No, but Kirk was most definitely a soldier. He said so himself. He admitted to being a killer in “A Taste of Armageddon” and was all too willing to go to war with the Klingons in “Errand of Mercy.” Starfleet wasn’t overly militaristic, but Kirk was a military man, make no mistake.

It wasn’t bad. It wasn’t great, but it was endearingly enjoyable, for the most part. The special effects are pretty amazing at least, so it’s got that going for it.

Haha. I’m a Riker fan myself, but he was awful in Chain of Command. Jelico did the right thing relieving him.

Oh, she certainly could have. I guess what bothered me about it was the super-obvious twist. I mean, they do a scan for female Moklans, and they just happen to find one living in seclusion in the wilderness, and yet somehow they’re able to find her, convince her to come back with them and return to the trial, in two…

Damn. I did make a mistake in math. Sorry about that.

We all know how much Zach likes Admiral Nechayev.

Unless that person is Admiral Kirk.

That would be awesome.

Was he? I might have to rewatch it.

I did watch The Corbomite Manuever the other night. There was this brief scene where Spock starts to say, “I’m sorry,” and then catches himself. It reminded me of how fine an actor he was.

A) TNG took on LGBT on one occasion as well. Did a good job with it too.

B) While I enjoyed the tribunal, holy hell was Grayson a terrible attorney. Her arguments were so thin, a blade of grass could cut them open.

Picard was great, even in season 1. The rest of the cast, on the other hand....

I don’t know. The Outcast on TNG was pretty damn pointed. So was TOS anytime a god-being showed up. Roddenberry was *not* a fan of religion!

I’m really confused by your comment. Are you criticizing “The Outcast” or complimenting it.

Because I mean, that wasn’t my favorite episode of TNG, but it was a very well-done episode.

I don’t think it was quite as good as message Trek, mostly because there were a couple of plot holes that were a little too big for me.

What I want to know is how, if she was living out in the middle of nowhere, did anyone discover her writing? Did this great literature just show up one day with no one to claim it? How did it ever make its way to the printing press? We’re talking about a family that lived in seclusion to protect their daughter.

There’s…

Oh my god. Can we talk for a second about how stupid Alara’s super strength is?

The real reason has to do with funding. They worked out a deal with Netflix that equates to over $6,000,000 an episode. There’s no way they could pull in that kind of funding from airing it on network television.

Or hell, maybe they could. When Friends went off the air, they were paying $6,000,000 an episode just on…

The problem with that idea is that it seems like male Moclons are perfectly capable of reproduction all on their own.

I’m quoting directly from Memory Alpha:

As long as I pretend Spock doesn’t grin at the flowers, I’m able to enjoy The Cage fairly well. But it definitely makes me appreciate Captain Kirk all the more.