Finally! A concise guide to life that can be displayed in pyramid form on a single piece of poster board.

Batiatus may be a scheming evil prick, but you have to admit he rules every scene he's in. I'm sorry this six-episode prequel will be the last we see of him (maybe a flasback or two sometimes, but that's not the same). He has the best lines of any character on the show, and John Hannah would win hands-down if there…

Agreed. This was a funny episode. And I don't think that liking this show is a case of being lowbrow - for Christ's sake, not everything has to be the comedic equivalent of Shakespeare. I don't watch BBT expecting to have some sort of transcendant humor experience. I watch it for the same reason I enjoy things like…

@ Warren Perso:

I agree with everyone here who says she's not cute. She isn't. She looks waif-ish and kinda pop-eyed. In spite of all that, I'd still do her in a cold minute. I think I have an elf fetish.

The only commentary that would satisfy me is William Shatner spending the whole movie saying things like, "This scene right here… uh, yeah, sorry about that. And Leonard Nimoy suggested I do this other scene a certain way. I ignored him… I'm sorry." Then the last ten minutes of the commentary has no dialog, just…

My Trek DVD collection goes from IV to VI, with a noticeable but extremely justified gap between the two of them. I was unfortunate enough to have seen V in a theater when it came out, but since then I've discovered that if you pretend hard enough, that movie never happened.

That clip was "indecent"? Seriously? I can think of any number of things on TV a hundred times worse than that, and yet our tax dollars are being spent on prosecuting a shot of some girl's ass as she gets in the shower?

"…the idea that Durken can single-handedly repress the scientific development of his race, and that he's right to do so, seems both naive and misguided."

God, I loved this episode. And ironically, it's because I was hating it half an hour into the first time I saw it. The reason is that it suckered me into thinking this was one of those horrible stories that Trek had a tendency to do too often - you know, the kind where [insert character name here] starts acting…

Agree with Chartex. I think they'll find a way to make these shows look good on Blu-ray. They look pretty good on regular DVD upconverted to my high-def TV. And as one of those fans who always wants to see a little more detail on the ships and miniatures, I'd be interested in a Blu-ray release. Although having…

@Vader: that ambiguity was one of the things that always bugged me even after they established that O'Brien was enlisted. You mentioned the progression of his insignia all the way up to the hollow pip he got when he went to DS9. And if you remember, a few seasons into the show they changed it again, to three…

@ Toohey: The song is "The Minstrel Boy" by Thomas Moore. I learned that song when I was a kid - can't remember where. There's an artcle about it on Wikipedia.

Ranks on Trek have always had a continuity issue. Having spent most of my adult life in uniform, I tend to key in on that. Whenever I watch a sci-fi show with uniforms (Trek, Galactica, B5, etc.), I'm always looking at insignia trying to figure out the rank structure. Of course, you have to balance that with the…

Agreed. I think this episode is one of TNG's finest. I liked the moral ambiguity of Maxwell's actions. When you think about it, how many times did Kirk or Picard disregard orders in pursuit of a truth only they could see at the time? The only difference here is that Maxwell went just a little too far and started…

If he does that on stage, will the audience in the first few rows need to bring tarps like at a Gallagher concert?

Interesting… I've been a big Stephen Fry fan ever since he did the "Jeeves and Wooster" series, and if that's the premise of the show, I'd definitely give it a watch. Did it ever come out on video? I tried looking it up on Netflix and didn't get anything other than a bunch of workout videos and a Clint Eastwood…

"…boobs are too big"

Occasionally, there are times when it's awesome to be incorrect. This is officially one of them.

So essentially, this website has taken over the role that strip clubs used to fill before the advent of the internet.