2007-03-12 14:39:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
LOL, The actor (don't know his name) must have had a good laugh when they told him to wear that;)
2007-03-12 15:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by Yahoo! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to go back to the early The Next Generation Episodes. Here is the info: http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TNG/character/1112463.html
Look at the psychological profile, but here is the nuts and bolts from this citation: Psychological Profile: Report of Ship's Counselor Deanna Troi Excerpts, Starfleet Biographical File
"The outstanding characteristic La Forge shows is his longtime adaptability to and satisfaction with life, symbolized by the fact that his birth-blindness until recently was overcome not by direct surgery but by the unique VISOR instrument — which, though painful allowed him to "see" throughout the electromagnetic spectrum, from heat and infrared through visible light to radio waves. It attached at the temples via implants which connected directly to the brain and provided such a complex and broad-based input that the user had to concentrate to focus on one area. It was perhaps this intense focusing ability that has enabled him to master the complexities of warp engineering and other starship systems.
Since mid-2371, however, ongoing miniaturization and cybernetic technology have allowed La Forge to begin using ocular implants, which employ complex sensors and filters all with the confines of an artificial eye.
La Forge did not yet have a VISOR at the time of his major childhood trauma: a fire which trapped him for two minutes until he was pulled to safety. The incident left him with the longtime need to be reassured of his parents' proximity — a feeling only exacerbated with the Starfleet couple often being posted in separate places, requiring La Forge and his sister Ariana to move constantly during childhood."
2007-03-12 21:58:56 · answer #2 · answered by Searcher 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lol!! I wore one of those in the 80s! I'm still trying to figure out how they kept that thing from falling off his head! Never could believe that La Forge could see any better with that thing on. Nope. Bad prop if you ask me. The contact lenses were much cooler.
2007-03-12 21:43:09 · answer #3 · answered by ladydi_1987 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My kids used to put those hair barrettes across their faces and play him when they were little...lol
You should have those two little toe headed kids with hair barrettes on their faces... lmao
2007-03-12 21:49:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he's one of 3 people in the world who can pull off that look.
2007-03-12 21:45:46 · answer #5 · answered by apples_ll_apples 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You got to see it through it in at least one episode. It saw things more like heat vision. Was pretty cool.
2007-03-12 21:43:35 · answer #6 · answered by glitterkittyy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they are called banana clips...very fashionable in the 80s. And I think he wore it so he could at least see something.
2007-03-12 21:42:21 · answer #7 · answered by KS 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's the only way he can see. I recall his being completely white once when they took the visor off.
2007-03-12 21:45:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
he ate to much lead based paint?or just nutz? like the one with an alarm clock around his neck? what a role model for children?
2007-03-12 21:44:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, now he has some really fashionable eye-implants.
2007-03-12 22:23:20 · answer #10 · answered by Dr. Zaius 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋