Way to Eden is definitely on my guilty pleasure list.
Is it time to put Star Trek to rest?
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Oh, mine, too. Definitely. I reach.
"The Empath" is widely regarded as an inferior and shockingly low-budget Season 3 episode but I find it an engaging and moving story, one that contains one of DeForest Kelley's best single performances in all of TOS as well as a completely mute, physical performance by guest star Kathryn Hays as Gem. The Vians also have a very cool and interesting look for Season 3 aliens of the week.
I'll always defend "The Empath."
I'll always defend "The Empath."
Same. Always a defendable episode. Best showcase of the trio's friendship in TOS... possibly the franchise.
I like DSC, but I can't disagree with any of what you said, especially about how an entire season can be ruined. "Star Trek does 9/11" and the way they did it torpedoed ENT S3 for me. With DSC S3, I like the idea of The Burn, but the cause of The Burn was stupid. As far as SNW S3, it's not serialized like those other two examples, but nothing I've heard about it makes me think it's something I should go out of my way to watch.
That's a lot of Season 3s I mentioned.
I remember being excited about DSC when it was announced, but it could've been Star Trek: Anything and I probably would've felt the same way at the time. I was excited about PIC because it was a chance to finally see what was going on Post-2387 in the Prime Timeline, which I'd been wondering about since the 2009 Movie came out. That's what I thought they'd do for the first new series.
Every other new series after Picard? Some ideas I've liked better than others, but I haven't been out-and-out excited about any of them. So I'm ready to call it a night with the Kurtzman Era if SFA doesn't grab me.
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I'd give real credits to watch Mon-El or Wildfire knock Jimmy Kirky across his bridge while Shrinking Violet laughs uproariously.Not until I get the Star Trek/Legion of Superheroes crossover film that Paramount’s takeover of Warner could (and must) lead to.
So long as the majority of episodes are high quality, I will enjoy an occasional Spock's Brain.
Truer words were never spoken.
One of my favorite episodes. No need to defend it. I don't dislike season 3 like a lot of fans. There are a bunch of great episodes.
Well, trendy as in "woke."
Yes. I want Star Trek to be as trendy as the United States Constitution. That's a pretty great benchmark. Thank you.
To add to Nyotarules' post - lets add The Outcast, Angel One, Code of Honour off the bat
Fairhaven has some questionable elements
And then there were the raft of 18 year old women mid 30s Shatner was paired with in TOS
And the one that creeps me out most - J. C. Brandy who played Batanides (Picard's former love interest) in Tapestry. We have Patrick Stewart (born 1940 and so around 52 when this was filmed) kissing J C Brandy (born Nov 1975 - episode was released in Feb 1993 and so she was 17) and while not shown sleeping with her.
She was a literal child legally and that is just not right
I didn't have a problem with Stacey Abrams on DSC. It shows where the series stands politically, and luckily for me it stands where I stand.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion should be seen as the norm, not trendy. And definitely not as a negative. "All men are created equal", since the Constitution was brought up. Or rather, as it should say, "All people are created equal.'
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion should be seen as the norm, not trendy. And definitely not as a negative. "All men are created equal", since the Constitution was brought up. Or rather, as it should say, "All people are created equal.'
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Also for every cameo by someone such as Stacey Abrams you have Elon Musk High School - both people were referenced on screen for about the same amount of time and both references are about as consequential to the overall story/series
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Kim Darby, sure. (19, I think, but close enough.) Who else was under 20? How many is a "raft"?
Indeed. And how lucky for you.
"InALIENable." "HUMAN rights." If only you could hear yourselves.
And at the time they were considered more similar than different. Reference him again in Starfleet Academy and I will withdraw the distinction. I'm not holding my breath.
Except I said "people", which would include more than just Humans.
Do you want to know something? Everybody's human.Except I said "people", which would include more than just Humans.
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