Hey Tots. A brief hiatus from making videos, but here is our latest retro review. Please be on the look out for something big coming soon from me. This is returning back to the roots of my channel, but still waiting to nail down some additional details. I'll keep you all posted! - Mr. Tot

@MousePounder

7 ай бұрын

Welcome back Tot!

Glad to have more content from you Tot. Really enjoy your reviews.

Remember that the Baku in Insurrection *were* an advanced society, but chose to live without technology. I’m not going to claim that Picard is written terribly consistently in the movies versus the series, but unlike Shaw claims, he didn’t fully throw out the Prime Directive to snog a villager 😊

@NaterTot

7 ай бұрын

This is totally fair. And the Shaw comment is still an all time great

So, the Prime Directive didn't apply in Insurrection, since they HAD Warp Travel before and surrendered it. They had the capability, but CHOSE not to.

Picard in this episode: "If he dies, he dies." 😠

@NaterTot

7 ай бұрын

And he meant it😂

Ray wise's best performance is the prez in red alert 2

@NaterTot

7 ай бұрын

Holy crap. I forgot about that

I appreciate this as I don't watch any of the modern shows

@NaterTot

7 ай бұрын

You’re not missing a ton, truthfully

I think them being there in the first place, meaning, having a cloaked device for whatever the reason was, gave them a pass on the Prime Directive's policy, because it's (the Prime Directive) also been used as a reason to fix whatever they had done in the manner that seemed least interfering.

I like to think he learned from this episode and it informed his response in insurrection.

Thanks Tot!

Luscious Picard 🤣

5:03 😂😂

Lol, it is just the intro to insurrection 😂 never noticed that.

To be fair because of this episode predates insurrection, he may have, go with me on this, changed over time. He learned from his experiences, changed his position on various things. I'm not defending Insurrection, it leaves much to be desired as a story to be sure. But to see Picard having more empathy and a desire to protect a primitive race who's been interfered with doesn't surprise me.

This episode is like 7 or 7.5 for me.

Picard always read as an atheist to me for sure.

Definitely not a top 10 for me.

4:34 Yeah, Picard's atheist rant is the worst part of the episode for me -- so much so that I think it brings the entire thing down somewhat. It turned a solid B+ in my estimation into a B-. Imagine a person of faith watching this episode and coming to the part where Picard basically calls them ignorant and superstitious. What an insult. I should know because I am a person of faith.

@kitty7644

5 сағат бұрын

Here! Here! 🥂 Also a person of faith. Still appreciate the show’s quality as a whole, though. ❤

5:03 😂😂

5:03 😂😂