"The Royale" Star Trek: TNG Jammer's Reviews

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But I love the TNG episode "The Royale". It is very bad and cheesy but I love it, it is one of my favorites of the series. I love Vegas and casinos and maybe that is why I enjoy it so. Does anyone else like it or is it pretty universally panned?

I had just been watching TNG "Time's Arrow, Part I" where we see Data raise funds in 1893 by playing Poker and beating card sharks (Possibly through cheating or by just knowing the odds) which earns him what we can assume is a considerable sum of money in those days as he has a wad of cash.
From what we see over the series of their poker sessions Data picked up the game of Poker quite easily and although he wasn't prepared for Riker bluffing him in TNG "The Measure of a Man" he seems to learn from the experience and doesn't fall for any 'slight of hand' card tricks like the one Riker tried to play on him in TNG "Legacy" so it's clear he has a more than reasonable grasp on card games and in the episode TNG "The Royale" we see Data play various other gambling games such as Twenty-One where he is asked if he was "counting cards" by Tex and later on he plays Craps (which he explains as "It is all a question of probabilities") and notices that the dice he is given are improperly balanced (most likely on purpose by the casino) and reweighs them in his hand most likely using his extreme strength and precision and ends up winning more than $12.5 Million, granted they needed to do this to escape but it's proof that Data is capable.
I'm sure these events weren't well known outside of the Enterprise crew but would Quark trust Commander Data, being an incredibly advanced android, to gamble as he could effectively bleed Quarks "house" dry if he wanted to or would his 'ethical subroutine' prevent him from doing so? Considering Quark is pretty unethical himself when it comes to gambling (Take the Dabo Wheel magnetic device in DS9 "Move Along Home" that causes all sorts of problems) would Data also consider it ethical to fix 'unbalanced dice' to give him or others a fair chance at winning? I'm sure Data could easily win at Darts with Chief O'Brien for instance with Datas hand-to-eye coordination on point. And in the episode DS9 "Change of Heart" when O'Brien tried to get Bashir with his genetic enhancements to beat Quark, Quark played on his emotional feelings for Jadzia to distract him whereas with Data that would never have worked so I wonder if Quark would have let Data play in O'Briens place had he been there.
(I have no experience with gambling or casinos so I apologise if I've under or overestimated the amount of luck vs probabilities that goes into winning)

TNG 2x12

The Enterprise investigates the wreckage of a 21st century Earth spaceship orbiting a distant planet and the appearance of a casino with inhabitants based on a rather poorly written paperback novel.

Either there are more episodes like this or I'm crazy, but I find the planet of Theta VIII the most interesting in all of Star Trek and that the "The Royale" is an extremely interesting and complex episode that asks questions without answering them. I kind of think this planet episode is similar to Tom Bombadil, only in the way that everything that happens is so strange and slightly "lore" breaking. But I guess everything can be justified.
The things I find strange about this episode is: * They never solved what was going on at the Hotel Royale.

• Geordi says Theta 116 has a surface temp of -291 °C; less than absolute zero.
  
• Also planet's age is estimated to be 72 billion earth years old; far older than the universe itself.
  
• The NASA ship is much farther away from earth than it should be.
  
• The NASA ship was destroyed by particle weapons.
  
• Also the whole planet surface is very interesting.
  

In addition to all the strange things that happen on the planet's surface this planet breaks two universal laws. And how could this have happened? A mistake while writing the episode? shhh no.. These things make the already interesting planet even more interesting. It possibly have something to do with the Q.
This episode is great because it raises questions that can be speculated at from angles because they never answer anything. Any thoughts / speculation?

• Why did the NASA astronaut bring the book "Hotel Royale" with him if it was so bad?

The film as it is, is one of my least favourite films. I dislike the directors attempt to soft-reboot the TNG films into what he hoped to be a trilogy of new films. From what i read, many of the cast disliked Stuart Baird for being so blind to alot of the existing elements of TNG. I truthfully direct all of my dislike of this film at Baird. While he is no doubt a masterful editor (see: Casino Royale), i will always believe he was a god-awful choice to direct a film that is part of an endearing franchise.
Personally, I believe the film needed a single element and that would have intertwined throughout the film. This element would have given a suitable sidestory that would have appeased fans and the best part is, it could have even been simply introduced with a few lines of speech. Existing scenes would have held it up perfectly with a few light edits. Utterly changing the meaning of specific scenes in the film.
The element? The Scimitar is a Farpoint alien.
Now as soon as I mention this, the instant image of a floaty colossal jellyfish in a 2002 Hollywood film fills you with dread, as it does with I, BUT, its natural form did'nt actually need to be seen on screen.
The greatest thing about this is the scale which this element could be used. It could have been kept vague: So it is not relevant to regular cinema-goers but Trek fans will pick up on the connection. Or it could have been a significant side-story as each character eventually pieces together the evidence that this is indeed a Farpoint alien.
On Memory Alpha, the original outline for the Farpoint alien in "Encounter at Farpoint" was: An orbital gun platform built around a captured being. The alien's captors intended to use the platform to forward their dreams of expansion, meanwhile feeding the central entity sufficient quantities of the mineral balmine to keep it alive.
Now, keeping that in mind. Suddenly many scenes, sequences and plot points from the film can help explain the existence of the alien.

• The Thaleron weapon (obviously not a natural part of the Farpoint alien) has a dual purpose. To enslave the alien to do Shinzons bidding. The entity, is in a constantly weakened state due to Thaleron radiation running through its body.
  
• How Shinzon was able to "build" such a massive warship with seemingly no other ships at his disposal. Consequently, this asks the question, why does Shinzon have it? Because it seeked out those that helped its own kind, and found them in a clone of Picard and his Android companion B-4.
  
• With a colossal alien entity seemigly loyal to Shinzon, it creates an additional reason why the thousands of Reman and other slaves in the Dilithium Mines of Remus would look upto Shinzon and want to join him. This has the effect of bolstering the viewers belief of a human slave on an alien moon actually being able to rise to power so quickly.
  
• The existance of the entity would explain why Data entered the correct code to the Scorpion bay after only a few attempts and how they were both able to escape whilst seemingly being able to repel every Reman that was thrown at them. Additional scenes would have helped explain these events more and have been a good introduction to the viewer as to there being something odd with the ship.
  
• With additional scenes and/or dialogue would have given the "mindrape" scenes much more relevance. The aggressive mind invasions were the Remans/Shinzons way of hiding the presence of the Farpoint alien from Troi But each time, Troi sensed the presence of a mysterious third within the "nightmares" that tries to stop the Viceroy each time.
  
• Eventually after the crew put two and two together that something is amiss and after a conference scene, Troi personally tries to mind invade the Viceroy. The crew discover the truth and the request to kill the entity as it reveals to them it is going to attack Earth and cannot stop itself/Shinzon's control.
  
• Whilst the idea of Picard attacking the entity with the Enterprise is slightly barbaric. The entity wishes it, as it no longer has control and has already caused so much death. The request of the Farpoint alien would also reinforce the theme of sacrifice that is carried throughout the film.
  

Finally, the inclusion of the Farpoint alien would help create a sufficient marker that TNG had come full circle. Making the film a slightly more satisfying conclusion.
TLDR; Scimitar should have been a Farpoint alien.

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Like Phil Connors, Colonel Stephen Richey was trapped in a looped reality with no apparent control over it. Both were subjected to the same experiences over and over. But I think it's pretty clear that Col. Richey got the short end of the stick compared to Phil.
Phil enjoyed a kind of immortality, knowing that even if he kills himself, he will awaken at 6:00am on February 2nd, right in his bed, with full memory of all his past experiences. Col. Richey got no such immortality, dying after decades of imprisonment. If he did kill himself and get revived, he made no mention of it in his diary entry. So filling his time with crazy and dangerous stunts is out, it seems.
Phil had a town full of real people to interact with. Sure, after hundreds and thousands of repetitions, he knew them all pretty well but at least they had personalities to learn about at all. In "The Royale," we see indications that anyone who wasn't specifically written about (like Mickey D, the bell hop, the hotel manager were) has no personality whatsoever, totally ignoring the away team. Data says that they are neither lifeforms nor machines, and have no DNA. It's unclear what sort of interactions Col. Richey might have had with them. Can he have any kind of real conversation with them? Have sex with one? Kill one? I know, that escalated quickly, but the fact is he was trapped and, despite appearances, alone. However they're made, these beings do seem to be automatons who exist solely for his benefit. I think it would be understandable that after a few years, he would have tried to push some boundaries.
And jeez, even the ones with "personalities" were annoying as hell after even ONE playthrough of the story! At least there were some well-meaning and genuine people in Punxsatawney. And Phil could go outside, see the sun in the sky, sit in a park. Col. Richey was trapped in the drab, uninspired interior of a run down casino hotel. Bleurgh.
And there was no "moral" of Col. Richey's story. It was just plain bad luck. The aliens weren't trying to turn him into a better person, they just felt so guilty about killing his friends that they felt the need to keep him alive. Sure, Col. Richey says he doesn't hold any animosity against them, and living in the Royale was apparently preferable to death, so it wasn't the worst torture imaginable. But 38 years in there...
So what would you have done? I think a lot of us have probably wondered what we'd do in Phil Connors' shoes, but I have a harder time explaining how I would have survived in the Royale as Col. Richey did.
meta: I've always liked "The Royale," which I guess is a minority view point since I've seen it on some "worst of" lists. I think it's one of the few times TNG appropriated the TOS formula and actually pulled it off. You can almost see the Kirk, Spock, and McCoy mechanic at work in the Riker, Data, and Worf away team. I think it's also one of better TNG episodes that doesn't try to get some big moral point across. Just fun, old style sci-fi mystery.

Although TNG is one of the most enjoyable shows ever watched, its quality is not uniform, and only its most devoted fans will not find it a chore to get through all 178 episodes. Luckily, the show's modular construction, thematic concision, and robust characters lend themselves well to skipping around in the series from highlight to highlight. Here are the 19 brightest highlights -- ordered roughly according to memorability -- w/ one-line synopses and links to N'flix. Happy time-travelling:

1. Season 5, Episode 25: "The Inner Light" (Teleplay - Morgan Gendel & Peter Allan Fields; Story - Morgan Gendel; Director - Peter Lauritson) - Picard experiences an alternate reality as a family man on a dying planet http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177987&trkid=13633959
   
2. Season 5, Episode 2: "Darmok" (Teleplay - Joe Menosky; Story - Philip LaZebnik & Joe Menosky; Director - Winrich Kolbe) - Picard learns to communicate w/ an alien captain in a language that is constructed out of historical metaphors http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177964&trkid=13633959
   
3. Season 5, Episode 17 "The Outcast" (Writer - Jeri Taylor; Director - Robert Scheerer) - Riker gets involved in a doomed love affair w/ an androgyne http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177979&trkid=13633959
   
4. Season 2, Episode 8: "A Matter of Honor" (Teleplay - Burton Armus; Story - Wanda M. Haight, Gregory Amos and Burton Armus; Director - Rob Bowman) - Riker volunteers to be an exchange student on a Klingon vessel http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177896&trkid=13633959
   
5. Season 2, Episode 9: "The Measure of a Man" (Writer - Melinda M. Snodgrass; Director - Robert Scheerer) - Data is subjected to a trial to determine whether he is sentient http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177897&trkid=13633959
   
6. Season 6, Episode 12: "Ship in a Bottle" (Writer - René Echevarria; Director - Alexander Singer) - A sentient holodeck character appears to succeed in escaping the holodeck http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70178000&trkid=13633959
   
7. Season 7, Episode 11: "Parallels" (Writer - Brannon Braga; Director - Robert Wiemer) - Worf experiences multiple parallel realities in quick succession http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70178025&trkid=13633959
   
8. Season 3, Episode 2: "The Ensigns of Command" (Writer - Melinda M. Snodgrass; Director - Cliff Bole) - Data has to help convince a human colony to evacuate a planet that does not belong to them http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177912&trkid=13633959
   
9. Season 2, Episode 12: "The Royale" (Writer - Keith Mills; Director - Cliff Bole) - Away team encounters a simulated 'Earth' casino in the middle of nowhere http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177900&trkid=13633959
   
10. Season 3, Episode 15: "Yesterday's Enterprise" (Teleplay - Ira Steven Behr, Richard Manning, Hans Beimler, & Ronald D. Moore; Story - Trent Christopher Ganino & Eric A. Stillwell; Director - David Carson) - "To this day I do not understand 'Yesterday's Enterprise'. I do not know what the fuck happened in that episode. I'm still trying to understand it – but I liked the look." --Jonathan Frakes http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177925&trkid=13633959
    
11. Season 1, Episode 23: "Skin of Evil" (Teleplay - Joseph Stefano & Hannah Louise Shearer; Story - Joseph Stefano; Director - Joseph L. Scanlan) - An encounter w/ a sentient tar composed of the evil psychic energy that an unknown alien race expunged from itself results in the death of Tasha Yar http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177885&trkid=13633959
    
12. Season 5, Episode 23: "I, Borg" (Writer - René Echevarria; Director - Robert Lederman) - A young Borg gets a name http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177985&trkid=13633959
    
13. Season 3, Episode 6: "Booby Trap" (Teleplay - Ron Roman, Michael Piller, & Richard Danus; Story - Michael Wagner & Ron Roman; Director - Gabrielle Beaumont) - Laforge goes on a holodeck date w/ a co-worker and fails to get wet, and then works on a puzzling engine problem w/ the help of his imaginary holographic girlfriend who tries to give him a massage http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177916&trkid=13633959
    
14. Season 5, Episode 21: "The Perfect Mate" (Teleplay - Gary Perconte & Michael Piller; Story - René Echevarria & Gary Perconte; Director - Cliff Bole) - Famke Janssen tries to seduce everybody aboard the ship and nearly succeeds http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177983&trkid=13633959
    
15. Season 4, Episode 16: "Galaxy's Child" (Teleplay - Maurice Hurley; Story - Thomas Kartozian; Director - Winrich Kolbe) - Geordi acts in an unattractive manner around his nerdy dream girl as the Enterprise aids in delivering a giant space baby http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177952&trkid=13633959
    
16. Season 6, Episode 6: "True Q" (Writer - René Echevarria; Director - Robert Scheerer) - Kevin from the Wonder Years' older hippie sister now has godlike powers that resemble those of the witches from Bewitched, but she's not sure she wants them http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177994&trkid=13633959
    
17. Season 6, Episode 8: "A Fistful of Datas" (Teleplay - Robert Hewitt Wolfe & Brannon Braga; Story - Robert Hewitt Wolfe; Director - Patrick Stewart) - Worf, Alexander, & Deanna are trapped cosplaying a Western on the holodeck; and all the bad guys look like Data http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177996&trkid=13633959
    
18. Season 1, Episode 14: "11001001" (Writers - Maurice Hurley & Robert Lewin; Director - Paul Lynch) - Nobody wants to hang out w/ Will, so he goes to New Orleans (on the holodeck) and creates a sultry babe http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177877&trkid=13633959
    
19. Season 5, Episode 6: "The Game" (Teleplay - Brannon Braga; Story - Susan Sackett, Fred Bronson, & Brannon Braga; Director - Corey Allen) - The crew of the Enterprise become addicted to Candy Crush Saga http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70177968&trkid=13633959
    

I have noticed that whenever there is a show that I don't regularly watch (Star Trek TNG for example), I will end up seeing an episode sooner or later (Casino Royale). The thing is, that's the only episode I'll ever end up seeing, whenever flipping through cable channels, or having a friend recommend an episode. (Note: now that it's on netflix, I intend to fix the TNG problem).

Ok so I moved in with the bf shortly after I bought my copy of City of Angels, and so it was never opened. Photo here
There is also an opened Stargate DVD available (same photo).
I don't really consider myself a collector, so here's a small list of suggestions, but I'd also consider some others if you want to make any offers (Action, Spy movies, Sci Fi, etc.)

• Matrix Revolutions (somehow missing this one out of the trilogy)
  
• Any of the Original/TNG Star Trek movies on DVD that isn't Nemesis (so I can upgrade his KHANNNNN experience from VHS)
  
• Casino Royale with David Niven/Peter Sellers; bf has the Bond movies, so this would be an amusing addition to have
  
• Most of my anime is on VHS so any Ranma 1/2, Evangelion 1-12, or El Hazard OAV would be exceptional!