I dreamt it was Thanksgiving and I was watching my favorite Thanksgiving movie, called “Freyja”. It was the story of a pair of brothers (neither of who’s name I remember): The younger one (played by Jonathan Frakes) had grown up pampered by his parents, but was outgoing. He waged war to put food on his parent’s table, and it was plentiful. He wore a black star-trek uniform, but a red cape. The older one (Patrick Stewart) was wise but reserved. He had been a diplomat that had brokered peace between the two warring factions, and, in doing so, had put his brother out of work. Continue reading Dream: A Star Trek Thanksgiving
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Star Trek
I recently finished the first season of the original Star Trek and I found that I quite enjoyed myself. There were certainly episodes that are the very definition of campy, but there were also episodes that explored some interesting ideas and made Star Trek a social exploration of its time. Below, I make some general observations, and talk about a few episodes that stood out to me. Continue reading Star Trek