Deep Space Nine is great.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 2 December 2021 12:55 (two years ago) link
Aw, I love the TNG normcore aesthetic and I think some of the remastered episodes look pretty ravishing
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― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 2 December 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link
xpost DS9 is so great! As good as people've said. I'm doing a very slow binge, having never watched it the first time round. The first season is actually pretty solid (perhaps even slightly better than the second, which I'm watching right now).
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 2 December 2021 14:44 (two years ago) link
I also love the anaesthetics of TNG— never really bothered me.
I should watch DS9, I've hardly seen any of it....maybe in the new year, once The Expanse is over.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Thursday, 2 December 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
DS9 rules. My favorite Star Trek.
― DJI, Thursday, 2 December 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
also you are a youngun, no?
lol I wish! I mean, I was in junior high and high school when TNG was airing, so when I said growing up with it, I wasn't exaggerating.
Also yes DS9 is IMO the best Trek -- EASILY the most watchable in the 2020s.
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Thursday, 2 December 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
must be your youthful vibes then lol <3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 December 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
(xps) That scene where Riker fights his dad at that made-up future martial art is so gloriously ridiculous.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNc5H1aPK04
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Thursday, 2 December 2021 21:40 (two years ago) link
omg that was amazing
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 December 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
looool that's a nice way to say I'm immature, now I am ded.
― Nelleee Hooper (Leee), Saturday, 4 December 2021 01:05 (two years ago) link
another Greenhaven episode of voyager. fml.
― koogs, Monday, 6 December 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link
Re: Star Trek aesthetics, I found out only a few years ago that the actual color of Captain Kirk's pullover in TOS was not gold, but green. It only photographed gold due to the film stock and the lighting gels they used in production. Can confirm this is true after seeing one of the original pullovers in person in an exhibit at The Hollywood Museum.
Btw I'm with Vegemite on the aesthetics point. In fact for me, the colors and '60s era design were such a crucial part of the appeal of TOS that I never even bothered with TNG after taking one look at it, though I'm sure it's good drama and all that, and I get that if you grew up with it it looks fine. I just need a little Barbarella in my space fantasy.
― Josefa, Monday, 6 December 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
I tend to agree, but you probably already knew that.
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 01:13 (two years ago) link
I like psych pop sci-fi too, but there's many sources for that. The ultra earnest nerdy bureaucrat flavour of TNG-to-Voyager tho, that's really hard to find anywhere else.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 10:45 (two years ago) link
YOU GUYS mr veg informed me there is/was a Menagerie ornament & then sent me the full list of hallmark Star Trek ornaments if i had disposable income and a big enough house i would have a dedicated second christmas tree of all star trek ornamentshttps://hallmarkstartrekornaments.com/master-ornament-list/
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 December 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
would deck all of this halls w/ these masterpieces, all year, every year
― bitter brutal brittle (cat), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 04:53 (two years ago) link
There’s a holodeck/deck the halls joke here somewhere.
― Shower Farts (Leee), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 05:11 (two years ago) link
lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 05:50 (two years ago) link
voyager reruns
yesterday: kes returns, made-up to look old
today: barclay (ffs) is talking to the real doctor (zimmerman), who looks like the emh, made-up to look old
barclay is up there with Q in characters that can do one.
― koogs, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 11:48 (two years ago) link
(i have that borg cube decoration from 2000 but i think it's meant to plug into the old-style tree lights and the voltages might be wrong here so i've never used it (and can't remember where it is))
― koogs, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 11:50 (two years ago) link
I love that Kes returns episode, particularly given how she was written off the show and it essentially ruined the actress' life.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link
although the solution was to get young kes to point out to old kes that she chose that route
― koogs, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
gaslighted by your own character
― koogs, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 17:36 (two years ago) link
Lower Decks is cool.
Quite enjoyed Prodigy though it's a lot more youth oriented
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
the villian(?) in today's star trek voyager repeat was the villain in yesterday's svu repeat (Jeff Kober, you'll recognise him, was the evil wizzard in Buffy)
yesterday's baby-centric episode was poor
― koogs, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 14:19 (two years ago) link
I probably need to walk back my praise for Prodigy, because the main guy is the embodiment of male mediocrity, all while sporting a rattail.
― Rabbit Pen Warren (Leee), Sunday, 9 January 2022 17:09 (two years ago) link
Still working my way through TNGWe just watched S4E7 “Reunion”Man I love what they’ve done with Worf starting w the dismissal, gives him so much more depth, each new episode of that storyline SO good . And K’Ehleyr his Klingon mate is (rats, i guess “was” ;_;) my favorite minor character so far, she was fantastic. Also, unrelated: in general, I am taking an overall stand against storylines involving holodeck detective cosplay and/or holodeck jazz clubs. The.WORST.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 January 2022 05:05 (two years ago) link
Aw, I love those. I don't think a 26 episode version of Discovery could save it but imagine if the Expanse could have an episode where the crew sits around and plays Catan for a night.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 10 January 2022 06:27 (two years ago) link
true!it’s not the concept so much as just my inner cringe at a) terrible period costumes b) worse affectations and c) Riker playing his “‘bone”
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 January 2022 06:30 (two years ago) link
reunion is a weird one. starts off as a murder mystery for picard but ends up in the grimdark era of comics, complete with girlfriend fridging.
all of the games they play on discovery seem to be based on english language wordplay.
― adam t. (abanana), Monday, 10 January 2022 09:39 (two years ago) link
Veg, the actress who plays K'Ehleyr also plays a Vulcan medical officer in I think season 2. Nowhere near as memorable as K (who was such a great character), but FYI.
― Rabbit Pen Warren (Leee), Monday, 10 January 2022 18:04 (two years ago) link
yeah i vaguely recognized her voice & discovered that when i looked her up on imdb!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 January 2022 18:12 (two years ago) link
last 7 episodes of voyager and jeri ryan is out of borg makeup again in an attempt to not be typecast when the show finishes. hasn't started singing or dancing yet, but i guess that's coming.
i like seeing the crew in mufti though
― koogs, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 13:33 (two years ago) link
Just saw this on Twitter, luckily they are close to their goal.
"Help Legendary Nichelle Nichols Recover from Tragic Elder Abuse Perpetrated by Gilbert Bell. Please join the Nichols Family and Me in supporting Nichelle. -Marian Nichols Smothers, Sister of Nichelle Nichols"
https://www.gofundme.com/f/shields-up-nichelle-nichols?utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
― akm, Thursday, 20 January 2022 23:25 (two years ago) link
Ha any time one of those holodeck episodes VG refers to comes up I instantly skip to the next one
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 21 January 2022 00:01 (two years ago) link
<3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 January 2022 00:10 (two years ago) link
we just watched S4E11 Data’s Day wherein we learn that DATA HAS A CAT (!) i think the next episode is our first (?) introduction to the Cardassians :D
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 January 2022 00:14 (two years ago) link
by we i mean I learnedmr veg already knew obv
O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you displayConnote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 January 2022 00:52 (two years ago) link
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 January 2022 02:12 (two years ago) link
Cardassian ep was v good, enjoyed it a lotMarc Alaimo! i want to give him a shoutout, i think in terms of actors who do their thing under insane layers of effects makeup, he’s got to be up there with the greats for DS9. As this Cardassian in TNG, this handlebar mustached (lmao so weird) Gul Macet, you cannot take your eyes off him. His physicality, the way he uses his voice & that great duplicitous stare - fuckin badass. Love him.
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 January 2022 04:25 (two years ago) link
too irl creepy
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 January 2022 04:40 (two years ago) link
voyager repeats in their last week. neelix has gone, the doctor said his farewells yesterday thinking he was dying and then didn't (awks), everything seems to be winding down. can't remember how it ends tbh.
― koogs, Friday, 21 January 2022 04:58 (two years ago) link
xpost i meant aside from that obv
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 21 January 2022 05:05 (two years ago) link
xp janeway breaking all the rules for little reason
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 January 2022 05:08 (two years ago) link
Saw episode with Famke Jensen in it the other night. No memory of her having been on TNG. I swear there was another "hypersexual female nonhuman comes aboard and causes the men to lose their collective shit" episode too.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 21 January 2022 05:09 (two years ago) link
classic gene rod
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 January 2022 05:11 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRk-DQUUlz8
Part of the appeal of the show for me. For awhile I thought that I was imagining that that sound remains in the background during scenes rather than just interstitials. Sooooo cozy to watch episodes at night which mainly take at night and are not action-y. Picard chillin in his quarters drinking some earl grey. Riker silently fingering his…sax. Data watching Spot snooze. Ahhh.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 21 January 2022 05:15 (two years ago) link
Just watched the DS9 ep where Jadzia goes to the Trill homeworld to work out why her symbiont is faltering, and I was remembering the same pools in caves in a Disco episode from some time back. Apparently, those 2 eps arethe only times in all of ST history we ever see Trill world!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 21 January 2022 06:18 (two years ago) link
Dammit Riker plays the trombone huh
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 21 January 2022 06:58 (two years ago) link