Archive for June, 2013

Star Trek: The Next Generation Re-Watch: “Captain’s Holiday”

– June 27, 2013 8:00 amPosted in: TNG Re-Watch

captainsholiday101 “Captain’s Holiday”
Written by Ira Steven Behr
Directed by Chip Chalmers

Season 3, Episode 19
Original air date: April 2, 1990
Star date: 43745.2

Mission summary

Two overdressed aliens transport to the paradise planet Risa… If this sounds like the opening to a joke, you aren’t far off. Unlike most of the people on holiday there, these aliens aren’t looking for a relaxing getaway on a suns-lit beach; they’re only after one thing: Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who wouldn’t be caught dead at a resort like that. When they’re informed that he isn’t there and has no vacation plans on the schedule, they confidently state: “He will come.” Spoilers!

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Tags: action hero, archaeology, ferengi, handwaving mumblemumble, picard gets in a punch, picard is a chuck norris joke, picard's love life, risa, rocks, sexism, sexual harassment, shore leave, time travel, transporters solve everything, wibbly wobbly timey-wimey

Star Trek: The Next Generation Re-Watch: “Allegiance”

Torie Atkinson

– June 20, 2013 8:00 amPosted in: TNG Re-Watch

“Allegiance”
Written by Richard Manning & Hans Beimler
Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Season 3, Episode 18
Original air date: March 26, 1990
Star date: 43714.1

Mission summary

Picard’s chillaxin’ in his quarters, reading a book (or rather, sleeping with one) when a probe enters his room, scans him, and beams him away. When Picard awakes, he finds himself in a locked room with two others: a Bolian Starfleet cadet named Mitena Haro, and a milquetoast Mizarian named Kova Tholl.

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Tags: alien probes, date night, drinking songs, existentialism, illusions, not everyone loves riker, Picard acts weird, picard moralizing, the tao of picard

Star Trek: The Next Generation Re-Watch: “Sins of the Father”

Eugene Myers

– June 13, 2013 8:00 amPosted in: TNG Re-Watch

sinsofthefather113 “Sins of the Father”
Written by Ronald D. Moore & W. Reed Moran (story by Drew Deighan)
Directed by Les Landau

Season 3, Episode 17
Original air date: March 19, 1990
Star date: 43685.2

Mission summary

The Enterprise crew welcomes a new Klingon officer, Commander Kurn, who will be filling in for Commander Riker temporarily as part of the Federation-Klingon Exchange Program. Kern has no sooner beamed aboard than he requests to begin his duties, and he ingratiates himself to the Bridge crew by demanding that they actually perform their jobs with efficiency and professionalism. The crew is stunned to have such a competent disciplinarian serving as first officer.

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Tags: angry klingons, brothers, civil war, different cultures have different food, diplomacy, family, forgotten relatives, khitomer, klingons, not everyone loves riker, romulans, the duras family sucks, traitors

Star Trek Into Dimness

Torie Atkinson

– June 10, 2013 10:00 amPosted in: Movies

Star Trek Into Darkness After several busy weeks I finally got around to seeing the new AbramsTrek. I didn’t like the first one because it felt like a lame action movie with a Trek skin grafted over it. This is much, much worse. Warning: this will be a spoiler post, so do not proceed if you have not seen the movie and wish to remain unspoiled.