Star Trek: Classic or Dud?

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We are midway through tng season six right now, so deep in the hole of tng love. Have NEVER rly seen ds9 so p psyched to get to that too.

Btw GNP crescendo just announced they are putting out a remastered & expanded cd of Ron Jones' completely awesome orchestra/synth hybrid score for BOBW in the next month or so. The rest of Jones' tng music got released in a giant box set from the FSM label a few years ago but GNP retained the rights to BOBW only. I'm rly glad it's coming out bc GNP's old BOBW cd has pretty crappy sound quality.

mr veg just emailed me a clip of Jones' score - the 'Engage' sequence from the cliffhanger. So glorious.

and yeah, the score sounded wonderful last night

the s1 ds9 episode where odo and troi's mom are stuck in an elevator and odo needs to get back to his bucket is pretty hilarious

We all need to get back to our buckets sooner or later

^^^ rule of shape-shifting #37

Odo looks so gross when he's about to liquefy.

Btw GNP crescendo just announced they are putting out a remastered & expanded cd of Ron Jones' completely awesome orcestra/synth hybrid score for BOBW in the next month or so.

That's awesome. I love the TNG eps that he scored.

Wait, better to say: I love his music for TNG.

That Ron Jones TNG box set is on Spotify, btw.

I don't even like Star Trek but the other night I spent about an hour trying to persuade someone of the flawed value of its communist utopianism, and for that I blame this thread.

then you DO like stark trek

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star trek

Yeah the Ron jones box is also avail on emusic iTunes etc in addition to spotify. I am particularly fond of the music for 'night terrors' and 'Data's Day' right now...

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http://store.gnpcrescendo.com/new/product_info.php?products_id=230

Kai Winn. What a JERK. I love her.

Actually I hate her, but I love what an excellent villain she is.

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/05/boldly-going-to-houghton/

Which I read about here: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/05/14/star_trek_pages_from_the_writers_guide_for_the_original_series.html

Which also links to this:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/houghtonmodern/2011/11/03/live-long-and-prosper-and-dont-put-anything-in-the-crews-pockets/

xp

HARD CUT to lights blinking on computer console, PULL BACK to REVEAL this thread entering Custos territory

Ok is there a good point for starting with DS9 once you've watched the pilot?

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_completist/2013/05/star_trek_movies_and_tv_series_which_are_the_best_why.single.html

Really good article at totally OTM.

that your nickname for slate now?

Ok is there a good point for starting with DS9 once you've watched the pilot?

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S1E1? I mean, there's some o_O eps in the first season, but they lay the foundation for the major story arc from the beginning so I think it's worth dealing with the occasional Move Along Home to get that grounding in the series overall.

"miri"'s so heavy. DID YOU EVER SEE ONE OF THEM NOT CHANGE?

a lot of slow stuff at the beginning of DS9, but some good stuff too. you've committed to watching a 7-year series, sit in for the long haul

We're back up to season 4 on our second rewatch of DS9. Still great.

I'm not a fan of ds9 but this episode is awesome:
http://youtu.be/v9NozYjzorE

I love that one. Many people don't because Sisko really does some scenery chewing in it.

7 years is nothing, i just hit year 14 in my complete law & order rescreen

TONIGHT... my wife and I run out of episodes of TNG :(

It has been so awesome. Psyched to start DS9 though as I skipped it totally when it was originally running.

We should do a TNG episodes ballot poll...

did you recognize any tng/ds9 actors on law & order out of makeup?

the end of tng is the best part!

i only watched trek when i was an adolescent, so it's been a long time. i suppose i notice the main cast when they pop up.

I could watch Avery Brooks chew scenery all day.

Oh and TNG ep ballot poll would be pretty awesome.

I think Darmok would top mine but idk.

Worf's gf being Marshall's mom on HIMYM has been my favourite discovery to date. Only in s4 of TNG, happy to have so much left myself.

whaaaaaaaaaaaat???? never made that connection

Arrrgh s4 is so great

xp yup! Judy Ericsson in a skin tight body suit: so weird.

This actress later married bobcat goldthwait
http://starwrecked.com/contents/celebs/large-pics/Nikki-Cox-as-Sarjenka-Star-Trek-TNG-Pen-Pals-6.jpg

Ha, no kidding.

Best of Both Worlds would be my top TNG ep.

That one with Chopin, the flute playing, and the roll-out MIDI keyboard is fucked.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lessons_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)

There is about 20 minutes of crappy flute playing up in that bitch.

Penny whistle, though! The musical aspects were lol but I loved that episode.

Whats the one with the poker game where thy keep blowing up? That's good, that one

I saw that flute-whistle-whatevs thing on late-night TV and I though I was dreaming. Did dig it too though, don't get me wrong.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cause_and_Effect_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)

The production team had hoped to get Kirstie Alley in a cameo role behind Kelsey Grammer in the USS Bozeman shots, reprising her role as Lt. Saavik from the movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, but her asking price was too high for such a small role.[1]

They could have got the other saavik cheaper I'd bet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA