Very true.  I think 'The Galileo Seven' was one of the worst offenders of this tendency.  I really disliked the fact that Spock was the only one trying to stay alive, while everyone else spontaneously decided to despise him for being half-Vulcan.

Anyone remember how in Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers they had a holographic virtual reality defense system?  Most damned ridiculous thing I've ever seen in any sci-fi series to date, and that's saying something.  Anyway, the probe reminded me of that.

I understand that the usenet forum that was named something like 'alt.wesley.die.die' really affected him as a kid.  He thought he was living the dream, and was heartbroken to discover the extent to which his fans hated him.  He seems to have gotten over it, though (and good for him!)

Wesley Willis Fiasco: If you're out there, I'm begging you to weigh in on the B. George issue.

It's my understanding that that is the definition of a psychopath.  A sociopath is someone who has antisocial personality disorder (i.e. takes pleasure in causing pain in others.)

Good to see you, Mr. Fiasco!  Drop in anytime!

In case you're wondering, this plot went nowhere, much like 90% of Voyager's other plots.

If he's going to act as human as possible, wouldn't he be friends with Riker and say that he thinks Geordi is a colossal dork?

The Animated Series is great.  I wish Lieutenant Arex showed up in some non-Animated Series context.  Heck, I'd even take a member of his (Edosian) species.

I, for one, love 'Take Me Out to the Holosuite', and even possess a Niners cap for my evening constitutional on the boulevard.

Sometimes.  Sometime that anti-Vulcan attitude that McCoy and other characters moved from the 'interesting character drama' into the 'actively unpleasant' category.  One of my favorite moments in TOS was that moment in 'All Our Yesterdays' where past Spock throttles McCoy after McCoy insults him once too often.  See…

It's true that TNG assumes you know a lot about the Trek-verse going in, but it is very, very easy to pick it up.  Heck, there's stuff going on in TNG that you may assume that TOS had if you've never seen an episode of TOS, like the Sheliak Corporate, Betazed, or Operations Officers.

The problem with that analysis is that people stuck in dead-end jobs don't get to be 3rd in command of the flagship of the fleet.  He *must* have some experience with command or working with teams, or he wouldn't have gotten that job.  He would instead be stuck at Lieutenant doing some scut work on a Starbase…

It's pretty damned clear that the alien was something of an idiot for falling for the Corbomite ruse anyway.  William Shatner can act when he feels like it, but he was seriously hamming up the fact in his acting that he was making up the Corbomite story as he went along.

One of my favorite moments in Descent, Part 2 is when Beverly Crusher is receiving the responsibility for commanding the Enterprise.  I love the look of trepidation on her face; that look tells you so much about the character.  Great acting by Gates McFadden, there.

Data is considerably more than five or six years old.  The show ran for six years, and he was a Lieutenant Commander when he started.  Before that he would have risen through the Starfleet ranks and, assuming that he had a stellar career, that would still be at least eight years to get through Ensign, Lieutenant j.g.,…

I would appreciate this more, but I suspect that this incident directly led to the creation of Janeway somehow.

Heck, I prefer him being Blandy McBlanderson to the episodes where he had 'shudder' sexual tension with Janeway.  Maybe that's why they had Chakotay hook up with Seven at the end of the show - they were commisserating being the only two recipients of Janeway's creepy crushes on the good ship Voyager.

If that's true, it would be a highly inefficient way to run a ship.  Studies I've seen indicate the most effective teams contain a variety of personalities.  If you have a bunch of alpha-type personalities on the team, they'll just butt heads with each other in a contest to assume the leadership role.  Presumably…

Rick is surprisingly willing to admit the flaws of Liaisons this week.  Is the interviewer getting through to him?