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Hey AV Club, there's a problem with the profile log-in. This isn't really Hercules Rockefeller, I logged in with my own user ID and instead of getting my own profile I get Mr Rockefeller's. I've looked around my surroundings and I am clearly in the same office and am the same actual person, so it's…

OK, I hate to be the overly PC guy, but I do have a preference for no one over no man, if only becuase I'm watching these with my son, and so I don't tend to have much patience for the 60's era sexism from TOS (the other day he told me that only a man could captain a starship, which kinda shocked me a bit) I'm…

I stand by my comment from last week that Troi never got to do anything to move the plot forward. Even in "Eye of the Beholder", a pretty much troi-centric story, the whole thing happens in her head and is ultimately irrelevant. that's no knock on Marina Sirtis, who might be a great actress for all I know. It's just…

It is still in the pipe, supposedly. I occasionally here the odd rumor about it (for example, George Lucas supposedly rejected a novel that features Boba Fett's backstory prominently, presumably becuase Boba Fett will be featured in the TV show and he doesn't want Fett's story to be all cluttered up). but it's been…

The Battle 360 series awas pretty good, even though it's more documentary than a drama like this of BoB. They do manage to through in some personal stories, usually one or two per episode, and they also diverge into technical aspects once or twice per episode - for example detailing the differences in the performance…

I just watched Cause and Effect this evening, and I've got to agree re the mindfuckery - it's really creepy. especially the idea that the crew of the Bozeman were stuck there for 80+ years. 17 days would be creepy enough if you ask me.

I knew I'd forget one - "Yesterday's enterprise" is an excellent Episode. I haven't seen "Ensign Ro" yet, but it's on the DVR.

Cal: I'd recommend Dr. Dan Streetmentioner's" Time Traveler's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations" for any time-travel related grammar questions.

yeah, they were stupid questions, but the funny answers he was giving was at the expense of those asking the questions (I'll grant that he was a bit funny). I'm just saying, if you had taken the time out to participate in the web chat you're probably the sort of fan who takes things seriously enough that you wouldn't…

This is just off the top of my head, so I might miss some, but here goes (in no particular order:

@alurin - either way, the enterprise is a capital ship. It's obviously more in the model of a battleship than an aircraft carrier, but it stands to reason that there's plenty of enlisted types on a battleship as well.

Damn, he really does come off like an ass in that webchat. I suppose that he could be half-joking, but he mentions how much he hates web chats at least a half dozen times. It is pretty funny how he keeps talking trash to Michael Dorn though - I wonder what happened to piss him off so thoroughly?

Same here, but I could at least understand "Fully Functioning" and Yar = hot, so that was good enough for me!

I don't know about that, LA Law had some pretty lame episodes towards the end. I recall on regarding a trade dispute over condoms printed with the US flag on them, and another about a guy who was addicted to licking psychedelic frogs…

If you look at the side by side pictures on the tvtropes link, it almost looks like he got hair plugs as well. In the before picture his hairline seems to be receding, but in the after picture his hair is much fuller, moreso than a different hair style could account for. I think it's the combination of the hair and…

You're thinking of the alternate timeline from "…All Good Things". They through a bunch of random fan-wank stuff in there, such as (spoilers) Geordi marries Leah Brahms, Picard marries and divorces Crusher, and Data takes a position at cambridge (the same one that Newton had and Hawkings has right now IIRC)

@Jimmy - that's a great quote. I watched that episode a couple months ago on the suggestion some one made in one of the TOS threads and liked it so much I've got it hanging on my Cube wall. Definitely a high point for TNG.

That's the whole reason why they didn't need Yar though - Worf was underutilized at helm / ops. Just like they didn't need that wanna-be Scotty that was in a couple episodes of S1 as chief engineer.

Shit - I was thinking of "A Matter of Honor" hold that thought 'til season 2.

I was pretty much in the same boat - my brother and Father and I really got into TNG, watching it every saturday evening before dinner. Before that we watched the TOS re-runs and occasionally rented the movies, but having a new episode every week gave us the chance to really get into it. at that time I didn't care…