tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post7352406580133592243..comments2024-03-13T14:53:58.150-04:00Comments on MUSINGS OF A SCI-FI FANATIC: Star Trek: TNG S1 Ep6: Where No One Has Gone BeforeSFFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-54499441224765296652010-11-16T12:35:14.746-05:002010-11-16T12:35:14.746-05:00Thanks John for your kind remarks.
That's a g...Thanks John for your kind remarks.<br /><br />That's a great visual moment between Picard and the ghost of his mother. Very touching. I get your point about the scene having more substance for its use rather than bringing her on board the Enterprise-D as the family visitor of the week.<br /><br />I agree. I really had more appreciation for Picard's human side as a result of that scene eventhough we both still feel he's weak thus far as a Captain. <br /><br />That was a great moment and I'm glad it captured the smae kind of power for you as it did for me.<br /><br />I often think of my father and when Picard acknoweledges she is somehow always with him. Those are true, sincere words. That moved me. It was the first time I felt something in ST:TNG to date.<br /><br />Boy and Bowman really is a talent. I couldn't agree with you more about Datalore. Bowman and Spiner wring out the best from that episode. It's all thanks to them. <br /><br />Although a genre picture, to this day I've seen Reign Of Fire like 5 times. I love it.<br /><br />Thanks for your input John.<br />SFFSFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031498593064294214.post-14977814706925065332010-11-16T10:44:10.604-05:002010-11-16T10:44:10.604-05:00Hi SFF:
A very fair, illuminating review of one o...Hi SFF:<br /><br />A very fair, illuminating review of one of the better entries in TNG's first season. <br /><br />In particular, I appreciate that you mentioned (and found an accompanying image of...) that brief but emotional scene featuring Captain Picard's elderly mother. <br /><br />Twenty-something years after my first viewing of the episode, that image of rejoining (after the death of a parent) is one of the few TNG moments that sticks with me. <br /><br />To me, that short (and sweet...) scene revealed a very human side of Picard, and made me like him more. <br /><br />And it wasn't like she was boarding the love boat as a "Guest Star" to turn the story into soap opera. She was a phantasm, but a touching phantasm.<br /><br />Thank you also for pointing out the positive efforts of director Rob Bowman. He brought a more cinematic, more pacey, more enthusiastic visual direction to TNG, and many times, really scored with that approach. <br /><br />"Datalore" is a prime example: the story is pretty trite and leaves a lot to be desired, but the execution (by Bowman and Spiner) is impressive as hell. Or at least it was in 1987. Bowman almost always elevated the material to a superior (and involving) visual level.<br /><br />Great post!<br /><br />best,<br />JKMJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.com