I enjoyed Star Trek '09 as a space adventure, although I thought the plot was pretty weak and the villain was underwhelming. And that both Kirk and Spock were somewhat annoyingly smug. Nimoy was great, and obviously I liked the little nerd shoutouts, but I felt they spent so much time setting up the "alternate…

@avclub-1cdd3d1e53f96ae7894ff6d46f59f2e0:disqus That's a great point. Star Trek generally puts the question of the validation of orders into the background. Only episodes like TNG's "Chain of Command", where the orders are highly unusual, make much of a point of command codes and whatnot. That seems to me to be a…

@avclub-1cdd3d1e53f96ae7894ff6d46f59f2e0:disqus That's a great point. Star Trek generally puts the question of the validation of orders into the background. Only episodes like TNG's "Chain of Command", where the orders are highly unusual, make much of a point of command codes and whatnot. That seems to me to be a…

It allows you to adjust for things that aren't working very well, for one. It discourages you from including episodes which don't stand well on their own, which only exist to support the overarching plot.

It allows you to adjust for things that aren't working very well, for one. It discourages you from including episodes which don't stand well on their own, which only exist to support the overarching plot.

And — I never tire of mentioning this — it was basically written at the last minute. The original scene was just "hey, looks like we're fucked, here's some exposition" and Armin Shimerman thought it was super boring during shooting.

And — I never tire of mentioning this — it was basically written at the last minute. The original scene was just "hey, looks like we're fucked, here's some exposition" and Armin Shimerman thought it was super boring during shooting.

DS9 has a real knack for slipping important arc moments into the background of relatively weak episodes. Probably for obvious reasons: weaker stories tend to need more padding, so "hey, let's fill in a bit more of Nog's story here".

DS9 has a real knack for slipping important arc moments into the background of relatively weak episodes. Probably for obvious reasons: weaker stories tend to need more padding, so "hey, let's fill in a bit more of Nog's story here".

This doesn't really answer anything, but the Founders were originally solids (I don't consider this a spoiler, because it's just a one-off remark). So there is at least theoretically a fundamental humanoid form for them.

If I recall "The Search" correctly, some Jem'Hadar attack Odo with seemingly no realization that he's a Founder. The only times I recall Jem'Hadar recognizing Odo is once he's well-known as a "traitor".

If I recall "The Search" correctly, some Jem'Hadar attack Odo with seemingly no realization that he's a Founder. The only times I recall Jem'Hadar recognizing Odo is once he's well-known as a "traitor".

@avclub-92a972196ae14b06997dc73a44c6cddd:disqus Pretty much the same here.

It's a bit faster, and there's this 'tinga-tinga-tinga' percussion going on quietly.

Always watch 'em, too much of a hassle to try to fast forward accurately.

Always watch 'em, too much of a hassle to try to fast forward accurately.

The DS9 writers did an insanely good job stitching together last-minute plot twists and unresolved threads and studio-forced plotlines (see: most of S4) into a coherent whole. Actually, most of the stuff they actually planned out in detail tended to be weaker than the stuff they did off the seat of the pants.

But then you have to kidnap the original person, and you have to probably put in a lot more work to impersonate them perfectly.

But then you have to kidnap the original person, and you have to probably put in a lot more work to impersonate them perfectly.

The guy playing Eddington always looks like his skull is trying to push its way out of his skin. That's why he's so creepy.