Reviews of things I've already seen

[seriousfic]

TNG episode: Yesterday's Enterprise

Smart move having Wesley still be a crewmember in the alternate universe. "Universe devastated by war, billions dead, is Wesley not piloting the flagship? Fine by me."

TNG episode: Deja Q

Man, I forgot how awesome Q episodes were. Like Bob Hope on the Tonight Show, every so often he pops up, does his schtick, and it's just a real treat all around. John DeLancie's Q is one of those rare confluences of actor and character that can make a bad story good and a good story great. And the best part is he never got overexposed like Spike or Wolverine, at least not until Voyager. I am so hoping he shows up in Star Trek 2.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Okay, so Jack Sparrow has two principle revelations in this movie. How much he fucking hates Barbossa and that he's a pirate and a good man. Both were rolled back in the sequels for more of the same, only bigger and louder and with more swordfights. Sure, you could say he just loved the Black Pearl enough to want his ship back that much, but you don't carry around a Significantly Ominous pistol for ten years just because you feel meh about someone.

Of course, by the time AWE rolled around, everyone was an untrustworthy asshole and Jack was too comic relief-y to hold a grudge against the man who marooned him (seriously, who would've guessed that the biggest consequence of Jack Sparrow and his arch-nemesis having to work together would be a dick joke?), so there was really no point in Barbossa coming back except to serve as an epitome of the series' obsession with running gags.

Transformers

I still can't get over that people ship Sam Witwicki and Bumblebee. And I refuse to consider what kind of Gigeresque monstrosity might pass for an anus among Transformers.

Comments

[alara-r.livejournal.com]

And the best part is he never got overexposed like Spike or Wolverine, at least not until Voyager.

To be fair, Q only appears three times in Voyager, and one of those episodes is really, really good.

But the take home lesson they got from that one episode was "if we do an episode about Q dragging Voyager into *his* society's problems, people like it!" and proceeded to do the worst Q episode ever as its sequel, a comedy about a war between immortal beings which is supposed to be solved by a human being having a baby. Huh? Tell me how any of this makes sense.

I've come to terms with that episode because it's *so* important to the overall arc of Q's character in canon... but it's *so* godawfully bad, half the fanfic I write is rewrites of it. :-(

[rann.livejournal.com]

The funny thing was, Star Trek canon had already dealt with the idea of members of the Continuum reproducing before. The offspring was created while the parents were in human form and not using their powers, but she was still "new blood". And some of the expanded universe had dealt with it as well, specifically Q Squared, which amusingly turned that whole "Q is a knockoff of Trelane" thing on its head.

The episode with Q teaching his son a lesson from Voyager was a really good one, though... it worked with a lot of what the series had to offer, and sadly also pointed out all the squandered potential of things like the Borg Children that were never properly made use of.

[liliaeth]

Hmm, have to disagree with you on Spike though. Spike was NEVER overexposed. In fact, I'd easily watch a series with Spike as the main character. (something I most definitely wouldn't do for either Faith, Willow or Giles, regardless of the fact that Giles and Willow had much more screentime than Spike ever got.)