Television The Star Trek Thread V6.0

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Just watch em. There would only be like five Eps left

That's not helpful.
I enjoyed the tone of the show, and that episode was its polar opposite. WAAAAAAAAAR

I don't care to watch the rest if that's where it goes. I'm tired of shooting and war. I just want thoughtful science fiction without shooting and explosions.

There are so many other shows to watch for shooting and explosions...

 

[Clippy]

That's not helpful.
I enjoyed the tone of the show, and that episode was its polar opposite. WAAAAAAAAAR

I don't care to watch the rest if that's where it goes. I'm tired of shooting and war. I just want thoughtful science fiction without shooting and explosions.

There are so many other shows to watch for shooting and explosions...

I don't think of the Orville is that at all

Because one episode had shooting and explosions


I was more compelled in the story than the shooting on explosions part

directional using shooting and explosions as part of the story not shooting at explosions with story around it

The rest of the episodes have great stories

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Voyager is ironically the best Star Trek series

Most comfy

I disagree sir

 

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I don't think of the Orville is that at all

Because one episode had shooting and explosions


I was more compelled in the story than the shooting on explosions part

directional using shooting and explosions as part of the story not shooting at explosions with story around it

The rest of the episodes have great stories

Have drinks been you'ing?

 

[sverre054]

Voyager started faster than TNG and DS9 did

There is no "wait till season" for Voyager

Right out the gate its giving you the Voyager good stuff

Voyager started off great with a fantastic 2 part opener. Then they immediately abandon the most intessting aspect of the show, the mixed crew,l and our one big happy family. Voyager had great mini arcs throughout the show, but there bottle episodes and one offs were the worst of any trek series.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Voyager started off great with a fantastic 2 part opener. Then they immediately abandon the most intessting aspect of the show, the mixed crew,l and our one big happy family. Voyager had great mini arcs throughout the show, but there bottle episodes and one offs were the worst of any trek series.

We could have a good conversation about the worst episodes across all series.
I'd put the Janeway holodeck episodes up there.

 

[Loiosh]

You're just not a fan of Star Trek

You gave up on all the series and needed convincing to return

I was a fan of TOS probably before you were born. Every Sunday morning at 10 AM on channel 6 CBC as I was growing up. I read all the books, saw all the cartoons, played all the games, including the RPG and SFB, the tactical fleet simulator game (I can still remember the BPV for a Klingon B10 DN,t he Enterprise of a Federation CC at 126 BPV). I remember sitting at a bar with a friend and we wrote down almost 70 of the titles of the episodes from memory.

By the time TNG started, I was in college and didn't spend time watching television. I made an effort to watch at first, but it was such a let down, it wasn't worth the time. The same was true for every series following until Discovery. I was too busy for television. What's more, I didn't really like what Star Trek had become, much like several people in this thread. And truthfully... They all started off poorly. All of them. Including TNG. I was not thrilled with kids on the Enterprise.

My point was, I never sat around and complained about how the new shows didn't measure up, even though they didn't. Also, over time, I came to realize that they were better than I originally thought.

 

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I was a fan of TOS probably before you were born. Every Sunday morning at 10 AM on channel 6 CBC as I was growing up. I read all the books, saw all the cartoons, played all the games, including the RPG and SFB, the tactical fleet simulator game (I can still remember the BPV for a Klingon B110 BC, he Enterprise of a Federation CC at 126 BPV). I remember sitting at a bar with a friend and we wrote down almost 70 of the titles of the episodes from memory.

By the time TNG started, I was in college and didn't spend time watching television. I made an effort to watch at first, but it was such a let down, it wasn't worth the time. The same was true for every series following until Discovery. I was too busy for television. What's more, I didn't really like what Star Trek had become, much like several people in this thread. And truthfully... They all started off poorly. All of them. Including TNG. I was not thrilled with kids on the Enterprise.

My point was, I never sat around and complained about how the new shows didn't measure up, even though they didn't. Also, over time, I came to realize that they were better than I originally thought.

We're close in age, friend.

I feel the same way, but it's nevertheless fun to talk about what satisfies, or doesn't satisfy, narratively or otherwise.

The important thing's that my opinion is always right.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

I've recently rewatched all series pilot episodes.

ENT might have the strongest. Followed by VOY?

DS9 started with
promise.

TNG was good except that I really don't like Q yet.

 

[sverre054]

We could have a good conversation about the worst episodes across all series.
I'd put the Janeway holodeck episodes up there.

She was totally banging Divinci....

 

[sverre054]

I've recently rewatched all series pilot episodes.

ENT might have the strongest. Followed by VOY?

DS9 started with
promise.

TNG was good except that I really don't like Q yet.

I agree with those rankings

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

She was totally banging Divinci....

Sollah.

 

[sverre054]

Ok, Pick an actor you would like in a new Star Trek Series, as your lead

Jimmy Smits as Captain.

Always liked him as an actor, and he's always given off that captain vibe to me.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

I've recently rewatched all series pilot episodes.

ENT might have the strongest. Followed by VOY?

DS9 started with
promise.

TNG was good except that I really don't like Q yet.

I'd say the early Q(this episode and the one were he's trying to convert Riker) were rather different to what we saw latter, he's a much more standard antagonist without the humour and chemistry with Picard.

Ok, Pick an actor you would like in a new Star Trek Series, as your lead

Jimmy Smits as Captain.

Always liked him as an actor, and he's always given off that captain vibe to me.

Yes I can see that if they went back to the older style especially, a kind of calm gravitas is probably the main thing they went for with Trek captains, even Shatner despite the rep for being larger than life was actually more along those lines for most of TOS.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

I'd say the early Q(this episode and the one were he's trying to convert Riker) were rather different to what we saw latter, he's a much more standard antagonist without the humour and chemistry with Picard.



Yes I can see that if they went back to the older style especially, a kind of calm gravitas is probably the main thing they went for with Trek captains, even Shatner despite the rep for being larger than life was actually more along those lines for most of TOS.

I overstated. I liked De Lancie, but the role was a touch too hammy at first. Yah, once the Picard/Q dynamic began the character settled in.

 

[GtehMVP]

I was a fan of TOS probably before you were born. Every Sunday morning at 10 AM on channel 6 CBC as I was growing up. I read all the books, saw all the cartoons, played all the games, including the RPG and SFB, the tactical fleet simulator game (I can still remember the BPV for a Klingon B10 DN,t he Enterprise of a Federation CC at 126 BPV). I remember sitting at a bar with a friend and we wrote down almost 70 of the titles of the episodes from memory.

By the time TNG started, I was in college and didn't spend time watching television. I made an effort to watch at first, but it was such a let down, it wasn't worth the time. The same was true for every series following until Discovery. I was too busy for television. What's more, I didn't really like what Star Trek had become, much like several people in this thread. And truthfully... They all started off poorly. All of them. Including TNG. I was not thrilled with kids on the Enterprise.

My point was, I never sat around and complained about how the new shows didn't measure up, even though they didn't. Also, over time, I came to realize that they were better than I originally thought.

I'm not as old as you, but I'm old enough to have watched it in the 80's on Sunday mornings. My dad used to take me to hockey practice at 8am-ish, then we'd come back and watch back Star Trek TOS with toast and molasses lol. Any time I have molasses on my toast, or hear the term, I'm transported back to those days, such great memories.

 

[Loiosh]

I'm not as old as you, but I'm old enough to have watched it in the 80's on Sunday mornings. My dad used to take me to hockey practice at 8am-ish, then we'd come back and watch back Star Trek TOS with toast and molasses lol. Any time I have molasses on my toast, or hear the term, I'm transported back to those days, such great memories.

Saturdays I had swimming at one o'clock. At noon, Mission Impossible was on. So, every single week I watched the first 45 minutes, and then left. Every single week I saw them get into an impossible situation, and I NEVER saw how they solved the problem.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Saturdays I had swimming at one o'clock. At noon, Mission Impossible was on. So, every single week I watched the first 45 minutes, and then left. Every single week I saw them get into an impossible situation, and I NEVER saw how they solved the problem.

Somebody puts on a mask of someone else's face and there's dangerous chewing gum.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

I overstated. I liked De Lancie, but the role was a touch too hammy at first. Yah, once the Picard/Q dynamic began the character settled in.

I'd say the Borg episode is really were thinks started to shift, not really that humorous yet but less hammy and not so overly antagonistic, I'd guess partly because the Borg themselves took that role.

 

[Philo-Publius]

Ok, Pick an actor you would like in a new Star Trek Series, as your lead

Jimmy Smits as Captain.

Always liked him as an actor, and he's always given off that captain vibe to me.

I would prefer to see them focus on one show at a time rather than oversaturate. I just want to see more TNG and DS9 characters in the Picard show.