The Game

Yeah – until we have synthehol, stay away from that game or the one with the other title… something “trap.” Wait, what was it…? I believe there are at least two more TNG episodes remaining with Wesley: The First Duty and Journey’s End. backtracking like this and seeing the cut footage of Wesley Crusher at the Riker Troi wedding in “Nemesis” really makes me smh at how lacking in complete vision the creators had… I wonder what Gene had in mind from start to finish. Wesley really just floundered. I know he had problems w Berman etc…but dang, what a poorly conceived character and worse follow up…ugh. Poor Wil Wheaton…bah he’s doing ok, I think… I agree. Wesley could have been a great opportunity to explore what it might be like to grow up in a Starfleet environment, but (and I’m paraphrasing Wheaton here) the writers just didn’t know how to write for teenaged characters. By the way, I really enjoy Wheaton’s recent work, especially TableTop, and it’s great that he’s become an icon of geek culture. My “dream” was not make VOY, but 2-3 years after DS9, “Starfleet Academy”. Rebuilding the fleets…academics, inter species, transfers, graduations, new freshmen, field study, rotating cast…. oh well…. How has Riker’s zipper not been court-martialed? Also, does the Enterprise computer monitor what gets replicated? Can I go there and replicate a few hundred tons of meth so I can become The One Who Knocks? Also, I just don’t buy a character who does something such as keep a list of rules; that feels like something more ‘written’ than real. This is a fun episode to watch, but not really analyze too closely. lol…”I did not have sexual relations w that woman…”- when BattleStar started, I thought it was overboard on the sexy factor…I also thought the idea of android infiltrators was too much..then I thought,if I am supposed to believe Termintators are possible given US Earth technology in 100 years, and how most espionage infiltrators use SEX as a way to manipulate, I realized it is very believable!!- ahhhh Riker… If Picard says ‘come’ for any reason in his office, does his door automatically open? Just to reward you guys for all the retro video game references…trust me, this is way, way, waaaay better than discs and cones, buddy (and yeah, I’m working on slimming down the ol’ warp core). (Before anyone asks, this can be found and played at Arkadia Retrocade in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Welcome aboard, captain!) I LOVED that game when it came out. Just for the sound effects alone, it was a great step into Trek. I’ve been cracking Pokemon Go jokes in reference to this episode as much as the next guy, and now I feel silly about it. The fact is…you can disappear down ANY rabbit hole to the point that you wind up like the Enterprise crew in this episode…even if the escape from reality that you’re pursuing is (gasp!) watching Star Trek. (Been there, done that.) It’s just funny that this little game that everyone seems to be playing right now is a wonderful little parallel to the discs and cones thing that happened to land at just the right time (or just the wrong time if you’re John and Ken and don’t want to “date” the show!). I’d argue that Pokemon Go is a wonderful thing – it’s a way for me to get my kids up off the couch and out of the house and walking around that’s more palatable to them than “hey, let’s go get some exercise!” (and you see the photo I posted elsewhere here – I need the exercise) and we all get to do that together…so, while it provides a sort of cultural-flashpoint touchstone in reference to this episode, it’s at quite a remove from Beverly hunched over in her quarters with her headset on and the lights turned down. Man, if only there was, like, a candle…with a dude in it…that could help her feel like that, amirite? Still, she’s gotta get her Qix somehow. Anyway, that’s the sound of me putting my Pokemon references to bed where The Game is concerned. I really liked Wesley’s escape sequence late in the episode – that real