MEDIA COOL
The first few times I watched this show I noticed two things: 1) it’s more reminiscent of Battlestar Galactica (a patriarchial captain plus his underlings who have all sorts of “interrelationsips” going on) than the old Star Trek; and, 2) the plots didn’t make any sense whatsoever.
MEDIA COOL
This month’s Media Cools were written by Thomas Anderson, Karen Schoemer, Michael Upton and Bill Holdship.
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (Syndicated TV)
The first few times I watched this show I noticed two things: 1) it’s more reminiscent of Battlestar Galactica (a patriarchial captain plus his underlings who have all sorts of “interrelationsips” going on) than the old Star Trek; and, 2) the plots didn’t make any sense whatsoever. Since then, happily, it’s been uphill. The storylines are now coherent and the characters and special effects impress me more each week. Brent Spiner’s Data is the best TV android since Get Smart's Hymie; and Denise Crosby’s Tasha Yar on the other hand, is all flesh and blood, if you catch my drift. Definitely a life-form reading on my tri-corder. The best episode so far: the Enterprise picks up weird signals from an unknown source, and they turn out to be an old T.J. Hooker rerun floating through space! OK, I made that up, but watch this show anyway. It’s great.
T.A.
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