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“Ugly bags of mostly water!” This episode is so freaking bad I often forget it exists; it is not the worst episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but it’s in the bottom five, and any gymnastics it does to…
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From A To Bond: For Your Eyes Only
Which one is this? The unremarkable one. Who’s who in this one? Moore (Bond); Llewellyn (Q); Maxwell (Moneypenny). Where did you first encounter this one? When the series started being released on DVD, in the early 2000s. Who’s the bad…
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From A To Bond: Dr. No
Which one is this? The first one! Who’s who in this one? Connery (Bond); Lee (M); Maxwell (Moneypenny); Lord (Leiter). Where did you first encounter this one? I’m not convinced I saw this before it was released on DVD in…
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From A To Bond: Die Another Day
Which one is this? The one where modern action-movie Bond reverts back to being stupid space-laser Bond. Who’s who in this one? Brosnan (Bond); Dench (M); Cleese (Q); Bond (Moneypenny). Where did you first encounter this one? In theatres, on…
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From A To Bond: Diamonds Are Forever
Which one is this? The Vegas diamond caper. Who’s who in this one? Connery (Bond); Lee (M); Llewelyn (Q); Maxwell (Moneypenny); Burton (Leiter). Where did you first encounter this one? On TV when I was twelve. Who’s the bad guy,…
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From A To Bond: Casino Royale
Which one is this? The reboot. Who’s who in this one? Craig (Bond); Dench (M); Wright (Leiter). Where did you first encounter this one? On release to theatres in 2006. Who’s the bad guy, and what does he want? Mads…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “When the Bough Breaks”
“The legend will die, but the people will live.” I get this episode mixed up with its predecessor, “Too Short a Season;” they both deal with the notion of age in one way or another, and they both have particularly…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Too Short a Season”
“Annie, with the golden hair.” One can admire “Too Short a Season” for its ambition, certainly, being a story about a nonogenarian admiral who ages backwards, Benjamin Button-style, to respond to an old threat. One can admire Clayton Rohner’s performance,…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “11001001”
“You got that straight, slim. Too real is too right.” Few episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation have benefited from the blu-ray upgrade as completely as “11001001,” which also happens to arguably be the first season’s best episode; that…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Angel One”
“Blogging the Next Generation” returns today after a one-week TIFF 2012 break, and now moves weekly, posting on Tuesdays, for the remainder of the series. At the advice of my brother, I’m also now incorporating a new feature: Enterprise ratings!…
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