tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post8764236527864153969..comments2024-03-27T19:03:23.094-04:00Comments on The Armchair Squid: Star Trek: The Vengeance FactorThe Armchair Squidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-72731315485907597232020-11-08T17:10:20.516-05:002020-11-08T17:10:20.516-05:00I imagine I will get to Picard eventually. So muc...I imagine I will get to Picard eventually. So much ground to cover...The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-71771427647433396162020-11-08T16:55:16.384-05:002020-11-08T16:55:16.384-05:00It would have been more interesting. Picard would’...It would have been more interesting. Picard would’ve given it a lot more thought rather than spend his time reacting. <br /><br />It’s always implied that Picard was kind of like Kirk when he was younger. Riker was kind of a tempered Kirk, about halfway between Kirk and Picard. It’s funny to see an aged Riker in <i>Picard</i> because he has very much become his own man, and yet still the best ally Picard ever had, both his appearances among the true highlights of the show’s first season. The great difference is perhaps that he finally allowed himself to settle down with Troi, which is something Kirk and Picard both never achieved.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-77742259928949460282020-10-28T10:34:26.862-04:002020-10-28T10:34:26.862-04:00You would have known. We watch it happen.
I laug...You would have known. We watch it happen.<br /><br />I laughed at your latter point. To be fair, often women fail to recognize the viper, too...The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-75310300429385664092020-10-27T22:36:09.966-04:002020-10-27T22:36:09.966-04:00I remember this episode but I don’t think I guesse...I remember this episode but I don’t think I guessed right away...I shall blame youth...or vodka. Anyway, this was an ok episode and it makes me think how some men just can’t see what a viper their girlfriend/ wife is. Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-82997654716915857952020-10-25T20:43:30.612-04:002020-10-25T20:43:30.612-04:00Correct!Correct!The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-59940532414081297842020-10-25T13:37:31.195-04:002020-10-25T13:37:31.195-04:00This is weird because I don't remember much of...This is weird because I don't remember much of this episode. Didn't Riker have to vaporizes his love interest at the end of it? Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-78510145323888618372020-10-24T11:27:10.074-04:002020-10-24T11:27:10.074-04:00Hmm. Interesting perspectives, both. There was a...Hmm. Interesting perspectives, both. There was another TNG episode recently which I thought, in many ways, felt more like a TOS story. "Who Watches the Watchers?" maybe.<br /><br />This is another episode where I feel the writers felt more comfortable with Riker, the younger man, having the romance whereas in fact, it could have been a more interesting story if Picard had been the one to fall for Yuta. Out of character? Definitely. But overall, Picard and Riker could have been a more interesting character rolled into one rather than separate. <br /><br />Hmm. The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-71964514744809376282020-10-23T19:26:34.958-04:002020-10-23T19:26:34.958-04:00I actually have no response to this at the moment....I actually have no response to this at the moment.<br />Too busy, I guess.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586403344533829376.post-74238051700944121762020-10-23T06:33:17.533-04:002020-10-23T06:33:17.533-04:00A TNG episode very much in the flavor (heh) of an ...A TNG episode very much in the flavor (heh) of an original series episode, but without the obvious physical elements (which in a way, thank goodness, considering how the first season played out). Kind of an episode halfway through to Picard being viewed as his eventual role as a moral authority, but presented as a Riker episode.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.com