I remember J.J. Abrams' frustration that Paramount/CBS wouldn't go along with his plan to basically bury the original Star Trek and create a media-spanning universe based around his new universe. On one hand, I understood where he was coming from. On the other hand, it infuriated me to no end that he would do that. I…

That might explain the "Ertl" stamped on the hull.

I think the old recording a.) managed to capture the best part of the song and b.) had a slight distortion that gave it a haunting quality perfectly suited to the mystery behind it. I like the complete version of the song that later surfaced well enough, but the clip still gives me chills.

It seems odd to me that it also almost got destroyed in the last film, and now this. Can this ship ever stay in one piece?

I cannot approve of this comment due to one pressing issue - Quantum of Solace was the actual name of an Ian Fleming story, and that alone makes it untouchable! (Although, admittedly, "007 in New York" would be a godawful title for a Bond movie.)

I appreciate Insurrection now for the same reason I disliked it back in the day: It feels like an average Next Generation episode, without anything really special to warrant its existence as a feature film. That used to bother me because I wanted something more out of a Star Trek movie. Now, with Next Generation…

You've revealed that the Enterprise gets destroyed (yet again). Now I have to know if they get it back by the end of the movie.

This reminds me of that spooky tale of an '80s song that was recorded off the radio onto a mix tape, and no one could figure out what song it was, like it drifted over the radio waves from an alternate universe. It was a New Wave song with a rather haunting quality. It was eventually solved, but it was a good story: ht…

I own every existing episode of Doctor Who on DVD (the current series on Blu-Ray), and that was no easy or inexpensive task to accomplish over several years, I tell you. But once in awhile I'll be at my Dad's house in my old room and dip into my large, but not as extensive collection of old Doctor Who VHS tapes.The…

I remember how some TV shows would release a handful of episodes on VHS. I probably saw the same three episodes of Quantum Leap 50 times.

Ah yes, I remember the secretive adult-only "special room" in most video stores.

The video store I went to as a kid back in the '80s was called Director's Video, in Trenton, NJ. It was cavernous! The movie choices seemed endless! It took forever to pick! I realized to my surprise recently that is STILL EXISTS, at the very same location. The main difference seems to be that it specializes in…

But did Movies Unlimited have a membership level called "Best Video Store"?

Wow, why did I throw out my boombox?

I'll always have a soft spot for the limited number of MST3K episodes that aired repetitively in syndication (Channel 48 WGTW in the Philly area for me!) back before my cable company offered Comedy Central as part of the basic package. I still have my VHS tapes somewhere of the Godzilla episodes, The Magic Sword,…

I've got a VCR that can burn content onto DVDs. High-tech, baby!

They did tracks from "Out of the Vein"? I wish I was at that show!

The ending of Tomorrow is Yesterday never made sense to me. They go back in time, beam out the pilot and he just replaces his former self? It seems to operate under the idea that there can only be one of each individual in any given time, which is of course not how most Star Trek operates (but how a lot of people seem…

Aww, I miss Kurt Angle being in the WWE.

The thing that bothered me about Kevin is that he was in no way a real character. He was just a walking punchline. How can a character this stupid function in reality? I think it would have been better if they just dialed it down a little bit. Maybe it would have been funny if Kevin was clearly just lazy and enjoyed…