Episode of the Week: Too Short a Season - Page 2

Captrek · November 15 2012, 06:34 AM

Timo wrote:

Letting the heroes take the back seat every now and then is good storytelling, too, at least beyond the 1950s standards.

Sure, if they’re taking the back seat to something interesting, which is not the case here. Lower Decks is a very good episode in which the regulars take the back seat. Too Short a Season is not.

The Castellan · November 15 2012, 07:14 AM

I liked the story it had a sorta theme to it....had Jamerson just stuck with the single does of the drug he had, and not down both doses, and so quickly, he would have still be alive, I think.

Timo · November 15 2012, 08:53 AM

...Sticking to rules and regulations would have saved lives there, yes. Had the episode played out this way but with Kirk as the Starfleet guest character, this would have been a blatant "Picard is a better man than Kirk" kind of event, perhaps raising audience ire rather than indifference.

Timo Saloniemi

BillJ · November 15 2012, 01:07 PM

Timo wrote:

...Sticking to rules and regulations would have saved lives there, yes. Had the episode played out this way but with Kirk as the Starfleet guest character, this would have been a blatant "Picard is a better man than Kirk" kind of event, perhaps raising audience ire rather than indifference.

Timo Saloniemi

Oh the trolling and flame wars this episode would have caused if Kirk had been involved... it would have been glorious!

sonak · November 16 2012, 01:32 AM

is Michael Pataki related to George Pataki?

Harvey · November 16 2012, 01:35 AM

Doesn't seem like it, from a brief Google search.

EmperorTiberius · November 16 2012, 07:30 AM

I liked this episode. It was very TNG-ish. The shot of Jameson in the conference lounge in the shadow while stars are flying by was a great piece of directing.

Mott the barber · November 16 2012, 07:26 PM

No one's mentioned this about the episode... Jameson's wife is Happy Gilmore's grandma!

inflatabledalek · November 17 2012, 08:31 PM

I wonder how heavily the script was rewritten from what may have been offered to Shatner (though has that ever been formally confirmed?). If it was just a case of name substitution you'd have to wonder how they'd thought they'd get him to do a story that would have painted his character in a fairly bad light considering the famous ego.

Mind, getting him on board might not have been helped by it not being a very good script. And the old age make up didn't look very good to me in SD, so it's probably unfair to blame the Blu Rays for how bad it looks now.

November 15 2012, 07:14 AM	#17
The Castellan Commodore Location: The Plains of Cydonia	Re: Episode of the Week: Too Short a Season I liked the story it had a sorta theme to it....had Jamerson just stuck with the single does of the drug he had, and not down both doses, and so quickly, he would have still be alive, I think. __________________ The meaning of the apocalypse is the opposite of what most people think. It does not mean the end of the world; it means the revealing of hidden secrets and the beginning of a heaven on earth. The apocalypse is starting now.

November 15 2012, 08:53 AM	#18
Timo Admiral	Re: Episode of the Week: Too Short a Season ...Sticking to rules and regulations would have saved lives there, yes. Had the episode played out this way but with Kirk as the Starfleet guest character, this would have been a blatant "Picard is a better man than Kirk" kind of event, perhaps raising audience ire rather than indifference. Timo Saloniemi

November 16 2012, 01:32 AM	#20
sonak Rear Admiral Location: in a figment of a mediocre mind's imagination	Re: Episode of the Week: Too Short a Season is Michael Pataki related to George Pataki?

November 16 2012, 01:35 AM	#21
Harvey Admiral	Re: Episode of the Week: Too Short a Season Doesn't seem like it, from a brief Google search. __________________ "What do you hear, Starbuck?" "Nothing but the rain, sir." "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat."

November 16 2012, 07:30 AM	#22
EmperorTiberius Captain	Re: Episode of the Week: Too Short a Season I liked this episode. It was very TNG-ish. The shot of Jameson in the conference lounge in the shadow while stars are flying by was a great piece of directing.

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November 16 2012, 07:26 PM	#23
Mott the barber Commodore	Re: Episode of the Week: Too Short a Season No one's mentioned this about the episode... Jameson's wife is Happy Gilmore's grandma! __________________ It's not you I hate, Cardassian. I hate what I became... because of you. --Miles O'Brien in "The Wounded"

November 17 2012, 08:31 PM	#24
inflatabledalek Captain	Re: Episode of the Week: Too Short a Season I wonder how heavily the script was rewritten from what may have been offered to Shatner (though has that ever been formally confirmed?). If it was just a case of name substitution you'd have to wonder how they'd thought they'd get him to do a story that would have painted his character in a fairly bad light considering the famous ego. Mind, getting him on board might not have been helped by it not being a very good script. And the old age make up didn't look very good to me in SD, so it's probably unfair to blame the Blu Rays for how bad it looks now. __________________ TRANSFORMATION: ADVANCED SIGN READING Bumblebee Vs. The Wall of Sound in my look at Rock and Roll Out! Part 2