Oh man, this TNG episode takes me back to my TOS re-watch when I would consistently be bored to the point of tears.
I swear the scene of the enterprise attempting to figure out the empty space situation took 7 hours to work through. I fully expected a scene with someone in a shuttle or spacesuit to further pad out this episode to it's 45 minute run time.
The jerk god-alien plot was beaten to death by tos and it feels uninspired in this episode. I suppose I like the solution of Picard just threatening to destroy the ship instead of being this jerk aliens plaything.
I did enjoy the scene of Picard explaining the various concepts of death. I couldn't help but picture a 1970's era Gene Roddenberry with long hair and a bandanna, high on various drugs wearing beads cross legged on the floor attempting to commune with the universe itself. "It's like the universe is us --- we are the universe man --- we are the universe trying to understand itself..."
A real struggle to engage with this one.
I swear the scene of the enterprise attempting to figure out the empty space situation took 7 hours to work through. I fully expected a scene with someone in a shuttle or spacesuit to further pad out this episode to it's 45 minute run time.
The jerk god-alien plot was beaten to death by tos and it feels uninspired in this episode. I suppose I like the solution of Picard just threatening to destroy the ship instead of being this jerk aliens plaything.
I did enjoy the scene of Picard explaining the various concepts of death. I couldn't help but picture a 1970's era Gene Roddenberry with long hair and a bandanna, high on various drugs wearing beads cross legged on the floor attempting to commune with the universe itself. "It's like the universe is us --- we are the universe man --- we are the universe trying to understand itself..."
A real struggle to engage with this one.