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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hseFdKcCD4 DISCOVERY CHAT GO HERE  USE SOME SPOILER BARS IF YOU'RE GONNA TALK DISCOVERY HERE, and we'd really prefer if you just went to the Discovery thread, since we got folks with strange surreal TV-watching schedules who will die of polywater intoxication otherwise! This policy will probably go away after the first season ends, sometime. Anyway, where were we? Ah yes: Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise (occasionally a space station or a smaller, cheaper ship instead). Its continuing mission: to explore strange new derails, to seek out new posts and new production information, and to boldly post where no Star Trek has been a major influence in TV culture for nearly fifty years. With multiple television series, an independent set of feature films, and a new online series in the offing, the franchise continues forwards. In many ways modern fandom has evolved from Star Trek fandom, though this is definitely a "for better or worse" kind of situation. Our last thread went for a good thousand pages over the course of three years, and so it is time to start fresh. I HEAR THERE'S A NEW TV SHOW? There's going to be some sort of new Trek program in the near future. It's going to be on CBS All Access so people have a reason to subscribe to that probable poo poo show. It seems to be set in the "JJ Trek"/"Kelvin Timeline" and will feature boldly going, etc. This could be wonderful and new, and it could also be poo poo. Fortunately, as Trek fans, we are familiar with bIj. e: EXCITING UPDATES. The show is called Star Trek: Discovery or something close to it, I don't even know. It's going to be on CBS All Access, and it'll have reduced ads - only twelve minutes!! Aren't you excited!? Those not in :usa: get the privilege of just watching it on Netflix. Official info summary as of Stardate 0912.16:   e2: Looks like Discovery got pushed back to May-ish '17. Hopefully Domald Tromp won't ban it. No big news otherwise except that apparently Netflix paid for it with a big enough sack of gold-pressed latinum that CBS can't lose money on the deal now, even if literally nobody watches it. All Gorn remain gay. e3: Timby posted:So ... what's Star Trek: Discovery? WHAT STAR TRUCKS SHOULD I WATCH? This is a complex question but the consensus of the last OP is that you're best served by starting in seasons 2 through 6 of TNG. TNG is episodic other than some two-parters so you can watch out of order. From there, DS9 is generally considered to be "the best." All of the shows have high points, though some of them (Voyager) have much lower lows. TELL ME ABOUT STAR TREKS I'm glad you asked. The Original Series  This is where it all began. You can see where things hadn't yet been decided or settled on, but the strong performances, anchored by the three leads in Bones, Spock and Kirk, carry through, even if some episodes are completely preposterous. While it's definitely a product of its time (Turnabout Intruder) this is also where the first interracial kiss on television happened. Definitely campy. e: BULLETIN FOR NEW VIEWERS: Don't start with "The Cage"! It's kind of bad. Or at least, not typical. You should, if you intend to watch all the Start Trucks in order, begin with "The Man Trap." Don't worry, you'll see this content along the way. The Animated Series  In many ways the unfilmed 4th and 5th seasons of TOS, the Animated Series is a side branch but has some real highlights, and they had the singular advantage of being unhindered by a special effects budget. They had many disadvantages. In my opinion, this is the best Star Trek to watch while drinking. The Next Generation  Probably the most impactful of the series because it went on for seven seasons, and of them, five of them were quite excellent. This defines the environment where Deep Space 9 and Voyager take place. Generally episodic, but the first season is rather wonky and the seventh season shows definite signs of running out of ideas. Something to keep in mind for newbs is that the first season got rough in a few places and in many cases was recycled scripts for an aborted "Star Trek: Phase II" or something like that, which was going to be more of a direct sequel to TOS. Deep Space Nine  Set in a space station, DS9 examines the universe that the rest of Star Trek has created. It tears it down but finds the core within it. Generally thought by the thread collective to be the finest, it has story arcs like your modern prestige dramas about middle aged white men destroying their lives. That guy up there? He's the tailor on the space station. You'll like him. His story is important. This is one you want to watch in order, though the first season can be a bit of a slog - no worse than TNG's less stellar episodes, though. Voyager  Voyager has some moments and strong characters (Tuvok, the Doc, Seven at times) but is held by the collective to be the weakest of the series. It has fans nonetheless, but the premise was in many ways squandered. Nonetheless it's apparently very popular in the fan community. Enterprise  It's a prequel series, though it denied it for a while. Many interesting ideas but hit or miss performance, though like many Trek series it starts to get interesting in season 3 -- shame it ended in season 4. so what do you talk about here in this thread Hyperriker, the previous original post, said it best: Hyperriker posted:Post about your opinions of episodes or arcs. Post about future tech, about Earth as a utopia while fringe colonies suffer, about the Federation eating other cultures by forcing a unified government before allowing membership and forcing adherence to its own political structure. Talk about how the Klingons are a stagnant blight on the galaxy, or talk about the Man Skirt. Talk about the Traveler, or the Kazon, or motherfucking Wesley. Talk about the Beard and the Impact of the Beard. can i talk about the movies Based on established practice, yes, though if it's a real hard in depth focus on the films it should probably go to Cinema Discusso. Similarly, talk about other sci fi TV shows (Farscape, B5, BSG, Lexx, etc.) comes up here and there. That's alright, because that's okay. how about other licensed material bullshit I do believe that's wholly kosher, though if we have lengthy extended derails about Diane Duane's Romulans or similar we might want to move those things to new threads. But personally I'd rather you post Trek stuff that isn't perfectly about the TV shows, than not post at all. I adhere even now to the tenets of Scientific Posting. That said, if you'd like to talk a lot about F2P timesink grindfest MMOs featuring your licensed property, you can discuss Star Trek Online with the friendly folks of Starfleet Dental. I'll put more links to Trek-related threads or content as we go along. WHAT'S BIJ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqqsL0EqASM Nessus fucked around with this message at 05:43 on Sep 23, 2017 |
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More stuff here if we need it at any point. Walk of shame from the last thread: quote:Snak 1578
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Jul 3, 2016 04:24
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There's only one proper way to kick this bad boy off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZS2-4-iUJ4
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Jul 3, 2016 04:33
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I'm glad I'm not number one in posts in the thread anymore.
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Sanguinia posted:There's only one proper way to kick this bad boy off. Ugh, this is going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the week.
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Jul 3, 2016 04:44
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Sanguinia posted:There's only one proper way to kick this bad boy off. But where are the flying cars, I was promised flying cars! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzm6pvHPSGo 
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Bit of Beyond nerdery:  they didn't move the neck forward, but I guess it's the next best thing.
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New Star Trek thread? Beam me up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEpcjgYHE4U
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Jul 3, 2016 06:49
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The Bij is good. The Bij is life. Contribution: let's get groovy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMzlCraHNS4
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Jean Luc, Geordi's Specs, Mysteries on the Holodecks! Asteroids, Triple Droids, Telepathic Betazoids! Transporter Deadly Claw Visitor from LA Law! Photons, No Kirk, Captain has gone berserk! Shuttlecraft, Counselor Troi, Doctor Crusher's little boy! Klingon Rites, Parasites, New Heights, Phaser Fights, Data's Head, Tasha's Dead, Riker's Hangin' by a thread! Celebration, Transformation, Everyone to battle stations! We didn't start the series, It's the Next Generation on your favorite station We didn't start the series, But when we are gone it will still be on and on and on... We didn't start the series... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_9eGjZoYoc 8one6 fucked around with this message at 07:44 on Jul 3, 2016 |
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Jul 3, 2016 07:42
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What is this? Some sort of primitive social network?
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Posting in a star trek thread is preferable to doing anything else on a Saturday night  Also, season 1 of Enterprise is insanely bad.
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The last thread ran for three years, which means this is the animated series and 1/4 of us are the same guy with different accents also I dropped out of the last thread for nearly a year but I'm still #12 on that list. Someone please help me.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:The last thread ran for three years, which means this is the animated series and 1/4 of us are the same guy with different accents If we're in TAS then we're going to have to purchase a bunch of inexplicably pink avatars.
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Jul 3, 2016 08:26
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FYI DS9, TNG, and TOS are on Canadian Netflix.
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Jul 3, 2016 08:48
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Acer Pilot posted:FYI DS9, TNG, and TOS are on Canadian Netflix. Eddington is pleased  Kinada  Serioulsy this is the closest to a happy picture of him I can find. Bloke really needed to lighten up
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One of you guys made this, right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynrXKI3EJFU
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Nessus posted:More stuff here if we need it at any point. I'm perpetually behind threads like this so rarely make the cut. it keeps me sane on long overnight shifts at self-sealing stembolt factory. But hey, ground floor. Let's DO this.
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Forgot who said it In the last thread, but every captain should start the day by saying "Computer: alert security and bridge personnel if there is anyone that boards the ship, if the transporters are activated, if a shuttle craft attempts to leave or if a member of the crew leaves the ship. " Personally, I think the ship starts off super verbose and it's so annoying everyone just turns off the minder messages.
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Computer, please alert senior staff if Mr. La Forge or Mr. Barclay enter the holodeck
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This should be included in the OP's Voyager writeup: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3777056&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
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Next time they put into a starbase they should simply have the holodecks removed.
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Jul 3, 2016 09:50
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here's my favorite scene in star track please enjoy it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD-SJh8szjA
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Enterprise is on Canadian Netflix too. No Voyager  E: I was wrong, all the shows are here. Woah Acer Pilot fucked around with this message at 10:05 on Jul 3, 2016 |
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I could never get into Star Trek because while space travel is believable, the idea of time travel is patently absur... Disregard. It's 1991 and I'm in Albany, NY.
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S1E9 of TNG "The Battle": For revenge, an alien race that believes women shouldn't wear clothes and turbo-capitalism gaslight, trigger, and torture Picard, leaving you to wonder if they write their reports like "(((Picard)))"  I know I'm still super early into the show, but this one was pretty drat Good! This is the first one that really got me into the story. I'm amazed that within a couple of episodes the Ferengi went from dweeby hyperactive goblins to an actual threat.
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PenguinKnight posted:I know I'm still super early into the show, but this one was pretty drat Good! This is the first one that really got me into the story. I'm amazed that within a couple of episodes the Ferengi went from dweeby hyperactive goblins to an actual threat. It doesn't last.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_khUyboA0s Don't miss STAR TREK-- IN COLOR! That old NBC logo was something.
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PenguinKnight posted:S1E9 of TNG "The Battle": For revenge, an alien race that believes women shouldn't wear clothes and turbo-capitalism gaslight, trigger, and torture Picard, leaving you to wonder if they write their reports like "(((Picard)))"
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Nessus posted:I do think that the Ferengi are (accidentally) the most nuanced alien race Trek ever presents, though.
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Nessus posted:I HEAR THERE'S A NEW TV SHOW? I wasn't aware they'd said anything about that yet..? 
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egon_beeblebrox posted:I enjoy "Star Trek."
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MikeJF posted:Bit of Beyond nerdery: Having read that interview with Justin Lin I understand why they made the changes they did and appreciated the ideas behind them but there is seemingly no way for this design to not look like an ugly composite of thoughts from superior versions of the ship is there hahaha It looks like a child's drawing of the Enterprise given form Anyway, good OP but I don't think the new show has had it's place in an established continuity confirmed yet and as always #RikersBeard still exists on synIRC.net
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Nessus posted:More stuff here if we need it at any point. Oh, cool! I made it this time! Pretty big gap between the 1000+ club and the 600s, though. Um, real content...poo poo, I dunno. Here's my holistic ranking of the Trek series from favorite to least favorite: DS9 TNG TOS VOY ENT (TAS not included b/c I've only seen like 2 episodes ever) And the films: Wrath of Khan Undiscovered Country First Contact Voyage Home Star Trek The Motion Picture Search for Spock Generations Into Darkness Final Frontier Insurrection* Nemesis* (*I have no interest in ever watching again unless under extreme duress, such as if I have a kid who REALLY wants to see them) And to channel my 11-year-old self, my favorite starships in terms of coolness of appearance: Excelsior Enterprise-A/refit Enterprise-E Reliant Enterprise-TOS Enterprise-D Defiant Enterprise-ENT Voyager Grissom
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ENT worse than VOY?...Eh, I can kind of see it, but drat if it ain't a close race.
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Apollodorus posted:Oh, cool! I made it this time! drat your arrogance! 
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Well, I watched basically all of Voyager from age 10 to age 16, developed an appreciation for the characters, and was invested in how the series turned out. Enterprise I lost interest in after the first season, and only picked up a few episodes here and there. Season 4 was good, when I watched it 3 years after the show ended, but there's a big chunk of the show I've never watched and don't intend to.
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As much as people tell me there are good shows being made at the moment, I seem just to watch Star Trek and Stargate on loop. In general I each episode seems relatively fresh to me when I come back around to it every few years. I can't be the only one.
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All right, which one of you guys made this page? Kinda weak jokes, I know, but outrage is outrage.. https://www.facebook.com/Garth-Alec-seek-Leaker-Is-it-YOU-290243024650080/?ref=all_category_pyml_rhc
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