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I think that's exactly right where it was still TOS-like, and Riker was like Kirk. At the time, though, I didn't think of it as "TOS-like" because TOS was all there was, and I was thrilled to have new episodes. I was happy the Kirk-like figure was not the captain, to avoid any attempt to...

In the 90s I used to hear people say, "well that was in the 60s. It was a completely different time." I thought, "Yeah, you can't compared anything modern with that ancient time period." But now I hear the same thing about the 90s being completely different. Many things look the same if...

I never thought of it this way. I always wonder why Riker's speech would have swayed them. I think this would have worked better if they had cast distinguished gray-haired slightly overweight old ladies as the ruling council, with men in the service roles consisting of tall muscle-men. I...

I was always confused in Encounter at Farpoint how they meant for the saucer to escape. They were running away at maximum speed. I believe the main section has a faster maximum speed than the saucer section. They detonated torpedoes to blind the pursuer to the separation. For this strategy...

I never thought about that either. This is probably the movie of which my opinion decreased the most of any movie. I can't believe I saw it two or three times at age 23 and thought it was good. I guess I was jonesing badly for more TNG content. We know the Bak'u had technology that they...

When I saw in the theater I really missed TNG, so I saw it at least twice. I didn't notice the obvious flaws until later. I thought it was a good action episode/movie. When I think about the movie now, I don't understand how no one knew the Son'a were from the Ba'ku were the same. We see...

I remember reading that when the book was new. It made perfect sense to me. We know anti-matter explosions are huge. It makes sense that they would have have a less catastrophic self-destruct, one that destroys the ship without destroying everything nearby.

I think it was supposed to be part of his point that his brand of warfare is so horrific that they never actually have to follow through.

When Anan and Kirk are arguing that humanoids are inherently war-like, Anan shouts "Your general order 24!", suggesting it speaks for itself regarding Kirk's war-like nature. Even though Kirk has control of the Eminian capitol, he doesn't object and say it wasn't real. He calls Scotty and...

Going there without permission seemed wrong, but Kirk was following orders under protest. Everything else that happened, except his threatening to destroy the entire planet, seemed like self-defense.

I think there's a specific protocol in the service for this. I think a chief, like O'Brien, outranks an Ensign. I think a Lieutenant outranks a chief, but the chief often has more experience, so the Lieutenant has to be careful to listen to a chief's advice and give them respect but not let...

It's hard to imagine what it would be like without it. I was at just the right age. I had seen all the TOS reruns, and I was 12 when TNG began. I still like TNG Season One to this day, an uncommon opinion. I was just eager for new Trek content and at an age where I could accept things that...

When I saw it at age 16, it all seemed serious and believable to me... that such accidents were bound to happen in space. I could not believe the plot with Troi being in command. There must be a system of staff officers who have rank because of their experience in a narrow field, like medicine...

What about For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky? McCoy could have stayed on the generational asteroid ship to administer the treatment they discovered there, to review all the other medical knowledge stored in their archives, and to support the leader in transitioning to a free...

As a child I thought this line was scary and he delivered it believably. "We mustn't sleep! They come in your dreams! That's the worst! They suffocate in your dreams!" At around age 42 I got obstructive sleep apnea, and in some ways it's more disturbing now. I don't know how I would live with...

I think Spock would have been one of them for these reasons: He sacrificed his life in Star Trek II: tWoK. He said they could lift off when he was trapped by the boulder. He says he's perfectly logical because his experiences growing up on Vulcan, but he later comes to think "logic is the...

My understanding of the Prime Directive is they cannot interfere in another country's affairs. If the society is not aware of other planets, they have to hide that knowledge because that knowledge itself would be interference. If the society does not have warp drive, they cannot give them warp...

"Knowing what happens in that future allows us to change things now, so that some things never happen." - Riker in All Good Things

I was annoyed as a teenager by how easily the ship was taken over. I liked to think of the Enterprise-D as powerful and Riker as being good a combat maneuvers. I thought the ship would be nearly totally destroyed before they would surrender, if at all. If I saw it for the first time now...

My point is they take hostages and make demands. Their demands are modest: to stop jailing people who haven't committed any crimes and help them find jobs. That's a good point that Sisko may just be trying to play a role that he doesn't fully believe in so that history is maintained. There is...