I am a huge nerd. I am a decent hacker with a long tech career. I love gadgets and blinking lights! I fit the mold for your typical Sci-fi fan. 🙂 I am really into the shows I like, but not fanatical. I don’t have posters, I don’t role play or wear t-shirts that show off my love for Sci-fi. You might never guess I watch Sci-fi quite a bit unless you got to know me. I don’t have anyone in my life that I watch these shows with. It used to be one of my daughters, but she is an adult now and super into Anime. I am not a fan of anime, though she got me to watch and enjoy Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Your Lie in April, Anything from Studio Ghibli, and Frieren.
My Favorite Shows
- Star Trek TNG. I grew up on this show and have watched my way through it countless times. From TV only, to VHS, DVD and finally Apple TV.
- Star Trek Voyager
- Star Trek Discovery (This is my absolute favorite series)
- Star Trek Picard
- Star Trek Lower Decks
- Star Trek Strange New Worlds (Love the casting and the stories in this one. The crossover with Lower Decks (Those Old Scientists) and the musical (Subspace Rhapsody) are my most watched episodes.)
- Sanctuary
- Stargate SG-1
- Stargate Atlantis
- Mandalorian
- Babylon 5
- Boba Fett
- Farscape
- Firefly
- The Orville
- 3 Body Problem
- Falling Skies
- Constellation
- Stranger Things, but just the first two seasons. Maybe just the first one.
Inner Light
There is an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called “The Inner Light”. It’s my favorite episode of Star Trek: TNG.
When I was a kid, I found the concept of living an entire lifetime in a matter of minutes to be fascinating. Later on, I met a guy who owned the whole series on VHS, and I asked to borrow that one episode. Later in life, I acquired the entire series on DVD, and, of course, you can now watch it all on demand.
What I missed as a kid was the song Picard learns. It’s beautiful. As an adult, I fell in love with it! There is an episode later on called “Lessons” that ties into the episode “The Inner Light”. The song comes up again, but is played as a duet.
This version of the song is fantastic. I am now hooked on this channel.
Part of it reminds me of “Hymn“, one of my favorite songs by Vangelis.
