#WARP SPEED CALCULATOR TOS TO TNG SERIES#

In actuality, the Tkon stuff was really interesting. So what's left? A bunch of talking and confusion, a dude in bad 'old people' make-up, Geordi being sassy, and the Tkon stuff. In truth, that fight scene last less than a minute, and you only ever see those whips in action twice. Mostly what I remembered about this episode prior to watching again was the fight scene on the planet, and those dumb whips that look like foam-rubber snakes painted blue. I never realized that until I watched it carefully all the way through this last time and noted how long it took for Letek & Co to show up. Three-quarters of the show elapses before we even get to see our quarry in person. My next complaint? This episode is kind of boring.

Their humorous parts encourage us to laugh with them rather than at them. On DS9, through Quark, the Ferengi become not the laughingstock of the galaxy, but clever and resourceful, frequently operating around the law. In 'The Last Outpost' they mention commerce a few times, but they're mostly just short assholes who run their mouths a lot. But TNG wasted the potential of the Ferengi as a race of people mostly interested in commerce. TNG really nailed the whole Klingon thing (with a bit of help from some foundational stuff done in the TOS films). So TNG, through Worf, makes the Klingons a fabulous race of warriors that struggles with philosophies of death and honor, throwing in some crazy politics and giving them a robust sense of humor.

#WARP SPEED CALCULATOR TOS TO TNG SERIES#

The awesome part about this trend is that it seems like the following series will pick up that FUBAR and correct it. They could never seem to nail down what it meant to be Klingon. But they blew it with the Klingons, which were all over the place. In TOS, they went gangbusters on the Vulcans through Spock, and they built a fabulous world with interesting characters. In fact, I've noticed this weird trend that happened at least from TOS to DS9 concerning alien races and how they are handled: each series will present a number of new species, and they will have one they go gangbusters on, and one they fuck up completely. They continue to be squandered as a new race of alien and as potential rivals. I could, but I've seen the rest of this series, and I can tell you now: the Ferengi do not improve. I don't want the stink of 'The Last Outpost' on my Netflix queue. The bar for this episode is grey, meaning that when Netflix tries to cue it up automatically, I stop it before it reaches any part of the actual episode. This may be my most hated episode of this season. Generally, all of my red episode bars go a portion of the way across. This episode.' Then I switch to the next one. The ones I end up skipping typically have a shorter line under them because it's taken me to the opening credits to sigh and say, 'Oh, yeah. The little red progression line under each episode lets you know which episodes you've watched all the way through last time, and which ones were paused somewhere in the middle. A good indicator of such things is the Netflix episode queue. Even when I'm just putting the series on in the background while I craft or something, I skip this episode. You know how, when you've watched every episode in a series a few times, you start to get to know which episodes you really like, and which ones you'd rather not watch ever again? This episode is one that I'd be okay never watching again.

Warp speed calculator tos to tng