I saw a trailer for this at a theatre, and a woman in the audience yelled, “Fuck Johnny Depp!” And it was a morning screening, and it was not a rowdy crowd. It brought me great joy.

Let’s be honest. Even The Next Generation got more mileage out of the Maquis (Preemptive Strike) than Voyager did.

Paris was supposed to be good ole Nick Locarno, but the writers didnt want to pay royalties. It is a shame, because they could have gone so far with the Locarno character.

“The Turnabout Intruder” from TOS is also awful, with James Kirk’s body being controlled by the mind of a woman, as it’s the only way for women to be in a position authority. Shatner’s acting as the female-controlled Kirk is also a little far out.

TNG had the strongest finale by far, and most of it can be attested to the strength of the ensemble. The main cast seemed to have an affinity that has been missing in every Trek series, and the sheer visual of Picard dropping in on the poker game he had always avoided to be with his “space family” is poetic.

There was so many missed opportunities with Voyager’s crew:

Lets be honest. Even though the Maquis storyline was designed and seeded specifically for Voyager, DS9 always did far more with it. One of the many opportunities Voyager missed trying to be more like TNG.

As much as I wish I could agree that DS9 was better, I find myself enjoying TNG more. But it’s a mix. I mean, from seasons 3-6, TNG is about as good of television sci-fi as was ever made. But that’s also true of DS9 from seasons 3-6 (sans the Worf/Jadzia nuptials).

So I kinda really feel like it does come down to…

“has the worst finale.”

Enterprise coughs politely at your shoulder..

Wait, I think Enterprise wins the prize for worst finale.

I’d imagine they did. “Sure these tapes I just destroyed are the originals and there are no copies. Sure! You can trust me.”

It’s completely crazy. He has been adamant for years and years that MJ never did a thing to him. No one believed him. He’s been adamant for years other have. No one believed him. He TELLS POLICE WHO actually is the problem, no one believed him.

Worse, the police insisted that he must have been molested by Michael Jackson and be lying about it instead.

Yeah it was F U C K E D up. They said “Were you ever molested by Michael Jackson?” and he said “No, but I was molested by this other guy. Can you arrest him?” and they said “No.”

So they finally found the tape... in a box that contained the investigation records. In literally the first place anyone would think to look for it. But it’s been missing for 24 years? Gosh, it’s almost like they weren’t really looking for it.

You’d think they’d pay for them to be destroyed! The fact that it still exists at all is a miracle.

Yeah, ditto. So sad.

Justin Timberlake.

I clicked too. Now I’m sad.

Welp. Bobby warned me not to. But did I listen? Nooooooooo. Now my day is steeped in pensive melancholy and it’s 10am. 😔