Hard to say for sure. Christianity is mentioned in passing on a few occasions. Richard Daystrom, who invented the computers in the Enterprise, mentioned moral and religious laws that govern mankind, which suggests that he was a religious person. McCoy refers to the Biblical account of the creation of the world as a…

That’s part of the problem. I’m already sick to fucking death of an endless string of X-Men movies, which has already basically been rebooted once as an origin story by 20th Century Fox themselves. Endless reboots are tedious.

Well, fuck.

All I can say is, thank god Star Trek never tried to do a special holiday movie.

Yep! That’s the scene.

I remember this movie! But only because someone mentioned a frail Roger Moore.

I used to watch sappy Christmas romances with my elderly grandmother. Don’t judge me.

I’ve seen all of The Good Place, and one episode of One Day at a Time. I’m honestly not a big fan of depression television, and most prestige television is precisely that.

Amen brother! I love me some Samoas!

I’d like to add, “Fuck you DNC!” If they hadn’t conspired against Sanders, maybe we’d actually have a decent human being for president.

The way things are going now, the tiniest bit of human decency is sometimes the best you can hope for.

It might be interesting to rewatch the series in production order and see if that helps the series to congeal a little better. My guess is yes.

Airing this episode out of order really didn’t do this fledgling show any favors. Stupid TV execs.

I actually enjoye “Masks”. It was classic Star Trek level bizarre, but I embraced the weird. It was kind of fun to see Picard the archaeologist/anthropologist discerning the secrets of a long-dead religion.

But yeah, the de-evolution episode was absolute garbage. If you don’t think about the plot, it’s almost fun - and…

He did! He played a fictionalized version of himself at some Hollywood party. But he also appeared briefly on one of the final episodes of Friends as a fashion executive interviewing Rachel at a restaurant.

Okay, thank you.

So does this take place in the 21st century or the 24th? The trailer made that a bit confusing.

Also, I hope to god people don’t dress like in 21st century earth and use standard guns in a show set in the distant future. Nothing ruins immersion like a futuristic world that looks just like the present day.

Huh. Both Kevin Spacey films. That explains it.

To my knowledge, I have never seen a single movie with Kevin Spacey in it. He’s a really famous actor and I’ve barely even heard of him.

Whatever you say, O Great Internet Lord.

Ivan Drago is coming back. That’s all the reason I need.

I guess so. I was only ten or eleven when I first saw it, so I didn’t see the twist coming at all. I was actually convinced that the kid’s mom talked to Bruce Willis in the beginning, so I went back and watched it again the next day. Sure enough...