However, I am a creature of habit and I love writing
reviews. There are few things that give me more pleasure than to sit at the
keyboard and let language flow from my fingertips when discussing something
that I love. So I have spent an incredible amount of time lately prepping for a
brand new feature that will be appearing on the blog shortly. I wanted to
challenge myself to do something new and I wanted to give myself a chance to
look at something old and something new…
Hence my 365-day Star Trek challenge is about to begin.
Those that follow my FB page are probably aware that I have been watching Star
Trek a fair amount lately thanks to the absurd photos I have been posting. Don’t
get me wrong I come not to belittle Star Trek, but to celebrate it to the hilt.
After an absence of posting nothing for a few months, I will
be posting a review a day for an entire year. The something old is going to be
looking at TNG, DS9 and VOY episodes all over again, ten years after I last
reviewed them. Of the episodes I have reviewed so far I have had some
surprising results. Some I’m found far more enjoyable than on my initial
rewatch and others have been found wanting this time around. The something new
is that I am always going to be reviewing TOS, the final two and half seasons
of TNG and ENT. The reviews I have written for those series have been truly
enlightening for me. I’ve found far more to enjoy in Enterprise than I thought
possible (which before starting this was nothing) and TOS proves to be
extraordinary television in every way that word can be used.
I’m going to be looking at the characters, the plot, the
production, the funny bits, the dramatic bits, the performances, the music…I’ll
discuss the episodes in as much depth as my brain will allow and at the end (as
ever) I will summarise whether this episode is worth watching again or not (a
hint, pretty much all of them are for a variety of reasons). And I will be hopping between the series randomly to keep things interesting.
I’m also going to be more present on social media throughout
this year long challenge, I would love to be able to engage more with the
audience reading, to hear what you think and to add some fun and quirky
elements to the haphazard viewing experience.
I’m 30 reviews into this challenge already and I’m in two
minds whether to kick start it now or to wait until the beginning of the new
year but this is just an episode on my scribblings over the past few months…
…I hope you can come on the journey with me.
