Geordi's eyes

hdn · Lieutenant Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 163 Location: Sweden

I'd like to know when Geordi get his new eyes. I know he has them in First Contact, but do they show when they are "installed"?

FlangBG · Lieutenant, Junior Grade Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Posts: 82

No, they don't. The Enterprise-D is detroyed in ST:VII-Generations, he gets them by his assignment on Enterprise-E in ST:VIII-First Contact.

Defiant · **Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:02 pm**

That about sums it up, yah. Although, I wonder if the eyes are better than the VISOR. Like in terms of what he can see, detect, etc.

gul Lemek III. · **Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:42 pm**

Yes, I think they are, because in "First contact" he sees Zefram Cochrane with IR vision (when they try to track him down)

Jeremy · **Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:35 pm**

They would be better for some things, such as seeing in other wavelengths that humans can't normally see in. I'm not sure if they'd be better quality vison though.

Robsladey · **Tue Jul 06, 2004 3:44 am**

The writers were discussing giving him normal vision at one time and in a way curing his blindness but they decided against it as a way of sympathising with blind people who can't just get a magic cure. They wanted to show his struggle to represent theirs.

Oliver · **Tue Jul 06, 2004 3:50 am**

In a way, I dislike the fact that Geordi got rid of the VISOR. Whenever I think of Geordi, he's wearing the VISOR.

I know that the actor LeVar Burton hated the VISOR thing because it hurt him and it gave him headaches.

Robsladey · **Tue Jul 06, 2004 4:04 am**

Yes I agree with you. The visor gave him that extra identity. It's a shame they couldn't have made it more comfortable for him.

DeltasVoyager · **Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:26 am**

i feel sorry for geordi