I finally finished the two seasons of Picard this weekend. I have thoughts. They might be surprising. I want to take a wander down memory lane first. I'll try to keep it brief. When ST:TNG premiered in 1987, I was a 12 year old who loved the classic series. I... hated... TNG. It was stiff, …
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New Trek, Part Two: TLD & SNW
These two are both shorter so I figured I'd put them together. I feel very good about both The Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds but I don't feel like my take here is anything special so it's not as in-depth as my thoughts on Discovery. I'll start with Lower Decks. It's just so much …
New Trek, Part One: Discovery
I wanna talk about new Trek. I've mentioned it before but I want to say more. I'm all caught up on Discovery, Lower Decks, and Strange New Worlds. I've also watched the first season of Picard. There are probably some light spoilers below but I'll try to keep them to a minimum, if that's something …
Deanna Troi – Most Important Star Trek Character?
I watched a video the other day about Barclay and how he might actually be the greatest hero of Star Trek. The video starts with this line, “You ever notice how emotionally stable most characters on Star Trek shows are?” Now, I don’t know that I think that Barclay or Troi are actually the most …
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The Rhetorical Gamer 