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ST:TNG Disaster
Dec. 6th, 2010 02:07 amI was reading something from college about disappointment and women. It was all about how disappointment cuts you off from even dreaming of a better future and then cuts you off from your past because the person that had that past was clearly sadly mired in illusion.
So then I was depressed.
Now I'm watching Next Gen. Specifically I'm watching Counsellor Troi eat chocolate. Er, possibly watching repeatedly. I'm finding it more interesting than stories with actual kissing. She's really sincerely into that chocolate.
I'm watching season 5. I just watched Disaster, where Picard is stuck in a turbolift with children and Worf has to deliver a baby. Whoever thought that one up was having fun.
*looks it up*
Teleplay By
Ronald D. Moore
Story By
Ron Jarvis & Philip A. Scorza
http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Disaster_%28episode%29#Background_information
... and yeah, the first thing the writer says is "I thought let's just have fun with it." It totally shows.
I really like this one. Everyone has their tense little problem to solve, everyone is cut off from the usual massive resources of the ship, there's difficult decisions, and a whole lot of emotional awkward to cut through to get practical stuff done. And everyone shows they can get stuff done, which really is not always the case. Staying in character and still giving them new things to do is a challenge by season 5, and this one really manages it. I particularly like Troi making the hard decisions. It works double by showing she's an officer too and by showing how difficult it is when Picard et al do it.
I do not so much like watching the bits with the kids. I can see how they're good story, I just kind of *facepalm* and stay that way.
I liked the bit with the baby though. Of all the people to help with a birth... :-)
I now have 24 hours and 50 minutes before I have to get up for college. But I only have to stay awake at college until about 1300, if I get the bus back right after lessons. So my plan for today is to stay awake until this afternoon and hope that will work out, since the whole 'sleep at night' thing is apparently not working out at all.
So, lots more Star Trek today then.
So then I was depressed.
Now I'm watching Next Gen. Specifically I'm watching Counsellor Troi eat chocolate. Er, possibly watching repeatedly. I'm finding it more interesting than stories with actual kissing. She's really sincerely into that chocolate.
I'm watching season 5. I just watched Disaster, where Picard is stuck in a turbolift with children and Worf has to deliver a baby. Whoever thought that one up was having fun.
*looks it up*
Teleplay By
Ronald D. Moore
Story By
Ron Jarvis & Philip A. Scorza
http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Disaster_%28episode%29#Background_information
... and yeah, the first thing the writer says is "I thought let's just have fun with it." It totally shows.
I really like this one. Everyone has their tense little problem to solve, everyone is cut off from the usual massive resources of the ship, there's difficult decisions, and a whole lot of emotional awkward to cut through to get practical stuff done. And everyone shows they can get stuff done, which really is not always the case. Staying in character and still giving them new things to do is a challenge by season 5, and this one really manages it. I particularly like Troi making the hard decisions. It works double by showing she's an officer too and by showing how difficult it is when Picard et al do it.
I do not so much like watching the bits with the kids. I can see how they're good story, I just kind of *facepalm* and stay that way.
I liked the bit with the baby though. Of all the people to help with a birth... :-)
I now have 24 hours and 50 minutes before I have to get up for college. But I only have to stay awake at college until about 1300, if I get the bus back right after lessons. So my plan for today is to stay awake until this afternoon and hope that will work out, since the whole 'sleep at night' thing is apparently not working out at all.
So, lots more Star Trek today then.