Amph [NERRRD] Observations, rhetorical questions, comments & 55 Years of Star Trek (General Thread)

Yeah, I've heard him talk about Wesley before and how Wesley's early evolution and character development could have been handled a lot better. They really hit on exactly where to go with Wesley in Where No Man Has Gone Before, when the Traveller intimates that Wesley may have the ability to manipulate warp fields with his mind, which it self fits with Q's assertions in Encounter at Farpoint that the achievements of humanity will one day exceed even the achievements of the Q. The Traveller and Q both hinted that there is a truly grand cosmic destiny in store for the human race in the distant future. Too bad they never showed us any of what that destiny might have looked like.

 

I found them, they are hilarious.
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http://www.aoltv.com/bloggers/wil-wheaton

Fair warning, there is some naughty language.

 

Ah, I forgot Conspiracy. I always thought they'd continue that story, but to my disappointment, they didn't. I men, insects possessed a bunch of admirals and it only gets one episode? I guess it's for the best that season 1 stayed dead.

 

"Datalore" is made a lot worse by every character being too stupid to see that Lore is dressed up as Data and Wesley the Genius is the only one who notices the obvious behavioral differences.

 

Shut up Wesley!

 

It did give us "Shut up, Wesley!" even if it did turn out he was right, because of course he was. Of the episodes I've watched since trimming a lot of fat, it's probably the weakest - though I'm watching "Skin of Evil" right now and... uh... Tasha Yar just got killed by a Tom Baker-era Doctor Who monster, so we may have a new contender. I know she left the show but, man, at least kill her in a fight with a convincing special effect.

 

It was a lame death for Tasha but I did find the alien scary. As a kid, at least.

 

Isn't there a goof on the episode before Skin of Evil where Denise Crosby waves goodbye in the background because it was her last episode filmed?

 

To me, a good story easily overcomes bad effects. Unfortunately, SoE is not a good story.

 

That's one of my favorite things about early seasons of TNG. So many times you're left with the feeling of: "what was that?" With creepy undertones, especially, were my favorites. It made space feel larger and how humanity is just a small piece in the cosmos.

At the risk of going off topic (actually jumping off the cliff) I really enjoyed Gollum's fall (see what I did there?) as it was so compelling and resonated with me as someone who has made a lot of selfish mistakes. You could tell as soon as Frodo betrayed him, he was gone. Not completely, but he was too selfish to overcome what he deemed to be a monstrous betrayal, but which was, ironically, saving his life. (wait, I think I can bring this on topic) IMO, the SoE was just that, evil. He wasn't simply selfish, he was evil. And that's why I like those early seasons. One has to wonder, "Where did he come from?" "is he completely irredeemable?"
Which I think he was. He killed simply for a pleasure, pleasure that had been denied to him completely for however many centuries he festered on the planet.


Oh, well. At least Tasha got a better death in "Yesterday's Enterprise."

 

In RotK the redemption tones were much more underplayed because he made his selfish choice at the end of TTT. He's only truly genuine once he has the Ring, and at point, I really do pity him, which is what makes him a compelling character for me. Until that point, he is an object of fear and ambition, but, at the end, you realize he is really a slave to his desire for the Ring, or, more precisely, the Ring itself.



Anyway, how 'bout them holo decks?

 

"Captain, we can't beam them out because reasons, and the safeties are off and we can't toggle them because reasons."

"Why not just cut the power?"

"Reasons,"

 

I did like the episode and it stands up well aside from the hilarious FX shots at the end...even though dated FX like that puts a smile on my face.

Since they created the Borg I guess they just didnt come back to it. But I love the ending of the episode with those transmissions in space...eerie.

 

Actually the best line out of Datalore is when lore says to Wesley "Are you prepared for the kind of death you've earned little man?!?". I always loved that.

 

I dig TNG S1 Conspiracy a hellova lot. I'm a sucker for Alien / The Thing rip offs. (Which, actually, First Contact does much more eloquently) Conspiracy actually has a pretty good tense / horror vibe throughout.

And as awkward and plodding as "Encounter at Farpoint" can be at times, the Q stuff is pretty grand and it sets up a lot of moments that pay off later in the series / movies.

 

Yeah, Encounter at Farpoint was those at several points, but I think it introduced Picard to the impossible odds he would be facing throughout the series quite well.

 

John de Lancie's performance doesn't hurt.