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.
Premiering in 2009 for years I avoided the acclaimed show Modern Family. Oh I knew it was on but it just never grabbed me. It wasn’t for silly reasons like the network it was on or it featured a gay couple. It was because it was mockumentary style!
While technically this was around before, The Office made this trend take off. And while it worked for that show, it drives me nuts they every show had to do it since. From Park and Rec all the way to the current Abbott Elementary (which is excellent btw). Why do I hate it? It’s several things. I’m a sucker for traditional three camera shows with a studio audience. So this hand held camera with no audience bugs me. Why I never watch The Middle! And of course what’s even worst is the thing these are famous for, those ridiculous testimonials. Ugh, it’s so lame! I mean The Brady Bunch is fake because they’re happy but characters stopping to do testimonials is real?? It’s also lazy. Why have the characters actions tell what’s going on when they can stare at a camera and tell us directly? But here, I got used to it.
However the last year or two I finally gave Modern Family a try (you know me, on top of a trend!) and ended up loving it. It’s so well done I got sucked in. With all the comments I’ve made against it for its entire network run, it’s time to share some love. So why does this show work?
Here are five reasons.
Recently I decided to revisit the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies. It’s hard to believe the first one is over 20 years old! As I watched them something occurred to me, The first was sillier than I remember. The second was ok. AndI think of the three the third one is the closest to being a good movie. ok ok let me explain…
Spider-Man 3 was released on April 30,2007 and people were pumped that they were doing the whole Venom story. Even I was as that was the only Spidee-Man story I ever read. And, yeah, it was a letdown in many ways. But I insist there are good things in this movie!
We’ve reached the end! And it feels like it
#35.Be true to your school (no yourself)
Featuring Flint
