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InterTREKtionalAuthor: InterTREKtional
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RERUN! She’s a Killer Queen
Episode 38
Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
Hi Intertrekkies! Here's a rerun of our ode to the Borg Queen, dedicated to all you Picard-watchers out there. And don't worry, we'll have a totally fresh Q ep out to you soonsoon! --- Repulsive yet seductive, powerful and enigmatic, the Borg Queen is one of our favorite Star Trek villains. In preparation for Star Trek: Picard, Becca and Ryan kick off InterTREKtional Season Two with this deep look at the Borg's baddest bitch. The film Star Trek: First Contact, and Voyager episodes "Dark Frontier" (S5:E15/16) and "Unimatrix Zero" (S6:E26; S7:E:1) are discussed. Join our Facebook Group Data is restrained by a leather clad Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact, the kinkiest Trek film. What We Watched Star Trek: First Contact Memory Alpha Voyager: Dark Frontier Memory Alpha Voyager: Unimatrix Zero Part 1 - Memory Alpha Part 2 - Memory Alpha Data gives up/gives it up to Queenie without a fight Check out the podcast "Our Opinions are Correct" Episode 39: Monstrous Women and Women who Make Monsters Why are you so obsessed with me? - Seven Levar Burton didn't want to wear the VISOR anymore AOL Chat interview with Ronald D. Moore via Memory Alpha I could totally grow hair if I wanted to. -Queenie Not that bitch, again. Ryan suspects that blue eyes are linked to colorism, some context The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison via TV Tropes But not too black via TV Tropes Innocent blue eyes via All The Tropes There can only be one woman trope Territorial Smurfette via TV Tropes Ugh, where's the mall? Harry Kim never gets promoted "Another odd turn, in my opinion, was the non-promotion of Ensign Kim. I mean, come on people! Kim was probed, beaten, tortured and held the distinction of being the first Voyager crew member to die and come back to life. What more does a guy have to do to get promoted to Lieutenant for frak’s sake?" -Garrett Wang Straight Talk with Voyager's Garrett Wang, Part I via StarTrek.com The Bechdel Test The Bechdel Test - Everything You Need to Know via No Film School Find out if anything and everything passes the Bechdel test at TheBechdelTest.com This never gets old, apparently. Special Effects How the Borg Queen dies in First Contact via Fandango NOW Extras Watch Jonathan Frakes rave about Alice Krige as well as some cool behind the scenes footage of the Queen's head and body joining in the Making Star Trek: First Contact Documentary via Pop Culture Pandora Both actresses kill it as the Borg Queen, but Alice gets better lipgloss.
