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TREKCORE
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TNG >
EPISODES >
ENCOUNTER AT
FARPOINT
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Review REVIEW by Kári Emil Helgason We pass through the solar system. Nice sounding music is playing in the background. The new starship Enterprise is revealed, and the familiar words are spoken: "Space... The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise, it's continuing mission to explore strange, new worlds. To boldly go where no one has gone before." The title "STAR TREK The Next Generation" appears before us and the now known and loved cast of the series is announced with the Enterprise flying by at the same time. As Gene Roddenberry's name comes up on the screen, the show begins. The first thing we see is a beautiful look at her, the starship. The captain says the familiar words "Captain's log, stardate" but it ends there. The rest is not familiar. This is a century later. Where genetic wars are over and those strange new worlds have mostly been seen. In this series, we'll see more of logic and diplomacy, action and drama then in the original show called Star Trek. The sets are fantastic. We are guided through most of the ship along with the Captain, figuring out his new command, crew and the ship's "size and complexity." The initial conversation between Troi, Data and Picard is a bit awkward, slightly forced and Data himself gives the picture he's extremely boring and dull. When Q comes onboard and the grid is formed around the ship, the whole scene is a bit weird too.
Something makes the otherwise beautiful bridge set look
strange itself. I later found out it
was the lighting. It was situated in such a manner, the actors
cast three shadows which made the
set a bit other-worldly. I had no real first impressions of
each character, except none of them
seemed very interesting at first. I of course knew they'd get
better, so I didn't worry. The best
actors are definitely John de Lancie
and Patrick Stewart. Most other
people are a bit forced.
Although many things are not as
great as they could be, the show
does have a tension growing, which
falls completely down when after an hour it's cut to Cmdr
Riker on Farpoint (which is exactly
why I wanted to have him appear earlier). The tension grows
again after that, but you really need to hit pause and
get a sprite and some popcorn before
continuing. Over all, the effects, sets and costumes were well
done, even if the Starfleet uniforms
are not to my liking. Acting-wise I
don't have many worries. The
disappointing thing about it is that one of the originally
most promising actors, Gates
McFadden, turns out later to be only a person of average
talent.
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