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Bandersnatch in a Bandit Hat So here we are. Star Trek has completed its metamorphosis from a science fiction framework built on new and innovative storytelling into a “greatest hits” reboot where the entirety of its narrative tension is derived…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Ensigns of Command”
“That’s the short definition of ‘captain.’” It took 23 years but I finally found out what the title, “The Ensigns of Command,” refers to, which has been kicking the back of my head all this time. It’s a line from…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Shades of Gray”
“If you drop a hammer on your foot, it’s hardly useful to get mad at the hammer.” Well, here we are – the end of the season, and the notorious clip show. The WGA strike shortened Season Two to 22…
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Blogging The Next Generation: “Peak Performance”
“Don’t confuse style with intent.”
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Emissary”
“Looks like it’s just us, handsome.” I mentioned the Next Generation poker game’s influence on my life in my post about “The Measure of a Man,” but if there’s a single scene that probably taught me more about how to…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Manhunt”
“Last time I saw something like that it was being served on a plate.” I’m stupidly fond of this episode even though I realize that it’s not very good; Lwaxana Troi going on a post-menopausal sex jag across the Enterprise…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Up the Long Ladder”
“Antidote. If we’re going to share, let’s share. Now quote me a little of that poetry.” A weird smashup of what seems like three different episodes, “Up the Long Ladder” is charming in parts but can’t escape the vague stupidity…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Samaritan Snare”
“I’m just not overly thrilled at the prospect of my innards being made the subject of Starfleet gossip.” “Samaritan Snare” is one of those rare instances of a premise so oddball it actually works, or at least, is really memorable:…
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The stars in your eyes
Auckland – The fellowship is broken. Dave has taken Chris II overland to Auckland, while Demetre and I have chosen to attack it from the sea, which worked so well for us in Wellington. The ferry runs from Coromandel to…
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