Star Trek: Classic or Dud?

He gets to wear an eyepatch at one point

The DS9 writers seemed to take some perverse pleasure in making O'Brien suffer.

omg

https://secure.checksinthemail.com/product.aspx?productid=6160#.VAhnqWSwKCC

And somewhere, Yeoman Rand is all "Who the fuck writes checks anymore?"

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.

I'm confused what is that supposed to be a link to?

google "women of star trek checks"

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."

Impressed they remembered B'lanna Torres. lol @ no Enterprise showing

Oh snap, I didn't even notice that. Sorry Hoshi. :(

http://io9.com/the-top-100-star-trek-episodes-of-all-time-1641565699

Not bad, except for all those TOS episodes.

Yet you don't complain about the animated series?

I haven't seen it!!

Shatner rumored to have a role in the next film. Sad.

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.

(also darmok rules)

i love that episode of the animated series. but then again, i love all the episodes of the animated series.

fuck is picard noseflute bullshit "the inner light" doing at #8

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.)

Totally agree about Duet. It was the first DS9 ep that made me really love the series.

xp IT IS REAL

anyway this list obv not bad except for all the episodes from shows that are not TOS.

this

^^^^

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.

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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeaehxEdpgo

A+

:-(

http://www.treknews.net/2015/06/04/nichelle-nichols-suffers-stroke/

aw shit. hope she can recover

oh man :(

these folks are very old, but hang in there Lieutenant.

They are not the hell your whales.

I watched this again last year. It is like a romcom that somehow became a Star Trek movie (no bad thing).

I'm watching it rn and it's making me unreasonably happy.

Spock, where the hell's the power you promised?
One damn minute, Admiral.

Basically Spock 20th century earth cursing is all time.

double dumb ass on you

carl when we irl meet i demand that we watch this together (possibly with matching spock headbands)

also look

http://www.redbubble.com/people/spockedscully/works/10738700-they-are-not-the-hell-your-whales?p=t-shirt

1. Challenges accepted.
2. omg

:D

He did a bit too much LDS in the 60s.

Yeah that magic underwear can really scramble your brain.

That poor kid on the bus was just minding his own business listening to music, and some alien knocks him out cold! WTF. Probably missed his stop because of him, too!

Spock is half human.

Netflixxing and just saw "Conspiracy" for the first time, where Picard phasers a dude and then (a) their face peels off, (b) their HEAD AND TORSO EXPLODES and then (c) a big gross bug crawls out of his EXPLODED CHARRED RIBCAGE.

Anyway, it is awesome. I think the BBC might have edited the original. It doesn't feel very 630pm on BBC2.

The BBC did edit that episode. Someone wrote a letter to 'Points of View' complaining about it, describing the original version, and asking "why oh why did the BBC do that?". Which brought the smug response from Barry Took that the writer had perhaps answered their own question.

TNG is on anazon prime - I've never seen the whole series start to finish so we're going back and watching the whole thing

about 6 eps into s1 ... mr veg warned me that it was weird & kinda boring & omg he was right. tonally the first few episodes were just kinda ~off~ and picard was grumpy & worf's hair ohh boy. that 2nd episode where everyone gets the sexytimes virus was (facepalm)

but then 'The Traveller' episode happened and i almost kissed the tv. loved that episode!!! so good.

now i am just hoping for a fashion intervention for wesley. he's been stuck in that cosby sweater for a month!

episode 7 'Lonely Among Us' gave me this

http://38.media.tumblr.com/61e6d8c4b9a74c98e88252e0e161d228/tumblr_nd2ct8dtbE1td4leto1_400.gif

yeah i lied we're 7 eps in, not 6

There's good stuff in the early seasons but its v inconsistent and actually got *more* boring as it went on imo. Office in space indeed.

Conspiracy is peak TNG.

Well you've made it past Code of Honor at least.