jeffords (Blogspot) | by noreply@blogger.com (Jamie Jeffords) | Thu, Oct 29
Thu, Oct 29
The plot of “Ensign Ro” has yet another high ranking Starfleet official going rogue. There is something bout becoming an admiral that seems to corrupt. You would think Gene Roddenberry would be against the idea of power corrupting near perfect 24th century humans, but trek often goes to ex...
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source: TV Squad
Also, make sure you check out the Airwalk Terrain Hi Skate Star Trek StarFleet Edition sneakers from Payless. For $50, you get a really well-made urban sneaker that just happens to bear a Starfleet insignia. And they come in the departmental uniform colors of the original Enterprise crew -...
Published Fri, Nov 20
Star Trek: The Next Generation-- "The Inner Light" 
source: jeffords (Blogspot)
“The Inner Light” does not need much introduction, does it? It is the most personal episode since TOS’ “The City on the Edge of Forever.” not surprisingly, those are two of only four trek episodes to win Hugo awards for Best Dramatic Presentation. It is such a uniquely fascinating, poignant...
Published Thu, Nov 19
Star Trek: The Next Generation-- "The Next Phase" 
source: jeffords (Blogspot)
The Enterprise is called to assist a crippled Romulan vessel. One assumes bygones are bygones over the whole brainwashing la Forge to be an assassin, attempting to overthrow the Klingon Empire, and the aborted invasion of Vulcan. The Federation is chock full of forgiving souls, no? la For...
Published Thu, Nov 19
source: /FILM
ELK Lighting’s Star Ship chandelier was designed to resemble the Starship Enterprise and is available for $189. [geekologie] Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry will finally be inducted into The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. [trekmovie]
Published Thu, Nov 19
source: Quick Stop Entertainment
The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Volume 2 has 4 episodes from the Riker-Picard era. “Relics” is the most important of the batch since it brings back Scotty (James Doohan) from the original series. He’s stuck on a shipwreck. “The Inner Light” has an amnesiac Picard wake up to a wife on...
Published Wed, Nov 18
Star Trek: The Next Generation-- "I, Borg" 
source: jeffords (Blogspot)
It has been a long string of mediocre episodes. Thank goodness we finally get to one. While I enjoy “I, Borg” for the most part, my fondness for it has diminished because of subsequent Trek, notably Star Trek: First: Contact. Many fans do not appear to pay much attention to the fact events in “I,...
Published Tue, Nov 17
Dr. Horrible Strikes Again, And Captain Picard Goes Ghost-Hunting [Comics We Crave] 
source: io9
Staying with the media tie-ins, IDW also has the first issues of the weekly Legion: Prophets and the mini-series Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ghosts coming out. Meanwhile, Dark Horse has the much-anticipated all-new Dr. Horrible special issue to satisfy your Whedon Jones for another...
Published Tue, Nov 17
Opinion: Star Trek: The Next Generation-- "Imaginary Friend" 
source: jeffords (Blogspot)
The plot is a terribly contrived mess of elements of some of the worst TOS and TNG episodes. We have a troubled, lonely kid with an overactive imagination who causes trouble for the crew. I just more or less described “Charlie X,” “And the Children Shall Lead,” “The Bonding” “Hero Worship,” a...
Published Mon, Nov 16