http://dauntlessmedia.net/startrek Star Trek: The Next Generation - Reviews, Analysis, Criticisms, Summaries, Links, Trivia Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:01:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What an awkwardly appropriate way to end a series. “Turnabout Intruder” is, on its surface, a terribly sexist and derogatory episode. Indeed, the surface level story is enough to draw a significant amount of ridicule – and justifiably so. But lurking just below the surface is a ... http://dauntlessmedia.net/startrek/324-turnabout-intruder/ “All Our Yesterdays” is a bittersweet episode which explores, in some measure, the legacy of civilization. It is, therefore, with a bit of irony that it provides, in some measure, a kind of legacy for the Star Trek franchise. There’s quite a bit that this episode gets right, ... http://dauntlessmedia.net/startrek/323-all-our-yesterdays/ “The Savage Curtain” is a bit like Star Trek’s version of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. And the results are the same. Using historical figures and making them into “action heroes” is just plain silly and laughable. There’s a not-so-subtle subtext of good vs. evil in this ... http://dauntlessmedia.net/startrek/322-the-savage-curtain/ Given the relative lack of success in Star Trek’s third season, “The Cloud Minders” might seem like a better episode than it actually is. As a point of fact, the episode is an improvement – it just isn’t an outright classic. Of course, all of the elements are ... http://dauntlessmedia.net/startrek/321-the-cloud-minders/ Far out, man. “The Way To Eden” is the way to madness – if you try and take the episode seriously, that is. I mean, there is at least some attempt at a message and a purpose. But the episode is simply all over the place in its attempts ... http://dauntlessmedia.net/startrek/320-the-way-to-eden/ “Requiem For Methuselah” stumbles at the very moment it should have been a marginal success. The result is an episode that just barely avoids being both a failure and an embarrassment. Truth be told, the episode skirts along the edge of disaster right from the start. It ... http://dauntlessmedia.net/startrek/319-requiem-for-methuselah/ “The Lights of Zetar” is yet another in a string of barely competent, unremarkable episodes. It’s as if the production were so focused on avoiding an embarrassment that very little was done to take chances and reach for something much grander – let alone realize such an achievement. ... http://dauntlessmedia.net/startrek/318-the-lights-of-zetar/ “That Which Survives” is a middling episode filled with a by-the-numbers plot that is never able to transcend a pedestrian story. It certainly isn’t a total loss, however. In fact, there are a number of intriguing concepts and amusing moments. But they don’t add up to anything ... http://dauntlessmedia.net/startrek/317-that-which-survives/ Following a trend that was proven to be quite lucrative with the release of The Dark Knight, on May 8, 2009 the upcoming J.J. Abrams version of Star Trek will be released simultaneously in traditional theaters and in IMAX format.  Given the teaser trailers we've seen thus far, one ... http://dauntlessmedia.net/startrek/star-trek-to-be-released-as-imax-movie/ “The Mark of Gideon” starts off strongly enough to keep the audience interested at least through its midway point. But as the episode approaches its specific messages and ideas, it stumbles mightily, ending with a whimper, rather than finishing with a bang (puns somewhat intentional). In truth, the ... http://dauntlessmedia.net/startrek/316-the-mark-of-gideon/