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/
― Retreat from the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 15:04 (ten years ago) link
xp
HARD CUT to lights blinking on computer console, PULL BACK to REVEAL this thread entering Custos territory
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 15:13 (ten years ago) link
Ok is there a good point for starting with DS9 once you've watched the pilot?
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
that your nickname for slate now?
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 3:17 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 15:42 (ten years ago) link
"miri"'s so heavy. DID YOU EVER SEE ONE OF THEM NOT CHANGE?
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Friday, 24 May 2013 04:21 (ten years ago) link
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
― Nhex, Friday, 24 May 2013 19:23 (ten years ago) link
We're back up to season 4 on our second rewatch of DS9. Still great.
― Jeff, Friday, 24 May 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
I'm not a fan of ds9 but this episode is awesome:http://youtu.be/v9NozYjzorE
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 24 May 2013 20:49 (ten years ago) link
I love that one. Many people don't because Sisko really does some scenery chewing in it.
― Jeff, Friday, 24 May 2013 20:56 (ten years ago) link
7 years is nothing, i just hit year 14 in my complete law & order rescreen
― j., Friday, 24 May 2013 20:56 (ten years ago) link
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...
― 2 huxtables and a sousaphone (Jon Lewis), Friday, 24 May 2013 21:04 (ten years ago) link
did you recognize any tng/ds9 actors on law & order out of makeup?
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 24 May 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
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.
― j., Friday, 24 May 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
I could watch Avery Brooks chew scenery all day.
― carl agatha, Friday, 24 May 2013 21:22 (ten years ago) link
Oh and TNG ep ballot poll would be pretty awesome.
I think Darmok would top mine but idk.
― 2 huxtables and a sousaphone (Jon Lewis), Friday, 24 May 2013 21:33 (ten years ago) link
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.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 24 May 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
whaaaaaaaaaaaat???? never made that connection
― Nhex, Friday, 24 May 2013 23:45 (ten years ago) link
Arrrgh s4 is so great
― 2 huxtables and a sousaphone (Jon Lewis), Saturday, 25 May 2013 00:18 (ten years ago) link
xp yup! Judy Ericsson in a skin tight body suit: so weird.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Saturday, 25 May 2013 00:25 (ten years ago) link
This actress later married bobcat goldthwaithttp://starwrecked.com/contents/celebs/large-pics/Nikki-Cox-as-Sarjenka-Star-Trek-TNG-Pen-Pals-6.jpg
― Philip Nunez, Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:58 (ten years ago) link
Ha, no kidding.
Best of Both Worlds would be my top TNG ep.
― carl agatha, Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:59 (ten years ago) link
That one with Chopin, the flute playing, and the roll-out MIDI keyboard is fucked.
― Call the Cops, Sunday, 26 May 2013 19:46 (ten years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lessons_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
There is about 20 minutes of crappy flute playing up in that bitch.
― Call the Cops, Sunday, 26 May 2013 19:47 (ten years ago) link
Penny whistle, though! The musical aspects were lol but I loved that episode.
― 2 huxtables and a sousaphone (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 26 May 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
Whats the one with the poker game where thy keep blowing up? That's good, that one
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 27 May 2013 11:58 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Call the Cops, Monday, 27 May 2013 13:23 (ten years ago) link
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]
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Monday, 27 May 2013 13:29 (ten years ago) link
They could have got the other saavik cheaper I'd bet
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 27 May 2013 14:51 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPoqNeR3_UA
― Call the Cops, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 10:34 (ten years ago) link
I just burst out laughing when I saw the "HD Version" link in the YouTube window.
― fields of salmon, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 20:53 (ten years ago) link
Even better, re-cast the part with Shelley Long
― Panaïs Pnin (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
That is my kind of humour!
― Call the Cops, Thursday, 30 May 2013 08:05 (ten years ago) link
Guys DS9 is kind of rough going. I mean it's picking up a bit... we just watched episode 5. IDK I guess TNG was kind of chore for the first several episodes too. Avery Brooks' line reading style takes a lot of getting used to. He's a really strange, mannered actor, especially in that opening two-parter.
― 2 huxtables and a sousaphone (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:03 (ten years ago) link
it gets watchable much more quickly than TNG. if you could suffer through the first two seasons of TNG, you can get through the first two of DS9
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:03 (ten years ago) link
It helps that there's a novelty alien every 5 minutes to look at.
― 2 huxtables and a sousaphone (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:04 (ten years ago) link
you will learn to love the Sisko
― Nhex, Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:26 (ten years ago) link
you better >:(
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:33 (ten years ago) link
sisko rocks. he's totally weird but that's a big part of his charm. have you seen his segment in captains where he answers shatner's questions with jazz piano?
― original bgm, Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:36 (ten years ago) link
No but now I'm looking forward to it!
― 2 huxtables and a sousaphone (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 30 May 2013 16:40 (ten years ago) link
sisko is really bland compared to dukat, weyoun, garak. You can see Avery brooks really come to life on the few outings where they do something different than just "constantly irritated bureaucrat."
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 30 May 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
what i can't even
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 30 May 2013 17:21 (ten years ago) link
Sisko is not bland that is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
That said, Dukat, Weyoun, and Garak are fucking amazing.
I've enthused about the DS9 relaunch novels before on this thread, but they provide some great insight into Garak's character that is making our rewatch of the series even more delightful.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 30 May 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link
Dukat is just such a perfect balance of charming, smarmy, and utter sociopath.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 30 May 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
that time sisko went undercover as a Klingon, there was this look in the actor's eyes like "finally I get to do something fun!"there's a line later where he goes "I'll miss those fangs" -- I think that's brooks talking, not just sisko
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 30 May 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link
smdh
― carl agatha, Thursday, 30 May 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link
Andrew Robinson is a brilliant character actor, Garak is awesome.
but yeah. I don't even understand *how* Sisko is bland. I'm confused over what you could possibly want from that character that Avery Brooks does not bring.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 30 May 2013 17:28 (ten years ago) link
If I had the time and skill and wherewithal, I would make a supercut of Avery Brooks' more astounding moments of scenery chewing and general weirdness re: his delivery of certain lines (one in particular is in an, I think, mirror universe episode (or as we like to call them Kira Wears a Headband episodes) where he changes command codes and when MirrorKira finds out, he throws up his hands and says, "Ha HA! I changed it!" in a way that defies description) and I would probably watch it like, every day.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 30 May 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link