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The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers Part 1
by Phil Farrand (Narrator: Denise Crosby) (Narrator: Robert O'Reilly) (Narrator: Dwight Schultz)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Audio Scope (1995-06)
ISBN: 1573750107
EAN: 9781573750103
Dewy Decimal #: 817
Audio Cassette
SKU: C042HCW
Condition: New
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Star Trek fans are not unobservant. Here is a collection of trivia, fun facts, production problems and equipment oddities. 2 cassettes.
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Customer Reviews
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What money can't do.
Rating  (4)
Date: 2002-04-24
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
The "Nitpicker's Guide for Classic Trekkers" finds many glitches and contradictions with the original series, but we should expect that. The Original series was poorly understood, poorly funded, poorly received: Roddenberry did all he could to keep on the air two and a half seasons.
The "Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers" shows, on the other hand, that even with the best minds who have the best understanding of the concept of science fiction in general and Star Trek in particular, even with Roddenberry at the helm, even with the best money and the best audience and the best ratings, they still could screw up. And badly. The value of this book is for anyone who would think any creation of man is more than mere entertainment, for the inconsistincies and contradictions Farrand exposes reveal man for what he is: you're lucky if you can get a decent cup of coffee out of him.
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Proof you can never take Star Trek too seriously
Rating  (5)
Date: 2000-10-17
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Phil Ferrand has certainly found a way of making a profit from watching Star Trek episodes dozens of times in his series of "Nitpicker's Guides" to the various series. This particular volume covers seasons one through six of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Each episode is presented with a synopsis (usually one and a half columns), a couple of trivia questions (hard ones), and then a consideration of Plot Oversights, Changed Premises, Equipment Oddities, and Continuity/Production Problems. Often Farrand includes Great Lines, Great Moments and Ruminations, as well as such additional treasures such as the "Damage" and "Romance" Tote Boards (e.g., How many women did Picard kiss?). The oddities and problems are the true nitpicking in the volume, but the substantive analysis of the episodes comes in the oversights and premise changes. While not as grounded in the laws of physics as other efforts to take Star Trek seriously, Ferrand brings a basic understanding of the rules of the games and asks common sense questions about how and why things work in the Star Trek universe. I especially enjoy his take on the real rules of the holodeck, the peculiar properties of the transporter, and the continually waste of time using shuttles. Above all, I appreciate his efforts to make the episodes have meaning as a coherent body of work, whether the pieces fit or not. If Next Generation is in syndication in your neck of the woods, what you want to do is read the entry for each night's episode before it airs and then you can watch for the reflected crewmen, the psychic doors and all the little nits that Ferrand has picked. If you enjoy Star Trek, these books can add a little more fun simply because they of the way they take the show so seriously (nudge, nudge, wink, wink).
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