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Well, I sort of changed my mind on this one.
At first, I thought, man this is painful. Oh, and it is.
But, then I imagined the crew sitting around betting each other crazy stuff on weird games and such. Can a person balance a rusty pick axe on your eye lid or some such business.
Loser has to shave off an eyebrow (from their one remaining eye), put their hand in a 200 ton hydraulic press, or other good natured hijinks.
Cuz, that's the only way I can explain these episodes. Clearly, someone is making a crazy bet or lost one.
The latest episodes included fighting Klingons on a Zombie planet which sounded okay. But, you got to make Dr. Mbenga, a minor character from the original series and an actor with a frog in his throat the heroic main character.
Har de har!!!!! And, the loser has to make the most moronic episode ever. No, I'm not talking like that dumb prank we pulled on the audience with the French surrender monkey PEE Kard. I mean something monumental stupid. (No, not Discovery, that's just foul.)
So, they make it the first holodeck episode on the Enterprise being tested out. Spock does ball room dance with his latest crush (Kahn's daughter) and they make an offensive satire of the original trek. Badly done as well. (It did have a Jim Carey feel to it but poorly done.)
The holodeck has gone haywire ... of course ... and the ship is in danger unless the heroine .... what else .... solves the 60's murder mystery.
Hey, and get this fun story line, Spoke is going to bang it out with Kahn's daughter or something. Oh, those tricky writers!!!
Pike's lady friend, who has not a thought in his mind it the menagerie, is becoming a Gorn ... cuz ... reasons. I said, make the most moronic and by damn I mean it.
I'm sure there were in jokes on the cast and series of the 60's but ... it was lost on me. (I think someone related to Wil Wheaton appeared and Jonathan Frakes directed.)
There appear to be no more decent Sci Fi writers.
Yes, it's all money laundering.
Yours,
IronConrad
03-Aug-2025