tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post5777075851904342865..comments2024-03-27T19:03:23.094-04:00Comments on The Armchair Squid: Star Trek: Unification IThe Armchair Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-63166218198248366512021-10-10T08:38:28.780-04:002021-10-10T08:38:28.780-04:00Defining actor of the franchise: I couldn't ag...Defining actor of the franchise: I couldn't agree more. As I've written before, I've grown to appreciate both Kirk and Bones more but Spock, more than anyone else, is Trek. Always will be. Picard's a competitive second at this point but Spock is still safely #1. And Nimoy deserves all the credit for that. I've said it before and I stand by it: greatest casting decision in the history of American television.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-17390470710272293042021-10-10T08:34:43.593-04:002021-10-10T08:34:43.593-04:00I'm enjoying this run. It's my third time...I'm enjoying this run. It's my third time through and I see different things now.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-17526631574498416522021-10-10T08:32:56.436-04:002021-10-10T08:32:56.436-04:00Barclay stories are dependably strong.Barclay stories are dependably strong.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-53293390949771204442021-10-08T20:49:00.013-04:002021-10-08T20:49:00.013-04:00Nimoy deserved, at long last, to be memorialized a...Nimoy deserved, at long last, to be memorialized as the defining actor of the franchise, as he should have been in the original series, their movies. So these episodes and his glorious final appearances in the Abrams movies, they fixed what Shatner sought so desperately to avoid.<br /><br />Interestingly, <i>Discovery</i> does a “third episode” of this, rounding out the narrative (in more ways than one). A lot of fans want to believe that modern Trek has lost the hopeful thread Roddenberry envisioned, but that really couldn’t be further from the truth. There’s a lot more exploration of the dark things hope needs to overcome, maybe. It baffles me that there’s so much criticism of <i>Picard</i> specifically. That first season closed out a lot if needful reckoning from old plot lines, from the death of Data to what Starfleet does in an existential crisis.<br /><br />And back to “Unification,” it’s sad to see Sarek die, and it’s also perhaps the best use of Sela, and the real start of the Data/Picard friendship, which would truly blossom in the movies.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-56612491286010685342021-10-08T15:05:01.646-04:002021-10-08T15:05:01.646-04:00I feel like I should remember this episode...
One ...I feel like I should remember this episode...<br />One day I really need to re-watch, then finish, this series.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-67849959807930776812021-10-08T09:52:26.835-04:002021-10-08T09:52:26.835-04:00I barely remember that episode. Did just watch the...I barely remember that episode. Did just watch the episode featuring Barkley, who makes use of the holodeck to let off steam regarding certain crew members. Kinda funny.mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.com