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Star Trek: The Next Generation: Silicon Avatar (1991)
Very anachronistic
Dr. Kila Marr said her son was 16 when he died on Omicron Theta. In Best of Both Worlds, we learned that Data had 26 years of experience as a Star Fleet officer. Since ALL of this experience happened after the events of Omicron Theta, this means her son would probably be 43 years old at the time of the Silicon Avatar episode (BoBW was a year before this episode). At the time of the episode, the actress herself was about 50 years old. So... either she gave birth when she was only 7 years old... or ST:TNG expects we will be to lazy to do the math.
This expectation would amaze me, though, because ST fans have a habit of nit-picking everything to death (such as the joke about a fan asking William Shatner what the combination of his safe in ST:TOS was). How they overlooked this combination of facts astounds me.
Stargate SG-1: Window of Opportunity (2000)
My favorite episode, by far
I believe that every once in a while even the most serious TV series needs to take time out to explore aspects of the characters that have nothing to do with any of the running plot lines. This, in a nutshell, is what this episode is about - and has been accomplished with a great deal of humor.
I highly recommend this episode, but don't expect to learn anything about the Goa'ulds, Tokra, Tollan, Replicators - or even technology for that matter. It's a fun episode.
The premise is helped by the fact that the experience was shared by two main characters. If it had been just one, they might never have accepted the unlikely situation as fact.
Stargate SG-1: Demons (1999)
Another episode ruined by a flawed premise
There are hints during the story that the people in the village could have come from Earth. This is unlikely to the point of being impossible. During the Dark Ages, both Stargates on Earth were buried (one in Egypt, the other in Antarctica) so the only way the Goa'uld could have arrived on Earth is by ship.
Whatever caused their departure during the Egyptian era was no longer relevant, therefore it is much more likely that they would have re-established themselves on Earth. If they had gone to this much trouble to get back here, surely they wouldn't merely have abducted a few hundred people and drop them on an otherwise abandoned planet; they would have used them as slave labor or Jaffa.
Even if they should, for whatever reason, select just to take victims, the ships large enough to accomplish this (most likely Al'Kesh) would surely have been noticed in the air by those in surrounding villages. As a result, there would have been historical mention of this fact (which does not exist).
This episode has an interesting premise, but to suggest that they had been taken from Earth 1000-1500 years ago defies continuity.
Stargate SG-1: Learning Curve (1999)
A very good episode until you spot the flaw in the premise
The flaw is that the characters we meet act as if there is no understanding of the concept of learning by going to school and being taught by an instructor (and also not comprehending the idea of "fun"). This is a flaw because it is explained that the current method of learning began less than 50 years ago. This then begs the questions, "What did they do 51 years ago?" and "Why aren't they aware of this?"
To maintain continuity, either the answer to the first would have to be "nothing," or the answer to the second would have to be "their lifespan is so short that no one alive remembers what happened 51 years ago."
While all the characters portrayed are significantly under 55 (what I consider to be the minimum age necessary to be able to remember 51 years ago), there is no indication that their lifespan is any shorter than ours. If true, then the answer to the first question must be that they had no form of education 51 years ago.
However, it is also explained that the nanites do not spread on their own - they must be implanted in the brain. This means that in order to make use of the technology 50 years ago requires at the very least a rudimentary level of education. If they received none, then the entire premise of the episode could never have happened.
This realization as a spoiler for me ranks up there with the observation Amy Farrah Fowler made on The Big Bang Theory (S07 E04) concerning the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The X Files: My Struggle II (2016)
The "Heroes" Syndrome
This episode is the answer to the question "What happens when fans clamor for more episodes but those in charge are getting tired of making them?" The obvious answer is to make episodes so bad that people stop watching. This is what happened to "Heroes," and is now happening with "X-Files."
Seasons 8 & 9 were an attempt to bow out gracefully. Unfortunately, people were apparently convinced: "If only Mulder and Scully were reunited then the show would be great again." Season 10 is thrusting a dagger through the heart of those hopes.
I suppose this could have been predicted, though. The recent "zombie" craze now has X-Files as its victim - it's risen from its grave and is now terrorizing the viewers.
People, please, let X-Files Rest In Peace.
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Yet Another Die Hard
Change Mike Banner's name to John McClain, and cast Bruce Willis in the role... and this could easily be Die Hard 6.
The only changes that would make that incarnation more appropriate is the movie setup:
1) Remove the opening "flashback" scene
2) Replace the above with one that shows John McClain on vacation in Washington DC on the fateful day.
3) Voila, Die Hard 6.
It's an OK movie, but as a former Die Hard fan, I found it entirely too predictable.