Misadventures in Blissville

The resplendent exploits of cultural erudite David Lawler.

  • STAR TREK REWIND: “Singularity”

    STAR TREK REWIND: “Singularity”

    “You’re lucky you’re a decent engineer because you obviously don’t know anything about writing.’” The galaxy is a death-trap, filled with pockets of space, nebula, and gas giants that drive ordinary, well-mannered humans nuts. This being a large galaxy, there’s a whole variety of mental conditions to be derived from spacial events. In “The Tholian…

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    February 22, 2023
    Blog, STAR TREK REVIEWS
    2002, Brannon Braga, Dramatis Personae, Enterprise, Jolene Blalock, Linda Park, Rick Berman, Scott Bakula, Singularity, Star Trek, The Tholian Web
  • STAR TREK REWIND: “How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth”

    STAR TREK REWIND: “How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth”

    “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!” I remember reading an article in the old Trek fanzine published and then re-printed for a paperback compilation in which writer Russell Bates was required to defend himself on charges of stealing the central idea of the second season episode, “Who Mourns…

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    February 16, 2023
    Blog, STAR TREK REVIEWS
    1974, DeForest Kelley, Filmation, franchise, Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry, Hal Sutherland, How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth, James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, Lou Scheimer, NBC, Norm Prescott, Paramount, Russell Bates, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Animated Series, television, William Shatner
  • STAR TREK REWIND: “The Muse”

    STAR TREK REWIND: “The Muse”

    “Before I met her, my world was… a much smaller place. I kept to myself, I didn’t need anyone else, and I took pride in that. The truth is, I was ashamed of what I was, afraid that if people saw how truly different I was, they would recoil from me. Lwaxana saw how different…

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    February 15, 2023
    Blog, STAR TREK REVIEWS
    1997, Cirroc Lofton, Deep Space Nine, Lwaxana Troi, Majel Barrett, Meg Foster, Michael Piller, Paramount, Rick Berman, science fiction, Star Trek, The Muse
  • STAR TREK REWIND: “A Night in Sickbay”

    STAR TREK REWIND: “A Night in Sickbay”

    “I’m told I’ve offended these people twice. Once for eating in front of them. The second time, I don’t even know what for. But if their carelessness has hurt Porthos or God forbid ends up killing him, they’re going to find out what being offended is all about!” Curiously, this is one of the most…

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    January 14, 2023
    STAR TREK REVIEWS
    2002, A Night in Sickbay, Brannon Braga, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Paramount, Rick Berman, Scott Bakula, Star Trek, Star Trek: Enterprise
  • STAR TREK REWIND: “Albatross”

    STAR TREK REWIND: “Albatross”

    “Jim, if I’m ever in jail again, don’t send that Vulcan to release me. Just let me rot!” I love how the inhabitants of Dramia wait for the Enterprise to finish delivering necessary medical supplies before they put McCoy under arrest for charges equivalent to genocide. Pretty sneaky, Sis! This brings out the anger in…

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    January 8, 2023
    STAR TREK REVIEWS
    1974, Albatross, DeForest Kelley, Filmation, franchise, Gene Roddenberry, George Takei, Hal Sutherland, James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, Lou Scheimer, Majel Barrett, NBC, Norm Prescott, Paramount, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Animated Series, television, William Shatner
  • STAR TREK REWIND: “The City on the Edge of Forever”

    STAR TREK REWIND: “The City on the Edge of Forever”

    “I am my own beginning. My own ending.” I dreaded writing about “The City on the Edge of Forever” not only because it is considered the greatest single episode of Star Trek, past and present, ever made but also because so much has already been written. Harlan Ellison himself wrote a book on the subject.…

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    December 24, 2022
    Blog, STAR TREK REVIEWS
    1966, 1967, DC Fontana, DeForest Kelley, Gene Coon, Gene Roddenberry, Harlan Ellison, Joan Collins, Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek, The City on the Edge of Forever, The Original Series, William Shatner
  • STAR TREK REWIND: “Homefront,” “Paradise Lost”

    STAR TREK REWIND: “Homefront,” “Paradise Lost”

    “Don’t kid yourself, Ben. This Pandora’s Box of yours…we’re opening it together.” Neither the consequence of patriotism nor nationalism, Starfleet Command wages a war against the citizens of Earth by way of fear-mongering. That’s a word we hear much more often these days. After a terrorist bombing is revealed to be the handiwork of the…

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    December 17, 2022
    Blog, STAR TREK REVIEWS
    1996, Avery Brooks, Gene Roddenberry, Homefront, Ira Steven Behr, Paradise Lost, Rene Auberjonois, Rick Berman, Robert Foxworth, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Susan Gibney
  • STAR TREK REWIND: “False Profits”

    STAR TREK REWIND: “False Profits”

    “We have to out-Ferengi… the Ferengi.” Captain Janeway? Neelix? The crew of Voyager? Outwitted by a couple of Ferengi on a distant planet in the Delta Quadrant? Is this possible? The U.S.S. Voyager picks up what appears to be a wormhole and investigate a nearby Class-M planet where Chakotay and Paris discover something less than…

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    December 10, 2022
    STAR TREK REVIEWS
    1996, Brannon Braga, Dan Shor, False Profits, Ferengi, Jeri Taylor, Kate Mulgrew, Leslie Jordan, Rick Berman, Rob LaBelle, Robert Beltran, Robert Duncan McNeill, Star Trek: Voyager, The Price, wormhole
  • STAR TREK REWIND: “The Price”

    STAR TREK REWIND: “The Price”

    “Just tell me there’s some chocolate here.” It never fails that when an underutilized character is given the spotlight, it more often than not results in that character’s undoing. Like “The Galileo Seven” with Spock, “The Price” nearly destroys Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis). The same thing happened two episodes earlier with “Booby Trap” and…

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    December 5, 2022
    STAR TREK REVIEWS
    1989, adventure, False Profits, Gene Roddenberry, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Matt McCoy, Michael Piller, Patrick Stewart, Rick Berman, romance, science fiction, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Price
  • STAR TREK REWIND: “The Bonding”

    STAR TREK REWIND: “The Bonding”

    “Let’s just hope it doesn’t blow us to kingdom come while it’s figuring out how to blow us to kingdom come.” “The Bonding” is a strange episode for me. It’s a difficult episode. It was, atypically, one of Ronald D. Moore’s first scripts for Star Trek: The Next Generation. I use the word, “atypically,” because…

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    December 4, 2022
    STAR TREK REVIEWS
    1989, Gabriel Damon, Gene Roddenberry, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, Rick Berman, Ronald D. Moore, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Susan Powell, The Bonding
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