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Monthly Archives: October 2011
ST:TNG S01E18: Home Soil
“Ugly bags of mostly water” … yay! At first I did not recall this episode, but once they were on the planet it came back to me. But that aside, even if I hadn’t seen it, I could have predicted … Continue reading
ST:TNG S01E17: When the Bough Breaks
Hey, it’s that guy from ‘The X-Files’! That had never occurred to me before, since this was the first time I’ve watched this episode in nearly 20 years. But first, the episode, in summary. The Enterprise finds a long-lost, hidden … Continue reading
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Tagged Shut up Wesley!, Star Trek, Sweater of the Week, The X-Files
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ST:TNG S01E16: Too Short a Season
Again we strain credulity … though this time perhaps because it is quite character-centric and so we must somehow smooth over plot difficulties. First: bad makeup.
ST:TNG S01E15: 11001001
TNG often goes to the same well multiple times … and so it was when this time the Enterprise was getting a ‘check up’ and people were going on shore leave, I expected a different hijacking of this Galaxy Class … Continue reading
ST:TNG S01E14: Angel One
Some consider this worse than the Space Blacks of ‘Code of Honor.’ The Space Irish are yet to show up. We’ve met the Ferengi … at least they jumped around like monkeys on crack. We have yet to get to … Continue reading
ST:TNG S01E13: Datalore
“Shut up, Wesley!” Picard and others shout this episode. Even once Wesley is proved right—at the end of the episode for the other characters, from the get-go for us viewers—he gets to return to duty, but gets no “thanks,” or … Continue reading
ST:TNG S01E12: The Big Goodbye
When it comes to television, movies, even theater, I maintain a rather great level of “suspension of disbelief” … rather, I grant said works a great deal of leeway, perhaps something appropriate when it comes to the motion of a … Continue reading
ST:TNG S01E11: Haven
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly … There is a great deal of absurdity in “Haven” and a great number of undeveloped or underdeveloped themes. That, however, as I’ll explain, is an unfair critique on my part. The good, … Continue reading
ST:TNG S01E10: Hide and Q
“Hey Wes, not bad.”—Geordi, Hide and Q Does nobody read subtext? But on to the episode …
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Tagged Brecht, Data-Face, Q, Reading Rainbow, Shakespeare, Space Orcs, Star Trek
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ST:TNG S01E09: The Battle
“As you hew-mons say, ‘I’m all ears’.” —Kazago the Ferengi, conferring with Riker The problem with “The Battle” is similar to the problem with “The Last Outpost” (our first Ferengi encounter) and “Lonely Among Us” … the audience is considerably … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferengi, German Romanticism, It's a Trap!, Puss in Boots, Star Trek
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