tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post4834672146495599593..comments2024-03-28T15:33:02.296-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Star Trek The Next Generation: The Outrageous Okona Billie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-89157394011925696532023-12-15T08:50:26.842-05:002023-12-15T08:50:26.842-05:00Gawd, I barely remember this one, and reading the ...Gawd, I barely remember this one, and reading the review, I know why; my mind tried to bury it!<br /><br />I normally love Data trying to be more human, but it's not done well here at all, and I'm not a fan of Joe Piscopo on a good day, much less how he is here.<br /><br />The 'sexy henry Mudd' angle could have been good. I'm not the biggest fan of Jack Harkness from new Who/Torchwood, but he's a much better version of this idea than Okona is. Morellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852528242739450099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-90986004241968506172015-02-08T18:56:14.541-05:002015-02-08T18:56:14.541-05:00Mark you are right, the episode was terrible but y...Mark you are right, the episode was terrible but your review was hilarious! Well worth watching the episode, thanks.drnanamomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667806039402426676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-6945504014641960242015-02-02T09:33:45.505-05:002015-02-02T09:33:45.505-05:00What annoys me most about how Troi acts in this ep...What annoys me most about how Troi acts in this episode, and in many others, is that she's basically instructing the audience on how to react to a situation. She does this a lot, actually. "I sense unease" = "You are supposed to feel uneasy right now." In this case Troi is telling us we're supposed to like this guy Okona even though he's not going to do anything to merit it.<br /><br />Curiously, the actor Billy Campbell was supposedly considere for the part of Riker. My biggest problems with Frakes's Riker were that, until he grew into the role, he came across as immature and smug; based on Campbell's performance here he would <b>not</b> have been an improvement.<br /><br />Joe Piscopo...worst TNG guest star ever? Quite possibly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01813316684223696987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-23722112731360698202015-01-31T22:12:03.487-05:002015-01-31T22:12:03.487-05:00I agree that it's pretty awful. It's like ...I agree that it's pretty awful. It's like they had this idea that they were going to do this playful Harry Mudd-like rogue who would turn out to be not so bad after all, but it was poorly written and miscast. <br /><br />But I did like the Guinan/Data scenes. And I didn't hate the comic club stuff that much. It was an odd B-plot that didn't go with the very weak A-plot. Unless Okona was supposed to end up as a stand-up comic?Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.com