It's one of the episodes I always skip. But this time I ended up watching it and it was fantastic. This is a great example of storytelling. I don't know why I never watched it in full before?
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Night Terrors: That was great
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TNG did horror better than any of the other shows in the franchise. This was another good example of that.
Three of my favorite scenes... the bodies rising for Crusher, Picard screaming in the turbolift, and Riker hearing rustling in his quarters... and suddenly snakes appear in his bed.
This episode is a great illustration of how 'less is more'. Very simple, basic things to chill you to the bone... and it works!
Oddly this is how I feel about the episode "A matter of time" I'm watching it right now and not really enjoying it.
I was at a convention in the late 90's and Marina wanted everyone to know that wasn't her in those scenes! It's her stunt double, Rosine Hatem. I actually like Night Terrors quite a bit, I think it's quite clever - but those VFX scenes don't look great and the camera angles were questionable.
I'm always surprised this one has a bad rep though, because it is medically accurate and quite interesting to watch. Not to mention that it's one of the genuinely creepy episodes. I really like the idea of scientific knowledge being expressed as a poetic metaphor between two species that can't really communicate with each other. The Worf suicide scene is really good too and shows Troi actually being a Counsellor.
The costuming is quite funny to me at least. Riker wears this blue crushed satin blazer to bed and Troi is wearing a pink halter top.
I still think those bodies sitting up in the morgue is one of the best 'creepy scenes' in all of Trek. It's over 30 years old and so simple- no special effects or anything. Also watching the actors becoming slowly more unhinged (starting from only a slight impediment that grows worse and worse) over the ep is creepy as hell.
I agree that the episode could have used fewer of those 'where are you!' Troi scenes.
To me, "Night Terrors" is a good episode (or, at the very least, features a solid premise), but it demands of its audience a specific mood. There are certain works of fiction that I can recognize as being of quality while refraining from jumping at the chance for a repeat experience. "Grave of the Fireflies" is a reasonably related example; all in all, Studio Ghibli's contribution is an excellent animated film and yet not one that I care to ever view again in my lifetime.
Not a fan of timeloop stories but I did like Cause and effect as well
I like it but hate the Troi parts. "What do you want from me?" "I have to tell you something." Yuck
Oh man, you ain't kiddin'!
I remember being freaked out by that scene.
I know... I haven't seen it, but I've heard stories.
I like Guinan's big gun. If Picard and Guinan fought Soran on Veridian III and she brought that, I would have loved it
That was so unexpected. I did LOL at that. But then got into analytical mode, this is the Enterprise D why would you need a BFG on this particular ship when the crew are boring do gooders most of the time?
Not on the ENT-D necessarily. But they go to all kinds of planets, Guinan as well.
Besides, Guinan has had a long life. She already visited Earth in the 19th century. She may have roamed through the galaxy for centuries. We've also seen in 22nd century ENT the AQ was a very different place. This gun might be a leftover from those centuries. And perhaps experience has taught her to always bring a gun with her, no matter how orderly and peaceful a place seems.
So another good one is True Q.
Considering I'm not generally a fan of Q episodes this one is a good one.
Considering I'm not generally a fan of Q episodes this one is a good one.
Better to have one and not need it than need one and not have it.
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