Star Trek: TNG Review - 4x17 Night Terrors | Reverse Angle

[@macktheinterloper]

This episode is my guilty pleasure and your nitpicking, however painfully accurate, shall not dissuade me from rewatching it time and time again.

[@andrewkathe3471]

It’s so fire Event Horizon ripped it off

[@riverAmazonNZ]

I never watch horror, so I don’t notice any cliches of the genre. I find these types of episodes pleasantly creepy. The rem sleep concept is a good one. I had an illness years ago that messed up my rem sleep, and it was extremely disorienting. It got to the point I couldn’t tell if I was dreaming or awake. I did not like it. I can’t watch the voyager episode Waking Moments because of it.

[@chrisbullard5901]

This episode, “Identity Crisis”, and “Schisms” are my favorite Trek horror episodes. Though, since the crew seems to run into these hallucination or mental instability problems every season, you’d think they’d have an alphanumeric procedure down by now: 1. Use the Buddy System. Know who your designated buddy is. 2. Break out the cryogenic chambers, and rotate the crew to reduce prolonged effects as long as possible. 3. When propulsion systems fail and a derelict ship is nearby, use the tractor beam to push away from the ship (Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion). Once the Enterprise is safe, use probes or other equipment isolated from the ship to conduct rescue or research operations.

[@riverAmazonNZ]

I like identity crisis a lot too. It’s weird. Those two episodes both have a scene where they use tech to slowly figure out the clues. That’s my favourite part.

[@shay4068]

The morgue scene in this episode scared the crap out of me and I applaud crusher for not freaking out also although they allow drinking on the starship there is no alcohol in it to make them drunk it’s synthetic alcohol

[@daviddiggens8841]

So pointless. Hooray. The future sounds like fun

[@ondrejnovotny3273]

I would give it a solid B but I guess that's mainly because I love derelict ship mystery plots plus the horror atmosphere was also well made (especially the morgue scene, yikes!)

[@dougdimmadome1019]

i leave on star trek to sleep sometimes. I remember when this episode came on, it woke me up with the continuous horror movie soundtrack

[@AquarianNomadic]

Same.

[@LoooPaa]

same.

[@brassholio]

Sometimes I'll fall asleep while watching and the characters end up getting incorporated into my dreams. It's pretty cool actually.

[@macknoeth4851]

@@brassholiobet those are some interesting dreams

[@macknoeth4851]

It’s a comforting kind of white noise.

[@michaelallison2836]

You guys have something genuinely funny going on here. Most "nostalgia critics" rely on over the top emotional outbursts about silly shit to bring the "comedy". You guys just sound like the bored nerdy kids at the back of the classroom. More of the MSTK delivery. Love it.

[@TheDeadMan79]

This review is spot on. This episode was on the other day and I was thinking the same thing you guys said, especially about Guinan and why other aliens on the ship couldn't have dealt with this.

[@LordTalax]

Someone should do a compilation of Troi's "I don't know, I can't be sure" sort of answers.

[@eddos8303]

Gotta love how in the Star Trek sitcom thing, the shots of the characters get progressively darker and darker with worf trying to stab himself at the end.

[@eddstarr2185]

I like this episode, yet your observations ring true. The base plot of the Enterprise crew being contacted telepathically by an alien crew in trouble is sound. But the writers added unnecessary "drama" with murder and suicide, plus the spatial anomaly trap. When a good plot is saddled with embellishments it hints that the creators of the show don't trust the audience to respond to anything except the avoidance of death.

[@cyrusmorris9599]

The kazoo breakdown is amazing

[@reverseangle]

Thanks, but that music is from KZbin's audio library.

[@jimibaboza]

Why the aliens thought that a really vague dream would be enough to get out of their jam is anyone's guess.

[@chrisbullard5901]

It’s not necessarily that they’re deliberately making it vague. If you think about the number of telepathic species the Federation runs into that don’t think in the same analogous approach the Betazoids are trained to use (see “Tin Man”, and “Dark Page”), the aliens could be thinking “Hydrogen, send hydrogen to twin star system now!” However, it’s received and translated subconsciously in Troi’s mind as a vague dream, because what they’re transmitting isn’t easily understood. It’s like trying to make sense of ASCII code sent in hexadecimal form, when you’re receiving machine understands only binary machine code. The receiving machine isn’t compatible, and can only translate fragments of the hex code that’s in ones and zeroes.

[@NitpickingNerd]

they tried to make it as simple as possible to make sure the message gets through

[@wayner396]

Lol, your guy's editing, jokes, and music or sound effects uses are always so funny. Loving your videos

[@HopeAndrea_HFG]

"Clues" was way better in terms of mystery space plots but I remember being somewhat intrigued by the eeriness of this ep the first time around.

[@dce64]

Just started watching the 4x16 and up now that you've made it through the series. I missed this so much.

[@TheRustyGuitarist]

Sitcom intro was pure Gold!!! ...and Worf😂🤣😂

[@FreakyLynx]

Picard screaming in the turbo lift reminds me of Bruce Campbell’s performance in some of the Rvil Dead/Army of Darkness movies.

[@September2004]

A couple of other weaknesses I noticed: * No one mentions that Guinan seems unaffected as well. She ends up not doing anything more than stay at Ten Forward. * No one thinks to follow up with the aliens or contacting them. * Troi takes so long to say ‘Now’. * Picard doesn’t mention to Crusher and Troi that he had just heard his door ringing but no one was there. Others that I’ve read that makes sense: * Tori’s clothing when she wakes up from her first nightmare.

[@carldagroundskeeper]

I like how stressed-Troi's makeup was simply no makeup at all and having her hair messed up.

[@GrimDarkNarrator]

This is THE TNG episode to watch if you like sci fi atmospheric horror. While probably not among the best TNG episodes, it's still one of my guilty pleasure favorites and a great Halloween watch.

[@ThePeacemaker848]

For years all I could think about was Troi saying "where are you???" "where are you???" ...I would like to show Marina Sirtis this scene and say: "is this what you learned in acting school?"

[@brassholio]

Yeah I noticed that too, it was pretty bad. I think what made it really noticeable for me was the ADR, her voiced didn't match her facial expressions so it came across as super weird.

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

Somewhere in an alternate universe TNG was retooled at the last second to compete with Cosby.

[@bonelessdonutz]

4:07 kazoo music was perfect

[@cheradenine1980]

4:05 best sequence in all your reviews 😂😂 amazing

[@tiaxanderson9725]

To be fair to Picard, it's very human to think something won't affect yourself.

[@BlueBrainMountainStream]

OMG that Sitcom montage.....

[@rienjen]

C-? You guys are weird. This episode is one of my favs--it's creepy, Troi actually gets to do something, Data is boss, even Crusher plays an important role here as a doctor. Fun, creative, even a little scary. I don't remember many ST:TNG episodes from when I was a kid, but this one and "The Best of Both Worlds" always stood out.

[@RobertTLongway]

I like how Data literally tells her the only thing you need to tell them is “Now” and she is given a 2 minute time limit when she’s put to sleep but instead of just yelling out ‘Now, Do it now!’ She keeps screaming about “I have to find you! To tell you!”

[@headphonic8]

I can understand it because dreams are disorienting and usually it's pretty hard to either realize you're dreaming or remember things from real life.

[@September2004]

Yeah, I found that annoying as well.

[@knicknevin9975]

Agree about how the motives and resolution were weak. I think it would have been interesting if the aliens were simply trying to make friendly contact telepathically, but their minds were so alien that anyone who came into contact with them started going insane. Like some unintentional Lovecraft.

[@TheRealKaiProton]

So yet again your review made me watch this episode on good 'ol netflixy, and when it got to Beverley and Troi's door bell joke, it made me think, what if the Captain was off in the hollowdeck or somewhere else on the ship, and they just think he is in the ready room, would the knock on the door and ring the bell for hours before thinking, "umm he aint there"

[@TheRealKaiProton]

@Gav Scott I know that,

[@fullyvictorious]

These are so amazing

[@tjj1171]

This episode has a lot of problems but it's ambience is really good. The combination of the normally sterile scifi setting and the seemingly paranormal is excellent

[@dmore]

It's likely that the crew weren't actually "drinking" as most drinks of the time are replicated/made with synthahol, a chemical variant of alcohol. It has the same taste and smell as real alcohol to most individuals, but none of the deleterious effects. Not sure if that had been touched upon by this point in the show though.

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

The horror aspects and mystery going on the ship was well done. I'd give this episode a B. It was really good and I'm not big on horror stories.

[@masere]

The main question about this episode is.... the name of the ship. Brittain or Brattain?

[@nvkulk]

After a day of beer and bean burritos everyone will have night terrors

[@linksbetweendrinks7032]

Funny take on my favorite episode!

[@mtwhatley3253]

Is t that the same horror music from the shinning? 3:43

[@rosswieloch1115]

I always liked this episode but one thing I never understood, why didn't they try blowing up the Britain. A matter/antimatter explosion should be enough to overcome the rift. Yes the engines were offline but there was still antimatter on board.

[@sethmaki1333]

This episode scared the shit outta me 32 years ago and it kinda weirds me out even now.

[@jadenova]

O'Brian thinks Keiko is cheating on him with that guy from Toledo.

[@StarkRG]

While I can't disagree with much of what was said in this review, it remains one of my all-time favourite episodes. I remember falling asleep after watching this one and worrying that I'd have nightmares because of it. I didn't, but it did freak me out.

[@black2much]

Ok - ur tng reviews r funny. I'm subbing

[@lazm3518]

Best gazoo-ing ever!

[@mrscruffy8045]

7:10 "Ultritium 342: [...] Intended for use when nuclear explosives are not desirable." - so it´s basically useless.

[@apparentlyretrograde]

Of course they were allowed to drink during the events. It's Synthehol.

[@NathanSherwood114]

woot more reverse angle

[@jherrenor]

TNG: Event Horizon

[@Z0nK89]

would love to see a romulin wapon that makes you stay awake and go crazy xD would fit tham

[@StarkRG]

Such a thing already exists, though it hasn't been weaponized, it's a prion disease called "fatal insomnia". Pretty much all of its symptoms are mentioned in this episode: paranoia, panic attacks, hallucinations, speech problems, confusion, and dementia.

[@deano8103]

Ight I know its joke music but i liked ur sitcom little song

[@reverseangle]

That's actually from KZbin's audio library, we didn't make that track.

[@TaylorT01]

How are you gonna just drop that banger of a 90’s sitcom theme in there and make no mention of it. Lol

[@vernedavis]

guessin' writers,Spiner&Goldberg didn't like each other.

[@quincynishihara2572]

The episode with Guinans glitter gun like pinkey pies confetti 🎉 cannon oh crap did I just make a Star Trek the next generation my little pony crossover oh no what new hell have I unleashed on this universe…………

[@dxrebel]

If you don't like it, why would you spend so much time on it. This was a perfectly fine episode. And the morgue scene is great. Like, I hate the show Lost. So what I will not do, is make videos about it lol

[@vernedavis]

so our other Betazeddian never recovers cause he'sa man

[@rachelolvera9435]

That’s hilarious

[@belljo]

how is Guinan's gun scene comedic?? maybe you were just trying to be funny? but it seems like you genuinely believe it was supposed to be a comedic part of the scene which honestly is a pretty lame take! Was it a corny one-liner? sure was.. but more indicative of 80's culture and NOT purposeful comedic relief!

[@markantonio6512]

Overall star trek very boring and bad designed serial. Could be done alot more with too bad good to fall asleep mostly. Overall I give it Z-😂😂😂

[@vernedavis]

awful..

[@philw8103]

Ah, another cynical reviewer on youtube. That's original.