"Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
#StarTrekSummerMay | 31: #AllGoodThings
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That was my feelings at the end of Star Trek: The Next Generation run. I was sorry to see it go, but I was happy for the lasting memories it gave me. For me, the best scene was the final one, when Picard joins the crew to play poker. It summed up the series perfectly, not just crewmates but family.
#StarTrekSummerMay #AllGoodThings @Megabooks
Another grand universe that has been important to me since I was a child, but the difference between The Shepherd's Crown and All Good Things is that I haven't been brave enough to say goodbye to the Disc yet...
I adore All Good Things! A truly wonderful finale that brings me to the edge of tears when I do so much as think about that last scene. I love TNG, flaws and all, and this is a great endpoint for that crew.
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TNG 7.25&26 #AllGoodThings Excellently written finale, just enough call backs to episodes & charaters to please fans, but not enough to make it tacky. Good aging makeup, Denise Crosby and a clever wrap up to the pilot Encounter at Farpoint. I cried a lot. I'm tagging a call back to the pilot too.
TNG‘s not my fav ST series (it's too uneven) but it established the ST universe like not other. Looking forward to Star Trek: Picard. #startreksummermay
Station Eleven is my all-time favorite book. I love the seamless blending of past, present & future. I love “Survival is insufficient.” I have read it either on audio or in print many times.
#AllGoodThings on ST:TNG is not my fav final episode, but it is the one that nicely blends past, present, and future. Q, the omnipotent being that gave humanity a test in the pilot, tells Picard the test was never over, but Picard passes the final test. 🎉🍾
Ever seen this movie? I bawled my eyes out at the end, when Chance and Sassy came over the hill without old Shadow, I thought he was dead, then he appears. 😭😭😭
I don't even like Wesley Crusher, but even I have to admit he got totally shafted by this episode. I don't care for the whole Traveler concept, and shuffling Wesley off to be some kind of higher being was lame.
#StarTrekSummerMay #JourneysEnd @Megabooks
“If your dream is at the end of a rainbow you‘ll never reach it.”
#StarTrekSummerMay | 30: #JourneysEnd
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In this essay, Silko starts off with a direct attack of one of Barbara Kingsolver‘s books, The Bean Trees. Silko makes the point that when an author writes about another culture or community, in this case the Cherokee, and engages in stereotypes, this type of representation has real-life impacts. Silko puts the adoption story in the cultural context of detribalization.
As it happens, I hated The Bean Trees when I read it.
Oh, Journey's End. You're not very good, are you? The movie writers ignore the climatic choice Wes maked and everyone would like to ignore the Indigenous botch job (and I'm including Voyager in this sad shake of my head). Do better, franchise!
Tagged book is one that has been on my tbr for awhile! I hear nothing but good things.
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This #JourneysEnd is one of the most tragic that I‘ve read about and watched documentaries about. Jim Jones‘ decent into delusions and paranoia led to tragic consequences in the jungles of Guyana. Heartbreaking! Excellent #audiobook.
The episode is probably one of the worst of the series. It‘s basically to write Wesley off of all future (cannon) storylines. And Beverly giving him the blanket - lame! #StarTrekSummerMay
