Once you go grape, you never escape.

There is a wineyard named Picard in France, I finally managed to get a bottle last week!

@DeltaAssaultGaming

Жыл бұрын

Vineyard, not wineyard.

They should have made all the aliens really tall with small heads

@andrewblanchard2398

6 күн бұрын

MARIO Bros movie GOOMBAS

Good thing grapes aren't cyanide to aliens

TNG aired at a time of less sophisticated TV viewers and had a broader audience than most modern shows. It really stands out when they spell everything out each episode for the randos in the audience who aren't binge-watching the whole show in one weekend. No surprise that the guest cast has fairly obvious characteristics.

Technically, Riker’s freedom came at the cost of being graped..

@saturn580

Жыл бұрын

Graped? No way, this is Riker! He would have banged an alien nurse or three on his way out of that hospital anyway! 🤣

@Definitelynotacelebrity

10 ай бұрын

What? He’s the the grapeist, he grapes people!

@jaredlucev2705

8 ай бұрын

​@@Definitelynotacelebrity"look at what she's wearing???" "Its purple"

@TheCosmosagan

7 ай бұрын

And now he has a son out there hiding from his government due to his natural born "deformities"

The federation was ultimately destroyed by the highly contagious Newirth STD……the end.

"You F*cking Grape" - Nick, I'm honestly surprised that it isn't some kind of offensive slur already lol

Alcohol is literally the last thing I would ever give a brand new alien race to endear them to me.

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I loved Lanel! A cute moment of levity in an otherwise heavy and serious episode. I’ll give the episode B+ as well.

What I want to know is what happened with the rest of that bottle of wine.

I like carolyn seymour. She did a great job as the romulan captain. I liked that this episode was a flip of earth-pov first contact stories.

@HopeAndrea_HFG

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, it was a very unique perspective and enjoyable to watch.

I really enjoyed this episode, and more so after I thought about it overnight. Possibly because of the history of European first contact with the New World, Africa and Australia, in which there was a lot of pain but 'resistance was futile,' filmmakers always want to see a different ending than this program was brave enough to speculate. It's a better future where humans can treat their 'contacts' with respect and be cool when declined. Bravo!

Hahahahhahaha omg the RE1 sound file from the 90s!! I remember laughing about this when the internet was a cool new thing xD

Loved seeing "Lilith" in this episode. A hilariously memorable cameo. IDK why Starfleet even bothered with this species given the intel they had about their xenophobia. They clearly were gonna need a few more years before they were ready.

Bee plus?? I though Nick is the strict one here!

5:06 wtf!? 😂😂😂

Technically they are not aliens we are the episode is from there perspective………..

Presumably the Federation would protect all these new worlds from the Klingons and other rivals.

I think Picard's wine custom thing was an attempt at "humanizing" himself to ease negotiations. It'd be interesting to know how often this is effective when initially communicating with an alien race. I really can't see the Klingons or Romulans being impressed and even the Vulkans were probably bored. Fan fiction is a perfect descriptor for the episode. I think it also explains why the second self-insert was whisked away by the aliens at the end.

@headphonic8

Жыл бұрын

He probably tailored it to their race based on the information they got. I doubt he would have greeted a Klingon or Romulan like that if they've been spied upon and learned about their culture.

Though Next Gen is one of my favorite shows, I will admit that one of its biggest faults is that episodes don't generally lead into other episodes. The woman they take aboard here is never seen or mentioned again, and in the Offspring, Lal is never brought up again, even though it should be a huge event in universe.

6:44 Lol. Great review. :)

And saddest part is if Enterprise wouldn't have contacted, Mirasta would have her warp program.

Lillith "Lanel" Sternin...

I remember this one so fondly tho

Great episode fellows. Will you do DS9 next? :D

@macktheinterloper

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I can't wait for them to review the masterpiece that is "Move Along Home".

@reverseangle

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. And the only thing we know for sure right now is the TNG movies are next.

@macktheinterloper

3 жыл бұрын

@@reverseangle Ah, going after the low hanging fruit. Looking forward to your take.

So glad that grapes are as benign to Dirkin's people just as they are to humans. Not all species can tolerate the same foods!

@EuroMIX2

3 ай бұрын

They literally say that they've been studying their people, no doubt they researched any potential allergies/poisons long ago.

@WolfRamAndHart

Ай бұрын

@@EuroMIX2 Yes. But fermented grapes from France? They didn't possibly test every bacterium or even fungi that could have been involved in creating "Chateau Picard" with this completely different society. It's the realistic War of the Worlds problem.

I love that the sex scene has like 5 people in it

Troi should have been in Rikers place. Then have a male Alien want to sleep with her. Now that would be ground breaking!

The sex thing was so awkward. I don’t know who thought that was a good idea lol

The few minutes these characters was on screen for the episode they were one dimensional? Sure some of them were to play their part. Not sure I agree that the Chancellor, hospital chief and maybe scientist woman was just that. Maybe the scientist. And again I hear the show getting judged by it's level of character development. I just don't quite get that. It's an episodic show about exploring wacky or philosophical ideas in a mostly non linear fashion. For the main characters there still should be some of course and on that I understand the critique but not so much for what I know so far to be a one off race in 1 episode who are here as a narrative device.

There is much debate as to whether Riker was raped in this episode. Lanel offered him a choice between captivity and a chance for freedom based on whether he agreed to give her his manhood. It was obvious which option he chose. Technically, I think it could be considered rape. In this case, he clearly only consented for his freedom.

While I agree with your criticism of TNG's one-dimensional characters, you can't really expect a syndicated show with self-contained adventure of the week storylines to care about anything other than the main cast. Everything else is just a backdrop to their wacky space adventures. I'm pretty sure the core audience didn't care much either. I certainly didn't when watching them as they originally aired. Of course now I do, and it's infuriating me, and it's all your fault.

@demosthenes995

3 жыл бұрын

That's why Voyager and Deep space 9 are better than TNG imo. They have weaker starts, but some very interesting continuity.

@headphonic8

Жыл бұрын

Never seen DS9 huh?

@DeltaAssaultGaming

Жыл бұрын

DS9 and Voyager are worse than TNG. That’s why they got worse ratings.

gee I didn't know CBS had their own fleet of Blackhawks.

Funny stuff guys! I remember when this first aired I was wondering about the unnecessary sex scene and also most of the same criticism you had. Could have done much more with the idea. I will add that "Lilith" is an attractive woman but they made her not very sexy in this. I would have at least made her look like someone who Ryker would be turned on by!!

Intrigued.. but pleased you survived witnessing black helicopters. It wasn't your time yet lol

5:05 😂

I think if a different character was in rikers place, this would have been one of my favorite episodes. Still, even with the cringe I enjoyed it a lot.

returns are putting actors&actresses from 75-100yrs old. jeezsh!

8:54 to 9:12 😂 CBS PARAMOUNT is coming to get them

Some funny shit! 😄

So fun

Saying the aliens were ALL one dimensional was ironically a very one dimensional criticism.

The movie was better than the episode 😂 good episode though

I love this series, I hope you do the entire series! But now that I say that, there are some that are too painful to watch.

Federation sux at contacting new civilisations.

nice

Picard offer Durkin wine.....ie: alcohol. How does he know how the alien physiology will react to alcohol? After all, alcohol is a poison. A very tasty poison, but poison non the less. Picard would find it very difficult to explain that one to Starfleet Command: "Er, well, we invited one on board and then I poisoned him and he died." The Riker-Nurse thingummy part is hilarious. Riker is like Kirk on steroids. Oh and if I was offered the opportunity to leave Earth and go to the stars on a ship like the Enterprise, I'd be off like a bloody shot!

@EuroMIX2

3 ай бұрын

They literally say that they've been studying their people, no doubt they researched any potential allergies/poisons long ago.

@BintyMcFrazzles

3 ай бұрын

@@EuroMIX2 It's "literally" just a joke.

@EuroMIX2

3 ай бұрын

@@BintyMcFrazzles Problem is people seem to bring it up like it's a legitimate plot hole so it's hard to be sure.

@BintyMcFrazzles

3 ай бұрын

@@EuroMIX2 To be fair, alcohol is a poison to humans. 🤣 (I wouldn't regard it as a pothole, though).

5:06 link?

@HopeAndrea_HFG

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

who monitors their porno????

@jadenova

2 жыл бұрын

Barclay

0:50 Got to love Star Trek's lack of paying attention to the small details. Even when it wouldn't have been hard, expensive or anything like that. Imagine a show like this but with The Expanse's attention to details or something. I've never understood why people think Picard is the best captain. Dude's a hypocrite. Janeway and Sisko weren't hypocrites. Kirk was just a fuckin weirdo haha.

The movie First Contact was better than the episode First Contact.

@manco828

Жыл бұрын

Not really.

Wonderful episode but the "wacky" scene with Riker and the lady who is coercing him into having Shrex by holding his safe escape as a bargaining chip didnt age very well lol

Question, why are you guys reviewing every single episode a TV show that you obviously don't like? I don't get it.

@andrewblanchard2398

5 ай бұрын

they do like it people that like things can still rip it apart it seems only RIGHT WING PEOPLE don't understand that being sarcastic about something that you like isn't hating on it

Ryker's libido is one of the weakest threads in TNG. I can't stand the smarmy git