This week: an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation split roughly equally between saying goodbye to a beloved crew member and taking out the garbage — without saying anything very interesting about either. Apart from some memorable visuals, it’s mostly the kind of thing enjoyed by people who think that modern Star Trek seasons are too short.
A vivid, propulsive and charming love letter to Star Trek: The Original Series this week, of a kind that would have been completely unimaginable during the long 90s. Star Trek tries its hand at animation for the first time since the 70s, and the result is an incredible success, paving the way for even more brilliant and visually stunningStar Trek to come.
Even as the sun with purple-colour’d face
Had ta’en his last leave of the weeping morn
Prince Andy Billups knew his proper place
Starfleet he loved, but love he laugh’d to scorn:
His doting mother makes amain unto him,
And sends her prettiest guards at once to woo him.
