Tag: TNG Season One
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Blogging the Next Generation: “Where No One Has Gone Before”
“Why is this child here?” The first great episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation represents such a substantial elevation over its brethren that it takes a minute or two to become accustomed to its quality; everything about “Where No One Has Gone Before” is sharply done. The script is partially from Diane Duane, who…
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Blogging the Next Generation: “The Naked Now”
“It never happened.” The Data/Tasha Yar sex scene remains a standout of not just Star Trek: The Next Generation but the entire Star Trek franchise, and possibly the whole history of shipping and slash fiction and cosplay and ooey-gooey SF sexual what-would-happen-ifs. That Data/Tasha comes in the middle of an episode that most folks consider…
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Blogging The Next Generation: “Encounter at Farpoint”
“Well, this is a new ship, but she’s got the right name.” The entire gulf between the male and female of our species might be mapped in the lack of understanding in my girlfriend’s eyes, as I attempted to explain to her why the high-definition upgrade of Star Trek: The Next Generation – and particularly, its visual effects –…