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diff --git a/content-org/star-trek.org b/content-org/star-trek.org index 86eea6c..819cb17 100644 --- a/content-org/star-trek.org +++ b/content-org/star-trek.org @@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ #+URL: https://michal.sapka.me/star-trek #+STARTUP: show2levels indent logdone -#+HUGO_BASE_DIR: ~/sites/site-crys-startrek/ +#+HUGO_BASE_DIR: ~/ghq/michal.sapka.me/mms/site #+HUGO_WEIGHT: auto -#+HUGO_SECTION: +#+HUGO_SECTION: star-trek + * Main :PROPERTIES: @@ -55,10 +56,9 @@ So yeah. "Star Trek" is my number one, and nothing else comes close. In western #+END_QUOTE -* Voyager +* Voyager :@star_trek: :PROPERTIES: -:EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: voy -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c +:EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: star-trek/voy :EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu star-trek :parent voy :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: :primary_menu star-trek :END: @@ -67,19 +67,18 @@ So yeah. "Star Trek" is my number one, and nothing else comes close. In western CLOSED: [2023-11-16 Wed 23:00] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: _index -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract Homeapage of my small Star Trek fansite :type special :hardback true +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract Homepage of my small Star Trek fansite :type special :hardback true +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :aliases '(/star-trek) :EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES+: ep-table :END: Alas, I started writing about Trek only when reaching Season 5. For now, nothing before that will be present. +*** Currently watching +**** Season Six -*** Episodes -**** Currently watching -***** Season Six - -#+attr_shortcode: "voy-s6.yaml" +#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek/voy-s6.yaml" #+begin_ep-table Jenway, challenged #+end_ep-table @@ -89,17 +88,17 @@ Jenway, challenged **** Older Episodes ***** Season Five -#+attr_shortcode: "voy-s5.yaml" +#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek/voy-s5.yaml" #+begin_ep-table Jenway, challenged #+end_ep-table -* Voyager reviews +* TODO Voyager reviews :@star_trek:@voyager: :PROPERTIES: -:EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: voy -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c image -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image_dir "images" :image_max_width 575 +:EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: star-trek/voy +:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: image +:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image_dir "star-trek" :image_max_width 575 :END: ** Season 5 @@ -115,15 +114,17 @@ CLOSED: [2023-02-12 wed 23:00] :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x01 :END: - **** Synopsis The crew enters a void in the Delta Quadrant, an area without any stars of 2 light-years radius. The crew morale is very low as the vast emptiness gets to them. The episode starts in the Holodeck, and I was afraid this would be another Holodeck malfunctions story. However, when the ship loses power, the plot goes in a completely different direction - it turns out someone is living in the emptiness—a hostile creature. Soon after, the ship encounters another living form - a ship emitting large doses of radiation piloted by Emck, a Malon. The strange ship offers help with quick passing of the void on one condition - Jenway is to transport the creature to their ship. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-night.jpg" "http://www.myyearofstartrek.com/2015/10/voyager-re-watch-demon-one-hope-and.html" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file voy5x01a.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source http://www.myyearofstartrek.com/2015/10/voyager-re-watch-demon-one-hope-and.html +#+begin_image Jenway, challenged -#+end_img-c +#+end_image + Jenway being Jenway, declines and decides to first talk with the now-imprisoned alien. It informs her that they are a dying breed due to the poisoning of space by Emck. It is soon revealed that Emck's job is to drop toxic waste, a by-product of Malon industries. Jenway tries to give Voyager's technology to Emck, but he refuses, as clean energy would ruin his business. Jenwey then orders her crew to go into a vortex leading out of the void while she stays behind and destroys it so Malons can no longer dump their waste. The staff, however, goes to mutiny. Jenway agrees, and Voyager fires torpedoes as it enters the vortex. The episode ends with the crew seeing stars again. @@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ There's a lot more to her that she allows the crew (and the viewer) to see. She Not satisfactory. He was there, but not enough. + *** DONE Star Trek: Voyager 05x02 - Drone CLOSED: [2023-02-22 Wed 23:00] :PROPERTIES: @@ -152,10 +154,12 @@ A small team, including Seven of Nine and Doctor, is returning from a mission. D The crew discovers a borg maturation chamber with a rapidly growing Borg drone. This is the first time Seven sees something like this, as the Borg assimilate living beings and don't reproduce. Jenway has yet another moral dilemma - as Doctor's emitter is based on 29th-century tech, it would doom the galaxy if it fell in Borg's hands. But, on the other hand, the drone has not connected with the collective and may learn human customs and ways. She goes with the latter, and Seven is tasked with teaching the new drone. It all goes well until the drone accidentally connects with the collective. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-drone.jpg" "https://the-avocado.org/2021/05/27/you-talking-trek-to-me-best-of-voyager-drone/" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file voy5x02a.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://the-avocado.org/2021/05/27/you-talking-trek-to-me-best-of-voyager-drone/ +#+begin_image Borg round thingy -#+end_img-c +#+end_image Voyager faces the Borg. Drone decides to help mankind. It transports to the Borg ship, takes over control, and flies into a nearby nebula. The Borg ship is destroyed. @@ -173,10 +177,10 @@ As for the episode, it was ok. We've already seen a Borg drone emancipated ([I, It's a shame, as One was cool. - - **** Doctor factor +**** Doctor factor Oh yeah, a lot better than last time. We have Doctor interacting with B'Elanna, which is always a treat. Very much a huge plus here! + *** DONE Star Trek: Voyager 05x03 - Extreme Risk CLOSED: [2023-02-28 Wed 23:00] :PROPERTIES: @@ -185,13 +189,17 @@ CLOSED: [2023-02-28 Wed 23:00] :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_item_override 3 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x03 :END: + **** Synopsis Voyager's probe is launched at a gas giant, but Malons spot it and attempt to capture it. To prevent it, the crew sends the probe into the gas planet's atmosphere. Malon's ship follows the probe and is subsequently crashed. Paris presents a design for Delta Flyaer, a specialized shuttlecraft based on Starfleet's and Borg's technology. Malons want the probe as the resources it collected are too valuable, and, as Jenway puts it, we've got a space race. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-extreme-risk.webp" "https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Extreme_Risk_(episode)" -#+begin_img-c + +#+attr_shortcode: :file voy5x03.webp +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=13 +#+begin_image Contemplating suicde? -#+end_img-c +#+end_image In second story arch, we've got B'Elanna putting herself at risk by going into extremely dangerous Holodeck simulations with safety protocols off. Doctor learns about multiple injuries and diagnoses her with clinical depression. Jenway puts her off the Delta Flyer project, and subsequently, Chakotay approaches her. She reveals she stopped feeling anything - not about her job, future, Paris, or the massacre of Maquis by Cardassians and Dominion. Only putting herself at risk of death allows her to have any feelings. @@ -201,30 +209,40 @@ Meanwhile, Delta Flyer is completed, and Torrens volunteers to join its crew. Th Look at how much FX this bad boy can handle! Every few scenes, we get some new CGI. Either the technology caught up to the writer's ambitions, or someone threw a lot more money at them. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-extreme-risk-2.webp" "https://www.tor.com/2021/01/25/star-trek-voyager-rewatch-extreme-risk/" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file voy5x03b.webp +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://www.tor.com/2021/01/25/star-trek-voyager-rewatch-extreme-risk/ +#+begin_image Look at that scan! -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-extreme-risk-3.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=133" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file voy5x03c.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=133 +#+begin_image Look at this vessel! -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-extreme-risk-4.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=133" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file voy5x03d.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=133 +#+begin_image Look! -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-extreme-risk-5.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=133" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file voy5x03d.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=133 +#+begin_image Just look at this. Stunning! -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-extreme-risk-6.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=133" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file voy5x03e.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=133 +#+begin_image Kara Thrace, is that you? -#+end_img-c +#+end_image I'd say it's just a step below what Marvel movies look like these days. @@ -250,10 +268,12 @@ CLOSED: [2023-05-23 Wed 23:00] The crew encounters what appears to be Earth's Starfleet Acadamy. It's inhabited by people who should be present, including the groundskeeper Boothby[^boothby]. After an investigation (and seduction) conducted by Chakotay, it is revealed that it's a training replica of the site - one of many training grounds for Species 8472. [^boothby]: Played again by excellent Ray Walston. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-in-the-flesh.webp" "https://www.tor.com/2021/01/28/star-trek-voyager-rewatch-in-the-flesh/" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file voy5x04a.webp +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://www.tor.com/2021/01/28/star-trek-voyager-rewatch-in-the-flesh/ +#+begin_image Familiar face. -#+end_img-c +#+end_image Both sides agree on a truce and negotiations. Its conclusion is a trade of information - Voyager gives their knowledge about Borg nanoprobes and, in exchange, receives information about Species 8472 genetic modifications. @@ -303,7 +323,6 @@ CLOSED: [2023-05-31 Wed 23:00] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x06-timeless :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract my opinion on Star Trek Voyager 05x06. A good time travel episode. -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_item_override 6 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x06 :END: @@ -315,10 +334,12 @@ Fifteen years later, they manage to return to Delta Quadrant and find a way to c Woohoo, episode 100! And what an episode it was! It's clear that the creators were saving money for this episode. The first scene is probably the best CGI in Star Trek on TV up to this moment. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-timeless.webp" "https://the-avocado.org/2021/06/03/you-talking-trek-to-me-very-best-of-voyager-timeless/" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file voy5x06a.webp +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://the-avocado.org/2021/06/03/you-talking-trek-to-me-very-best-of-voyager-timeless/ +#+begin_image Voyager down -#+end_img-c +#+end_image The story is straightforward. We've got a mission to save Voyager - but this time, we bypass the most significant problems of this series. We know that no matter how great the plan is, it will fail. The crew won't return to Earth before the last episodes of the final season. If the story focused on the test, it would not work as well as it does. Yes, we know that Chakotay and Kim will succeed, but with the twist that we see a different version of the characters we are used to know. They are scared and angry, which is especially shocking when it comes to Kim, who is often the nice guy in the room. Unfortunately, the most emotional moment is downplayed by soap opera-level overacting and screaming at each other. @@ -328,10 +349,12 @@ One episode I was reminded of was "The Visitor" from Deep Space 9. Unfortunately Still, we see a druken Seven, which was unexpected. Also we see removal of her eye, but in a better taste than whatver happened in Picard. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-timeless-2.jpg" "https://the-avocado.org/2021/06/03/you-talking-trek-to-me-very-best-of-voyager-timeless/" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file voy5x06b.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://the-avocado.org/2021/06/03/you-talking-trek-to-me-very-best-of-voyager-timeless/ +#+begin_image It's also much more mechanical than in Picard -#+end_img-c +#+end_image **** Doctor's factor @@ -361,25 +384,34 @@ The ship is much darker than Enterprise was, but it's still not pitch black. It's atmospheric, without being overly grim. Season 5 had to receive a significant funding upgrade. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-infinite-regress-1.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=140" -#+begin_img-c + +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-infinite-regress-1.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=140 +#+begin_image Look at this corridor! -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-infinite-regress-2.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=140&page=3" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-infinite-regress-2.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=140&page=3 +#+begin_image And this corridor! -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-infinite-regress-3.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=140&page=5" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-infinite-regress-3.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=140&page=5 +#+begin_image And this engineering room! -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-infinite-regress-4.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=140&page=5" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-infinite-regress-4.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=140&page=5 +#+begin_image And this corridor in this artsy-fartsy angle -#+end_img-c +#+end_image I've also noticed how consistent the design of aliens is. They mostly limit the FX to adding something on the face, but they do it an away that makes it believable. @@ -453,24 +485,35 @@ The team created a nice animatronic alien and a CGI version. We've all seen Babylon 5 and know that the tech was not ready for computer graphics. They tried and did what they could. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-nothing-human-2.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=142&page=3" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-nothing-human-1.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=142&page=3 +#+begin_image Animatronic greatness -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-nothing-human-3.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=142&page=3" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-nothing-human-3.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=142&page=3 +#+begin_image CGI definitely not greatness -#+end_img-c +#+end_image + **** Doctor Factor Wooohoooo! Finally, a rare Doctor-focused episode, and they nailed it. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-nothing-human-1.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=142" -#+begin_img-c + +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-nothing-human-1.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :alt "" +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=142 +#+begin_image The in-between-names doctor in full glory -#+end_img-c +#+end_image + + *** DONE Star Trek: Voyager 05x09 - Thirty Days :@update:@st_update: CLOSED: [2023-12-22 Fri 23:19] :PROPERTIES: @@ -485,7 +528,7 @@ The entire episode is a retelling of the story of how he got there. In a series of flashbacks we learn about on ocean planet on the brink of doom and of Paris, who yet again disobeys orders to follow his call of ethics. -**** Impressions +**** COMMENT Impressions Paris should have been a much more interesting character. He is to be the cool guy in the crew[^kim]. @@ -503,10 +546,12 @@ There has to be some nostalgia (even misplaced) to like this sort of things. And yes, I am watching a 30-year-old show, thank you for noticing. [^twilight]: except for few episodes of Twilight Zone. I will *need* to return here, as they were amazing -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-thirty-days-1.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=177&page=3" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-thirty-days-1.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=177&page=3 +#+begin_image Complete with black and white filter -#+end_img-c +#+end_image I also found Paris dressed up as a sea captain a but goofy. @@ -528,10 +573,13 @@ This is not a must-see episode, but what is, is one of those where you start val Paris is cool, end of story. And, once again, the CGI is breathtaking. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-thirty-days-2.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=177&page=3" -#+begin_img-c + +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-thirty-days-2.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=177&page=3 +#+begin_image We deserve more underwater SciFi shows. -#+end_img-c +#+end_image **** Doctor factor @@ -542,7 +590,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-03-08 Fri 22:07] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x11-latent-image :EXP+: :abstract A great Doctor episode! -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_item_override 11 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x11 :END: @@ -578,11 +625,15 @@ And Mulligan's performance is perfect. We have a scene where Doctor confronts her. In a span of few seconds, se moves from goofy and having fun with the crew to martial tribunal level of seriousness. This is not the first time she does it, but everyone I am floored. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-latent-image-1.jpg" "https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/A_IC0KJPUnyl6XGYILsz17io5kee4P2H/" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-latent-image-1.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/A_IC0KJPUnyl6XGYILsz17io5kee4P2H/ +#+begin_image There's more and more of Naomi. I can't wait to see what the show has planned for her! -#+end_img-c +#+end_image + + **** Doctor factor Happiness of the highest order. @@ -601,7 +652,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-03-13 Wed 16:06] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x12-bride-of-chaotica :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract A fun Capitan Proton episode -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_item_override 12 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x12 :END: @@ -624,11 +674,14 @@ I'd have much more fun if I was invested in Proton. Now, if it was Star Trek that was referenced with such respect in some modern show, I'd be all over it. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-bride-of-chaotica.jpg" "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708860/" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-bride-of-chaotica.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708860/ +#+begin_image Though those episodes look simply stunning. Here: Jenway in the best aspect format (4:3). -#+end_img-c + +#+end_image **** Doctor Factor Yeah, he was here. @@ -639,7 +692,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-03-16 Sat 10:06] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x13-gravity :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract A *great* Tuvok episode -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_item_override 13 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x13 :END: @@ -679,10 +731,12 @@ It also allowed us to learn about her as a person - it's only one episode, but w All in all: highly recommended! -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-gravity.jpg" "https://www.amazon.com/Petty-Voyager-Original-Autographed-Photo/dp/B00TLA0596" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-gravity.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://www.amazon.com/Petty-Voyager-Original-Autographed-Photo/dp/B00TLA0596 +#+begin_image Tasty space spider! -#+end_img-c +#+end_image [fn:spock] I haven't seen too much of TOS, so I can't compare him to mr. Spock. [fn:only] I fully accept the ban on mind-melt that is sure to follow this sentence @@ -692,7 +746,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-03-17 Sun 21:36] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x14-bliss :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract A monster a week type of trek -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :export_hugo_custom_front_matter+: :menu_item_override 14 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x14 :END: @@ -709,10 +762,12 @@ Nothing out of the ordinary - just a problem in outer space. This is very much ok. The basic premise - great; crew on happy pills - perfect; Seven out to get to the bottom of it - ideal; Naomi - still cool. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-bliss.jpg" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ2DRFP44K4" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-bliss.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ2DRFP44K4 +#+begin_image The creature in all of its glory -#+end_img-c +#+end_image The most memorable part of this episode was the reaction of Quatai upon meeting Voyager. After countless lies and deceptions by the creature, he can no longer accept that a good thing can happen. @@ -736,7 +791,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-03-22 Fri 22:45] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x15-15-dark-frontier :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract A Borg themed two-parter -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_item_override 15&16 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x15/16 :END: @@ -746,7 +800,7 @@ During the heist, Seven meets the new Borg Queen who has huge interest in her. We're also witness of Sevens memories from just before being assimilated by the Collective. -**** Impressions +**** COMMENT Impressions Oh, a two-parter! Of course, it's about the Borg. @@ -787,36 +841,49 @@ I always wondered how they store all this private info without prying eyes. The answer: protocol. Oh! you crazy space-commies! -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-dark-frontier-01.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96" -#+begin_img-c + +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-dark-frontier-01.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96 +#+begin_image Borg ships always gives me a sense of claustrophobia. Games with Borg ignored how small the living space is there. -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-dark-frontier-02.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-dark-frontier-02.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96 +#+begin_image The Death Star makes a guest appearance -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-dark-frontier-03.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-dark-frontier-03.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96 +#+begin_image Chibi-Seven -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-dark-frontier-04.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-dark-frontier-04.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96 +#+begin_image I am often amazed by the quality of special effects on display here. -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-dark-frontier-05.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-dark-frontier-05.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96 +#+begin_image Borg Queen doing her best Alex Murphy impression. -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-dark-frontier-06.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-dark-frontier-06.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96 +#+begin_image Say what you will, Queen looks better here than she looked like in Picard. -#+end_img-c +#+end_image #+begin_quote Seven: I will resist @@ -824,7 +891,7 @@ Seven: I will resist Queen: I know #+end_quote - Factor +**** Doctor Factor The episode is so good, that I don't care that we deserve more of The Doctor. @@ -833,7 +900,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-03-22 Fri 23:27] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x16-the-disease :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract Space STD and rebelion? -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :export_hugo_custom_front_matter+: :menu_item_override 17 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x17 :END: @@ -868,10 +934,13 @@ If those were two separate episodes - one completely of the wall, one serious an Both stories deserve so much more. I left unsatisfied. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-the-disese.webp" "https://them0vieblog.com/2017/08/30/star-trek-voyager-the-disease-review/" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-the-disese.webp +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://them0vieblog.com/2017/08/30/star-trek-voyager-the-disease-review/ +#+begin_image Varro's ship. -#+end_img-c +#+end_image + **** Doctor Factor Present, but just as unsatisfying as the entire episode. @@ -880,7 +949,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-04-03 Wed 21:14] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x18-course-oblivion :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract One of the best episodes I've seen -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_item_override 18 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x18 :END: @@ -896,10 +964,13 @@ The entire crew are clones born on the Demon planet. Soon, rest of the crew comes down with the same illness as B'Ellana. "Course: Oblivion" is a direct continuation of Demon (04x24[fn:before]) -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-course-oblivion-1.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96" -#+begin_img-c + +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-course-oblivion-1.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96 +#+begin_image Look how happy they are. -#+end_img-c +#+end_image **** Impressions @@ -936,10 +1007,13 @@ It adds nothing to the main story, yet it is /essential/ to appreciate /Voyager/ I think it's time to say it out loud: /Voyager/ is a better series than /The Next Generation/. It's more mature, less goofy and overall has amazing episode quality. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-course-oblivion-2.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96" -#+begin_img-c + +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-course-oblivion-2.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96 +#+begin_image Look how sad they are. -#+end_img-c +#+end_image **** Doctor factor @@ -952,7 +1026,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-04-03 Wed 21:38] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x19-fight :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract Voyager, you are not Northern Exposure! -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :export_hugo_custom_front_matter+: :menu_item_override 19 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x19 :END: @@ -980,7 +1053,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-04-08 Mon 19:30] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x20-think-tank :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract The episode about nothing -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :export_hugo_custom_front_matter+: :menu_item_override 20 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x20 :END: @@ -1019,15 +1091,19 @@ The way it plays out is, basically, /about nothing/. I'm getting a bit annoyed that it's either a doctor-centeric episode, or his involvement is unsatisfactory. This was not a doctor-centric episode. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-think-tank-1.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/screencaps/s5/520-think-tank/thinktank_004.jpg" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-think-tank-1.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/screencaps/s5/520-think-tank/thinktank_004.jpg +#+begin_image Disregarding obvious joke (Da Ba Dee), this looks phenomenal -#+end_img-c +#+end_image -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-think-tank-2.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-think-tank-2.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96 +#+begin_image He lives in a society! -#+end_img-c +#+end_image *** DONE Star Trek: Voyager 05x21 - Juggnaut CLOSED: [2024-04-20 Sat 18:51] @@ -1035,7 +1111,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-04-20 Sat 18:51] :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x21-juggernaut :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mini review :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :aliases '(//star-trek/stv/05x21-juggernut/) -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_item_override "21" :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x21 :END: @@ -1082,17 +1157,18 @@ It's there and it's enjoyable. Unsatisfactory, like most of the time. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-jaggernaut-001.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/screencaps/s5/521-juggernaut/juggernaut_134.jpg" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-jaggernaut-001.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/screencaps/s5/521-juggernaut/juggernaut_134.jpg +#+begin_image Most definitely not a Ferengi. -#+end_img-c +#+end_image *** DONE Star Trek: Voyager 05x22 - Someone to Watch Over Me CLOSED: [2024-05-05 Sun 00:10] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x22-someone-to-watch-over-me :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mini review -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_item_override "22" :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x22 :END: @@ -1134,18 +1210,18 @@ This may have been the best Doctor episode, even though he was not the primary f Not only is he hilarious, but this may be his biggest growth yet. My disappointment will be immeasurable if authors won't develop his love toward Seven deeper. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-someone-to-watch-over-me.jpg" "https://imdb.com" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-someone-to-watch-over-me.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://imdb.com +#+begin_image Yes, Doctor and Seven dancing. -#+end_img-c - +#+end_image *** DONE Star Trek: Voyager 05x23 - 11:59 CLOSED: [2024-05-09 Thu 23:17] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x23-11-59 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mini review -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_item_override "23" :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x23 :END: @@ -1181,10 +1257,12 @@ All glory to then! 11:59 is a cute little episode. I enjoyed it immensely, even though in 3 years I'll have no memory of ever seeing it. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-11-59.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=151&page=4" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-11-59.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=151&page=4 +#+begin_image Books and books and books and books -#+end_img-c +#+end_image [fn:usmovies] I've been raised in the 90s, so I was subjected to USA's cultural propaganda and I still love it. Movies were simply better back then. @@ -1195,7 +1273,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-05-14 Tue 22:51] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x24-relativity :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mini review -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_item_override "24" :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x24 :END: @@ -1234,17 +1311,18 @@ They can make darker ship that is not /black/, like they are in the new ST! Nope, I left unsatisfied. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-relativity.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=134&page=5" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-relativity.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=134&page=5 +#+begin_image Dark, but not modern-trek Dark. -#+end_img-c +#+end_image *** DONE Star Trek: Voyager 05x25 - Warhead CLOSED: [2024-05-14 Tue 23:02] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x25-warhead :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mini review -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_item_override "25" :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x25 :END: @@ -1278,10 +1356,13 @@ It also asks similar questions: who we are? Why are we here? Can we change it? Great episode. I'd love more of such brilliant little stories. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-warhead.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=152&page=4" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-warhead.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=152&page=4 +#+begin_image Starts as a love story -#+end_img-c +#+end_image + **** Picardo factor @@ -1296,7 +1377,6 @@ CLOSED: [2024-05-19 Sun 18:10] :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 05x26-equinox-part-1 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mini review -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_item_override "26" :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 5x26 :END: @@ -1341,10 +1421,12 @@ The Trek is about what mankind /can/ be, not what it is. Meh. -#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-equinox.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=153" -#+begin_img-c +#+attr_shortcode: :file star-trek-voyager-equinox.jpg +#+attr_shortcode: :class centered +#+attr_shortcode: :source https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=153 +#+begin_image Looks like Alien, plays like Man Behind The Sun. -#+end_img-c +#+end_image ** Season 6 :PROPERTIES: @@ -1357,6 +1439,7 @@ CLOSED: [2024-10-04 Fri 20:17] :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: 06x01-equinox-part-1 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mini review :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :episode_id 6x01 +# :END: The conclusion to [[/voy/05x26-equinox-part-1/][last season's cliffhanger.]] |