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Institutional paranoia may be the low-hanging fruit of the American blockbuster, but Captain America 2 exploits it well – even ingeniously, when the movie does reality one better by claiming that all of our online presence is being cobbled together,…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Time’s Arrow”
“It has occurred. It will occur.” We’ve arrived at the point in modern Trek where a year-end cliffhanger episode is a given, rather than a storytelling flourish arrived at organically. “Time’s Arrow” should be perfectly wired for me – it’s…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Inner Light”
“Tell them of us, my darling.” Here’s another canonized episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation about which I am highly conflicted. Even now, having watched the episode again for the first time in ten years or more, I can’t…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Next Phase”
“Now I suppose I’ll never know what you were gonna say about me.” Finally, Season Five gives us an episode that actually feels like a Next Gen episode. And thankfully, it’s a grand old time to boot, an admittedly flyweight…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “I Borg”
“We are Hugh.” I fucking hate the Hugh the Borg episode. I always have. Everyone else loves it; I absolutely loathe it. As you’ve probably realized by now, a) I was a huge fan of the Borg as they were…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Imaginary Friend”
“I think she’s real for you. And that’s real enough for me.” We’ve spent a lot of time with the children of the Enterprise in Season Five. This is largely Alexander’s fault, and it steers the complexion of Star Trek:…
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Tat 2
On March 2nd, about exactly a year after I took off for New Zealand, I hitched a streetcar over to Kensington and got some Dwarven runes carved into my leg. They mean “decide,” or something close enough to it; I…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Perfect Mate”
“Who she is changes when the next man comes into the room. And I find myself hoping the next man won’t come in.” Space whore! The Next Generation! The oldest profession comes to Star Trek c/o a deeply skeevy premise…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Cost of Living”
“Well that’s a conversation-stopper if I ever heard one.” This aimless little ditty appeals to me precisely because it’s so far off the beaten track. It’s the fifth season’s annual Lwaxana episode, and it’s about… the importance of having a…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The First Duty”
“At the time I thought you were a mean-spirited, vicious old man.” Hidden among the general mediocrity of Season Five are a few of the most memorable episodes Star Trek: The Next Generation ever produced, and right up on the…