YOUTUBE - PICARD GETS CONNED! | TNG A Matter of Time Reaction & Review
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I always enjoyed this episode. A/B for me. Definitely not a D or E for me. Maybe not an S, but it’s fun.
Jay D
2025-01-24 01:25:08 +0000 UTCThis would have been SO much better with Robin Williams and a different director. I could imagine the exact same script working well if: 1. The character came off as compelling and charming, which Robin would have. 2. There being distrustful skepticism looks from character and other things with a better director. Could it benefit from 1 more pass at a rewrite, probably, but I wish we lived in a reality where it was Robin, that would have been amazing.
Mr Moxie
2025-01-23 09:31:42 +0000 UTCI guess I have low standards for TNG episodes because I still enjoyed this one 😅 the guy that’s the “fake Jim Carrey” is a pretty good voice actor outside of this. If it *had* been Robin Williams, would the tier have been much higher?
Data’s Laugh
2025-01-23 00:49:08 +0000 UTCIt’s the other way around. The scripted drama of Max Headroom came first, and then the commercials later. His first appearance was in “Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future”, a made-for-tv cyberpunk film. Then came being a VJ television presenter, then came the drama tv show. The Coke advertisements aired the same year as that show, so he already had a movie and two tv shows by that point. He wasn’t a tv ad turned into a character.
Will Sofer
2025-01-22 12:43:04 +0000 UTCMatt Frewer was lots of fun when he appeared on something, but I don't remember him appearing in a lot of things. He was famously in the movie I Shrunk the Kids in 1989. Matt Frewer became a superstar in 1985 due to playing what was essentially the first computerized character or more specifically "the first computer-generated TV presenter" in Max Headroom. There are lots of articles about Max Headroom, if you want to look him up. I remember Max Headroom from lots of Coke commercials. There was even a Max Headroom television series on ABC for 14 episodes in 1987. I remember one friend said that it was actually an interesting show as it had a rare futuristic dystopian setting, but the idea of a commercial computer pitchman having his own show seemed completely crazy in 1989. I actually seem to remember liking the episode, but I also like actor Matt Frewer.
Chtphr Rrr
2025-01-22 07:36:21 +0000 UTCJim Carrey was on In Living Color and that was his big role before Ace Ventura. He has extremely memorable characters from In Living Color, but he wasn't well known until Ace Ventura.
Kevin Is Sexy
2025-01-21 23:04:05 +0000 UTCAmen.
Tom Occhipinti
2025-01-21 22:16:45 +0000 UTCYeah, who’s this Brannon Braga guy anyway? Not like he’s notable to Star Trek. And who’s this Matt Frewer guy anyway? He’s just some proto Jim Carrey. Ahh, newbies…
Bagofsoup
2025-01-21 20:16:21 +0000 UTCYou guys clearly don’t have an appreciation for Max Headroom. To think that comedy begins with Jim Carrey, who I really enjoy, of course, but... this reaction… Eh.
Bagofsoup
2025-01-21 20:06:34 +0000 UTCEver hear of the character “Max Headroom” from the 80’s?
Joseph Wallace
2025-01-21 20:03:15 +0000 UTCA C for me. A lot of the hate for this episode is the Rasmussen character, but for me he rides the line of being annoying/smug enough for the story. He already should have people questioning his motives when he beams aboard and the more we see of him the more we should want to find out what his deal is. He comes close to doing too much for me, but not enough to make me dislike his scene with Picard and the ending with him getting trapped in the future. Part of me thinks even Robin Williams wouldn't have been able to get this episode graded any higher.
Andrew Buel
2025-01-21 20:02:31 +0000 UTCI always enjoy this episode, primarily because I like Matt Frewer (including his performance here) and I like the premise of the episode. Looking for D or E episodes? Not here. Go back to season 1!
Bagofsoup
2025-01-21 19:42:05 +0000 UTCSorry, I just got to the part where you mention this information, haha.
voxymandias
2025-01-21 19:09:56 +0000 UTCThe character was originally written for Robin Williams, but he couldn't get away from filming Hook to do it, so it went to this dude, Matt Frewer, who you might know as the guy behind Max Headroom in the 80s and 90s.
voxymandias
2025-01-21 19:09:09 +0000 UTCForgettable episode, except for seeing Max Headroom on Star Trek. Not quite an E, but no more than a D+.
Scott Wells
2025-01-21 19:01:18 +0000 UTCOne of the very few episodes of TNG that I'd rate E. For me personally, it didn't add much to the show and I can live without this episode.
Dru Blood
2025-01-21 18:53:34 +0000 UTC
