Thursday, January 16, 2014

Sounds Swedish.

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I originally intended to show a Star Trek episode followed by a Star Trek movie each day during our Star Trek Marathon.  For Monday February 3's Night of the Borg I was going to show a Next Generation episode which featured the Borg, the human synthetic hybrids, (who I think were some of the best villain's Star Trek ever came up with) and combine it with the Star Trek movie First Contact.  However the more I thought about it the more I realized it was the television show that made Star Trek such a huge and enduring hit.  The "Best of Both Worlds" a Star Trek Next Generation two part episode where Captain Picard is kidnapped and assimilated into the Borg Collective.  It is considered by many Star Trek Fans to be two of the very best of Star Trek episodes ever so it just seemed natural to put "Q Who?", the episode that introduced the Borg together with the two episodes of the "Best of Both Worlds" all in a single evening.  Q, the omnipotent being who teases and tortures the crew of the Next Generation from time to time is not really my favorite character but he does have my favorite quote from Star Trek: “If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid.”  I always thought this quote summed up the spirit of Star Trek.  Come join us for Night of the Borg Monday February 3 starting at 6.  Admission, popcorn, and sodas are free.

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