Zerowinger 
3-3/4" Army Man Fan
As the title describes - general thread to discuss Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comics, and other “Nerdy” hobbies and topics.
So I’ll start out - want to talk about Star Trek?
Having to stay home for several days, I’ve taken to re-watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on Amazon Prime. A couple of things I’ve observed:
One, “Encounter at Farpoint” is actually a much better pilot episode than it usually gets credit for. John de Lancie gives a very entertaining performance as Q, and it was cool to see Michael Bell play in a non-VA role. In fact, even though it is probably the weakest of the seasons, Season 1 of TNG does have some pretty solid and character-focused episodes such as “Datalore,” “Coming of Age,” “Heart of Glory,” and “We’ll Always Have Paris.”
Second, in Season 2, I found Doctor Pulaski a much more warm and enjoyable character than she’s usually remembered. I certainly don’t think SF Debris is justified in calling her “The Gorgon,” and I’m actually wishing we got more of her.
Third, while the first two seasons definitely suffer from the “repurposed TOS script 20-years out of date” syndrome and a number of elements will feel like they came straight from the 1960’s, Season 3 is where the show starts to come out into its own and starts developing it’s own tropes (the whodunnit or science mystery, the temporal/space anomaly, the Prime Directive/internal affairs of other worlds dilemma). However way back in Season 1 in “The Big Good-Bye,” we got the first holodeck and thus holodeck malfunction episode, which would become a major staple of both TNG and later Voyager. That episode is also notable for featuring Lawrence Tierney of Reservoir Dogs fame playing a holographic mob boss.
So I’ll start out - want to talk about Star Trek?
Having to stay home for several days, I’ve taken to re-watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on Amazon Prime. A couple of things I’ve observed:
One, “Encounter at Farpoint” is actually a much better pilot episode than it usually gets credit for. John de Lancie gives a very entertaining performance as Q, and it was cool to see Michael Bell play in a non-VA role. In fact, even though it is probably the weakest of the seasons, Season 1 of TNG does have some pretty solid and character-focused episodes such as “Datalore,” “Coming of Age,” “Heart of Glory,” and “We’ll Always Have Paris.”
Second, in Season 2, I found Doctor Pulaski a much more warm and enjoyable character than she’s usually remembered. I certainly don’t think SF Debris is justified in calling her “The Gorgon,” and I’m actually wishing we got more of her.
Third, while the first two seasons definitely suffer from the “repurposed TOS script 20-years out of date” syndrome and a number of elements will feel like they came straight from the 1960’s, Season 3 is where the show starts to come out into its own and starts developing it’s own tropes (the whodunnit or science mystery, the temporal/space anomaly, the Prime Directive/internal affairs of other worlds dilemma). However way back in Season 1 in “The Big Good-Bye,” we got the first holodeck and thus holodeck malfunction episode, which would become a major staple of both TNG and later Voyager. That episode is also notable for featuring Lawrence Tierney of Reservoir Dogs fame playing a holographic mob boss.
