Unification, Pt II

I know it's "Grammaton Cleric," but I can' t just stop an episode to make pedantic corrections about 2002 cult films. There are TV shows from 1991 that require our full attention.

What *does* happen here doesn't happen to any great effect and even Leonard Nimoy can' t save it from just being "meh."

But Data did the Vulcan thing. That's cool.

Hypothetically.

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Unification, Pt I

Honestly, I'd feel more comfortable sending kids to Romulus. Spy kids.

For an episode with Spock, there's not a lot of Spock. And speaking of Star Trek episodes without a lot of Star Trek, I also feel like we haven't gotten a strong idea or moral principle lately. Derek and I are just crackin' jokes instead of engaging in some elevated discourse because...we're just not seeing any. Is that fair for the first stretch of Season 5 or are we just getting complacent? I'm sorry if we are; we're stretching for the meatier content.

I refuse to apologize for my Brooks and Dunn references.

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The Game

The big irony of this episode is how quick people are to chalk this one up as another story where Wesley saves the ship but it's actually another episode where the writers press the "Data" button and the goal is to summon the android who can do anything so he can solve everything. 

Saying this is another episode where Wesley saves the ship is like saying any silver-age Superman story is one where Jimmy saves the day because he has the supersonic watch.

Anyway, is this episode prescient about World of Warcraft just because its writers were poking at a Nintendo like it was the danged Monolith? The episode about technology giving us stimulation without any benefit--or worse, harm--seems incredibly broad and yet it's very specifically applicable to the world we live in 30 years later. The applicability of its lesson requires us to perceive these things as dangers before its message about their dangers are applicable so I still feel like it's irrelevant. Am I overthinking this tepid, tepid story?

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TBnTB Video: Disaster

Riker: Can save Earth.
Riker's legs: Can save the Enterprise.

Does it work though? Does Troi's throughline work? Are her stakes real?

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The Beige and The Bold: Disaster

Riker: Can save Earth.

Riker's legs: Can save the Enterprise.

Does it work though? Does Troi's throughline work? Are her stakes real?

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TBnTB Video: Silicon Avatar

Obviously, there were some issues with the pen. In Star Trek, it's always cool to bypass the pre-flight checklist because you know the episode isn't going to end at the 11:47 mark with a flash of bright, white light. 

In the real world, that weird little circle of fuck-you will tank your efforts and force you to draw with a mouse if you don't make sure the wacom tablet you've used a dozen times already still works. It's a learning experience and I'm now viscerally motivated to do a full equipment check prior to each drawing session.

Maybe that's the real legacy of "Silicon Avatar."