Datalore (Season 1 - Episode 13) Star Trek TNG

Ahh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! This episode starts with Data trying to emulate a human sneeze! Which is almost as good as this video of a baby panda scaring the b-jesus out of mamma panda!
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But without further a due...here is the trailer for this episode! If you're reading on facebook instead of right off of my blog -> it has been requested that I interlink the youtube page for these videos because they will not embed into fb. So make sure you're clicking on those friendly hyperlinks! :)
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It's true, just like most Trekkies Data's one of my most adored characters! I've heard mixed things about Brent Spiner, the actor that played Data - but I've never met the guy so I couldn't say! All I know is that Brent seems to have an entertaining twitter feed!

The music in this episode is very very well composed. Possibly the most dynamic of the entire season! This is the MOST emotional the music has been so far, ironically, for a story that's about an emotionless android! All that being said there's a hilarious mixture between amazing orchestral arrangments and rediculous 80's synthetic sounds! ha ha ha ha! Quite odd once you really pay attention! But it is as if this episode is 95% has a musical bed, which is far more music than the average episode of TNG.

Finest quotes of the episode!
Will Riker: "Does it have all of your...parts?"
Geordi: "Will we know how to turn it on?"
Context: The crew visited the planet Data was assembled on. They found another android that looks like Data that was disassembled and brought it on board to be put together!

It is too bad that they were all so eager to put the mysterious android together - because Lore (Data's brother) is such a hateful creature! But I guess that's what good writing is - the more conflict...the better!!! Lore & Q are quite possibly the most entertaining evildoers on TNG.





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----AFTER THOUGHTS----

So my friend Seamus, sent me a link to a humorous synopsis of this episode and in the coments of that synopsis this was aptly written by interwebie, Betty Lou, "I was 10 when this episode aired, and mostly I remember how very creeped out I was by Lore. Brent Spiner infused that whole performance with something sinister, and I remember just sitting there boggling that Data and Picard were arguing over whether Lore was an "it" or a "he" and totally ignoring the fact that he was over in the corner radiating evil."

...BRILLIANT!!...

Hide & Q (Season 1 - Episode 10) Star Trek TNG

Commander's logs - supplemental...Earth Date...May 19...Year 2009.

Feel free to watch the trailer for this episode if you need a little jolt my friends!!!! The trailers are hilarious...very campy - honestly they kind of make Star Trek seem far more ridiculous than it actually was!!! Mostly because of the voice over guy! Enjoy!!!



I have a love-hate relationship with this episode, and I'll tell you why! I heart Q, lets not even challenge that fact! But I feel as if this particular episode...was maybe near the 'camp-level' that the trailer makes it out to be. The aliens that Q creates that are in 17th century war cloths, etc. A little ridiculous.

I think this hilarous you tube review of the episode is quite honest and fun!!! Now I don't fully agree with everything this guy says - however the first season has it's ups and downs...




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THE LAST OUTPOST (Season 1-Episode 4) Star Trek TNG

Feel free to check out the awesome trailer that was aired before the episode aired! Oh man these trailers are terrible!! ha ha - but fun!



This is the first time we meet the Ferengi in TNG! They seem like bumbling idiots - however the crew still treats them with some level of kindness and dignity despite their lack of tact as a people! This may be the first time that Ferengi appear in the entire franchise of Star Trek.

I do enjoy the fact that Picard mumbles to himself much more in the first season! And Geordie sure is touchy-feely with his engineering crew when he's excited about making evasive maneuvers! ha ha! Though this is also the begining of Picard's displays of pensiveness.

I do enjoy that Deanna is so level headed at the begining of the series! I wonder how Picard would have survived his years in command of the enterprise without her! I do wish at times that they hadn't played on her femininity so much during the series and just stuck to her being such a strong and reasonable/logical woman! At the very least however, it is sometimes nice to see a female character that has balance of being collected/pragmatic and emotional.

But every episode has to have a DATA moment!! And here it is!!!


I am interested in the fact that the few races in the Star Trek universe that are openly viewed negatively are the races that can't deal with equality between men & women and/or cannot stand equality or at least diplomacy between different races (i.e. ferengi, etc).

I love that this whole episode is built on the philosophy Sun Tzu (Chinese war philosopher). Early on in the episode when Sun Tzu is first quoted, Picard is glad that Riker is familiar - because it is implied that he learned these teachings at Starfleet Academy. It makes a lot of sense to me that the federation would be interested in these kinds of philosophies - as Starfleet is built on diplomatic relations first - war battle only if there is no other option!

But the best part of the whole episode is when Riker suggests that they send a box of Chinese finger traps to the Ferengi as a gift! Oh Riker!! LOL!!

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ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT (Season 1, Episode 1) Star Trek TNG

I am so excited about starting the series over again that I couldn't wait to actually start watching the episode! So I'm here...still in my pajamas on daylight savings Sunday - totally pumped up! I spent part of this morning building the blog page! Now here we go!!!!........

It is funny watching the first and second seasons. Though my dear friend Crombs (blogging companion & best friend) almost completely hates the first two seasons, I still find that I enjoy them! The production value is very limited and several episodes of the first season are rehashed ideas from the original series but there's still something magical about them. The entire cast is thin & fit - all in their prime!

These early episodes immediately remind you that Roddenberry's dream was to create a show that challenges the human tendencies towards different cultures and races. Furthermore, though I am not a huge Tasha Yar fan I do enjoy the fact that the Chief of Security is a slender blond woman with lots of spunk!!!

"ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT" opens with Picard's very first Captain's log, Star Date: 41153.7

I love the fact that there are both men and women in those short uniform skants! I'm a sucker for a man in a kilt...this is the closest that STNG comes to giving me all that!

This episode's saucer separation is by far my favorite! It's slow, dramatic, and beautifully shot! There are few shows that have taken filming on film so seriously in the 80's. I also enjoy the manual reconnection!

I am noticing loop holes already! Troy has incorrect ranking pips. In this episode she's ranked Lieutenant Commander - but she doesn't take the test to be a commander until much much later in the series!!

It's interesting - the first episode feels much like the original series in many ways. I mean obviously, new ship, new crew, new technology, etc - but all of the camera work feels exactly the same! Riker most of all seems to be channeling the demeanor of Kirk! I will be curious to see how much of the original series lives in the writing/camera work/etc of this series when I revisit TOS.

FAVORITE MOMENT IN THE ENTIRE EPISODE!!!!
When Data is escorting 137 year old Admiral McCoy to meet with Picard, McCoy expresses joy about being on the enterprise, and explains, "A new ship but she's got the right name...you treat her like a lady and she'll always bring you home!!!" LOVE IT!

It is this episode where we meet Q for the first time! Prejudicely challenging the 'savage nature' of humans! This is an interesting commentary on the idea of ethnic cleansing because Q's approach and argument is clearly misguided and clearly absurd!
"If we're going to be damned then we should be damned for who we are!" - Captain Jean Luc Picard (Season 1, Episode 1, "Encounter At Farpoint")


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