The "DBR Series Review" [Season One]
DBR
starting with season one (obviously)
1.) "Encounter at Farpoint" I & II - This episode was the BEST pilot
for a series (trek) that I've seen. it grabbed my attention, although I
didn't like how half the crew wasn't there. [B-]
2.) "The Naked Now" - I saw this episode after seeing most of seasons
2-6, and I thought Data Drunk was pretty funny. The overall plot was a bit
of a snooze though. [C+]
3.) "Code of Honor" - This was a fairly entertaining episode WAY back
then. Now, when I watch the episode, I think to myself "Why did I even
watch that show?". If you ask me, there was a lot of sexism going on during
the first few seasons. Musta' been Gene's doing (OINK). [D]
4.) "The Last Outpost" - Probably the best episode of Season One, IMHO.
The Ferangi were introduced here, and they haven't changed a bit. Arman
Shimmerman played a Ferangi in this ep. It was just cool, I liked
everything. [A+]
5.) "Where No One has Gone Before" - Keeping in mind Weasel Crusher
starred in this ep, It was OK. The plot, effects, and people worked...
Including Wesley. [B+]
6.) "Lonely Among Us" - You know what? I don't think I've even seen
this episode... Damnit! I'll have to get it. [Not Rated]
7.) "Justice" - Oh la la! First of all, the girls running around in
those hot little... things just made my day. The Guys? Well, that's a whole
different story. This episode was kinda' neat. Wesley almost dies, Picard
was Great, "God" was cool, and I just liked it. [B+]
8.) "The Battle" - Wicked Episode! Picard had his first REAL character
development episode, and it was great. Seeing Picard go crazy was cool. I
didn't like, however, how the Ferangi was seeking Revenge. It was almost
like he wasn't concerned with profit, and stuff like that, but rather
vengeance for his Son. [A]
9.) "Hide & Q" - Kind of lame, if you ask me. Riker seemed pretty quick
to dump his friends to be a Q. And why was Tasha crying when she was put in
the "penalty box"? Give me a break, man! And Worf... Well, he was acting
like a monkey -I like him better now. [C-]
10.) "Haven" - Horrible episode. I don't think I need to say more. [F]
11.) "The Big Goodbye" - Everyone's favorite little munchcin saves the
ship again! Aside form that, it was pretty good. The story sucked, but
acting was good. So were the effects. [B-]
12.) "Datalore" - Second best episode of the season. Lore was cool, the
Crystal-thing was cool, and everything else was cool. [A+]
13.) "Angel One" - Can you all say "Suckedshitola"? A female-controlled
planet? [D-]
14.) "11001001" - How many times is the Enterprise going to be
hijacked? This episode was ok, I guess, it kept me entertained. [C-]
15.) "Too Short a Season" - Picard was good, the Admiral (Dunno his
name) was lousy. didn't really like how he used whatever he was using to
stay young though... But, for some odd reason, this episode worked. It must
have been Stewart's acting that saved it. [B-]
16.) "When The Bough Breaks" - Great show! Probably sits at # 3 in the
season. Even Wesley was.... ok. A little to many dramatic/tragic-child loss
scenes, but other than that it was fine. [A]
17.) "Home Soil" - Kind of funny episode. a "microbrain" race of aliens
declaring was on humans because they didn't listen? I liked it - wasn't the
best, but I liked it. [A]
18.) "Coming of Age" - Shit. That's all it was: shit. [F]
19.) "Heart of Glory" - Hmm... I guess I didn't mind this show... But
isn't it odd how Two people can seize a ship? [B]
20.) "The Arsenal Of Freedom" - Oh Gawwwwd! [F-]
21.) "Symbiosis" - Good ep. A race of druggies was... new, and still
is. I was kind of pissed when Picard wouldn't intervene to help them
though. [A-]
22.) "Skin of Evil" - Probably the most memorable (I didn't say the
best) episode of Star Trek, period. Tasha died in this episode, which was a
TOTAL shock to me. The black alien looked like hell, but he was... neat,
I'll give him that. [A]
23.) "We'll Always Have Paris" - Fine episode, Picard was his own, cool
self. Data was Da Man, and the story was good. First time travel ep too,
IIRC. [B+]
24.) "Conspiracy" - I guess if I saw this episode BEFORE the later
seasons, I may have liked it. But I didn;t, and it blew chicken balls.
HOWEVER, me being the fair guy that I am, I'll give it a "C", because it
was original. [C]
25.) "The Neutral Zone" - After seeing this episode, I always wondered what
it would be like to get frozen half way through my life. It was goooood.
And the Romulans rocked! [A+]
<<<([Overall])>>>
The first season was definitely worse than all other seasons, but it had
it's moments.
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Rika
King of Cyberia
>>
>> 2.) "The Naked Now" - I saw this episode after seeing most of seasons
>> 2-6, and I thought Data Drunk was pretty funny. The overall plot was a bit
>> of a snooze though. [C+]
>When Data says "If you prick me, so I not ... leak?", do you think this is
>literal, or is he just drunk enough to realise the quote doesn't fit unless
>he changes it? And this is one of Shylock's lines, a part Spiner has
>aleways said he wanted to play - could it be an ad lib? The fall was
>*definitely* an ad lib and is the funniest thing in the whole season).
Also in that episode, Data says to Picard that there was a limerick he
didn't understand. It's probably perverted, but what comes after "There
was a lady from Venus, her body was shaped like a... "?
>You HAVE to be kidding! This is one of the worst episodes I have ever seen!
>Even if I had been able to suspend disbelief for long enough to think anyone
>might want to steal Wesley and keep him. Reminds me of that O Henry story
>where evebtually the kidnappers offer the family money to take the boy back!
While your disbelief is "suspended," I found on the Trekkies movie site a
factoid that Wes is the ideal who Roddenberry wanted to be when he was
young.
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DBR
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>DBR <ass...@finalfrontier.com> wrote in message
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>> I've always wanted to do this... I'll review an entire season at a time,
>> starting with season one (obviously)
>>
seasons
>> 2-6, and I thought Data Drunk was pretty funny. The overall plot was a
bit
>> of a snooze though. [C+]
>
>literal, or is he just drunk enough to realise the quote doesn't fit
unless
>he changes it? And this is one of Shylock's lines, a part Spiner has
>aleways said he wanted to play - could it be an ad lib? The fall was
>*definitely* an ad lib and is the funniest thing in the whole season).
>
Yes, it was funny.
>> 9.) "Hide & Q" - Kind of lame, if you ask me. Riker seemed pretty
>quick
>> to dump his friends to be a Q. And why was Tasha crying when she was put
>in
>> the "penalty box"? Give me a break, man! And Worf... Well, he was acting
>> like a monkey -I like him better now. [C-]
>
>Wasn't Data noble, though *sigh*. And this time he quotes Polonius. The
>boy soitenly knows his Shakespeare.
>
I get the feeling we have quite a few Data fans here...
>> 13.) "Angel One" - Can you all say "Suckedshitola"? A
>female-controlled
>> planet? [D-]
>
>Ummm - is THAT really the reason it sucked?
>
Maybe... <g>
>> 16.) "When The Bough Breaks" - Great show! Probably sits at # 3 in
the
>> season. Even Wesley was.... ok. A little to many dramatic/tragic-child
>loss
>> scenes, but other than that it was fine. [A]
>
>You HAVE to be kidding! This is one of the worst episodes I have ever
seen!
>Even if I had been able to suspend disbelief for long enough to think
anyone
>might want to steal Wesley and keep him. Reminds me of that O Henry story
>where evebtually the kidnappers offer the family money to take the boy
back!
>
>
LOL!
>Hmm, perhaps I should do some reviews of my own, focusing entirely on how
>many minutes of screen time Data gets, how many good lines he has, any
>character development he experiences, and whether he saves the ship again.
>Episodes where Wesley saves the ship but only because he put it in danger
in
>the first place count for Data. (eg, Naked Now, the one about the Nanites
>etc). Any takers?
>
Go fo it.
>an only *just* joking
>
Howcome?
Rika
>
*dreams of all that should be done with Dee and Will in the next movie* :)
Maybe kids.... :)
And I seem to like the person only fellow Imzadians seem to like; Kate. :)
Rika
Tinfoil
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> I've always wanted to do this... I'll review an entire season at a time,
> starting with season one (obviously)
>
> 2.) "The Naked Now" - I saw this episode after seeing most of seasons
> 2-6, and I thought Data Drunk was pretty funny. The overall plot was a bit
> of a snooze though. [C+]
When Data says "If you prick me, so I not ... leak?", do you think this is
literal, or is he just drunk enough to realise the quote doesn't fit unless
he changes it? And this is one of Shylock's lines, a part Spiner has
aleways said he wanted to play - could it be an ad lib? The fall was
*definitely* an ad lib and is the funniest thing in the whole season).
> 9.) "Hide & Q" - Kind of lame, if you ask me. Riker seemed pretty
quick
> to dump his friends to be a Q. And why was Tasha crying when she was put
in
> the "penalty box"? Give me a break, man! And Worf... Well, he was acting
> like a monkey -I like him better now. [C-]
Wasn't Data noble, though *sigh*. And this time he quotes Polonius. The
boy soitenly knows his Shakespeare.
> 13.) "Angel One" - Can you all say "Suckedshitola"? A
female-controlled
> planet? [D-]
Ummm - is THAT really the reason it sucked?
> 16.) "When The Bough Breaks" - Great show! Probably sits at # 3 in the
> season. Even Wesley was.... ok. A little to many dramatic/tragic-child
loss
> scenes, but other than that it was fine. [A]
You HAVE to be kidding! This is one of the worst episodes I have ever seen!
Even if I had been able to suspend disbelief for long enough to think anyone
might want to steal Wesley and keep him. Reminds me of that O Henry story
where evebtually the kidnappers offer the family money to take the boy back!
Hmm, perhaps I should do some reviews of my own, focusing entirely on how
many minutes of screen time Data gets, how many good lines he has, any
character development he experiences, and whether he saves the ship again.
Episodes where Wesley saves the ship but only because he put it in danger in
the first place count for Data. (eg, Naked Now, the one about the Nanites
etc). Any takers?
an only *just* joking
Tinfoil
Shammie
>While your disbelief is "suspended," I found on the Trekkies movie site a
>factoid that Wes is the ideal who Roddenberry wanted to be when he was
>young.
Wesley was also Gene's middle name.
Tinfoil
bear Wesley. I have a friend who has avidly watched, rewatched and
collected every series of Trek *except* TNG, because in the few episodes he
did watch Wesley just gave him the screaming jeebies. Maybe it's just the
effete and wussy way the role was played.
Which reminds me; why have they never tried to bring him back for the
movies? Even a cameo? You can't tell me Wil Wheaton has better things to
do.
cheers
Tinfoil
Shammie <sham...@aol.compizzagrl> wrote in message
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Wavemaker
> 2.) "The Naked Now" - I saw this episode after seeing most of
> seasons 2-6, and I thought Data Drunk was pretty funny. The overall
> plot was a bit of a snooze though. [C+]
I thought the scene between Picard and Beverly in his ready room was
pretty hot. Definitely some sizzle.
> 3.) "Code of Honor" - This was a fairly entertaining episode WAY
> back then. Now, when I watch the episode, I think to myself "Why did
> I even watch that show?". If you ask me, there was a lot of sexism
> going on during the first few seasons. Musta' been Gene's doing
> (OINK). [D]
I don't have any specific criticisms of this ep because it's been
awhile since I've seen it. I just remember not caring for it at all.
> 11.) "The Big Goodbye" - Everyone's favorite little munchcin
> saves the ship again! Aside form that, it was pretty good. The story
> sucked, but acting was good. So were the effects. [B-]
I liked this ep. Cool film noir look to the holodeck scenes. Plus,
there was some existential issues played with too. It's one of those
eps I don't mind watching again and again.
> 13.) "Angel One" - Can you all say "Suckedshitola"? A female-
> controlled planet? [D-]
Mmmm... females...
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>
> I thought the scene between Picard and Beverly in his ready room was
> pretty hot. Definitely some sizzle.
>
Well, *I* wouldn't mind Beverly unzipping her uniform for me ;-)
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A theory - Wesley is unbearable because - no matter how hard they try
to explain his presence - he does not belong on a starship. The mere
sight of him to some of us precludes the suspension-of-disbelief which
is necessary to enjoy most SF. IOW, you have to buy into what is
happening, and with Wesley aboard, that's not possible.
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Rika <fiz...@NOSPAM.net> wrote in message
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Kate who?
Quinn
Rika
>
Katherine (Kate) Pulaski
The ol' crusty doctor in the second season. ;) Gosh, I hope she returns in
the next movie. Has she been in any DS9/VOY episodes?
Rika
David B.
No.
Tinfoil
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But she did a great plummet down a lift shaft in "L A Law"!
Tinfoil
David B.
>
> Rika <fiz...@NOSPAM.net> wrote in message
> > > Kate who?
> > >
> > Katherine (Kate) Pulaski
> > The ol' crusty doctor in the second season. ;) Gosh, I hope she returns
> in
> > the next movie. Has she been in any DS9/VOY episodes?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> I think they should bring her back and keep Crusher too and see how they get
> on. That could be interesting. Maybe. Never mind.
>
> Quinn
They'd have to get Diana Muldaur out of retirement though.
Quinn Fidler
Quinn Fidler
Shouldn't be too hard. In DS9 they got the Defiant out of mothballs in a few
days when the Wormhole went into an inversion. Am I babbling again?
Quinn
Timothy Bruening
> 13.) "Angel One" - Can you all say "Suckedshitola"? A female-controlled
> planet? [D-]
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