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I think that’s true to a degree. But what I love about DS9 is they explore the flip side of that. I’ve always liked the convo between Dukat and Weyoun in “Sacrifice of Angels” about what constitutes victory. Because both of their versions of total victory are highly immoral but would arguably...

Although, this does open another question. If subspace exists as an "alternate realm" to be traversed, is the warp drive distorting subspace too? Or is it only warping normal space to access different levels of subspace? The latter might be a headcanon explanation for the different appearances...

If I understand the (fictional) science of how warp drive works within the Star Trek universe, the core creates enough energy through matter-antimatter annihilation of detuerium (an isotope of hydrogen) through a process regulated by dilithium that creates a warp plasma that's shunted to the...

Moff's Law: Never try to dismiss critical analysis by asking, "Why can't you just enjoy it for what it is?" And they work within the rules and limitations of the story. There's been 60 years of backstory about what warp drive and transporters can and can't do that allows the audience to accept...

Ummmm... Do people really exalt the plot of Generations as good? It's not remembered as one of the better Trek films. It's usually considered a wasted opportunity, where people have complained about Kirk's death for the past 31 years AND ... both writers of the movie (Ronald Moore and Brannon...

One other thing to note about the way The Voyage Home discusses this issue ... apparently this sort of language was remembered as being indicative of the "giants" of late 20th century literature, which are Jacqueline Susann and Harold Robbins.

I've always wondered how that was supposed to work. Even with the level of technology they have in the 24th century, I can't imagine a way of doing that where it wouldn't be a MASSIVE disruption to ocean life. And, mind you, by that point there are multiple aquatic-based sentient species in...

DS9's "Hard Time" is basically "The Inner Light" but what if we showed you how horrible it could be. O'Brien didn't get an apology either. Also, I wonder about the priorities of the society in "The Inner Light." They're able to launch a probe with telepathic technology, but didn't think...

It can arguably be taken even to another level too. Both "The Menagerie" from TOS and "What You Leave Behind" from DS9 have similar conclusions for Pike and Sisko. In the end, both characters lose their normal existence sacrificing themselves for others, they return to the aliens they first...

The funny thing about “The Cage” and Pike in “The Cage” is that DS9’s pilot, “The Emissary,” has similarities to it. And Pike in “The Cage” can be seen as a very early version of the ideas that would become Sisko. - Both Sisko and Pike are disillusioned with Starfleet after experiencing...

Who said anything has to be "highbrow" in order to be written where the story doesn't come off as dumb or detaches a portion of its audience from the reality of its setting? Star Trek wasn't highbrow. Neither was The Twilight Zone. Or was a whole lot of Disney "cartoons." But all of them have...

“You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, and irrational fear of the unknown. There is no such thing as the unknown. Only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood.” —James T. Kirk, “The Corbomite Maneuver”

I'll let Google's AI explain: A "musical show don't tell" refers to a style of songwriting or musical theater where the story and emotions are conveyed through actions, imagery, and sensory details rather than explicitly stating them in the lyrics, allowing the audience to experience the...

How many episodes is them telling some planet they're not worshiping a "god." They're sacrificing themselves to a goddamn computer. Going back all the way to TOS, the themes of this franchise are that reason and logic through science, tempered with compassion, is the way to deal with issues and...

"Show, don't tell." There's a difference between whether there's character development and whether the character development within this framework was effective and satisfying. Whether the best way to deal with Pike's relationship issues was him to break into song about it on the bridge...

Ummm... no, not really. For the people who like or love that episode, more power to you. But for those that didn't vibe with it, either it fails on the plot (i.e., the solution to what this is, why it's happening, character development, etc.) or the music. From the comments of those that had...

One of people's problem with SNW's "Subspace Rhapsody" was how detached the musical aspect was from any believability. The technobabble allows the audience to suspend disbelief by giving some sciency-mumbo-jumbo that acknowledges a certain degree realism, but saying this anomaly or technology...

The one thing I'll add is the reason Berman-era Star Trek leaned into standalone episodes is that Paramount wanted Star Trek to be as accessible as it could be from week-to-week, especially airing in syndication where a local network might be running a random assortment of episode in the middle...

That's largely a function of how the ratings and network ad sales functioned. The episodes which would usually be the big-budget events were during the season premiere, the "sweeps" period (typically in the months of November, February, and May), and the season finale. The ratings from those...

There have been times in my life where I've been very, very down about something where I felt like I did everything possible to make it work, and for whatever reason it didn't. And I come back to the "It's possible to make no mistakes and still lose" scene and it feels like a warm blanket on a...