Seriously, the Batman comics are way better than the movies. Ha ha. From what I’ve heard and seen about The Dark Knight, the comics have already done that story to death.

Yeah, I haven’t seen The Dark Knight, yet. I’m still waiting for a used copy to drop to 5 bucks. And I refuse to download it. And I refuse to buy a bootleg copy. And I refuse to borrow it from a friend. Where do I get a film geek card?

Thx for your comment, chris. I loved DS9 because it was so unpredictable and wacky. After its first year, anyway.

I really appreciate non-Trekkies reading Treknobabble. For you guys, it must be like going to church because you like gospel music. Ha ha. Stupid analogy.

Picard and Q is good, and some of the Guinan stuff is good (Time’s Arrow I liked). But it’s all Picard, he exploded in my brain as a 14year old boy, sceptical of all things american.

One might think that it’s hard to get in contact with actors for interviews, but I’m a journalist myself and I just sling out emails and get lucky about 2/3 of the time, and that is with current actors. So just go at it Reed!

PS. I enjoyed this article a lot, the best one in some time, funny that Dalai Lama has seen Trek

PPS. Once a sequel to Star Trek is announced, you could start a “Treknobabble: The Next Generation” collumn as a followup?

It’s interesting that the European nature of Patrick Stewart’s birth is one aspect that endears the Capt. Picard character to you. I’ve probably said this before, but your defense of TNG delights me to no end, because I would have suspected your skeptical nature to pick apart TNG’s inherent silliness. Troi’s telepathic ability and non-related cleavage display being two examples.

Project Genesis, I have not read the classic “The Stars My Destination” and I really should. Did you get your first edition?

I found issue one of the relaunch magazine for the Official Fan Club of Canada in a used bookstore. Actually, for all I know, the Official Fan Club of Canada might be in existence today as a secretive, cult organization. If anyone knows anything about it, please comment.

I’ve been thinking that I’m bound to repeat myself in these Treknobabbles, but so far I think I’ve managed to come up with something fresh with each post. I think there can still be posts written to highlight the other series like TNG which I’ve given short shrift to. (Sorry again, Henrik.:-))

I think Sean’s intent was to have Treknobabble for people to comment on the upcoming film so I’m not sure if he would be interested in keeping a general Star Trek column as a part of Film Junk after the film’s release even though I am sure there will be sequels. I did post some of my older Treknobabbles over at Trek Space, but the Trekkies there didn’t show much interest in my Treknobabbles. So I’m not sure about the future of Treknobabble.

I’m guessing there are maybe 20 or so regular readers of Treknobabble, so I’m writing Treknobabble as a way to keep my brain active more than anything else.

I think Next Gen wasn’t as much Wild West, as it was enlightened colonization. Sort of like what europeans wish they could do, if they had the chance to colonize earth again (I’m guessing… maybe hoping). At least that’s what appeals to me about it.

Have there ever been another american TV show with a european lead character? One that didn’t rely on it for marketing or gimmicks I mean.