Summary

While the "Blade Runner" franchise gets all the credit for its themes about becoming "more human than human," "Star Trek" has always been on the bleeding edge of this classic sci-fi concern. Spock, of course, symbolizes the franchise's most enduring attempt to reflect our own intrinsic foibles and eccentricities throughout "The Original Series" and beyond. But coming in a close second place would have to be Brent Spiner's Data, the lovable android who's devoted much of his programming to the pursuit of making sense of his flesh-and-blood crewmates.

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