Comments on: #334 – Cryogenic Sabbath http://thechristiannerd.com/2012/04/26/334-cryogenic-sabbath/ Nerd Culture from a Christian Perspective and Vice Versa Fri, 24 May 2013 23:59:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: scotthiga http://thechristiannerd.com/2012/04/26/334-cryogenic-sabbath/#comment-4006 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:47:26 +0000 http://thechristiannerd.com/?p=1775#comment-4006 My favorite TNG episode with something like cryogenics is “The Perfect Mate”. Kamala gets out too early and she and Captain Picard form a deep relationship. It’s really one of my favorite episodes of the series.

]]> By: Michael Poteet http://thechristiannerd.com/2012/04/26/334-cryogenic-sabbath/#comment-4005 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:45:18 +0000 http://thechristiannerd.com/?p=1775#comment-4005 That’s a really interesting take on cryogenics as an sf metaphor for our desire to “get away from it all.” I am also reminded of sleep as a scriptural metaphor for life without or before Christ: “Sleepers, wake!” in Ephesians (I think), and so forth. Another good post.

The only time I’ve seen something good come out of cryogenics in sci-fi is the first season finale of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” In that episode, “The Nuetral Zone,” the cryogenic sleepers don’t actually get into too much trouble, and one of them even gets to connect with her 24th century descendants. So, all’s well that ends well, I guess.

Of course, for every successful cryogenic experiment, there’s the cautionary tale of Khan Noonien Singh….!

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