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 …
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
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 …
For my review of “The Enemy Within,” click here. Note I’m not a fan. From These Are The Voyages: Star Trek TOS, Season 1 by Marc Cushman with Susan Osborn (TW for discussion of sexual assault): It was important to [writer Richard] Matheson that the attempted rape be included. It wasn’t part of his story outline merely for …
Inspired by a fabulous discussion on lady-centric episodes with the ussfeministkilljoy crew, here are my Top 10 Feminist TNG Episodes. In order to help narrow it down I limited myself to episodes that pass the Bechdel-Wallace Test (for full TNG Bechdel-Wallace results click here). Other than that, I was looking for episodes where we see strong, complex …
I had done so many roles as the Seniorita, the Japanese girl, the Chinese girl, and the Hawaiian gal, that when I left New York, everyone told me I’d be typecast when I got to Hollywood. So I thought, ‘Oh my God, I’m going to be typed!’ But it was the sci-fi world where I …
Dear Mr. Theiss, I have intended to write this letter ever since Sherry Jackson, the comely android, ‘turned on’ Capt. Kirk in her kangaroo-pouch jump suit (suppose a cigarette ash had slithered down into wide open places…what then???). Or perhaps it went a little further back when Susan Oliver tried to belly-dance her way into …