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“Anbo-jyutsu! The ultimate evolution in the martial arts!” One is called upon to wonder exactly what keeps Riker, a career Starfleet officer, out of the captain’s chair that is trotted out for him so regularly on Star Trek: The Next…
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Green ring around brown
Queenstown – a.k.a. the nexus of extreme activity for the entirety of the planet earth, Extremeopolis, where stores supplying equipment for various dangerous outdoor activities outnumber food establishments by a ratio of 60:1. On (our) Tuesday, and after a delicious…
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Five flights and a bag
New Zealand – Some people “pack” “stuff” for long holidays; others show up on the other side of the world with nothing but the clothes on their back and figure shit out. Not that I intended to be in the…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Time Squared”
“We may be on a road that has no turns.” From the ridiculous to the sublime – if “The Royale” is my least favourite episode of the year, “Time Squared” is certainly its opposite number. I flipped my lid over…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Royale”
“When the train comes in, everybody rides.” “The Royale” is far and away my least favourite episode of the season – which means, yes, I am putting it below the dreadful clip show, “Shades of Grey.” I hate this one,…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Contagion”
“It’s beginning to make me think we should have run these Galaxy-class ships across a few more drawing boards before we built one.” “Contagion” was candy to me when it first aired, its various elements appealing to every single molecule…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Dauphin”
“I dream of a galaxy where your eyes are the stars, and the universe worships the night.” Wesley Crusher’s first love story is so goddamned adorable that I rank it highly among my favourite episodes of the second season, even…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Measure of a Man”
“From limitless options, I am reduced to none. Or rather one.” I don’t normally go in for extended cut / deleted scene shenanigans, particularly on things I hold sacrosanct, but the opportunity to see a full cut of “The Measure…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “A Matter of Honour”
“If Klingon food is too strong for you, perhaps we could get one of the females to breastfeed you.” I just find the idea of Starfleet running a student exchange program endlessly charming. It carries “A Matter of Honor” a…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Unnatural Selection”
“Scientists believe no experiment is a failure.” Ah, Dr. Pulaski; we hardly knew ye. I admit my relationship to Lady Bones is heartily impacted by my brother’s spastic rendering of her name – “P’LASKI!” – but on the whole I…
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