as yourself could
be constructed.
DATA
True, but possibility is a word
which can encompass any number
of outcomes -- good and bad.
PICARD
But if he's right, Starfleet would
be immeasurably enriched.
DATA
Captain, I am a Starfleet
officer. Can they force me to
do this?
PICARD
It's precisely because you are
a Starfleet officer that they can.
We take an oath to serve. In this
case this is the form your service
is taking.
DATA
Sir, Lieutenant La Forge's eyes
are far superior to human
biological eyes, true?
PICARD
Yes.
DATA
Then why are not all human
officers required to have their
eyes replaced with cybernetic
implants?
Picard is utterly at a loss for words. We can see the
confusion on his face as he struggles for an answer to
this unanswerable remark. Data rises with great
dignity.
DATA
(continuing)
I see. It is precisely because
I am not human.
PICARD
That will be all, Mister Data.
Secondo quanto afferma Data in una scena tagliata dello script, è stato attivato nel 2338 su Omicron Theta, è entrato in Accademia nel 2344 e si è graduato nel 2348. Queste date non coincidono con quanto stabilito in altri episodi.
Nello script la data dell'udienza è 42524.1, mentre nell'episodio è 42527.4.
Durante la festa in onore di Data per il suo addio alla
Flotta
Stellare, nello script sono presenti alcune battute non presenti
nell'episodio. Le battute in grigio sono quelle viste nell'episodio.
PULASKI
I couldn't disagree more, but
we'll save that argument for
another day. Now listen
carefully. I didn't get you a
present --
DATA
That is quite all right. None
was expected...
PULASKI
(interrupting)
Instead I'm going to give you
something far more valuable -- my
advice. You've spent years
in the womb of Starfleet. Now
you're about to start a new life.
You'd be wise to consider the
experiences offered by
groundside living.
DATA
Thank you. I will take that under
advisement.
(noticing Geordi sitting
alone in a corner
nursing a drink)
Excuse me, please.
(to Geordi)
Is something wrong?
Nella stessa scena della festa d'addio, al termine del dialogo tra La
Forge e Data nello script erano previste le seguenti battute:
In another part of the room Riker joins Troi.
RIKER
Deanna... does Data have...
do you feel anything from him?
TROI
I can't sense anything from Data.
But that proves nothing. There
are many minds from which I can
read no meaning.
RIKER
There's got to be more to him than
software, nets and chips.
TROI
It is possible that Commander
Maddox is correct and we are
anthropomorphizing Data.
Assigning to him emotions and
responses which he may not have.
RIKER
I'm not sure I see that as a
problem.
Riker and Troi realize that a silence has fallen over
the room. They look to where Maddox stands framed in
the doorway.
MADDOX
(sarcastically)
A little farewell celebration?
RIKER
(stepping forward)
Yes, to which I don't recall
inviting you.
MADDOX
I couldn't miss this. I can't
wait to hear Data's plans.
DATA
They are currently somewhat
indefinite, but my programming
offers a number of alternatives.
(crossing to Wesley,
and dropping an arm
over the boy's
shoulders)
I am considering teaching. I have
had some success with my star
pupil.
The next speech is delivered by a man who really knows
better, but can't stop himself. His anger is fueled by
his sense of loss -- his life work is crumbling before
his eyes because he believes that without Data he
cannot succeed. Thus his reputation is also on the
line.
MADDOX
I have a better idea. Carnival
work. They could bill you as the
walking encyclopedia. Ask him
any question --
The WHISTLE of the com panel interrupts him. Riker
moves to answer.
PICARD'S COM VOICE
Number One, Captain Louvois has
called. We're expected in her
office. Meet me in Transporter
Room Five.
RIKER
(touches his insignia)
On my way.
(to Maddox)
I know you're just leaving. I'll
escort you.
They start toward the door.
Dopo che Picard comunica a Data che ci sarà un'udienza per determinare
se l'androide sia oppure no una proprietà della
Flotta Stellare,
nello script c'è una scena ambientata nella palestra dell'Enterprise tra Riker e Picard e una ambientata nell'alloggio di Data tra Picard e l'androide che non sono presenti nell'episodio.
17 INT. ENTERPRISE GYMNASIUM
Picard is fencing with his usual opponent. Riker
enters. Picard continues fencing.
PICARD
Care to try your hand, Number
One?
RIKER
Another time. It's too close to
our real contest.
PICARD
(exchanging blows with
his opponent)
This isn't about you and me.
RIKER
Isn't it? Data may be the issue,
but our performances are what will
be judged.
PICARD
(exchanging several
lightning blows with
his opponent)
That's the nature of the
adversarial process.
RIKER
Which can only work when the
opponents are of equal ability.
PICARD
(turning very slowly,
leaning on his sword
and regarding Riker)
Are you suggesting that we are
not evenly matched?
RIKER
No, but for Data's sake it has
to be said. I've been forced into
this, and I have only one option.
To give this my best effort.
PICARD
I see.
(slash)
Then... you are here...
(slash)
to warn me...
(slash)
that you are going to do...
(slash)
Everything within your power and
within the boundaries of the
law...
(slash)
to win!
Picard drives his opponent completely across the room.
RIKER
Yes.
PICARD
So am I.
Riker exits.
18 INT. DATA'S QUARTERS
Picard seated. He has a PADD ready to take notes.
Data seated nearby. The travelcase still open on the
desk behind them.
PICARD
All right, I'm going to need to
know everything about you.
DATA
Sir, all of that information is
stored in the Enterprise computer
banks.
PICARD
I want to hear it from you.
DATA
(cocking his head like
a puzzled bird)
Very good, sir. Activation
occurred twenty-seven years ago
on Omicron Theta. I entered the
Academy in '44, and graduated in
'48 with honors in probability
mechanics and exobiology. First
posting...
PICARD
Data, Data, Data, whoa, stop.
I could get this from the
computer.
DATA
I believe I indicated that
earlier, sir.
Picard rises and takes a turn around the room. Returns
to the desk, and begins to play unconsciously with the
objects in the travelcase.
PICARD
I need to know how you think,
what you want, how you feel. What
drives you, motivates you.
DATA
Drives? Motivates? Sir, may I
inquire as to the purpose of this
line of questioning?
PICARD
We have to prove that you're a
sentient life-form.
DATA
(extremely puzzled)
But I am not. I am a machine.
PICARD
That's not what I need to hear.
DATA
How can we deny the obvious?
PICARD
We're searching for an argument
which will legally deny that
obvious fact.
DATA
But if it is a fact how can
argument alter --
PICARD
Data!
DATA
Sir?
PICARD
Stop babbling.
(rewinding the threads
of his fast-tattering
patience)
The law recognizes many things
as people that aren't possessed
of flesh and blood. It's a little
legal fiction, you see.
DATA
I am beginning to understand why
Shakespeare wrote, let us kill
all the lawyers.
Picard reseats himself, but we can tell from his weary
expression that this is going to be a long session.
Mentre Riker sta visionando gli schemi dei circuiti di Data, nello
script era previsto che in sottofondo ci fosse la dettatura del suo
diario personale.
A schematic appears flagged with Top Secret. Need to
Know.
RIKER (V.O.)
Personal log. Zero three hundred.
I should be resting. Instead I
continue to prepare for a duty
I do not wish to perform. Truth
should not be reduced to a prize
in a battle of wills and words.
Riker is suddenly arrested by something he sees on a
screen. His expression is first one of excitement as
he realizes he now has the means to win this case.
Then bleak sadness as he realizes the import of his
victory.
He punches off the recorder, his expression bleak and
exhausted.
Il dialogo presente nello script tra Guinan e Picard, pur arrivando
alla medesima conclusione, è piuttosto differente da quello visto
nell'episodio.
21 INT. TEN-FORWARD
The lounge is deserted, lights very low creating the
implication that it is very late. Picard is seated at
a table facing out the windows. An empty glass stands
before him. He is turning it, turning it, turning it.
His expression is death weary and very sad. GUINAN
is at the bar puttering, but never taking her eyes off
that solitary figure. Finally she can stand it no
longer. Drawing two drinks she slides from behind the
bar and crosses to him.
GUINAN
You should get some sleep.
PICARD
I've lost, and I'm not even sure
I mind. Data is a machine. But
there is something bothering me.
Something I'm missing. Or is it
just wounded pride that I've lost
and in front of her.
GUINAN
What is it that lies between you?
PICARD
(waving it aside)
Ancient history.
GUINAN
Unfortunately the past always
resonates in the present, and
decisions made today reach into
the future.
PICARD
(Drumming fingers on
the table, abruptly
he decides to tell her.
It emerges in sharp
staccato.)
The Stargazer court-martial. It
should have been a routine
hearing. Yes, I had lost my ship,
but my actions were entirely
justified.
Phillipa was assistant to the
prosecution. She dug up every
obscure case and citation and the
panel hammered at me for three
days. It damn near ended my
career. It did end us. She's
enjoying this situation. She
knows I disapprove of the
adversarial system. Now she's
forced me into active
participation, and she's both
pleased and angered to see me fail.
GUINAN
Emotions. They're such slippery,
contradictory things. It's a
wonder any of us ever crawled out
of the oceans, or swung down out
of the trees.
PICARD
(pushing back his chair)
Well, there's only one thing to
do. I go to her in the morning,
and we discuss a deal.
GUINAN
(thoughtfully studying
her hands)
I had heard a lot about you before
I joined the Enterprise. About
how Picard was a man who never
knew when to lie down and admit
he was beat.
PICARD
I have to salvage at least some
of Data's rights. If Data agrees
to undergo Commander Maddox's
procedure we can get out of this
hearing before he's declared the
property of Starfleet command.
GUINAN
If Commander Maddox is successful
in disassembling and reassembling
Data, what has he gained?
PICARD
The ability to build another.
A hundred others, a thousand.
GUINAN
To do what?
PICARD
Explore for us. Enter the
dangerous situations.
GUINAN
All those future Datas risking
their lives for the people who
created them.
PICARD
(very intent)
You said something earlier about
decisions today.
GUINAN
Having implications for the
future.
PICARD
Precedent! This case will set
the precedent for all the future
Datas. It will determine their
status, and they'll all be
property.
GUINAN
There is an ancient word for it -- slavery.
PICARD
(very excited)
Not a word we want back in our
vocabulary.
They each lift a glass and toast each other.
GUINAN
Good luck, sir.
They drink.
Nello script, durante la parte finale dell'udienza, era prevista una
parte in cui Maddox parlava degli sviluppi futuri del progetto di
clonare Data, nel quale serve su un piatto d'argento a Picard lo
spunto per parlare del pericolo di creare una nuova specie di
schiavitù nella Flotta
Stellare. Le parti in grigio sono presenti nell'episodio.
PICARD
And now you're proposing to
dismantle him. (re: Data)
MADDOX
So I can rebuild him and construct
more!
PICARD
How many more?
MADDOX
Hundreds, thousands. There's no
limit.
PICARD
And do what with them?
MADDOX
Use them.
PICARD
How?
MADDOX
As effective units on Federation
ships. As replacements for
humans in dangerous situations.
So much is closed to us because
of our fragility. But they...
PICARD
(interrupting; he picks
up an object and throws
it down a disposal
chute)
Are expendable.
MADDOX
It sounds harsh but to some
extent, yes.
PICARD
Are you expendable, Commander
Maddox? Never mind.
A single Data is a curiosity, a wonder,
but a thousand Datas, doesn't that
become a new race? And aren't
we going to be judged as a species
about how we treat these creations?
If they're expendable, disposable, aren't we?
What is Data?
Nel dialogo finale tra Riker e Data è stata omessa una serie di
battute presenti nello script, in grigio i
dialoghi presenti nell'episodio.
RIKER
(in agony just
remembering)
I could have cost you your life!
DATA
(moving in, and seating
himself opposite Riker)
Yes, that is true, but
Commander... Will, I have learned
from your experience.
RIKER
What could you have possibly
learned from this kind of ordeal?
DATA
That at times one must deny their
nature, sacrifice their own
personal beliefs to protect
another.
Is it not true that had
you refused to prosecute, Captain
Louvois would have ruled summarily
against me?