13 February – DS9: Paradise
14 February – TNG: Thine Own Self
So this week Star Trek does "Stranded on a planet" week!
Paradise: So someone in the 24th Century discovers "back to nature" and thinks she invented the wheel? (They should have name dropped Dr. Sevrin. Or maybe said "Rousseau" just once.)
The thing that rang false about this episode was she kept going on about "You want to get back to your gadgets and your comforts (and your antibiotics)". Never did Sisko or O'Brien ONCE say "Screw the replicators, I want to get back to my KID!"
I don't remember Sisko and O'Brien being paired up that often. I liked it.
Thine Own Self: Gotta admit I groaned a bit when I realized it was a Data episode. (30 years on and I still hold a grudge I guess.) And worse, Data and a CHILD episode. It's actually really good. I may have a lower opinion of Spiner as an actor than I did 30 years ago, but he's fantastic at what he's fantastic at. And he's great in this.
It's a solid story and while they hit the "primitive people with silly misconceptions"* AND the villagers with pitchforks tropes but at no point do I feel like we are supposed to despise these people. (I would LOVE to see an episode where someone comes from the 35th century and says to Geordi "You don't really think THAT'S why warp drive works, do you?!?")
I love the "B plot" more than the main plot. For one, it's a great Troi story. For another Marina and Jonathan just have CHEMISTRY.
Wait, is Stewart not in this at all?
* "Why, just fifty years ago, they thought a disease like your daughter’s was caused by demonic possession or witchcraft. But nowadays we know that Isabelle is suffering from an imbalance of bodily humors, perhaps caused by a toad or a small dwarf living in her stomach."
Next week:
20 February – DS9: "Shadowplay"
21 February – TNG: "Masks" (Oh, good heavens!)
14 February – TNG: Thine Own Self
So this week Star Trek does "Stranded on a planet" week!
Paradise: So someone in the 24th Century discovers "back to nature" and thinks she invented the wheel? (They should have name dropped Dr. Sevrin. Or maybe said "Rousseau" just once.)
The thing that rang false about this episode was she kept going on about "You want to get back to your gadgets and your comforts (and your antibiotics)". Never did Sisko or O'Brien ONCE say "Screw the replicators, I want to get back to my KID!"
I don't remember Sisko and O'Brien being paired up that often. I liked it.
Thine Own Self: Gotta admit I groaned a bit when I realized it was a Data episode. (30 years on and I still hold a grudge I guess.) And worse, Data and a CHILD episode. It's actually really good. I may have a lower opinion of Spiner as an actor than I did 30 years ago, but he's fantastic at what he's fantastic at. And he's great in this.
It's a solid story and while they hit the "primitive people with silly misconceptions"* AND the villagers with pitchforks tropes but at no point do I feel like we are supposed to despise these people. (I would LOVE to see an episode where someone comes from the 35th century and says to Geordi "You don't really think THAT'S why warp drive works, do you?!?")
I love the "B plot" more than the main plot. For one, it's a great Troi story. For another Marina and Jonathan just have CHEMISTRY.
Wait, is Stewart not in this at all?
* "Why, just fifty years ago, they thought a disease like your daughter’s was caused by demonic possession or witchcraft. But nowadays we know that Isabelle is suffering from an imbalance of bodily humors, perhaps caused by a toad or a small dwarf living in her stomach."
Next week:
20 February – DS9: "Shadowplay"
21 February – TNG: "Masks" (Oh, good heavens!)
at the end of my post. Of course there is a TOS episode called The Changeling. Where the antagonist uses the phrase "Your facts are uncoordinated."
