I LOVE THIS EPISODE!! For some reason, all episodes involving star fleet academy get me really excited. Maybe it's because it reminds me of all the hard work that I did to fight my way into the college of my dreams and then to survive all the way through to my bachelor's degree was finished!
Now that a year has passed from the new Star Trek reboot movie I definately have a frustration with the fact that, in STNG, Wesley Crusher works sooooo hard to get into the academy (and he's an engineering prodigy at worst!) where as James Kirk gets to waltz onto the ship for starfleet academy without even taking an entry exam! Does anyone else have an issue with this? Don't get me wrong, I actually enjoyed the new movie and I'm excited about the re-invigoration of the franchise - it's certainly more effective than "Enterprise" (the show) ever was!
Finally, I love the sequence where Wesley gets all pissed off and rough with that guy in the hall way! We rarely get to see Wesley excersise having some balls! :)
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Home Soil (Season 1 - Ep. 18)
Home soil is a pretty entertaining episode! I love episodes where it appears that technology is alive! The episode is about a group of scientists that are working on Terraforming a planet, but they're behind schedule. So since the Enterprise is passing by, they thought they'd check in. During their visit some things go TERRIBLY WRONG! Press play to view the original trailer for the episode to jog your memory if you haven't watched the episode recently.
In many ways I'm attracted to the idea of Terraforming! It's really exciting to think about creating an entire ecosystem on a barren planet; bringing life to a place that has has none! I do believe that that would create amazing opportunities for people to live in a more healthy way, instead of destroying all rural land and replacing it with Sub-Urban Sparawl. There could be pockets of urban environments amidst tons of rural land that has yet to be poluted. But alas, I'm talking about a utopian situation that is not likely to happen.
All that being said, just as we see in the episode there would always be a possibility that there's some kind of sentient life form that actually can survive on a "barren" planet and in fact IS suriving/flourshing. Life that's made of energy, or that's microscopic. If we cannot communicate with them, then we may be performing genicide all in hope of colonizing a planet that we wish to claim as ouur own; "New Worlds".
And we've seen what the human desire to conquer new worlds has done to our worldwide history. We've fought with our own kind, we've damaged ecosystems, we've pilaged natural resources, and taken advantage of everything in our path - all so that we can claim something as our own.
As much as my heart wants humans to explore this solar system, and eventually the rest of the universe. I feel as if we're not mature enough as a world community to do anything of the sort, even if we had the technological and financial means. The construction and utilization of the international space station is a step in the right direction - but I have a feeling that it will take some several generations before we can think about colonizing on another space rock, or begining to truly conceptualize the science behind terraforming.
As far as the episode goes, I'm noticing some very interesting cinemotographic decision, such as the low light on the bridge. It's as if Picard is preparing for a candle light dinner with everyone on the bridge. I am also interested in the fact that this episode is far more reliant on foly/sound fx than it is music - which is in complete contrast to the last episode! It's as if there's far more orchestral sound track on episodes "of the heart" than there is with episodes that are techonlogy or diplomacy heavey! Iwonder if this is an ongoing creative tactic on the producers' parts. What do you guys think? Feel free to send me your thoughts at themojdeh@gmail.com, subject "SPACE CAMP RESPONSE" please refer to the title of the blog post in the body of your email.
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Wikipedia Synopsis of "Home Soil"
In many ways I'm attracted to the idea of Terraforming! It's really exciting to think about creating an entire ecosystem on a barren planet; bringing life to a place that has has none! I do believe that that would create amazing opportunities for people to live in a more healthy way, instead of destroying all rural land and replacing it with Sub-Urban Sparawl. There could be pockets of urban environments amidst tons of rural land that has yet to be poluted. But alas, I'm talking about a utopian situation that is not likely to happen.
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| Terraforming station on Velara III |
All that being said, just as we see in the episode there would always be a possibility that there's some kind of sentient life form that actually can survive on a "barren" planet and in fact IS suriving/flourshing. Life that's made of energy, or that's microscopic. If we cannot communicate with them, then we may be performing genicide all in hope of colonizing a planet that we wish to claim as ouur own; "New Worlds".
And we've seen what the human desire to conquer new worlds has done to our worldwide history. We've fought with our own kind, we've damaged ecosystems, we've pilaged natural resources, and taken advantage of everything in our path - all so that we can claim something as our own.
As much as my heart wants humans to explore this solar system, and eventually the rest of the universe. I feel as if we're not mature enough as a world community to do anything of the sort, even if we had the technological and financial means. The construction and utilization of the international space station is a step in the right direction - but I have a feeling that it will take some several generations before we can think about colonizing on another space rock, or begining to truly conceptualize the science behind terraforming.
As far as the episode goes, I'm noticing some very interesting cinemotographic decision, such as the low light on the bridge. It's as if Picard is preparing for a candle light dinner with everyone on the bridge. I am also interested in the fact that this episode is far more reliant on foly/sound fx than it is music - which is in complete contrast to the last episode! It's as if there's far more orchestral sound track on episodes "of the heart" than there is with episodes that are techonlogy or diplomacy heavey! Iwonder if this is an ongoing creative tactic on the producers' parts. What do you guys think? Feel free to send me your thoughts at themojdeh@gmail.com, subject "SPACE CAMP RESPONSE" please refer to the title of the blog post in the body of your email.
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Wikipedia Synopsis of "Home Soil"
Saturday, September 11, 2010
More from WHERE STNG AND BEARDS COLLIDE!
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This post has been written for your delight by, Commander Mojdeh.
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