tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post4896961289059859591..comments2024-03-15T07:28:47.064-05:00Comments on Treknobabble: The Next Generation, Season 5: Cost of LivingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-28408464438338266172014-09-02T00:46:47.558-05:002014-09-02T00:46:47.558-05:00Your point about Ebert is well taken. I was a big ...Your point about Ebert is well taken. I was a big fan of his reviews. Looking over the (currently) eighteen and half seasons of Trek, I tend to rate a point higher an episode that succeeds as a cohesive piece of entertainment, even if it lacks a bigger intellectual or philosophical punch. I don't excuse being intellectually insulted in the name of being entertained, but I've certainly in the DS9 reviews, justified a 4 or 5 on the grounds that the episode really succeeded as a piece a of entertaining television.<br /><br />I think the underlying problems with the writing justify the score itself on this one, but yeah...I've always been one of Lwaxana's most ardent defenders, and hope to be her when I grow up.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582237401541322274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-91841441599618161712014-07-17T16:04:08.876-05:002014-07-17T16:04:08.876-05:00I agree with Sara.
I love this episode not from a...I agree with Sara.<br /><br />I love this episode not from a cerebral, intellectual point of view but because it worked - somehow, i dont know how, it worked. It is sweet, funny and just endearing. And yes the interaction of the people - Lwaxana calling Worf Mr Wolf...spoiling Alexander, saying contracts are between people who dont trust each other - the bickering they were all doing allowing Lwaxana and Alexander to sneak away..."the ability to enjoy enjoyment." Worf and Alexander trying to get along...It is a very entertaining episode for me but without being lame. <br /><br />I also liked that Lwaxana's mask of jolly and uninhibited slipped and we saw a vulnerable woman who just did not want to be alone, hence agreeing to marry this guy. <br /><br />Roger Ebert once said that a good movie is not what it's about but how it is about it, and i think the how really made this a good episode for me...poppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064123327462038174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-25841181534909199522012-08-08T15:11:16.550-05:002012-08-08T15:11:16.550-05:00I've got nothing on Code of Honor. (I'm s...I've got nothing on Code of Honor. (I'm sure someone must. Just... not me.)Saranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-28670621903202455482012-08-08T14:11:26.716-05:002012-08-08T14:11:26.716-05:00I think one of Trek's great strengths is that ...I think one of Trek's great strengths is that even the worst episodes have things to love, and they have their defenders. And I think that's totally legitimate. <br /><br />Code of Honor, anyone? :)matthewweflenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540521459703556959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-81099524887003572782012-08-08T13:26:32.822-05:002012-08-08T13:26:32.822-05:00This episode has actually been one of my favorites...This episode has actually been one of my favorites. The threat might be a touch manufactured and easily solved, but the character interaction is what I love. <br /><br />I was a very lonely kid, and this episode was very dear to me since it showed me that it was okay to be yourself, even if people around you didn't necessarily know how to deal with that very well. I never saw Lwaxana as a horny old woman, I saw her as someone who was also very lonely, but had this enormous exterior facade to try to cope. She pretended she was happy for so long that she convinced herself that it was true. The free spirits made me smile every time because they were so over the top. <br /><br />Through exaggeration, it shows a decent balance between not giving up who one is for the sake of fitting in, and the need to--when absolutely necessary--at least be decent at faking it.Saranoreply@blogger.com