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O Pioneers! (1992)
Could Have Been Much Much Better
My wife and I thoroughly enjoy watching Hallmark Hall of Fame movies. For example, we really loved Glenn Close in "Sarah, Plain and Tall," "Skylark," and John Corbett, Jessy Schram, Logan Huffman, Moira Kelly, and Cynthia Wathros in "A Smile As Big As The Moon." While the Performances of Jessica Lange and David Strathairn was superb, the senseless Murder of Marie and Emil by Frank made this but a PG rated feature. If this is rated PG, why would the studio ever represent two young people being shot to Death, showing them grasping at each other as they slowly die? This should have been rated PG13. Little children watch these Hallmark Hall of Fame movies; at the very least think of the children...
Enterprise: Proving Ground (2004)
Jeffrey Combs is Shran
Jonathan Archer and crew experience an anomaly causing the ship to lose hull integrity. After a tractor beam rescues them, Andorian Commander Shran boards the NX 01 Starship and confronts T' Pol and Archer, commenting on T' Pol's lack of proper uniform and offers to send his Science Officer, Lieutenant Talas to help the crew of the Enterprise. After the Andorian Shuttle docks, both crews are forced to get along with one another. While T' Pol doesn't trust the Andorian Imperial Guard, Archer does. The Science officer, Lieutenant Talas, is ready to assist, but Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III and Lieutenant Malcom Reed are reticent. Shran explains to Archer that an alliance is probably the best for both crews, and while it looks like it's the Blue Skins versus the Pink Skins, they both manage to cooperate with each other. Travis pulls in close to a G class star group and the ship is able to detect four vessels, all Xindi! Archer refers to Bikini Atoll, an Earth proving ground during World War II. Shran offers his condolences to Trip regarding his sister who was living in Florida when she perished in the Xindi attack. Degra attempts to abort the test but this only torques off the Xindi High Council. Shran tell the Xindi he's looking for Archerite and takes his ship out of their orbit. Later, Shran, Archer, and T' Pol discuss whether or not to interrupt the test being conducting by all of the Xindi factions. There's a nice bit of bantering between Lieutenant Talas and Malcom. This is really a great episode!
The Outer Limits: Cold Hands, Warm Heart (1964)
Captain Kirk and Project Vulcan
William Shatner as Brigadier General Jeff Barton and his wife, Ann, played by actress Geraldine Brooks, star in season 2, episode 2 Cold Hands, Warm Heart. After successfully landing on Venus and given a hero's welcome on return he is determined to win funding for a proposed Space flight to colonize Mars...until things go terribly wrong with his body. Aboard Venus 1, he attempts to orbit Venus but begins to lose control and his craft seemingly crashes as he notices a bizarre Venusian gazing at him. Apparently, he passed out inside a Steam Room and was only dreaming about the weird creature. His temperature rises to over 150 degrees and he begins to grow grotesque scales on his arms and fingers become webbed. His wife can only watch and wonder what else he has brought back with him. And yes, Project Vulcan was Jeff Barton's "Baby."
Starring William Shatner, Geraldine Brooks, Lloyd Gough, Malachi Throne, and Dean Harens. Produced by Ben Brady, directed by Dan Ullman, and directed by Charles Haas, and executive producer Leslie Stevens.