the-hfo Reviews

Star Trek: Voyager: Alice (1999) Season 6, Episode 5

space is big

[8/10 · 14 December 2007]

I love star Trek in all its iterations. But, this is what is wrong with all of the different series. To paraphrase the great Douglas Adams, space is big. Really big. For this man to run a business out in space is preposterous. The possibility that the Voyager crew would EVER come in contact with another race is improbable. Coming into contact with a now race EVERY WEEK. It is to much. The most likely scenario for the Voyager crew is: miraculous transport to the Delta Quadrant escape from the caretaker escape from the Caison eighty years of travel while never coming into contact with another living soul return to Earth generations later

Bliss (1985)

Fantastic movie. Very contemplative.

[10/10 · 3 December 2007]

The plot summary is fine but does not do this movie justice. Please read the novel: Bliss. This is one of the very few movies that are as good as the novel. Of course, the movie is not the same as the novel. It is a very good adaptation but they should not be considered on par with each other. For instance, the movie Dune was a great movie and a great adaptation of the novel, but, no movie could ever approach the this novel. Bliss is on this level. Especially if you are a hippy (wanna be) like me. The emotions and perceptions and impressions and intentions and so on are beautifully transcribed to the motion picture medium. This is art. Watch the movie. Read the book. Don't compare them. Enjoy both of them.

Star Trek: Voyager: Distant Origin (1997) Season 3, Episode 23

Dinosaur archaeologists

[10/10 · 12 July 2007]

As an archaeologist I find this, as well as many Star Trek episodes, particularly exciting. The original series had many interesting episodes that involved the research of archaeologistst. The technology that these anthropologists have is mind boggling. If we could only analyze artifacts of the past and find other human beings' names we would be ecstatic. A race of dinosaurs managed to evolve in isolation on a remote portion of some continent on Earth. Some catastrophe occurred and sent them to the Delta Quadrant. But, as always, the government of dogmatists make it impossible for the archaeologists to pursue their research unabated.

Star Trek: Voyager: Gravity (1999) Season 5, Episode 13

Voyager crew members trapped in gravity well

[10/10 · 27 March 2007]

Voyager crew members Tuvok and Paris are returning from an away mission. While en route these Starfleet officers and their shuttle craft is caught in a mysterious vortex in deep space. The two and their spacecraft are drawn forcefully into the astronomical phenomenon that has suddenly appeared. An ally, in Chattanooga, Tennessee native Lori Petty, Robin Williams' kooky Cadillac Man girlfriend, offers stoic Tuvok a chance to revisit his early Vulcan training. Always suspicious Captain Janeway searches diligently for the missing spacecraft. But, the discovery of the phenomenon does not necessarily mean the rescue of the crew.