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Season 1 is fascinatingly ropey and for the most part quite entertaining if you don't mind that sort of thing. "11001001" is a fun Riker/Picard hangout episode - it's actually quite rare to see them together, being informal! - and "Consipiracy" at the end of the season is a total classic, with one of the most WTF moments in the history of Trek (you'll know it when you see it).
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 7 August 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
I thought this most recent revive was going to be about this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-hGLHOzvgs
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 8 August 2020 00:11 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jR7QsGNCU0
― jmm, Monday, 10 August 2020 02:08 (three years ago) link
Of course Quentin Tarantino's Star Trek was based on the old-timey gangster onehttps://news.avclub.com/of-course-quentin-tarantinos-star-trek-was-based-on-the-1844660190
― wasdnous (abanana), Monday, 10 August 2020 03:13 (three years ago) link
FWIW I mildly enjoyed Lower Decks, unexpected gore and all.
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 23:52 (three years ago) link
CBS AA had been posting a bunch of Short Treks and the first episode of Lower Decks on YouTube.
Latest episode of LD the best one so far.
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Sunday, 23 August 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
Latest episode of LD the best one so far.― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Sunday, August 23, 2020 9:53 AM bookmarkflaglink
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Sunday, August 23, 2020 9:53 AM bookmarkflaglink
This again. The show seems to be hitting its stride; each episode has been better than the last and the sly references were great.
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Sunday, 6 September 2020 00:29 (three years ago) link
And to put in some more effort to selling the show: It's an antidote to the vogue of current Trek to pitch everything at the most galaxy-encompassing levels, where so much of what Captain X does is quadrant-defining. Granted, that's happened with every iteration of Trek (in my favorite series, the Captain is an actual messiah), but I think this is where the episodic nature of pre-2010s Trek helps out -- mythology/arc episodes were broken up with standalones (which may still center around galaxy-threatening conflicts). With Disco and Picard, though, nearly every episode sets phasers to EPICOMGWTF! and center around the same plot.
So a show about Starfleet nerds and underachievers is kind of perfect. It's frivolous and lighthearted, but it's not trashy; it's been investing Boimler and Mariner with some real character work, as much as you can get away with in a 20-something minute cartoon that drops references to double-fisted punches.
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Sunday, 6 September 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
I'm glad to hear LD isn't trashy. That's the last thing I want from Trek.
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 6 September 2020 21:33 (three years ago) link
It’s a little trashy; at least as far as the animation and voice acting conjures American Dad.
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 7 September 2020 03:55 (three years ago) link
yeah that's what steered me off it... I may check it out yet
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 7 September 2020 06:11 (three years ago) link
we have been watching LD, up until this last week’s ep i was only doing so grudgingly but it it is improving & i enjoyed it for the first timemr veg finds it all deeply nerdy therefore v enjoyable
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 September 2020 06:16 (three years ago) link
We've been slowly going through Voyager, episode by episode. It's been very weird but there are some excellent episodes
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Saturday, 24 October 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
I love voyager, no apols Paris, Kim and Torres are super dud of course
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 24 October 2020 15:40 (three years ago) link
I think Chakotay is the one I dislike the most.
Seven of Nine is my favorite at the moment, we're in season 4 after the Hirogen holodeck/WW2 kerfuffle.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Saturday, 24 October 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
And I should say that I dislike Chakotay the most because of the truly racist way he's written, not anything else about his character, which is fine.
I dislike Paris and Torres, but have a soft spot for Kim, even tho it turns out he was the reason Kes got axed from the show...
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Saturday, 24 October 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
What did Kim have to do with it? It seemed kind of obvious the writers didn't like the character and also made the decision to "swap" her out with Seven of Nine.
― Nhex, Saturday, 24 October 2020 17:26 (three years ago) link
they were planning on cutting kim, but then the actor got listed in a "hottest actors" magazine listicle, so they went with kes instead.
they should have replaced half of the cast imo. so much dead weight that the writers didn't care about.
― wasdnous (abanana), Saturday, 24 October 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
Poor chakotay and the gd synth flutes that waft in whenever his ethnicity is in play Nonetheless he is one of the assets of the show, along with the cap’m, the dr, 7, and, yes, neelix, fuck you I like neelix.
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 24 October 2020 17:53 (three years ago) link
I think Ebert said something about whether he'd rather watch the actors eat dinner than watch them in the movie as a metric for how badly they're used.I feel that applies to all the cast, but which does it apply to most?
― Philip Nunez, Saturday, 24 October 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
I’m not sure I follow you exactly but my favorite Star Trek characters are exactly those whom I would rather watch having dinner
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 24 October 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
https://i2.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/genesis2.jpgToday is a good day to dine!
― Philip Nunez, Sunday, 25 October 2020 01:27 (three years ago) link
Watching so much DS9 in recent months underscores how much more interesting Worf got when he came onto that show
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 26 October 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/0EUl6s4KYa— Valondar (@VK_HM) December 9, 2020
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 December 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqxsv-cI5zU
― DJI, Friday, 18 December 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link
started watching TOS from the beginning, it’s strange but i dont think i’ve ever watched all the way through from start to finish? ive just kind of absorbed it over the course of my life. as a kid i used to sometimes watch w Mum if I couldnt sleep bc it was like a midnight show, and randomly watch reruns growing up, I have faves like the Pike episodes or City on Edge of Forever etc but its cool to see the progression of casting & sets & stuff sure glad they worked out Spocks eyebrows & makeup situation bc boy those early looks are just weird af to look at now pilothttps://www.globalgranary.life/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Spock-Pilot-the-cage-1964.jpg2nd pilot (ep 3)https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/d/db/Spock_and_Kirk_%282265%29.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20121210043854&path-prefix=en
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:15 (three years ago) link
2nd pilot ep *4https://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/16300000/Where-No-Man-Has-Gone-Before-mr-spock-16300940-694-530.jpg
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:16 (three years ago) link
Yeah, proto-Spock was kind of scary.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 12:52 (three years ago) link
Came to post this, although I haven’t really looked at it http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/star-trek-tos-episode-by-episode-thread.306895/And this:http://www.chakoteya.net/StarTrek/episodes.htm
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 13:00 (three years ago) link
Heh, early post in that Steve Hoffman thread about guy switching over every week to Bewitched in the middle of the show js classic.
has any star trek ever explained how their ships have gravity?
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 13:36 (three years ago) link
Yup
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Artificial_gravity
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLGsh611Qk4
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 14:58 (three years ago) link
xp ty!
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 15:53 (three years ago) link
ha I just started from scratch too, that pilot ep threw me with the different cast I've never seen that.
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
These days you can watch the pilot standalone. Kids today!
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
Do shuttles also have artificial gravity? are they programmed to turn it off when entering a shuttle bay? or is there the possibility of entering a shuttle bay and experiencing 2G?
― lukas, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
They must have their own gravity, as Odo eats soup with a spoon in one (well, a runabout) in The Ascent. But to my knowledge, they've never addressed it explicitly nor how it interacts with shuttle bays.
― Eleanor of Accutane (Leee), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
I love how everyone is like "The Expanse is so much more realistic with their lack of anti-gravity," but then they have these "magnetic" shoes that allow them to basically walk around ships just like Star Trek, except slightly more lumbering.
― DJI, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:55 (three years ago) link
we are nearing the end of S1 TOS and i am surprised & happy that there were only a handful of duds in 29 epsthere were a few meh/boring ones but they were still at least quite watchable.these ones though. DUD DUD DUDe15 Shore Leavee17 Squire of Gothose27 Alternative Factor my biggest love of the first season is the production design. the aim to be colorful is *so* succesful & just endlessly creative, love the ways they continually create visual interest on what would be drab sets otherwise. same with costume department, so much texture & clearly just utilizing whatever they can find, its so impressive
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
I read a pretty good TNG novel about the Squire of Gothos being an unidentified member of the Q continuum, so I tried watching that episode afterwards, and... yeah. It's hard-going.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link
Also those remasters are just bang-up brilliant, and sometimes the new FX shots even (gasp) make the episodes better
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 19:40 (three years ago) link
the only thing i liked about the squire himself was that he looks like a young liberace
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 19:44 (three years ago) link
Lol
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
Did you guys know about this?
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 19:49 (three years ago) link
can you explain the context wrt Star Trek?
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 19:53 (three years ago) link
William Campbell played The Squire of Gothos. And played a Klingon, Klothon, in
The Trouble With Tribbles
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
Koloth
oh i thought it was the henry brandon thing you were linking to, doh sorry interesting life!!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 20:21 (three years ago) link
these ones though. DUD DUD DUDe15 Shore Leavee17 Squire of Gothose27 Alternative Factor
e15 Shore Leavee17 Squire of Gothose27 Alternative Factor
Oh no, I love "Shore Leave." I think it imprinted on me when I saw it at a young age and did not know wtf was going on in it. The hallucinatory mood of it was was intriguing.
I have positive recollections of "Squire of Gothos" too, but maybe I'm basically just remembering the funny lead character.
"Alternative Factor" can gtfo
― Josefa, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 20:28 (three years ago) link