Still no urge to watch Enterprise.
]]>4) Yea.. I liked Lucas on seaQuest. And I was no longer a kid when Jake Sisko came along… he was more or less average, but then he turned into a writer, so he gets points for that. Head of the Class made the youngest one a girl, so that was good. But the two mega-geeks of the group were guys.
Also 4) Star Trek doesn’t have a great track record for techie or supersmart chicks of any age. Almost all the TNG women are in caretaking roles. Jadzia is good, but you could argue she’s only half-female. I hesitate to count Seven of Nine, since there’s so many issues with her.. but I guess she sort of counts. I don’t know Enterprise well enough.
]]>2) He’s actually published another collection since this one and is working on a volume of his TNG reviews which I am totally going to buy as soon as it’s available.
3) He blogs a lot less about poker now, though an awful lot of his tweets are about music. But people are allowed to have interests different from me… someone has to buy poetry books. And watch ESPN.
4) Yes… in hindsight I can see why people disliked Wesley. But watching TNG as a smart kid, it was nice to see another smart kid on TV. So many shows that focus on teenagers have them relentlessly average academically. (Head of the Class was also nice in this respect). The only problem I had with him was that he was a BOY. I’m still waiting for my smart GIRL who’s a member of the main cast.
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