Noticed no trivia, quotes or even goofs...indicating the level of interest in this show. The star, Katee Sackhoff, lured us in from fond rememberances of Battlestar Galactica. That was the tease. Now? We watch this show as we would an icy road with traffic, to see what smashes into what. Maybe if this show generated a pool as to which character will die next, the viewership would explode? The most amazing thing about this episode, is that instead of the viewers being high, the characters were. Totally unbelievable is that there is a Season 2 planned. There are some real quality shows that were cancelled for a lot less.
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Bros before Hoes
13 April 2020
Ready for Robert Louis Stevenson?
Predictable, but you'd have it no other way, right? After reading "Republic of Pirates" a book by Colin Woodard, the alternative universe's reality presented to us, is winding down to the same civilized end.
Predictable, but you'd have it no other way, right? After reading "Republic of Pirates" a book by Colin Woodard, the alternative universe's reality presented to us, is winding down to the same civilized end.
Scully...call the office.
29 March 2020
What Happened to the Prime Directive?
7 January 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I consider myself a Trekkie, and have this episode to blame if I were to drop out of those ranks. The Enterprise is tasked with monitoring the impact upon a solar system of a stellar core fragment. It scans the system and finds that there are life forms on a supposedly uninhabited planet. Well...
After the viewer gets past the snub to physics of having such a stellar fragment emit visible light (how? WAY too small for fusion) the viewer is introduced to the 'colony' of perfect design. I was reminded that this episode came out a year and a half before "Jurassic Park" but was hoping for a character, like Data, to remind all concerned that to control for so many variables is impossible, especially over two centuries. The viewer, if an experienced Trekkie, should be waiting for the other shoe to drop, a large boot at that, of hearing a reference to the Eugenics Wars and Khan Noonien Singh. But no...
Then, the love story begins, and the all-too-easily anticipated asylum requests begin. The viewer should enjoy this episode if he likes the director's use of close-ups, the likes of which this galaxy has never seen before!
After the viewer gets past the snub to physics of having such a stellar fragment emit visible light (how? WAY too small for fusion) the viewer is introduced to the 'colony' of perfect design. I was reminded that this episode came out a year and a half before "Jurassic Park" but was hoping for a character, like Data, to remind all concerned that to control for so many variables is impossible, especially over two centuries. The viewer, if an experienced Trekkie, should be waiting for the other shoe to drop, a large boot at that, of hearing a reference to the Eugenics Wars and Khan Noonien Singh. But no...
Then, the love story begins, and the all-too-easily anticipated asylum requests begin. The viewer should enjoy this episode if he likes the director's use of close-ups, the likes of which this galaxy has never seen before!
Physics anyone?
22 December 2016
Warning: Spoilers
As much as I wanted Will Wheaton to 'Stand and Deliver' it wasn't his fault. He and Patrick (Gurney Halleck anyone?) Stewart did a fine acting job with the drivel they were provided...by writers that failed any and all science classes provided them by the worst in public schooling in America. Can anyone SAY 'physics' let alone apply it in any manner that could be construed as possible?
Some have already pointed out the fact that taking that radioactive scow and simply giving it a different delta V would fix the situation, BUT alleviating the drama? Unforgivable.
So we are left watching what should be a forgotten episode from Season 1, instead of a filler in the heart of the whole series. As one who is watching the entire TREK franchise in chronological order (yes, even the animated series) and also watched the series of TNG when originally broadcast, may I say this episode is eminently forgettable. That this episode was so forgettable, even though I had seen it at least once earlier, thereby having a scintilla of drama in the ending (did they beam up directly from the cave, or were they able to ambulate out? Or was it a fade out from the cave onto the bridge with a hearty and whole Captain Picard?).
May I recommend to the reader that he/she immediately watch the next episode, and hence, rinse out the bad taste left in the mouth...
Some have already pointed out the fact that taking that radioactive scow and simply giving it a different delta V would fix the situation, BUT alleviating the drama? Unforgivable.
So we are left watching what should be a forgotten episode from Season 1, instead of a filler in the heart of the whole series. As one who is watching the entire TREK franchise in chronological order (yes, even the animated series) and also watched the series of TNG when originally broadcast, may I say this episode is eminently forgettable. That this episode was so forgettable, even though I had seen it at least once earlier, thereby having a scintilla of drama in the ending (did they beam up directly from the cave, or were they able to ambulate out? Or was it a fade out from the cave onto the bridge with a hearty and whole Captain Picard?).
May I recommend to the reader that he/she immediately watch the next episode, and hence, rinse out the bad taste left in the mouth...
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