Comments on: Retro Review: Meridian http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/10/retro-review-meridian/ Daily Star Trek news Mon, 20 May 2013 11:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: seventhbeacon http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/10/retro-review-meridian/comment-page-1/#comment-9236 seventhbeacon Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:40:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20441#comment-9236 I love Diana Muldaur! For shame! ;) Actually, I find both her and Nana very striking, physically, though much of it may have to do with their personalities. That's definitely my opinion. Strong personalities and acting performances make someone far more attractive to me. When I was watching this originally it was all about Dax but in repeated viewings I found Farrell's performances to be average and Visitor's to be stellar. I am not in any way offended that you and Landru stated otherwise, though. I love Diana Muldaur! For shame! ;) Actually, I find both her and Nana very striking, physically, though much of it may have to do with their personalities. That’s definitely my opinion. Strong personalities and acting performances make someone far more attractive to me. When I was watching this originally it was all about Dax but in repeated viewings I found Farrell’s performances to be average and Visitor’s to be stellar. I am not in any way offended that you and Landru stated otherwise, though.

]]> By: Hittite http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/10/retro-review-meridian/comment-page-1/#comment-9221 Hittite Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:40:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20441#comment-9221 Don't let me fool you -- I have nothing of interest to say about this episode. That's why I didn't try. Novel idea, I know. Don’t let me fool you — I have nothing of interest to say about this episode. That’s why I didn’t try. Novel idea, I know.

]]> By: fainodraino http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/10/retro-review-meridian/comment-page-1/#comment-9182 fainodraino Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:17:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20441#comment-9182 Worst. Episode. Ever. Even worse than Threshold on Voyager. Worst. Episode. Ever. Even worse than Threshold on Voyager.

]]> By: Guest http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/10/retro-review-meridian/comment-page-1/#comment-9140 Guest Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:22:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20441#comment-9140 Naw. Kira's a fox, nigga. Naw. Kira’s a fox, nigga.

]]> By: Mike http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/10/retro-review-meridian/comment-page-1/#comment-9134 Mike Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:17:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20441#comment-9134 lol So, let's review: By simply expressing my opinion in response to a fellow poster, that, in itself, somehow prevented you from having your own thoughts on the episode or review? BS. But then, when I pointed out that nobody was preventing you from having any opinion you want, you suggest people are trying to claim suppression or something about freedom... really? Wasn't that what your first post was all about? That by me expressing my opinion I was somehow suppressing yours? I don't get what you're on about at all. The reviewer had an opinion, Landru and I were commenting on the subject. Nobody ever said ours was the only valid opinion. The only person doing that is you by suggesting that I shouldn't be allowed to comment or respond to someone else's comment. Btw, I'm still waiting to see what your glorious contribution to this conversation is... so far, it's only been to complain about how other people are discussing the actual review. Maybe instead of commenting about how Landru or I post, you could post something with actual merit yourself... novel ideal, I know. lol So, let’s review: By simply expressing my opinion in response to a fellow poster, that, in itself, somehow prevented you from having your own thoughts on the episode or review? BS. But then, when I pointed out that nobody was preventing you from having any opinion you want, you suggest people are trying to claim suppression or something about freedom… really? Wasn’t that what your first post was all about? That by me expressing my opinion I was somehow suppressing yours? I don’t get what you’re on about at all. The reviewer had an opinion, Landru and I were commenting on the subject. Nobody ever said ours was the only valid opinion. The only person doing that is you by suggesting that I shouldn’t be allowed to comment or respond to someone else’s comment. Btw, I’m still waiting to see what your glorious contribution to this conversation is… so far, it’s only been to complain about how other people are discussing the actual review. Maybe instead of commenting about how Landru or I post, you could post something with actual merit yourself… novel ideal, I know.

]]> By: Hittite http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/10/retro-review-meridian/comment-page-1/#comment-9128 Hittite Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:22:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20441#comment-9128 Since only one sentence of this entire thread has had even the most tangential connection to this review (the first sentence of the first post), allow me to clear up the confusion: the reviewer thinks of Kira as an attractive woman. The poster seems not to. The end. But the poster is not really engaging with anything about this review or this episode -- just using it as a pretext to start bashing. I love how quickly every conversation turns into some Wall of Text about "freedom" and "suppression." I've got a million dollar idea for you -- start up a Star Trek version of Hot Or Not. And leave the comment section of these reviews uncluttered for reactions to these review. Since only one sentence of this entire thread has had even the most tangential connection to this review (the first sentence of the first post), allow me to clear up the confusion: the reviewer thinks of Kira as an attractive woman. The poster seems not to. The end. But the poster is not really engaging with anything about this review or this episode — just using it as a pretext to start bashing.

I love how quickly every conversation turns into some Wall of Text about “freedom” and “suppression.” I’ve got a million dollar idea for you — start up a Star Trek version of Hot Or Not. And leave the comment section of these reviews uncluttered for reactions to these review.

]]> By: Mike http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/10/retro-review-meridian/comment-page-1/#comment-9119 Mike Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:57:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20441#comment-9119 Ummmm.... are you serious? This is a RETRO review article. The very point of its existence is to discuss a tv "show that's been off the air for well over a decade"... That review brought up the attractiveness of one of the principle actors. Landru didn't really agree with that, and expressed his opinion. I agreed with his opinion and posted my own thoughts... my opinion. Apparently, however, our opinions are somehow not the right ones to have... i.e. not your's. So, you've decided to slam us. But based on what? That this wasn't your opinion and thus you didn't feel the need to make the comments we made? Shocker... that's what makes this our opinion, not yours... and, another shocker, that's what makes an opinion an opinion and not fact. It's not a fact that Nana Vistor is plain and made somewhat homely by her personality... that's just an opinion... and if you don't like that opinion, feel free to disagree. What I don't believe you're free to do is suggest that we aren't free to have our opinions. Now, whether they're worth expressing, again, isn't really any of your concern. You can and should be concerned about your own posts, not ours. Perhaps if you did concern yourself more with your own postings and not ours you wouldn't have just tried to quash our perfectly benign freedom of expression here... but you did... and that's pretty low... in fact, our opinion about an actress in a show that's specifically being reviewed is a lot more credible, germane, and acceptable than someone trying to browbeat us into suppressing our opinions. So, I have to ask, is suppressing our opinions really a position worth expressing? Feel free to disagree with us on the merits of the question at hand, but don't for a second think you have the right to tell us what is and isn't acceptable to discuss in general. We haven't been out of line, offensive, or in any way disrespectful to the community... You trying to tell us what we can and cannot have opinions on and express those opinions? Yeah, that's pretty offensive. Ummmm…. are you serious? This is a RETRO review article. The very point of its existence is to discuss a tv “show that’s been off the air for well over a decade”… That review brought up the attractiveness of one of the principle actors. Landru didn’t really agree with that, and expressed his opinion. I agreed with his opinion and posted my own thoughts… my opinion. Apparently, however, our opinions are somehow not the right ones to have… i.e. not your’s. So, you’ve decided to slam us. But based on what? That this wasn’t your opinion and thus you didn’t feel the need to make the comments we made? Shocker… that’s what makes this our opinion, not yours… and, another shocker, that’s what makes an opinion an opinion and not fact. It’s not a fact that Nana Vistor is plain and made somewhat homely by her personality… that’s just an opinion… and if you don’t like that opinion, feel free to disagree. What I don’t believe you’re free to do is suggest that we aren’t free to have our opinions. Now, whether they’re worth expressing, again, isn’t really any of your concern. You can and should be concerned about your own posts, not ours. Perhaps if you did concern yourself more with your own postings and not ours you wouldn’t have just tried to quash our perfectly benign freedom of expression here… but you did… and that’s pretty low… in fact, our opinion about an actress in a show that’s specifically being reviewed is a lot more credible, germane, and acceptable than someone trying to browbeat us into suppressing our opinions. So, I have to ask, is suppressing our opinions really a position worth expressing? Feel free to disagree with us on the merits of the question at hand, but don’t for a second think you have the right to tell us what is and isn’t acceptable to discuss in general. We haven’t been out of line, offensive, or in any way disrespectful to the community… You trying to tell us what we can and cannot have opinions on and express those opinions? Yeah, that’s pretty offensive.

]]> By: Hittite http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/10/retro-review-meridian/comment-page-1/#comment-9113 Hittite Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20441#comment-9113 Are these "opinions" worth expressing? People logging in here to bash the appearance of a TV actress from a show that's been off the air for well over a decade? Your mother must be proud. Are these “opinions” worth expressing? People logging in here to bash the appearance of a TV actress from a show that’s been off the air for well over a decade? Your mother must be proud.

]]> By: Mike http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/10/retro-review-meridian/comment-page-1/#comment-9107 Mike Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:50:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20441#comment-9107 Perhaps you can explain where anyone said that... Landru was stating his opinion, I was stating mine... I don't see anywhere where either of us said that ours was the exclusive opinion and should supercede all others. Get a grip. Perhaps you can explain where anyone said that… Landru was stating his opinion, I was stating mine… I don’t see anywhere where either of us said that ours was the exclusive opinion and should supercede all others. Get a grip.

]]> By: Hittite http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/10/retro-review-meridian/comment-page-1/#comment-9104 Hittite Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:05:00 +0000 http://www.trektoday.com/content/?p=20441#comment-9104 Perhaps you can explain why your not considering Kira attractive means nobody else is allowed to. Perhaps you can explain why your not considering Kira attractive means nobody else is allowed to.

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