tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post6414810695867488377..comments2024-03-29T20:04:30.755+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: Greatest Star Trek: NextGen EpisodesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-59760983643781981992019-07-25T11:54:53.743+08:002019-07-25T11:54:53.743+08:00You didn't really have much a choice with the ...You didn't really have much a choice with the "Inner light". I sometimes feels that TNG is a vehicle to prepare you to see that episode. It's the best one of the entire series. A bit like Picard's virtual lifetime in another world, it never really leaves you.Ancalagon_TBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602961033235852856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-5430316421328382002019-07-23T00:08:42.078+08:002019-07-23T00:08:42.078+08:00That's true in a narrow, totally logical sense...That's true in a narrow, totally logical sense. But the episode works very well if you accept the implication that the language is *not* that simple. It's so hugely context sensitive and full of shifting meaning that the universal translator can't figure it out except to transliterate the proper nouns.<br /><br />The writers just had to make the phrases have simple one-to-one consistency in order to make it comprehensible to viewers and capable of being wrapped up in 40 minutes. Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923725063649465366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-64935042479953355452019-07-21T02:15:53.036+08:002019-07-21T02:15:53.036+08:00It's not a bad episode...I just can never take...It's not a bad episode...I just can never take the basic idea seriously. If the language is composed entirely of metaphors which are always used consistently then they are no longer metaphors. They are just the actual nouns, adjectives and whatnot. You might have a fancy metaphorical way of saying "door", but if you always use it when referring to a "door" then it is just a noun.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-35403368675425355182019-07-20T06:21:12.153+08:002019-07-20T06:21:12.153+08:00Seriously! One of the best and most memorable.
O...Seriously! One of the best and most memorable. <br /><br />Owen Edwards, speaking truths, at the blog. Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923725063649465366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-72098709759127754412019-07-20T03:49:40.076+08:002019-07-20T03:49:40.076+08:00You are very wrong about "Darmok". Monst...You are very wrong about "Darmok". Monster. Philistine. Ostrogoth.Owen Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02033345001593862263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-3810935533884151662019-07-16T09:33:11.536+08:002019-07-16T09:33:11.536+08:00Relevant: http://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2012/05...Relevant: http://falsemachine.blogspot.com/2012/05/hey-im-your-chadich.htmlHDAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13506175636615989219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-60582260678493988962019-07-16T02:47:48.198+08:002019-07-16T02:47:48.198+08:00Yeah, "Parallels"! I forgot about that o...Yeah, "Parallels"! I forgot about that one as well. Great episode. Should definitely be up there for the Worf-centric ones.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-61207772759933313012019-07-16T02:45:22.813+08:002019-07-16T02:45:22.813+08:00I forgot about Disaster. That is a good one.I forgot about Disaster. That is a good one.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-64761884783465012352019-07-15T23:56:59.068+08:002019-07-15T23:56:59.068+08:00"runs the Enterprise""runs the <i>Enterprise</i>"thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-81938931408457608102019-07-15T23:56:18.099+08:002019-07-15T23:56:18.099+08:00Are you not counting "Yesterday's Enterpr...Are you not counting "Yesterday's Enterprise" as a Yar episode? Or do you think it's no good? I've always liked it.<br /><br />I'm also fond of "Cause and Effect", which I've always seen as a Data episode.<br /><br />I'm quite fond of "Parallels" for Worf, but I admit it's a bit goofy. I have fond memories -- I haven't watched the whole series in one go for years -- of the overarching storyline about Worf regaining his family honour within Klingon society, but I suspect it's more scattered and less good than I remember.<br /><br />It's a bit obvious, but I do love "Chain of Command" because you get two British actors shouting at each other for an hour while a dickhead rune the <i>Enterprise</i>.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-58987025143366554092019-07-15T23:18:24.297+08:002019-07-15T23:18:24.297+08:00TNG is my endlessly re-watchable desert island TV ...TNG is my endlessly re-watchable desert island TV show, too. Off the top of my head, "Disaster" is one of my favs that doesn't come up on the standard best-ofs lists. You could probably stretch Disaster to count as a Troi ep too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138028203485822495noreply@blogger.com