I believe it's a repeat of the evening show.
― Frank Bough: I Took Drugs with Vice Girls (Tom D.), Friday, 8 May 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
Looking forward to the discussion once "The Gamesters of Triskelion" rolls around. Lowest of TOS for me, though "Cheeee-koooof" busts me up.
Thanks to more evening time at home, watched seasons 1-3 on blu for the first time. Enjoyed the new effects quite a bit. Noticed all sorts of things my younger self missed, thanks to the rapid watching. McCoy offsets his country doctor persona with a lot more harsh criticism than I remembered, and Kirk is sharper with Spock at times than needs be. The Federation bureaucracy exists pretty much to set arbitrary deadlines, hector, and not enforce the Prime Directive. Lots of disconnects between talk and walk - racism as mentioned above re: Vulcans, sexism is alive and well, money isn't the motivating force except when it is, etc.
But much great progressive stuff as well for its time - anti-war scripts galore, class warfare (The Cloud Minders), racism (Let That Be Your Last Battlefield might be too obvious, but it sure highlights the issue's stupidity), the bridge melting pot, Pike's Number 1 being Majel Barrett, etc. Overall, my nostalgia came out justified.
Next up, the animated series. Have seen only bits of one, so it's like a new season.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 8 May 2020 13:53 (three years ago) link
The guy who played Apollo was very good... and still alive at 91!
― Frank Bough: I Took Drugs with Vice Girls (Tom D.), Friday, 8 May 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link
pretty sure i watched all of TAS as a kid, and have never seen it since
― Flaneuring Bevan (Noodle Vague), Friday, 8 May 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link
yeah Apollo was good and moving even if he was obv a bit of a douche
― Flaneuring Bevan (Noodle Vague), Friday, 8 May 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link
That guy was some kind of Next Charlton Heston or something.
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 May 2020 14:01 (three years ago) link
Directed by Marc Daniels and co-written by Gene L. Coon, so all our favorites involved in that one.
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 May 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link
Watching Mrs. Redd watch TNG and Seymour Cassel just showed up as a guest star of some sort.
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 May 2020 00:36 (three years ago) link
Some kind of benign Charlie X episode, it seems.
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 May 2020 00:41 (three years ago) link
Also, sorry if I’m late to the game, but what’s with Counselor Troi’s accent?
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 May 2020 00:44 (three years ago) link
I don't think she changed her natural voice...
― Nhex, Saturday, 9 May 2020 00:53 (three years ago) link
Also, why doesn't Worf's name start with a 'K'?
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 May 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
I just looked up the thing about Troi. She claims her speech was based on an Israeli friend, however her parents are Greek, which is what her character sounds like, and she grew up in London and actually has a Cockney accent.
― My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 May 2020 01:02 (three years ago) link
it is a silent k
kworf
― j., Saturday, 9 May 2020 01:21 (three years ago) link
Not so much cockney as Tottenham, which is where Marina Sirtis grew up I think, sorry 'fink'.
― zoom séance goes tits up (Matt #2), Saturday, 9 May 2020 08:46 (three years ago) link
watched some interviews. dang, i honestly didn't notice until now. though i guess her Troi voice does sound.. vaguely Gal Godot-ish
― Nhex, Saturday, 9 May 2020 08:53 (three years ago) link
I always assumed she was trying to do some kind of variation of her parents' Greek accent, didn't know it was supposed to be Israeli.
― Tuomas, Monday, 11 May 2020 12:12 (three years ago) link
Classic episode on right now, as some radiation, or somethin', turns Kirk, McCoy, Scotty and even Spock into doddery crotchety old geezers shuffling about forgetting what they just said.
https://i0.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/st-deadly25.jpg
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Friday, 22 May 2020 09:24 (three years ago) link
Part of the aging process being McCoy's accent getting more and more Southern.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Friday, 22 May 2020 09:28 (three years ago) link
https://www.powells.com/post/guests/did-people-used-to-develop-southern-accents-as-they-got-older
― wasdnous (abanana), Friday, 22 May 2020 12:09 (three years ago) link
Does that still work in the 23rd century though?
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Friday, 22 May 2020 12:20 (three years ago) link
pretty sure mccoy's got more southern because after he retired he would have spent more time drinking mint juleps on the veranda
― j., Friday, 22 May 2020 13:46 (three years ago) link
Ha
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 May 2020 13:49 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rNoR8jnPRU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz1c1xdoUFc
― DJI, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 20:20 (three years ago) link
I like how Patrick Stewart de-emphasizes it most of the time.
― wasdnous (abanana), Saturday, 13 June 2020 16:05 (three years ago) link
To celebrate #StarTrekUnited, stream Star Trek's most culturally impactful episodes FREE at the locations below:- https://t.co/pyZ9OyqyUQ: https://t.co/mYgkivaH32- CBS: https://t.co/Z3Y1KT4edN- Twitch: https://t.co/1S7XpZcQuE- PlutoTV: https://t.co/gGJJMKX82x pic.twitter.com/rnU01MuWXI— CBS All Access (@CBSAllAccess) June 17, 2020
personally i always thought the one where spock mind-melds with the horta was super culturally impactful
― j., Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:42 (three years ago) link
Devil in the Dark would be on my list, too.
― Millsner, Friday, 19 June 2020 11:59 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSVb9bQeqM
― Future England Captain (Tom D.), Monday, 29 June 2020 11:09 (three years ago) link
https://www.startrek.com/news/star-trek-lower-decks-sets-release-date
― AxoLOLtl (Leee), Thursday, 2 July 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
I think at some point I'll order CBS for a month and binge all the ST content at once.
― DJI, Thursday, 2 July 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
it takes a lot longer than a month to do them all
― j., Thursday, 2 July 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
did they really need to name their sitcom after my favorite tng episode
― wasdnous (abanana), Thursday, 2 July 2020 22:16 (three years ago) link
And now the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3RkBKedKWw
I loled in a few places, I'll admit.
― AxoLOLtl (Leee), Monday, 13 July 2020 20:52 (three years ago) link
patrick stewart is 80 today
― mookieproof, Monday, 13 July 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
so there's a guy on youtube who made a trilogy of three hour long star trek videos, voiced entirely by himself, and they all feature holodeck scenes in his meticulous recreations of price is right sets pic.twitter.com/iFT4vxhsfI— cuggy (@frknbns) July 12, 2020
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Monday, 13 July 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
Wow. I couldn’t locate the full length videos.
― Isolde mein Herz zum Junker (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 July 2020 21:43 (three years ago) link
here's the first one, from the twitter threadhttps://youtu.be/sGZDwzphAbQ
― wasdnous (abanana), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 01:59 (three years ago) link
So the re-run of the Original Series has just finished, so many episodes I hadn't seen before, not many of them very good, the third season as a whole was pretty feeble.
https://i0.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/st-intruder21.jpg
― The Fields o' Fat Henry (Tom D.), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 10:35 (three years ago) link
... I suspect they're going to re-run the whole thing again from tomorrow.
They just loop them, they've already shown them all at least twice. Quite right too, beats all the shitty made for TV lol cgi monster movies that make up most of the rest of their daytime schedule
― Mein Skampf (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 11:28 (three years ago) link
Every single day, immediately after Star Trek, there's a cheap crappy disaster movie made within the last decade, usually within the last 5 years, there's thousands of the fuckers!
― The Fields o' Fat Henry (Tom D.), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 11:36 (three years ago) link
South Park, my ass
https://www.americannamesociety.org/the-before-time-from-star-trek-to-real-life/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
I rewatched "Cause and Effect" and it kind of bummed me out thinking that just after the episode ends they're going to tell Kelsey Grammer and his crew that they're 80 years in the future and everyone they've ever known is dead. Would have been interesting if they'd done anything to follow up on that.
― JoeStork, Monday, 3 August 2020 03:42 (three years ago) link
Actually I guess given the extended lifetimes that's not true, but they've been presumed dead in their loved ones' minds for 75 years probably.
― JoeStork, Monday, 3 August 2020 03:44 (three years ago) link
Anyone watch Lower Decks yet?
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Friday, 7 August 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
I never started watching ST:TNG until season 3 or 4 when it originally aired, but I've started rewatching from the beginning on Netflix. "Encounter at Farpoint" is decent, but the two after that are so terrible that I'm really glad I already know it gets significantly better. I know the rest of S1 is pretty rough going too.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 7 August 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link
Some of my favorite scenes are from the worst episodes:
Gene Roddenberry, Barrie Ingham, and Patrick Stewart sing Irish song "Phil The Fluters Ball" during the filming of "Up the Long Ladder." Michael Dorn tries his best. #StarTrek #StPatricksDay pic.twitter.com/YxBcKxqJUe— TrekCore.com ➡️Spoilers After Saturday @ 9AM ET⬅️ (@TrekCore) March 17, 2018
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/w7w6c2pgzye.png
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 7 August 2020 20:46 (three years ago) link
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Season 1 is fascinatingly ropey and for the most part quite entertaining if you don't mind that sort of thing. "11001001" is a fun Riker/Picard hangout episode - it's actually quite rare to see them together, being informal! - and "Consipiracy" at the end of the season is a total classic, with one of the most WTF moments in the history of Trek (you'll know it when you see it).
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 7 August 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
I thought this most recent revive was going to be about this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-hGLHOzvgs
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 8 August 2020 00:11 (three years ago) link