Which is what makes Trek, for all its frequent cheesiness and failure to pay off dramatic situations properly, still one of the more thoughtful shows around; it almost never relies on evil, hissable villains. Even the worst bad guys are usually multilayered or at least have a relateable purpose for what they're doing.…

Also, how much Keefe?

How many Briens?

I think the reason "Our Man Bashir" impressed me so much is that post-TOS Trek always has this weird, stodgy feel that makes it…not DATED exactly, but disconnected from our time. It doesn't help that the Trek characters almost never bring up culture or history from the era between WWII and the imaginary future of the…

He was the bad guy in "The Big Hit", but I've more or less managed to repress that movie.

That was my first thought when it was brought up. My second thought was of suicide.

Is Visitor herself of Russian descent? Somehow I always thought she was.

I think Leeta in a cocktail dress would literally kill me. She already manages to make standard goofy Trek-wear look outrageously sexy.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A SPOILER THREAD NOW

At that point, why not?

The ending could have been done differently, since it was a complete fabrication. That really pissed me off, honestly. It's possible Affleck was trying to say something about how the characters were saved via Hollywood bullshit by having the ending of the film actually BE Hollywood bullshit…but I think it's more…

"Let's Kill Hitler…OF DEATH!!!"

Every show's different, but actually it seems like some of the best shows have "fast forwarded" their planned metaplots, to their improvement. Zack's just in the middle of reviewing the period in Deep Space Nine where the storyline had been given a big push, and was all the better for it; likewise, killing off the…

Every show's different, but actually it seems like some of the best shows have "fast forwarded" their planned metaplots, to their improvement. Zack's just in the middle of reviewing the period in Deep Space Nine where the storyline had been given a big push, and was all the better for it; likewise, killing off the…

"Tonight, President Reagan DIES…his hair."

SPOILERS DUH

SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY C'MON GUYS

SPOILERS AT THIS POINT OBVIOUSLY

I believe the idea is that any reasonably self-respecting Klingon thinks of themselves as a warrior, BUT ALSO have a "day job"—pilot, engineer, doctor, etc. (Though the Klingons themselves seem to admit their doctors are pretty crappy—they're more of a "kill the weak" sort of race.) Sort of like the ancient Spartans,…

Yeah, it's that kind of ignorant statement (plus his baffling endorsement of the complete trainwreck that is modern DC) that keeps turning me against Sava as a critic. I wanna like a guy who loves Prophet that much, but he really comes off as someone who hasn't actually read that many comics.