Category: Trekweb Forum
Here you’ll find content I wrote on various Star Trek forums and message board around the internet, mainly Trekweb from the old days.
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “Revulsion”
– Two and a Half Badges – “Kim blows his ONE CHANCE with Seven and a lunatic hologram goes all Norman Bates.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-three years later this episode still lives in my memory because of the fantastic guest turn by Leland Orser as…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “Revulsion”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “A Time to Stand”
– Two and Half Badges – “A stumble at the starting gate of the sixth season, that does its expositional job.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-three years later, no one cares that the first episode of one of the most epic arcs in DS9, namely the…Read on!Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6: “A Time to Stand”
Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “Nemesis”
– Three Badges – “Chakotay joins a resistance without even a single Cardassian in sight.” 2020 UPDATE – Twenty-three years later I think I went kind of easy on this one. People mostly seem to remember the weird language and the predator faces. It really…Read on!Star Trek: Voyager – Season 4: “Nemesis”
Of “Bottles” – A Critical Survey of Star Trek (Circa 1997)
I watch Trek for consistently thought-provoking sci-fi, a bright and hopeful view of a diverse and peaceful future for humanity, unparalleled adventure in television, engaging characters and performances, and a perspective shift that allows me to view the problems of modern humanity from a viewpoint that stimulates objectivity. In this respect, there has not been a single incarnation of Trek (yes, even the Animated Series) that has let me down…
It’s amazing how the incarnations of Trek reflect the personality traits that are ascribed to human birth order.…Read on!Of “Bottles” – A Critical Survey of Star Trek (Circa 1997)
Of “Lightning” – Why Trek isn’t as Popular as it Used to Be (As of 1997)
Trek fans are spoiled. Our expectations (and possibly those of Paramount) are too high. We are not the only player. To judge the success of subsequent incarnations of Trek against the ratings and buzz of TNG, in an arena where sci-fi is common and Trek has been around for YEARS, is to ensure that every subsequent incarnation of Trek automatically seems like a failure. Anyone in the entertainment industry will tell you that a project does not succeed or fail based solely on its own merits.…Read on!Of “Lightning” – Why Trek isn’t as Popular as it Used to Be (As of 1997)