lol but mostly sad
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
scotty otm, there is and has always been something aberrant about star trek in movie form, idgaf how fun wrath of khan was.
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link
20 years since "All Good Things..." was first broadcast:
https://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/tv-news/star-trek-the-next-generation-series-finale-all-good-things-20-years-later-ronald-d-moore-brannon-braga-223132059.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 May 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link
One thing I do like about TOS is that they weren't afraid to get weird, whether it's involving Greek Gods or Clint Howard as a dubbed alien god child or just lots and lots of Abe Lincoln. Something feels very 60's New Wave of Science Fiction short-stories with it, which makes sense as that's the pool they drew writers from.
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Friday, 30 May 2014 18:31 (ten years ago) link
I was thinking today about Star Trek III. They're pretty cavalier about transferring Spock's katra into the resurrected Spock. That's essentially a new person, right? Doesn't he have some claim to self-realization? They say that he's "Spock's body", which I guess means that he doesn't have a katra of his own, but he's still an intelligent being. Even if he cooperates in the ceremony, is he really in a position to consent? He's barely a day old. He doesn't even have language yet.
― jmm, Friday, 30 May 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
Was not ready to Frakes with white in his beard. T_T
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Friday, 30 May 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link
Oh wait is that RDM?
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Friday, 30 May 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
I am always ready to Frakes, he seems cool.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 30 May 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
*trombone solo*
― Οὖτις, Friday, 30 May 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link
xxxpost re going weird, same with the music. The stuff Fried, Courage, and Fielding did for TOS episodes was profoundly weird in a way that Star Trek music would never ever be allowed to approach again.
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Friday, 30 May 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
also along those lines, in this thread or one of the other ones someone compares tos episode titles w tng ones and it's p damning imo. THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION and DEVIL IN THE DARK and THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS and FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY vs a show whose best titles are puns on the letter q.
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 30 May 2014 22:41 (ten years ago) link
(damning not in itself, i mean, but as synecdoche.)
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 30 May 2014 22:42 (ten years ago) link
i liked the title 'silicon avatar' because first you think, oh the silicon avatar is that crystalline entity thing but, no, it's really DATA CHANNELING HER DEAD SON.
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 30 May 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
http://www.pixeltrek.com/play
― sktsh, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 22:20 (nine years ago) link
almost as boring as the actual show
am I supposed to be doing something besides aimlessly walking around?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
idk you could catch the second half of the russia - south korea game maybe?
― sktsh, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
(but no, I think that's it)
i've never played star trek: online, but this is probably better than star trek:online.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:02 (nine years ago) link
I wonder what those people are looking at on those computers
― Dreamland, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 23:41 (nine years ago) link
http://imgur.com/a/0IkGI
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
lol
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
I will never be able to look upon o'brien again without shedding a tear for his ennui.
― first is the worst (askance johnson), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
Don't worry. After he transfers to DS9 he gets to do all sorts of fun things.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
Let's not forget he married Keiko.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
― balls, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link
He gets to wear an eyepatch at one point
― Nhex, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 01:01 (nine years ago) link
The DS9 writers seemed to take some perverse pleasure in making O'Brien suffer.
― Millsner, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 08:38 (nine years ago) link
omg
https://secure.checksinthemail.com/product.aspx?productid=6160#.VAhnqWSwKCC
― carl agatha, Thursday, 4 September 2014 13:24 (nine years ago) link
And somewhere, Yeoman Rand is all "Who the fuck writes checks anymore?"
― Welcome to my spooooooky carnival! Hope I don't... blow your mind! (Phil D.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 13:34 (nine years ago) link
Haha I know. Our daycare only takes checks or cash, so we write one check/week so I'm totally getting a box of these, I don't even care. I might get the address labels, too, even though who the fuck sends mail anymore.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 4 September 2014 13:38 (nine years ago) link
I'm confused what is that supposed to be a link to?
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 September 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
google "women of star trek checks"
― koogs, Thursday, 4 September 2014 15:19 (nine years ago) link
Ron Moore: "By the time I joined TNG, Gene had decreed that money most emphatically did NOT exist in the Federation, nor did 'credits' and that was that. Personally, I've always felt this was a bunch of hooey, but it was one of the rules and that's that."
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 4 September 2014 15:21 (nine years ago) link
Impressed they remembered B'lanna Torres. lol @ no Enterprise showing
― Nhex, Thursday, 4 September 2014 15:24 (nine years ago) link
Oh snap, I didn't even notice that. Sorry Hoshi. :(
― carl agatha, Thursday, 4 September 2014 15:36 (nine years ago) link
http://io9.com/the-top-100-star-trek-episodes-of-all-time-1641565699
Not bad, except for all those TOS episodes.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:29 (nine years ago) link
Yet you don't complain about the animated series?
― You Better Go Ahn (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:35 (nine years ago) link
I haven't seen it!!
― Jeff, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:40 (nine years ago) link
Shatner rumored to have a role in the next film. Sad.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:42 (nine years ago) link
there's a cool animated series episode where all the men aboard get sirened and uhura has to take command of the enterprise, it's just cool to see uhura doin something. anyway this list obv not bad except for all the episodes from shows that are not TOS. same #1 as me actually last time i thought about this.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 02:48 (nine years ago) link
(also darmok rules)
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 02:49 (nine years ago) link
i love that episode of the animated series. but then again, i love all the episodes of the animated series.
― the late great, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 06:13 (nine years ago) link
fuck is picard noseflute bullshit "the inner light" doing at #8
― If a job's worth doing it's worth doing, Horatio (ledge), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 08:03 (nine years ago) link
That's one of the best ST episodes, and a perfect encapsulation of the Star Trek ethos! I.e. it isn't about violent conflict, rather than learning from other races and cultures.
Personally I wouldn't rate "The Best of Both Worlds" so high, though... The buildup in the first episode is tremendous, and the cliffhanger is probably the best in ST history, but the way they resolve the conflict in the second part is kinda corny and anti-climactic.
And I wouldn't say "The Visitor" is the best DS9 episode either... It's a nice concept, but unlike with "The Inner Light", they stretch it a bit too far, it doesn't really work on a metaphor level anymore. IMO "Duet" is the best DS9 episode in general, the allegory works better in it, and it's just an incredible showcase for the two main actors.
And as far as concept episodes go, "Far Beyond the Stars" is the best, the concept in it feels relevant in ways "The Visitor" never does. Only thing that stops it from being the perfect ST episode is the pointless framing device, plus Avery Brooks' overacting in the climax. (Otherwise he's very good in his "Elseworlds" role, as is everyone else - Worf as a suave ladies' man and Quark as a left-wing idealist are a joy to watch.)
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 08:29 (nine years ago) link
Totally agree about Duet. It was the first DS9 ep that made me really love the series.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 11:19 (nine years ago) link
xp IT IS REAL
― Nhex, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 13:44 (nine years ago) link
anyway this list obv not bad except for all the episodes from shows that are not TOS.
this
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
^^^^
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
For "The Visitor", I don't see the need to view it metaphorically; it's just a story about a son can't properly grieve for his dead father because his father isn't actually dead and keeps appearing to him. The episode has some serious flaws (old Jake's visitor, oy), but the affect is real.
As for "Duet", were there WWII-era German or Japanese citizens/former soldiers who advocated for their countries to confront their war-crimes?
― cichleee suite (Leee), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeaehxEdpgo
― ledge, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link