*****BORG CUBE-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** This week’s episode of “Star Trek: Picard” is titled “Nepenthe”… a title that is very telling. Nepenthe, in Homer’s “The Odyssey,” was a drug that brought relief from pain and sorrow for one who takes it. That’s exactly the reaction I had from this installment, scripted by producer/showrunner Michael Chabon, with a…
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Star Trek: Picard, S1.4: “Absolute Candor” opens up…
*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** Written by series’ showrunner Michael Choban and directed by former “Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) costar/veteran director Jonathan Frakes (“Commander William T. Riker”), the 4th episode of “Star Trek: Picard” takes a closer look at Romulan culture following the aftermath of their star system’s supernova (2009’s “Star Trek”) and in the wake…
Star Trek: Picard, S1.1: “Remembrance” isn’t merely a sentimental journey…
*****BORG CUBE-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** I would’ve preferred to find some way of discussing the new CBS All Access series’ “Star Trek: Picard” in depth without going into spoilers, but given the number of revelations in the first hour alone, I’ve decided that’s more or less impossible, so I’m going to go full steam ahead and discuss…
Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks 2: “Calypso”…
CBS-All Access has just released the 2nd of four planned Star Trek: Discovery “Short Trek” vignettes; the first was the Ensign Tilly-as-diplomat offering “Runaway,” and now we have “Calypso”, another two-character piece which uses none of the regular Discovery cast. “Calypso” runs only 18 minutes, but manages to raise a TON of questions about the future of…
Musings of a Middle-Aged Geek 