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  • Harbinger is the worst episode of ENT. The captain and the alien of the week are maybe 6 minutes of the episode. The rest is a bunch of bullshit with resolving the conflicts in the crew that had been brewing all season.

    Only saving grace is the fight scene, but then the macho American space marine gets schooled by lieutenant mister bean? Lolwut

    What the hell do they think this is, Hamlet, Gone With the Wind, Ruggles of Red Gap? It’s a goddamned space western, aliens in rubber masks, you know the drill!









  • MalikMuaddibSoongtoQuark'sThe Trouble with Review Bombing
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    3 months ago

    Really thoughtful read. I especially appreciated this

    The term woke originally meant something quite simple: Being awake to injustice. However, in recent years, it has undergone a remarkable semantic inversion. For some critics, woke has become shorthand for any narrative that asks viewers to empathize with someone outside their tribe.

    This is why stories about immigration policy, systemic injustice, or forgiveness trigger such strong reactions. They are perceived not as entertainment but as ideological intrusion. They become “the enemy.”



  • Incredibly well done episode. Not sure others have mentioned these, but I really really liked these things in particular:

    • Reno has great presence and delivery. And the sharpest uniform.
    • I’m glad the announcer from Children’s Hospital fell through an anomaly and arrived in Starfleet Academy.
    • English graffiti and open flames everywhere! J/k how could they get everything else so right but then fumble this so poorly. You’re telling me the venari ral are space romans, but not romulans?

    A great first season, I feel like they know what they’re doing and I want more.