Oh, I'm already disqualified by my own rules. I'm now barred, and must name a child "Erik" in order to avoid a family shame. That will be awkward with my daughters. Far and away, my favorite musical of all time, or my name isn't Erich.
Yeah those whipper snappers who like Star Trek should know their place! Only we True Fans with the requisite knowledge and experience can be insufferable know-it-alls. They must yield to our unerring wisdom. Peace be upon those humble n00bs who follow the path we have trod for them.
By coincidence, I've been researching the various adaptations of The Phantom of the Opera recently, and you can make a case that the Webber musical is far more faithful to Leroux's original novel than any movie except the original Lon Chaney version (which is airing on TCM next month, btw.) Getting back OT: I kinda resist the idea that fandom should be some kinda of hierarchy, where some fans "rank" higher than others. We're all in this together.
Yeah but if you can't smother people with trivia to win an argument then what's the point of being a fan of anything?
Personally I loved Spock's Brain and think it's gotten a bad rep over the decades. I had it my #6 episode of season 3 for TOS and my #87 episode overall for the entire Trek franchise lol! No joke. I've ranked my top hundred combined episodes along with each shows best episodes according to me of course.
Confession: I actually pitched a sequel to CATSPAW once and almost talked the Powers That Be into it. But then they came to their senses and asked me for another idea . . . . In their defense, my plan was to dial all the Halloween stuff up to eleven: ghosts, giant cats, broomstick rides, etc. In retrospect, I was probably pushing my luck there. (I actually recycled much of the plot in a later book, The Weight of Worlds, after stripping away all the spooky Halloween stuff.)
If you take out the sheer stupidity of the idea behind it, both in terms of the missing brain and how it is restored, the show is otherwise pretty entertaining. It's certainly superior to the likes of TNG's Justice & Shades of Gray, and frankly quite a few early DS9s & ENTs and a good chunk of Voyager.
Not watching it? Only alternative I can think of. But I plan to at least watch the freebie. Doubt I will pay all access $$ no matter how it grabs me. Working two jobs and the cost of living just keeps going up as it is.
Interesting point. I am guessing it is the same old 'reinventing the wheel' writers, producers, etc can't resist doing with new movies or shows. Kelvin Universe started the process (echoing TMP if we are fair about it). Even TNG did a variation from the movie head ridges). In all fairness, the creators are trying to shock or revolt viewers who are no longer surprised by the appearance of Spock as they were initially in the 1960's. He was in the words of some who opposed Trek in that day "the devil's look alike." Check out the ending of TOS Omega Glory. This was how Mr. Gene dealt with that opposition.
Okay, Cox, here's my alternative to Discovery: how about you finish the Ascendants story arc, so I can get some closure, already?