Ferengi

036 - The Battle, Hide and Q, Haven

This week:

  • Ferengi less cartoonish

  • Still difficult to take them seriously as adversaries

  • Lore and worldbuilding

  • Nate sees Picard giving up early

  • A/B storylines and storytelling in Star Trek

  • Improvements in the medium over the 1960s

  • Suspension of disbelief and faster than light travel

  • Solar system versus other star systems

  • Nostalgia

  • Music in Next Gen

  • Returning characters

  • Q is kind of weird

  • Using Q to explore human nature

  • Assuming Q isn’t gone

  • More solar system discussion

  • We’re nerds

  • Personal anecdotes about mutual friends

  • Reusing footage from other episodes and movies

  • Season 1 released immediately in syndication

  • “Bill” Riker?

  • Security lapses

  • Character actors

  • Thoughts on Lwaxana

  • More worldbuilding and lore

  • Filming order

  • Things we miss from The Original Series

  • Conflict in Star Trek