I watched it purely because of the Discovery ep that it referenced, and liked it a lot.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 18 March 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link
OK I feel stupid I've only now realised that was Joan Collins in the ep *facepalm*
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 18 March 2021 23:07 (three years ago) link
I envy your innocence.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 March 2021 23:48 (three years ago) link
xpost omg! i enjoy City on Edge of Forever as a chance to see Kirk & Spock butch up in flannel shirts
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 19 March 2021 00:31 (three years ago) link
omg! as in omg trayce not omg i didnt know
i am slightly salty about them ditching Yeoman Janice aka Baskethead as a recurring character early in season 1 bc apparently they wanted a parade of various attractive women yeomanning for Kirk instead of just heri liked her! i also found they made an action figure of her :D
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 19 March 2021 00:34 (three years ago) link
I think there is more to the story than just that.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 March 2021 00:41 (three years ago) link
Yeah, a rather disturbing one, and if the most common interpretation is true, one that reflects very poorly on Roddenberry.
― Eleanor of Accutane (Leee), Friday, 19 March 2021 00:54 (three years ago) link
ok i will do some extra curricular reading
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 19 March 2021 01:12 (three years ago) link
Harlan Ellison, among others, tells some stories about what went on in that bungalow.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 March 2021 02:26 (three years ago) link
it will always be significant to me that a banal line from it ("i'll go along with this charade until i can think my way out") was plagiarized for no reason by bob dylanI just looked this up and it said they were both citing an earlier source.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 March 2021 03:13 (three years ago) link
imo the worst season 1 episode by a long long way is mudd's women. not just sexist but really boring. (the other episode with harry mudd isn't that bad, iirc.)
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 19 March 2021 03:16 (three years ago) link
http://dylanfilm.atspace.com/tj.html
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 March 2021 03:17 (three years ago) link
Bogart in a film called Tokyo Joe.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 March 2021 03:19 (three years ago) link
oh that does make sense for mid-80s dylan (just before brownsville girl). can imagine him catching that on tv one afternoon, as i had imagined him catching the squire of gothos. dunno why it crops up (slightly distorted) in the trek episode tho lol. think it was one of michael gray's books i got that loose connection from.
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 19 March 2021 03:32 (three years ago) link
re mudd’s women i think of this post a lot
mudd's women was one of the three stories roddenberry pitched for the star trek pilot. he was using the fantastic allegorical power of sci-fi to tell the story of a pimp who lives in a cave.― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Wednesday, August 10, 2016 8:10 PM bookmarkflaglink
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Wednesday, August 10, 2016 8:10 PM bookmarkflaglink
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 19 March 2021 03:38 (three years ago) link
I think people also talk about it earlier in this thread? Certainly ILE was where I found out about it.
― trishyb, Friday, 19 March 2021 09:55 (three years ago) link
Yes, there is some discussion upthread.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 March 2021 15:53 (three years ago) link
Vulcanian?
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 March 2021 23:19 (three years ago) link
daily voyager repeats now on season 3 in the UK. they go back in time and space to... Earth 1996. that'll save on props. and i bet it'll be somewhere in the los angeles area... (see also ST:IV)
― koogs, Friday, 6 August 2021 13:47 (two years ago) link
LA, yes. also with guest slots from sarah silverman and ed begley jr.
― koogs, Friday, 6 August 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
Lol.
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 6 August 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
Lower Decks S2 premieres next Friday... the 13th! BUM BUM BUMMMM.
― Action Bell (Leee), Friday, 6 August 2021 20:52 (two years ago) link
wahoo
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 August 2021 22:24 (two years ago) link
For a split second I wondered why you were telling us about the horny yacht crew programme.
― trishyb, Friday, 6 August 2021 22:27 (two years ago) link
need a supercut of
JR OFFICER: In visual range.
CAPTAIN: On screen.
(*a small blur*)
CAPTAIN: Magnify!
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 September 2021 03:35 (two years ago) link
Have recently been watching Star Trek Continues, which faithfully re-creates the look & feel of the original series and has episodes which follow on from TOS as well, e.g. "The Fairest of them All" after the events of "Mirror Mirror".
All the episodes can be found here (are free to view on YouTube): https://www.startrekcontinues.com/episodes.html
some good guest stars too! Erin Gray, Colin Baker, Sophie Aldred. Getting Chris Doohan in to play Scotty was a nice move.
― Grandpont Genie, Friday, 3 September 2021 13:50 (two years ago) link
Didn't know this existed. Thanks!
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 3 September 2021 13:54 (two years ago) link
Cool. How does that compare to Phase II?
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 September 2021 14:01 (two years ago) link
oops, *not* Sophie Aldred, Nicola Bryant! Getting Ace and Peri confused. The makers were presumably Who fans, at any rate.
Lou Ferrigno plays an Orion slave trader. Guess he's used to playing green people.
How does that compare to Phase II?
Don't know. Haven't seen it.
― Grandpont Genie, Friday, 3 September 2021 14:07 (two years ago) link
I just watched the first episode (or I guess first two episodes) of Prodigy and it's actually pretty good: the lead is annoying but the rest of the crew seems interesting, the jokes mostly avoid being cringey (some were real lolz), and the reveal at the end really hit me hard, and I'm not even that much of a Voyager fan.
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Friday, 26 November 2021 22:10 (two years ago) link
i tried but i felt like i was watching a videogame & ingesting sugary cereal through my eyes lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 26 November 2021 22:40 (two years ago) link
This is fun:
The Trouble with NFT's pic.twitter.com/hEluFsA60Z— Jellicle Josh (@joshuamartian) November 17, 2021
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Sunday, 28 November 2021 03:38 (two years ago) link
Magnificent.
― Millsner, Sunday, 28 November 2021 06:21 (two years ago) link
love it lol
― Nhex, Sunday, 28 November 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
today's voyager was the civilisation that had never heard music until the doctor started singing. leader of this civilisation = paul williams, lol.
― koogs, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
!
― Duck and Sally Can’t Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
love that episode. Watching all of Voyager during the pandemic was a great move.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 22:47 (two years ago) link
horror channel repeats are nearing the end, i think, and they are getting to be quite a bit more varied, possibly disjointed. Irish village in the holodeck, the doctor sings, the planet they are orbiting evolves 1000s of years in a month... might be less obvious if these were one a week and not one a day.
― koogs, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 04:01 (two years ago) link
lol i also watched voyager for the first time over the past year and literally the only episodes i skipped were the irish village in the holodecks x2
fuckin hated how they reduced the borg to rubes tho
(nevertheless the planet that evolved 1000s of years in a month was *awesome*)
but honestly most of the characters (maybe all of the humans?) were annoying af. the doctor, seven and tuvok were maybe the only ones i cared enough about to care about
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 04:33 (two years ago) link
(i mean the doctor was largely an asshole but at least interesting about it)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 04:37 (two years ago) link
Doctor + 7 + neelix + tuvok make the show IMO. Paris and Torres and Kim all dud as fuck
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 07:07 (two years ago) link
Finally getting round to DS9 (lol shuddup), and cannot unsee the Bablyon5 theft. Its ok, but its... blatant. I'm enjoying it though. Up to start of S2 3 parter with the Bajor/Cardassia conflict around the religious extremists. Which is one of the B5 things I noted (Quark getting branded on the forehead, same as a Minbari did by an extremist in B5).
And maybe it is just me, but Vedek Bareil is SO much like Sinclair from B5 in his Valen persona!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 09:27 (two years ago) link
The writers interviewed in "The Fifty-Year Mission" didn't bring up B5 much. Apparently Ira Steven Behr was trying to copy the light serialization in primetime dramas of the time, but he messed it up. The primetime dramas like ER and NYPD Blue would have the characters go through arcs while the basic episode setup remained the same. In DS9 there are substantial changes in the situation the characters are in, but the characters themselves don't change much.
I couldn't get past the first season of B5 for what it's worth, so I don't know about particular similarities.
― adam t. (abanana), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 09:49 (two years ago) link
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Babylon_5#Premise_and_storylines
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 18:49 (two years ago) link
Agreed about Voyager, though I also liked the Captain and Kess along with Tuvok, the Doctor, Seven, and Neelix. There's something very funny about the Captain that I really enjoy, maybe it's her penchant for replicating weird beverages. "Replicator: warm broth." What a weirdo!
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
I also still think some DJ or rapper should name themselves Yung Tuvok, because those episodes were awesome.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:20 (two years ago) link
Also loved the way the Pon farr played out for Tuvok, too.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:21 (two years ago) link
I’m not sure why I didn’t mention Janeway; I like her tooOr should I say KATIE O’CLARE
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 2 December 2021 02:26 (two years ago) link
i like Janeway but I have zero feelings for Voyager
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 December 2021 02:30 (two years ago) link