I remember how excited we were to see this one, and it really isn't a let down even all these years later! The classic bridge, Scotty, and the beloved scifi concept of a Dyson Sphere, all in one episode, how lovely.
In the years since, of course, "the prohibition on using classic Trek characters" in more recent trek series is non-existent. And the gentle gentle stuff (that we're reminded of here) that TNG did was the way to get to the (I think, wonderful) place we are in now with "Strange New Worlds" playing around in the TOS canon without too much anxiety and considerable abandon.
No problem with the slow reply... time has no meaning here. 🙂 As for anything in the current production pipeline for the Trek brand, I simply couldn't comment. If anyone is enjoying any of it, I'm glad. I made my polite exit after the second batch of movies - I'll stick with twentieth century media. 😂
A great episode. Scotty was great, he and Geordi were great together. Loved the idea of using a transporter to stay alive indefinitely and the Dyson sphere was cool. Probably the biggest booby trap ever. Like 'Booby Trap' in season 3, booby trap episodes are fun. The (convenient) fact that it was just hanging out in space undiscovered gives the episode cool original series vibes of real discovery in space vs other TNG episodes with known quantities (Romulans, Klingons) or bottle episodes.
(Bit behind here, catching up...)
I remember how excited we were to see this one, and it really isn't a let down even all these years later! The classic bridge, Scotty, and the beloved scifi concept of a Dyson Sphere, all in one episode, how lovely.
In the years since, of course, "the prohibition on using classic Trek characters" in more recent trek series is non-existent. And the gentle gentle stuff (that we're reminded of here) that TNG did was the way to get to the (I think, wonderful) place we are in now with "Strange New Worlds" playing around in the TOS canon without too much anxiety and considerable abandon.
-- inw
No problem with the slow reply... time has no meaning here. 🙂 As for anything in the current production pipeline for the Trek brand, I simply couldn't comment. If anyone is enjoying any of it, I'm glad. I made my polite exit after the second batch of movies - I'll stick with twentieth century media. 😂
Stay wonderful!
A great episode. Scotty was great, he and Geordi were great together. Loved the idea of using a transporter to stay alive indefinitely and the Dyson sphere was cool. Probably the biggest booby trap ever. Like 'Booby Trap' in season 3, booby trap episodes are fun. The (convenient) fact that it was just hanging out in space undiscovered gives the episode cool original series vibes of real discovery in space vs other TNG episodes with known quantities (Romulans, Klingons) or bottle episodes.
Nice catch about the classic Trek vibes! I've not thought about it like this before, but it's a great way of looking at it.