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Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
A very great movie!
A very great movie! I don't understand why the low rates. It's higly recomended! And I'm trying to not say anything at all since it's better in that way, I really didn't know what this movie has to offer and I'm not dissapointed.
After seeing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, I decide to see all the The Next Generation movies, I like the seven movie and also I love this entry.
It's not only pack with drama, suspense, action, borgs and even some humor, but also it takes a lot of interesting point in Star Trek lore, no, not Data's brother, but more how it was the "First Contact" as the title says. And also it continues with the idea of Data now have feeling after the last movie.
"Don't try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make it's own judgements, as all the Star Trek TNG there is also this topic of what you gonna become in story, and also what kind of person you can be now, never is late for change.
Maybe this movies have to be watched not like a condensed Star Trek series in a movie, but more like an long special episode for the ones who already see the series all along.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Magnificient.
Benjamin Sisko is designated to the Deep Space Nine, a Cardassian station conquest by Bajorans during the uprising, now he has to maintain the good relationship between the Bajorans who can be part of the Federation of Planetes, while the Cardassian armistice is still present, can Sisko keep the situation? This is just the start of this excelent Star Trek series.
The Next Generation maybe is a best place to start even with some rotten episodes, but for some reason I liked a little bit more Deep Space Nine.
First because the worst episodes of DP9 are better than the worst episodes of TNG, but also because all the characters has something special, while in the other series, some characters like Deanna Troi or others are weak in likeness compared to Data and Picard. DP9 has lot of espectual characters, featuring now a Ferengi and a Trill, who appear in one episode and now a main character is representing this species. Also O'Brian now is part of the main characters as well, everybody has at least one episode with all of them and everybody is lovely, even Quark who is still a extremist Ferengi capitalist.
Even the villains of this series have personality, it's so great!
My only problem is how it lacks of diplomacy, I understand this space station is away from the federation, I also know things are different here, but still, I wanted to see more attempt the conflict trying to get a agreement, and in somecases see how this will be not the time for peace. I said this because that's what the Borg in the last series make so special, they aren't open to dialogue. I wanted to see that here, in this series, specially because it gives more weight to the matter.
Some moments feels rushed like season seven, in particular in the last episodes this happends, like other series, there is lots of idea and not so much time, but is still a very good series.
As always, sorry for my bad english, and I hope you give this series a chance, because is an classic of the science fiction.
And the spanish voices is pretty bad, is awful even compared to The Next Generation's dub, so see it with the original voices and with subtitles.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Covenant (1998)
Dukat and the Pah-Wrath cult.
After working for the Pah-Wrath, Dukat become the leader of a cult related to this evil spirits from Bajor.
We see Dukat first as another Gul, then we see more of how he was afected by the events of Klingon invasion and then the Dominion advance in the Alpha Quadrant, breaking the Cardassian Empire. The series show us how he was during the ocupation and how dastardly he was, finally we see how he become a religious leader after lost his mind.
Obviously Dukat is still an awful person and shame on you if you doubt for a minute.
This episode can remind to a real sect, like the tragedy of Jonestown.
I don't understand why this episode have so low rates, is a fantastic way to remember how manipulative can be the faith, a topic who was show in the series in past seasons.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Profit and Lace (1998)
A very fun episode.
Finally the Grand Nagus decide to put end to gender segregation, but changes are hard to be accepted in Ferenginar, except if someone can convince to the CEO of the Slug-O-Cola what female can be a good consumer target.
Now, this episode is one of the most hated of them, and I personally don't find it insulting, but I can see why some group of people can be find offended by this episode.
The scene between Quark and the CEO of Slug-O-Cola is funny not because the situation itself, but because karma for whar Quark tried to do in the start of the episode, something what sadly already happend in real life, but Quark recieve a humble leason during this episode during the Nagus plan.
Some poeple have troubles to understand the Ferengis aren't made to be sympathetic, it's made to laugh about them and not with them. Roughly speaking Ferengi; can be compared to the cast of South Park, they aren't supposed to be nice people.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Reckoning (1998)
I liked the episode, I don't see why so much deslike on this
Another episode about the Emisary and the Prophets, there are stuff what we see already like body possession from part of the Pah-wraith.
I didn't expecting the end of the episode, not only for the fight itself, but also Kai Winn taking the choise of stop the fight, even if is debated to actually wanting the best to Bajor or only acting angry against the Prophets for ignore her.
Much people hate not only the character, but also the actress, the first thing, well, somebody need to be the bad one, but attacking the actor just because you don't like the character is one of the most childish things to do.
Now, some negative points are the fact some stuff aren't explained, like why Sisko break the tablet, he was done of all of this or somehow the Pah-wraith make him angry? Also, why the destiny make this fight in the corporeal realm if the prophets are supposed to almost don't know anything about corporeal stuff?
I find it a good episode anyway, not perfect but enjoyable to watch.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: For the Uniform (1997)
Very polemic episode, but awesome still.
"As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy."
This Christopher Dawson quote summarize this episode.
Sisko decide to be "the villain of the story" with the intention of stopping the traitor Michael Eddington, who was attacking Cardassians colony planets.
What Sisko did, is basically return the favor to Maquis and attack to their colonies, who is of course, contrary of all the values of the Federation and also what we see in The Next Generation and one of the frequent critics of who people do in Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
Do means justify the ends? This is the question who make you think and I love this episode for that, but also the acting was phenomenal, do you feel the Sisko's rage and then the Eddington desesperation at the end of the episode.
But of course, not-so diplomacy here, but again; that's the topic of Deep Space Nine.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Looking for Par'Mach in All the Wrong Places (1996)
Romantic topics presented in different ways
After "The Ship" episode, where we don't only see the troubles of being captain, but also the cost of a life of a person you know it closely, we have "Looking for Par'Mach in All the Wrong Places."
Basically this episode took two subplot who are similar if you analyze:
In one hand we have Worf dealing by the fact the person he is attracted don't look at him, and decide to give an hand to Quark instead of being jealous, if you trully are interesting in someone, you want to see it happy no matter who is, right?
By other hand, O'Brian and Kira deals with intimacy while Keiko don't care since she is open minded and see Kira as a reflect of herself, after all; Kira carry their offspring as we see some episode ago, Keiko want to see O'Brian treat Kira as her.
Some people complain about the characters acting dumb sometimes, but after all, who don't act dumb at an moment in your life?
This is the good thing of Star Trek series, one episode can be full of action sadness, and another episode can talk about day-to-day topics.
Kôkaku kidôtai: Stand Alone Complex: Sasayaka na Hanran/Android and I (2002)
Just a cinema lover?
In this episode, Section 9 investigates the weird suicide cases of a model of female androids, at first theory they think this was an attempt to sabotage the company who made them, but the plan was make the android who the criminal has the only one in earth.
This episode works on the recurrent idea of what about if android have soul, in that case; this was not an autodestroy sabotage but it is more correct to call it murder/suicide? Also, the android couple of the criminal betray him at the last moment, the episode ends with Togusa discovering the android said some quotes from an old movie, so it was actually feelings or she just follow some pattern?
A good episode in my opinion.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Whispers (1994)
Interesting idea but the ending is weird for Star Trek standards
In this episode, O'brian start to notice everybody acts weird and he start to investigate.
This episode makes you think about what is happening, mind control? Spy aliens? Some kind of illusion? Or he is just being paranoic?
The episode ends to be a double who, as other people remark in reviews; he is almost like the true O'brian, so, it's weird they just kill it, since there is a Star Trek The Next Generation episode who Riker gets also a double who was lost for years, (Second Chances, six season) so it's weird how they act here in Whispers, since they can allow two O'brians or at least don't being that cruel.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Cardassians (1993)
"Suddenly Human" TNG but way more complex.
There was a episode in Star Trek: The Next Generation called "Suddenly Human", and it is about a child who get raised by aliens, so when the Federation finds out he have another life style now.
Cardassians have a similar plot, a Cardassian kid is take cared by a Bajoran family, and since this two races are on dispute, there is concern if they love their child or is just a attempt to revenge.
But then, it becomes more complex...
Doctor Bashir with Garak (Who came back after many episodes without know anything from him) since the story of how this Cardassian kid stay in Bajoran dosen't make sense, and there is something hidden about all of this. Making the decision more complicated than just stay with the people he care.
A nice episode, and the acting is very good.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
A good introduction to a classic.
(Sorry my bad english)
Star Trek is one of those franchise who everybody talks about pillars of sci-fi, maybe you ask; this is a good point of start Star Trek? Since I did in this way: Absolutly! Even with the rough first episode.
And what I have to said? It's a very good series, but you need to look at it with open mind, don't expect something like Star Wars, because this is about diplomacy, politics, and even philosophy. But also it has cheese moments to be taked with humor. But in general the creator of this show wanted to show a futuristic socialist utopia, something good to see since this last 2000's decades was about military Sci-Fi in media in general.
Maybe there is episodes who you want to forget and characters who are underdeveloped compared with Picard, Data and even Wolf, but when this series want it, it has the best moments you can ever imagine, lot of creativity is on this series and you can find out with those theatrical acting who give it a special touch, and in general aspects is nnoticeable a good will of making something memorable, and they did.
I reciently find this episode guide from "Let's watch Star Trek", there is so many of them everywhere, but this is actually the one who I most agree with, but personally? Give a try to see every episode.
Star Trek: Charlie X (1966)
"Emile, or On Education" but in Star Trek
This looks like an alegory or at least a reference to the Emile from Rousseau, a young person who can do fantastic thing for himself, but then society comes to him and things change and he need to develop other stuff who he dosen't need before.
Or... That is what I thought at first moment.
Don't take me wrong, I'm kinda sure they take that as reference, but the thing is they don't make Charles Evans to understand the world and try to become better, he is presented as a treat and even if an start Captain Kirk is worry about him, the true is the Thasians comes to take him kindly or using the needed force so there is no choice.
Maybe the Original Series are not for me...
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Homeward (1994)
The Prime Directive is for something.
Synopsis:
In this episode, Worf catch up his step-brother Nikolai, he is with an alien race who is gonna be extinct after some natural events who gonna erase the life of that entire planet.
But Nikolai do has another plan; transport all the people while they are sleeping into the holodeck and make them believe they are still on that planet, find another world were this race can live and simulate with the holodeck to just travel away from they town, into a uncharted place.
Important: This race is setted on dark ages, so they don't really know about space ships, or even Nikolai is an human, so he is an alien between them.
Review:
In the entire episode we see why save that people is complicated, but not impossible.
1) What if they find out that is a simulation? Imagine get out of your house and then finding out that is a holodeck and you are in an alien planet, imagine knowing you were."kidnapped" without even know about it.
2) Finding a similar planet is not that easy.
3) The holodeck has troubles to hold on the simulator for so long since the Enterprise was affected before leave the planet.
4) You can't really garantee their future, you cannot simple play as a god.
In this episode this things are discussed and in the worst of cases; we see the consecuences.
It's a matter of moral and ethical thing to do or not to do, the Prime Directive was already a topic in the series and they do it again, and that is what make this series so interesting, is not just spaceship fighting, is about resolve problems, know what to do in a future who we can be those "aliens who come in peace", not for nothing the diplomacy is important for interact with other races who already reach the space travel age.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Suspicions (1993)
Good episode idea but...
A group of scientist from different species are making a test, this is not only good for the experiment itself and his results, but also for a diplomatic scientist mission. But things starts to become complicated.
This episode is good, but it has some things who dosen't make sense.
1) Why Worf dosen't make the interrogation instead?
2) Why Data is not more active in the investigation since he like to play as a Sherlock in the holodeck?
3) Dr. Crusher still violate the Ferengi ritual, so that's a problem, even if it was proved by other ways, she supposed to have problem for doing the autopsy. But after Deep Space Nine, make me think what maybe that ritual was just sell organs from his dead body, so is not big deal, but still there is a Ferengi's family angry out there, so that problem remains.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: In Theory (1991)
A light subplot episode with an interesting problem
The Enterprise is investigating an nebula cloud, meanwhile, a tripulant is having feelings for Data, who sadly, he can't feel emotions as it was telled for many episodes but for some reason, the topic come back again.
It was sad Tasha Yar was not even mentioned since this was kinda his first love, really, I can't get why it was ignored, maybe just because it was not official?
And the rest of the plot is about an anomaly who is making things to "blink", to disapear for a couple of seconds, like Epistle 3's Borealis, I don't know, the more I see this series, is hard to ignore the fact Half-Life was inspired in lot of SCI-FI stuff in general.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Outrageous Okona (1988)
Decent, but there is better episodes too
A guy stranded get helped by the Enterprise, it looks like a pirate but he is actually just a rebel person, get into troubles with two factions for the most silly reasons, thing what I think is good, because not always need to be a deep reason to give a fun episode.
This is decent to see first you see it, but later, season three has a more interesting episode. Specially for. The Hunted, from the 11 episode from the Season 3, what is about a enhanced alien humanoid soldier prisioner trying to escape from the enterprise, seeing that episode just today makes me thing the missed oportunity "The Outrageous Okona" was. But still, is not that bad.