Fan Expo Vancouver 2015
I’m at Fan Expo Vancouver this weekend. It was great to run into a bunch of other Vulcans and Trek fans in general today!
Donna Murphy on playing Anij
I think Anij is very autonomous, part of a culture of people who are very contemplative, meditative, who truly live in the moment. She is not intrusive in terms of what she expects from others but focuses more on what she expects of herself. She’s strong, protective, soulful, and spiritual. She was actually a great …
“Home” – ENT 4X3
“Home” wraps up the Xindi arc and introduces two new, significant female characters: Captain Erika Hernandez and T’Pol’s mom, T’Les. It’s got a lot that’s awesome, but also suffers some familiar blind spots. The episode starts out with a familiar theme in Enterprise: people overlooking Hoshi. Hoshi at this point is still suffering from the …
“Shades of Grey” – TNG 2X22
Nearly 25 years before 50 Shades of Grey became a movie, Star Trek brought us a TNG episode called “Shades of Gray.” 50 Shades of Grey has been called “its own form of torture” (USA Today), “painfully dull” (Newsday) and “punishment by boredom” (Rolling Stone). “Shades of Gray” has been called “Worst. Finale. Ever.” (Jammer’s Reviews), “just an …
Ethics in “Metamorphosis”
As we agreed, rather than becoming involved with what could be a touchy moral argument and a question of religious ethics, you will not have the Companion take over the body of Nancy after the latter’s death. Instead, prior to Nancy’s death, while she is still ill, you will have the Companion ‘merge’ with Nancy …
Carol Marcus in Into Darkness
Ugh. I totally forgot that in Into Darkness, Spock actually says Carol Marcus is “redundant,” implying he already has all her skills and more, and Kirk’s all like, “Who cares? I want her around because she’s hot.” #headdesk
“Let That Be Your Last Battlefield” – TOS 3X15
Time to tackle one of the most iconic classic Trek episodes: “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.” In this barely-veiled allegory for racism in America, with additional references to the Vietnam War and nukes, two half-black/half-white aliens (but with the black and white on opposite sides of their bodies) fight each other out of age-old …