Writer Margaret Armen was the daughter of a naval officer and spent most of her time in Manila, Panama, Japan, and China, where she learned to speak the Mandarin language. She majored in English literature at the University of California at Berkeley, and then furthered her education at UCLA, receiving a bachelor’s degree in creative …
If MST3K did Star Trek episodes, they couldn’t start at a better place than “And the Children Shall Lead.” Widely regarded as one of the worst TOS episodes, it has it all: Shatner overacting; endless monotonous exposition from the unthreatening alien villain; multiple instances of crew stupidity; and a group of irritating, demonic children that put Kirk in an impossible …
That bridge set was pretty awesome. I loved the computers. We didn’t have them then for personal use. But when they came out, I was one of the first to get one. The future has always been much more real to me than the present. So when I walked into Star Trek, I felt I …
For the purposes of this review I’m going to pretend I haven’t seen any other episodes with Shakaar, so I don’t get cranky (not a big Shakaar fan here). “Shakaar” is the episode where Kira decides to move on from Bareil’s death and open her heart to Shakaar, but it’s not an episode about either …
Yay! Funko is releasing a line of TNG Pop! Vinyl figurines. Less yay is that there’s no Doctor Crusher. The Troi is cute and at least looks like she maybe can stand on her own two feet (unlike the Orion slave girl) so I’m more positive on it than their TOS series. But how did …
Fontana wanted the primary female character [in ‘Friday’s Child’] to be the polar opposite of how women were routinely portrayed on television at the time. Eleen was both cunning and deceitful in her efforts to prosper in a ruthlessly male dominated society. And the last thing she wanted was to care for another. ‘My feeling …
I need backup for this one . Like, remember “The Perfect Mate”? How it’s got serious issues, but at least Crusher is there to call out Jean-Luc and raise important questions about power, choice and consent? “Bound” doesn’t have that! T’Pol is the closest thing we get to a voice of reason and ethics and it’s …