I once said I would never discuss this one because there was absolutely nothing positive about. But, is that true? Is there anything in this episode redeemable?
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How did an idea that should have been dead in the water work? Let’s try to find out!
Klingons have always been the big bag in Trek since the early days. Oh sure others pop up from Romulans to The Borg to The Dominion but not matter what, Klingons are always there to steal the show. And there are some actors who’ve done such an amazing job playing these characters I still can’t believe it’s them under that makeup! Some have made careers playing these characters from Michael Dorn to Robert O’Reilly. Others were so charming everyone has heard of them like William Campbells Koloth or Barbara March & Gwynyth Walsh as Lursa and Beator.
But like any role sometimes an actor just doesn’t fit and the Klingon is boring or just played badly. I mean no disrespect to them I’m sure they tried there best, it just didn’t work for me. That being said, five examples of Klingons that were not memorably awesome but forgettably silly. I should mention I am judging performance not character and not counting characters dressing up as Klingons in disguise.
Krell (Ned Romero, A Private Little War)
I was going to be harder on this guy, until I looked him up. He was Native American but clearly playing a white person in black face. Ah 1960’s. He was boring as hell but since he was probably way outside his comfort zone I understand why. At least he had a chance for redemption appearing in TNG and Voyager.
I’ve done many articles on my favorite character but when it comes to ranking the movies that wasn’t easy. Not only be ate there were only a few live action films, but because how they ranked wasn’t very hard to figure. Last year I ranked the top 5 worst, but that’s still not all of them. And Ive changed my mind a bit. Then this year we got a brand new movie. And it’s time to decide where I think it ranks and in order to do that I did a little rewatching.
Ok here we go worst to best, live action theatrical releases only and of course this is just opinion.
Welcome back to Underrated Trek, where I take a special look at Star Trek episodes that I love…which may not be the most popular or even liked by most. I’ve done a lot of talking about Season 7 TNG and as I’ve said most episodes are either pretty darn good…or so silly they’re ridiculous. There is one today I’ve never really categorized. Which one?
Ah yes, the Data as Frankenstein episode. So was this episode good, or awful? It seems to be a good example of a general problem with Season 7. But I’ll get to that.
When this was first announced, I was intrigued. I didn’t care for Man of Steel or the Snyderverse in general. Then I heard the casting announcements. Guy Gardner? Mr Terrific?? Metamorpho????! I dreaded the movie, not because I couldn’t let go of Henry Cavill no longer being in the role (seriously guys move on already) but figuring it was going to be a clustered mess and more of a pre-Justice League movie and not a genuine Superman movie. This became worst when images and scenes appeared, and David Corenswet wasn’t wowing me as Superman. So at last the movie was released, and critics mostly liked it!
So the time has come to watch this and see if my fears were justified, or if I finally get a decent version of my favorite character since 1982! I should mention I know the story and the surprises going in, I don’t worry about “spoilers” and have heard plenty of reviews at this point.
And what did I think?
When I was young in the 80s we had reunion movies. Where classic sitcom casts would reunite for one last hurrah in two hour format. Everything from Gillian’s Island to The Brady Bunch to Andy Griffith. But in the last ten years as 90s shows are now old enough for reunions, someone decided “hey why not another run with a series?”
Ok it’s not that strange. In the 90s we had “New Leave it Beaver” and “New Addams Family” and even “New WKRP in Cincinnati” to name a few (we won’t mention “The Brady’s). But thanks to streaming services, Though some were network, we got several reboots. I mentioned a couple before but a lot I’ve never gone over. So now that this trend seems to finally be waning, let’s briefly discuss ten reboots and whether they were worth the reboot.
35 years ago a little rom com directed by Gary Marshall came along...and became a monster hit. It was one of the most successful movies in 1990 and propelled a certain unknown named Julia Roberts into superstardom. Of course I am talking about..
Released March 23,1990 this movie had plenty working against it. Disney had watered down the original idea, the movie was shot very weirdly, and Richard Gere didn't even want to do it at first. So how did this sleepy little movie do so well? The brilliant chemistry between our leads, and Julia Roberts herself, along with a great supporting cast (Hector Elizondo and Larry Miller steal their scenes and I adored Laura San Giacomo) and one of the best soundtracks I ever heard did the trick. Does that mean that everything in the movie is perfect? Course not and here are five gripes about the movie.
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Welcome back to Underrated Trek, where I take a special look at Star Trek episodes that I love…which may not be the most popular or even liked by most. So every series has that one episode that is goes beyond bad to off the wall ridiculous. TOS has Spock's Brain, TNG had Sub Rose, and of course Voyager had Threshold. What was DS9"s?
Ah yes, the episode where pretty much everyone associated with it has said it crap. Does it deserve that reputation, however?
I love Star Trek Voyager! I can't help it, I loved it when it was on the air and I love rewatching the episodes over and over. Now, I am not stupid. I know the criticism of the show and most of them are valid. The writing fails in many episodes. The science is all over the place. The show literally abandoned its premise right out of the gate, specifically the whole "Maquis" thing. Even the "lost in space" thing isn't handled well since the ship has a magic reset button and is always in good shape no matter what happened the week before. And hard as it tries it just isn't as smart as its predecessors DS9 or TNG. Though it isn't Enterprise, so there's that! However, it isn't a bad show either, when it's good it's really damn good. I love the characters especially 7 and when it is good, it’s pretty damn good! So, I could either condemn it for not living up to its potential or enjoy the product we got. I choose the latter.
So with this year being the 30th anniversary of the show, I am going to try to take a look a the show for good, and for bad. I say try because the way I have been releasing these lately hasn't been so consistent so this may be the only article I do (like what I did for TNG's anniversary). So let's talk about....
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Only fair to celebrate Crisis on Infinite Earths with the 40th anniversary approaching. The massive story made many changes to the DC universe. Some were subtle, for example Green Lantern books continued on with a new status quo (and a few tweaks to Hal Jordan’s origin) but basically no dramatic changes to canon. Others were convoluted, like the various attempts to reintroduce Huntress into continuity since she could no longer be the daughter of Earth 2 Batman.
These reboots caused entire swaths of history to be changed. Invalidating some really good stories. Here are ten retcons that came about after Crisis that hurt more than they helped. This list is arranged from the ones that were almost well done and seamless to the ones…that weren’t.
