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I did not know that. That definitely tracks. :D

The concept in Masks seemed to me to be about the artifact conveying mythic archetypes. Which is an explanation, if not necessarily an excuse, for its shortcomings in the conception of the alien dramatis personae*. Of course archetypes can be much richer and more interesting than very few...

I wouldn't call him Dustin Hoffman or Tom Hanks levels of "versatile." But he's "decent comedic actor" levels of versatile, which is harder than some laypeople think and better than a good chunk of acting talent.

I have no issue with "Masks" having detractors, but bruh. I've got to call a foul on saying it belongs in any sense whatever in the same company as "The Great Vegetable Rebellion." (I can't speak to "The Rules of Luton" as I actually saw very little of that show, but if it's the retread of...

Like some others, I'm weirdly fond of "Code of Honor" and "The Naked Now," and I'm recently on record as a defender of "Masks." I did not know that "Conundrum" needed defending, particularly, but I'm on the same page as the OP with that one. So I'm going to give some props to "Too Short a...

Okay, so, I come before you humbly to share my love of perhaps one of the most hilariously goofy and yet one of my favorite TNG episodes. I come before you humbly, fellow Trekkoids, Trekkies, Trekkers and Trekwhateveryouprefers, to speak of Masks. I'm not here to tell you Masks is strictly...

(Coming up within the next day or two: a review of one of my all-time fave episodes, "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad." :) )

SEASON 1, EPISODE 6: LETHE A list of links to the episodes rewatched so far can be found in the initial post. Today's art comes from Studio JJ's Retro Poster Project. Rating: 7/10. TL;DR: As the Discovery seemingly soars from strength to strength, alarm bells begin to ring at command about...

Thanks! I'm hoping to get back into it when I have some vacation time. Just swamped with work and life things at the moment, but I do have the reviews for the next two eps mostly ready.

Lethe (DSC).

Oh, I'm one of those people, I love the sixties sets. There's a lot of things about TOS that I enjoy, like the Dramatic Eye Lighting that's so prevalent in "The Doomsday Machine." I've just moved on from saying or thinking that deviation from that look "breaks continuity" or is somehow Wrong.

Realizing that TOS was just what they had the budget to do at the time, and was not close to how Gene or others would have wanted to do it, is the crucial first step in ridding oneself of obsessions with "canon" and "continuity."

SEASON 1, EPISODE 5: CHOOSE YOUR PAIN A list of links to the episodes rewatched so far can be found in the initial post. Today's art comes from Studio JJ's Retro Poster Project. Rating: 7.5/10. TL;DR: Three weeks after the breakthrough with the spore drive, Discovery is operating at a...

The uncontrollable animal attraction between Una and the rizziest of Vulcans was incredibly funny in its delivery. So good to see Rebecca Romijn get to just be as hilarious as she can be.

Yeah, I don't get all the angst about what SNW's "identity" is. Its identity is an eclectic SF show that blends serious adventure with lighthearted comedy. It adopted that identity in S1 and hasn't wavered from it. I know the TrekCulture guys are fond of asking this, too, but it doesn't seem to...

I'm not one who has been dissatisfied with the "gimmick" episodes thus far -- not most of them, anyway -- but although I agree Season Three has proven to be surprisingly weak overall, I think SNW has advantages that other shows didn't have that have largely allowed it to make the alternating...

You know, I hadn't thought of it from this angle but this is absolutely true.

The comedy worked. The logic of various plot points may not really work (like, the four serum-Vulcans automatically acquiring Kolinahr doesn't make sense, Kirk turning up here doesn't make sense), but it gave me some damned hearty laughs. It's great to watch everyone cut loose and have fun --...

Yeah, I gave this one a three out of ten, ultimately. First SNW episode I've personally rated this low. It's a swing and a miss. A potentially good episode buried under amateurish docu-filming gimmicks and featuring a journalist character who is bad at his job, unethical in his approach...

SEASON 1, EPISODE 4: THE BUTCHER'S KNIFE CARES NOT FOR THE LAMB'S CRY A list of links to the episodes rewatched so far can be found in the initial post. Today's art comes from Studio JJ's Retro Poster Project. Rating: 8.5/10. TL;DR: Specialist Michael Burnham is assigned to unravel (and...