Wednesday, June 18, 2008

My 30 minute lunch break was spent with my boss and two deputies in the conference room. Our discussion? The intricacies and personalities of the Star Trek universe. Specifics covered:

1. Kirk v Picard - out of which it was determined that as a commander Kirk was actually terrible, albeit being a bold risk-taker. Picard is what made TNG the show that it was.

2. The breadth of the ST universe across all shows and movies.

3. While Khan was a good enemy/foil for Kirk, the Borg were far more interesting and compelling generally and the perfect foil for Picard.

4. Janeway had the most annoying voice.

5. DS9 stunk mainly because they never went anywhere - everyone came to the station. Boring.

6. Enterprise is surprisingly better than originally thought with repeated and consecutive viewings. It was determined that having to wait a week to watch the show made it harder to stick with it, but having a 6-7 episode DVD is much better.

We also briefly talked about the new Battlestar Galactica a bit.