Also, “Cancel red alert!... it’s a burnt tomato.”

honestly, Frakes’ presence is almost as comforting as Stewart’s. Over TNG’s run, he evolved from smarmy womanizing upstart to a seasoned, grinning warmth that really upped his likability, and now in old age he’s basically completed the transformation into a giant walking teddy bear stuffed with hugs. it’s great.

It seems like Kestra might rope ol’ Captain Crandall into these shenanigans, so you may get your wish.

I guess part of the reason I’m enjoying this more than most is I didn’t go into it feeling like I was promised ‘a visit with old friends’. I knew there would be nostalgia and fan service, yes, and it is very effective as this episode shows. But what I was expecting, and wanting, was a new story in the Trek universe -…

I dunno, I actually think making her a disillusioned good guy badass feels fresher.  We’ve seen the “disillusioned bad guy” a million times.  And it’s doubly rare that we see that the good guys also have badass SEAL types who do the dirty work no one else wants to.

Agreed.  I liked how the AT ST was almost a mythic beast. 

Sigh. Yisney. Yisney Jr if you must.

The new Skywalker Saga movies just don’t imbue the same tone, feel, and atmosphere in my opinion.

hm.

Sorry, gotta ask. What the living fuck is the matter with us?

Well, the unfortunate thing is that Castle probably kept him from the movies he SHOULD have gotten. I’m sure he was on the list for Ant-Man and Guardians, as both Rudd and Pratt are sort of Nathan Fillion types...shit, in Pratt’s case, they basically built him into Nathan Fillion.

He kind of pissed away his 40s for a…

Riiiight?

It’s like being trapped in an alternate universe where Harrison Ford pissed away his life post-American Grafitti for 7 years doing a lightweight buddy cop show...then re-upped for a different one.

Or something.

Nice writeup. It’s sad to read about Ellison being judged as a groper, etc. etc. He certainly could be a caustic jerk, that’s for sure. Whenever someone mentions about person X being such groper back in the day, it’s actually a reminder of how different things were 40 years ago in general. After all, Ellison now being…

Grab one tit and watch the SJW’s toss your entire career in the shitter, apology not accepted I guess, right PC crowd, no room to be human in your world? Willis accepted his apology, but she’s rational compared to the folks who are just so done with HE because he grabbed a boob. He’s an oppressor now? What a load of…

I was very lucky to have met Mr. Ellison on few occasions, people describe him as difficult and mean spirited. And that was true, if you didn’t give the devil his due. The phrase, “I don’t suffer fools gladly” could be his mantra, if you multiplied it by say a factor of 10. But I never saw him go after anyone who…

Yes, he groped Connie Willis, but he also refused to spend a single penny in the state of Arizona after they refused to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, driving to WorldCon in a Winnebago fully stocked with gas, water, and food in California in lieu of staying in a hotel, and spending much of the event writing in a…

Yes, he groped Connie Willis, but he also refused to spend a single penny in the state of Arizona after they refused to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, driving to WorldCon in a Winnebago fully stocked with gas, water, and food in California in lieu of staying in a hotel, and spending much of the event writing in a…

Hughes: You “included the Willis thing” but failed (as so many knee-jerks do) to give it context. For years, whenever Willis and Ellison took the stage together, SHE made a point of going into a silly routine wherein she would act like “the adult” and treat Ellison as if he were an unruly child. When she did the usual…

In a fucking heart beat. Because despite all his faults, I never doubted that deep down he was a good person.