To Baldly Go

036 - The Battle, Hide and Q, Haven

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This week:

  • Ferengi less cartoonish
  • Still difficult to take them seriously as adversaries
  • Lore and worldbuilding
  • Nate sees Picard giving up early
  • A/B storylines and storytelling in Star Trek
  • Improvements in the medium over the 1960s
  • Suspension of disbelief and faster than light travel
  • Solar system versus other star systems
  • Nostalgia
  • Music in Next Gen
  • Returning characters
  • Q is kind of weird
  • Using Q to explore human nature
  • Assuming Q isn’t gone
  • More solar system discussion
  • We’re nerds
  • Personal anecdotes about mutual friends
  • Reusing footage from other episodes and movies
  • Season 1 released immediately in syndication
  • “Bill” Riker?
  • Security lapses
  • Character actors
  • Thoughts on Lwaxana
  • More worldbuilding and lore
  • Filming order
  • Things we miss from The Original Series
  • Conflict in Star Trek
    • ...more
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    To Baldly GoBy Aaron Emery