Star Trek: Classic or Dud?

ok a sincere answer: I'm mad at cbs for switching from netflix which i subscribe to to amazon which i don't; less selfishly, as OL says i am mad at the fragmentation of streaming services, which completely destroys the whole point of them.

that is in no way the point of them! but it's not really important for this thread to lurch down that road

Yeah in terms of 'point' it's like that thing where television programs basically exist to fill time between commercials.

Bit spoilery about guest stars:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbXy0f0aCN0

One is not surprising, the other... not exactly leftfield, but pretty close (centerfield).

Curious about the Vulcan ninjas though!

not gonna lie, i’m psyched

i just watched all of discovery, which other than some ploddingly dubious klingon-scheming scenes and a slightly overextended season 2 finale, was hella dope

so i am down for this. despite what people say about abramsification and greater proximity to star wars fitey fite of late, it seems like they now know how to make short-form seasons play to their strengths.

and gawd if there's one thing i don't miss from the enterprise- or pre-enterprise-era shows (not sure how far back it goes) it's the CORNINESS, glad someone scared the nerds out of thinking that was ever a good idea

Trailer makes it look a little plot-heavy - like something they just plugged Picard into... but I’m still curious

why was Data in a drawer?

there was no space in the garage

Tribute to Agent 13 on Get Smart, maybe?

God knows I watched more GS than TNG

can't wait for this. no i'm not going to subscribe to cbs all access, this will be pirateland for me.

I'm cautiously optimistic. The main positive about this so far is that fucking Nemesis won't be the last story featuring Picard and co any more. And it can't possibly be worse than that.

The real answer, and lol this is probably the first time someone bothered to write this ever, but NEMESIS SPOILER:

That isn't Data, but a prototype android. Data dies in Nemesis.

Oops, that is Data.

Do you think Data will still have the skunk hair from the TNG finale? They cleverly didn't show the top of his head.

I see that Bee decks still exist in the 24rd century. In TNG they used Kem decks, probably because they looked sci-fi-y.

Ive seen Nemesis and I dont recall Data dying in it, which says everything about how engaged I was with the plot at the time I guess, lol.

Did a bit of a squee when 7 popped up in trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GOumoL4MIQ

I had Nemesis and First Contact confused, Data sacrificing his human skin in the latter. Zero memory of the Nemesis plot aside from Romulans hellbent on revenge.

Spoiler alert on the second worst Star Trek movie I guess

my worst is generations, followed by nemesis, what's yours?

The Undiscovered Country followed by Nemesis

Oops, the Undiscovered Country is great, I mean Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is the worst

lmao at this early tom hardy eccentricity from the nemesis wiki

Tom Hardy made his only appearance in the Star Trek franchise as Praetor Shinzon, the leader of the Romulan people. Baird and Berman had been looking for someone who resembled Patrick Stewart but aged about 25 years younger; at one point they had considered Jude Law. Baird specifically wanted an unknown actor, and Hardy auditioned by tape after Stewart asked Hardy's agent if they thought any of their clients were suitable for the role. Hardy was filming Simon: An English Legionnaire in Morocco at the time,[4] and decided against using the requested piece for the audition. Instead he came into the possession of a full script for Nemesis and used a different part of the script, and filmed it partly nude.[5] He was flown to Los Angeles to do a screen test with Stewart, and Hardy later described his performance there as "appalling".

Is no one else unnerved by the notion of Picard keeping Data in a suitcase under his bed all these years

where else would one keep one's positronic fleshlight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-EjWU_KtTY

i regret this

This is why you don't throw a gauntlet down in my presence, u see.

Disco, Lower Decks cartoon, and Picard summary from SDCC: https://io9.gizmodo.com/there-was-almost-too-much-news-at-the-star-trek-comic-c-1836392106

Lower Decks sounds a little like Red Shirts: The Animated Series.

Trailer breakdown, if you're inclined:

https://io9.gizmodo.com/breaking-down-the-familiar-faces-and-new-reveals-of-the-1836608419

Mild spoiler but you won't believe how they have a 'so-and-so days since an accident' workplace humor style joke in here.

just finished the dvd box of TOS and am watching the little extras on the last disk

didn't know this about Scotty: Landed on Juno Beach on D-Day as a member of the Royal Canadian Artillery... He was hit by four bullets to the leg, his middle finger of his right hand was shot off, and a bullet struck his chest. His life was saved when that hit a silver cigarette case which had been given to him by his brother.

meanwhile, george takai was in an american internment camp.

Doohan’s son posted a nice thread about this on the anniversary this year.

Artillery Lt. Doohan was one of 14,000 Canadian soldiers who stormed the beach. He once said they were more afraid of drowning than the actual battle. He led his men across an anti-tank mine field. Fortunately none exploded as the men weren’t heavy enough to activate them... pic.twitter.com/rOki0O0cuQ

— Chris Doohan (@ChrisDoohan) June 6, 2019

Some have asked if Dad visited Normandy after #DDay. He made a trip back in 1984...a very emotional day. pic.twitter.com/v4N2IwA7ow

— Chris Doohan (@ChrisDoohan) June 7, 2019

I just rewatched Star Trek VI, and utterly forgot the arc of Kim Cattrall's role.

Picard's getting most of the hype right now, but I'm also really looking forward to Lower Decks!

on risa:

https://www.startrek.com/news/star-trek-risa-conversation-daniel-ortberg-colette-arrand

RIP Odo :(

We are deeply saddened to report the passing of René Auberjonois. #StarTrek #StarTrekFamily https://t.co/ySVTLSERIA

— Star Trek (@StarTrek) December 8, 2019

OMG D:

I thought this revive would be something fun and instead this. T_T

Gammons already boycotting the new show

Sir Patrick Stewart Says New ‘Star Trek’ Series Will Take On Trump, Brexit https://t.co/fIpuZ2TRpg pic.twitter.com/KMQ2OfIaMz

— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 13, 2020

I hope they give it the classic Rodenberry nuance.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/STQNi7ArRl8/hqdefault.jpg

https://i1.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/st-apple8.jpg

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnostalgiazone.files.wordpress.com%2F2017%2F01%2Fstar_trek_space_hippies.jpg%3Fw%3D580&f=1&nofb=1

I love it when they visited they planet McConaughey

Good timing by the Horror Channel to run this Star Trek episode about a mysterious illness running rampant on the Enterprise - spread by touch. I think we could all do with one of these suits Spock is wearing.

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nIo9-_5Xsjw/XAV1NXzVWvI/AAAAAAAAVIE/7L3aBey2aHsVfo8SkhUYFbK4AvDhBSqfQCLcBGAs/s1600/naked3.jpg

Some dispensible red shirt brings it on to the Enterprise by taking his glove off to scratch his nose :-O

did he eat a space bat while he was on the planet