Tag: beige storytelling
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Suspicions”
“I don’t know, you tell me, you’re supposed to be wise!” “Suspicions” is emblematic of exactly how bland and unmotivated Star Trek: The Next Generation had become by this point in the run. You want to know what I mean when I say “beige storytelling?” Compare and contrast: the last time we had a Beverly…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Birthright, Part II”
“You do not kill an animal unless you intend to eat it.” The problem with Klingons is laid bare in this shame-faced episode, which is so morally and conceptually muddled that it ends up arguing for race-hatred, religious zealotry, and even fascism. “Birthright, Part II” finds Worf garrisoned at a penal colony inhabited by Klingons…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Time’s Arrow”
“It has occurred. It will occur.” We’ve arrived at the point in modern Trek where a year-end cliffhanger episode is a given, rather than a storytelling flourish arrived at organically. “Time’s Arrow” should be perfectly wired for me – it’s Next Gen’s Back to the Future III episode – but like most of post-Season Four…