Oh yes, I love the big shared communal experience for comedies. Anchorman, Team America and Forgetting Sarah Marshall were all enhanced by seeing it with a huge crowd. I remember the build for Anchroman was a little slow, and our theater even had the film burn on them so it killed some momentum. But when it came back…

I remember the excitement everyone had for the prequels. People cheered when Star Wars appeared, people cheered when the first lightsabers came up, and people really cheered for R2. And all he did was roll out of a tube. And while everyone was a little more discerning for the second one, but when Yoda entered the room…

No kidding, I've been a fan of hers since the Middleman. I'm frankly dissapointed in you Tom.

That was an excellent moment, but I also thought it was clever that when everyone investigates the observation lounge and the shot comes through the potted plants. The direction added to the air of mystery and I like how it all added up. A little explosive decompression would move all the furniture to the small hole…

Well his cat loves Data like he would love a human. I'm much more popular around my house when my cat's food bowl is empty. And if Data's cat loves him like a human, isn't that enough!?!

I've been rewatching DS9 alongside these TNG reviews and I'm nearing the end of Season 3 so we're just about at full speed. I just finished "Heart of Stone" which is way better then the synopsis I gave to my friend who came over to hang out. "Odo, I stepped on a rock." He didn't care for it as much as I did because I…

Do you think Riker took a celebratory shot when Data decided to grow a beard to emulate him?

See, I thought it like the crying Dawson in a football uniform and thought this had something to do with a BR version of Varsity Blues or something.

My old roommate loved the X-Men and bought the essentials. We laughed at an issue we called "Everyone loves Jean Grey" where it seems like every character has a thought bubble saying how much they have to protect Jean because they're in love with her. Including the Professor. It made me laugh again when I realized…

My friend and I were watching "Meridian" the other day and we commented that maybe Federation Officers have to have a 3D holo-picture taken and the main computer just has all that information. Whereas a Bajoran terrorist may not have stopped long enough for one to be taken for a holo-suite program. It makes sense the…

The ol' 'I got in a shuttle accident so now you have to carry my baby to term' storyline. Works every time!

They never do fully answer the question of how responsible the symbiant is for the prior host's actions. They address it in a legal episode but never completely resolve the issue. It makes sense that since the host seems to be the one with stronger control, since they just mostly get the memories and emotions of the…

And a true story to boot!
While I was busy laughing at how insane all this was I could help thinking how awesome it would have been if in one of those Transformers movies if a robot did just uppercut a helicopter out of mid-air. Didn't even make a big deal about it. Michael Bay would have made it a 30 minute slow mo…

I heard on the Golden Globes that she can totally can.

That's finally the best explanation I've ever heard of how Janeway got to be an Admiral before Picard. Even the producers thought she was evil so she got the nod.

You know when Picard talked about the price of freedom it did bring me back to that game for a moment and how hard it can be to keep the peace. Then I thought about Malcolm McDowell a bit, and since I was already thinking about Star Trek I thought about Generatio…aww Hell!

You know the real advancement should be Subspace Communication. How do you think that works? With all those civilizations and starships are shooting messages back and forth through different galaxies you think some backwater planet might catch the subspace signal and interrupt with a "Hey! Who the hell are you guys?"

It's interesting seeing the huge retcon they do with the Trills here to having one as a main cast member in DS9. In DS9 the host does most of the heavy lifting with the symbiote mostly providing memories. So from that point of view Riker certainly faked the whole thing to nail Crusher. Nice job Number One!

Does this mean we're down on "Assimilate this!"? I know it's cheesy, but it's just the right amount for my taste in Star Trek.

Don't worry, it'll come around again.