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 I just love this stupid Kai Winn desk. From 2016 to 2018 I watched every episode of Deep Space Nine. In the three years since I've been very slowly watching Encounter at Farpoint, the extremely dull feature-length two parter that opens Next Generation. Now, I'm no stranger to long, flabby sci-fi; I've watched a considerable amount of classic Doctor Who. And I'm confident that with this initial barrier broken, the TNG episodes will come thick and fast. At least one every two months. And I'll mark them by posting in this, the thread for posting whenever you watch a TNG episode.
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im blind watching TNG right now. Up to episode 10 in s1  hope you don't mind me using itt to post thoughts, i don't wanna wade in to the trek threads unawares. thoughts: s1e4 was terrible lmao -orgy planet with no touching the grass executions  -ferengi dildo whips lmfao - im loving it btw -give riker a beard god drat it
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Aug 28, 2021 02:49
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No please, post! I didn't want to call it a blind-watch thread because I personally dgaf about spoilers or continuity in Trek, really, but otherwise that's exactly what it is.
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Aug 28, 2021 11:33
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I'm just being all "mr suggestions" over here but bring back a screenshot or two from the episode as pleases you. Especially if something looks silly!
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Aug 28, 2021 12:38
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josh04 posted:No please, post! I didn't want to call it a blind-watch thread because I personally dgaf about spoilers or continuity in Trek, really, but otherwise that's exactly what it is. I'm not super concerned with spoilers myself, I said I was watching blind but I know, for example, the fate of Tasha Yar. I'm not expecting a big twisty long plot or anything out of this, just enjoying the episodes for what they are. I'm watching on my TV so screenshots are tough but it's TNG so not like it's not all on the internet. I had one more thought, which is some of these guest actors are great Stanley Kamel (i just finished a Monk rewatch so this was great)  however the one that's blowing my mind is e10's Robert Knepper. Wtf 
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Aug 28, 2021 14:49
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wow the first 11 episodes did not prepare me for the e12 reveal that they just found data off on some planet and had no idea who made him or why. i was 100% under the impression androids were commonplace and he was created on like, the moon or something, maybe by starfleet itself
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Aug 28, 2021 16:38
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this guy loling presumably at Wesley's ugly rear end sweater (e13) my man (e14). i also love how insane he looks when he puts on when he puts on a big rear end smile  
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Aug 28, 2021 18:23
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Smiling beardless Riker was a highlight of the first ep, I have to agree. He's just so happy, not like that stuffy old captain.
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Aug 28, 2021 18:32
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Beardless Riker smiles and looks out to the audience- 'it's 1989 out there but in here? It's the future.... and in the future you get to have sex'
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Aug 28, 2021 20:31
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Worf looks visibly uncomfortable at this news.
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Aug 28, 2021 20:39
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reignofevil posted:Beardless Riker smiles and looks out to the audience- 'it's 1989 out there but in here? It's the future.... and in the future you get to have sex'  i think i might miss beardless riker when he's gone
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Aug 28, 2021 20:45
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Farpoint is a great rewatch if you spend the entirety of the two parter imagining that Picard is a serial killer and is constantly on the lookout for his next victim and being thwarted by everyone around him. Do it. I dare you.
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Aug 28, 2021 22:51
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i watched 5 more episodes so i guess i should post itt again in accordance w/ the thread title 15  16 - I got the strongest feeling they were going to reach out and hold hands here  17  18  19 
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Aug 28, 2021 23:06
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nine-gear crow posted:Farpoint is a great rewatch if you spend the entirety of the two parter imagining that Picard is a serial killer and is constantly on the lookout for his next victim and being thwarted by everyone around him. I can definitely see this. Farpoint is weird because it's an episode of TNG made in a world without any reference for what "an episode of TNG" is supposed to be like, and Picard totally misses the mark on "gruff captain with a heart of gold" and instead ends up bordering "workplace psychopath". Love these chairs so much.
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Aug 28, 2021 23:13
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oh yeah Picard in e1 was not remotely what i expected from years of second hand reading and memes. actually he was kind of lovely in a bunch of the earlier episodes
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Aug 28, 2021 23:17
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E20 E21  these things on strings were great lol 
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Aug 29, 2021 02:03
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I'm really loving all these screenshots, it's like a little trip down memory lane for each one!
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Aug 29, 2021 03:03
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s1e22  s1e23 - lol owned 
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Aug 29, 2021 03:20
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reignofevil posted:I'm really loving all these screenshots, it's like a little trip down memory lane for each one! im glad, I'm actually really enjoying this, I expected a bit of a slog when so many people told me to skip season 1 but after episode 5 or 6 it's been getting better fast. once Datalore hit I have been paying full attention mostly because there's always a bunch of poo poo that just makes me smile i kinda figured i would hate Wesley Crusher but i ended up rooting for him hard at the academy test, which I didn't understand very much, just how few candidates are let in to starfleet??
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Aug 29, 2021 03:26
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why does Picard pronounce either "ee-thur" isn't that american
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Aug 29, 2021 03:43
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Aardvark! posted:why does Picard pronounce either "ee-thur" isn't that american You should track down some videos of Patrick Stewart talking in his normal Yorkshire accent. It's incredible.
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Aug 29, 2021 04:18
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josh04 posted:Love these chairs so much. Those chairs must have been back killers. Look at that posture!
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Aug 29, 2021 04:57
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Aardvark! posted:im glad, I'm actually really enjoying this, I expected a bit of a slog when so many people told me to skip season 1 but after episode 5 or 6 it's been getting better fast. once Datalore hit I have been paying full attention mostly because there's always a bunch of poo poo that just makes me smile imo you never skip anything on a first run. Skipping is the prerogative of the re-watcher. Those who wish to skip on their own first run are weak and their bloodline is weak. Those who recommend others skip on a first run are faithless and don't truly believe the product can stand on its own. Every episode of Star Trek should be seen at once. Yes even that one. You can skip it next time.
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Aug 29, 2021 06:17
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Aardvark! posted:oh yeah Picard in e1 was not remotely what i expected from years of second hand reading and memes. actually he was kind of lovely in a bunch of the earlier episodes Part of that was due to writing, part of that was due to Patrick Stewart approaching the show with a very, very stiff upper lip from his previous acting roles. He had started to soften up by the third season, though, when he approached new head writer Michael Piller and said, "Michael, the captain needs to do more shooting and loving. Can you make this happen?" CainFortea posted:Those chairs must have been back killers. Look at that posture! They, like the uniforms in the first two seasons (which were ordered two sizes too small, by edict of Gene Roddenberry, arguing that everything in the 24th century would be form-fitting and not look like "clothes"), were killers on the spine, which is why they were changed to be much more upright. Patrick Stewart sent the producers a note from his chiropractor saying that he risked lifetime spinal damage if the uniforms weren't changed, and Stewart said he wouldn't show up for work on the third season unless they were redone. (Which is when Robert Blackman tossed out those spandex horrors and replaced them with wool gabardine, which looked and felt better but had the tradeoff of being excessively hot under studio lights.) The early uniforms also caused significant pain to Jonathan Frakes, who was already dealing with chronic back pain caused from his prior work as a furniture mover when he was a young, struggling actor. (This is why he does his weird leg-over move when sitting down on chairs.) Timby fucked around with this message at 07:35 on Aug 29, 2021 |
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Aug 29, 2021 07:31
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CainFortea posted:Those chairs must have been back killers. Look at that posture! They'd be fine, if a little awkward, if the monitors were completely inverted from where they are. As it starts they're a workplace hazard. Aesthetically though they rock, a little bit of anti-minimalism creeping in to the Enterprise. They remind me of the NOD bubble chairs from Tiberian Sun:   Or getting more abstract, the original Eurostar chairs (rip): 
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Aug 29, 2021 09:00
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e24  i didnt like this episode very much also ty im enjoying the behind the scenes facts etc
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Aug 29, 2021 15:51
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Excited to find out why Picard is looking so drat fly.
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Aug 29, 2021 16:34
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e25 was the best episode yet lmao. Also shout-out to riker doing a standing kick at someone's head   
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Aug 29, 2021 18:49
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Aardvark! posted:e25 was the best episode yet lmao. Also shout-out to riker doing a standing kick at someone's head I remember thinking this blue guy was a cool dude. Didn't he have that little mouth thing to help him breathe or something? Imagine wanting a job so much you'll go where you can't breathe without assistive technology All the fabrics look so shiny and itchy
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Aug 29, 2021 19:17
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Season one finished!!!! e26. loved the two thawed out dudes chewing scenery. "they don't need us swimmin' in their soup" indeed  Overall thoughts on season 1: good enough I've found myself watching it literally all weekend. Exactly the kind of monster of the week show I love, I have no idea why it took me so long to give it a shot.
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Aug 29, 2021 19:44
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I have watched zero star treks in the time you have watched 26. I'm so bad at this.
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Aug 29, 2021 20:17
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aardvark please get hold of the high-def remaster if you can. it looks so much better.
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Aug 29, 2021 22:12
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:aardvark please get hold of the high-def remaster if you can. it looks so much better. I'm watching the hi-def remaster, I'm just pulling the screencaps off some site that has like, 250+ caps an episode all in order. I'd take them myself but I'm watching on the big screen, and yeah, it looks shockingly good. I'll see if there's a place with higher res screencaps though e: lmao the same site has them, I've been posting from the low res section on my phone so didn't realize.
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Aug 29, 2021 22:14
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s2e1 - god drat this episode had the dumbest plot of any so far on the other hand, riker has a beard and sits down in chairs riker style now, and I loled when Worf agreed to tucking Wesley Crusher in at night    also i kind of forgot whoopi goldberg was an actress. i was expecting Guinan to just be, you know, Whoopi Goldberg as Whoopi Goldberg
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Aug 29, 2021 22:31
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I was thinking 'I should see if there's a service that picks a random episode of star trek for you to watch' and it turns out there's like, options for that.
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Aug 29, 2021 23:22
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Han Solo just showed up and I am Not A Fan
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Aug 30, 2021 02:47
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Aardvark! posted:Han Solo just showed up and I am Not A Fan 
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Aardvark! posted:s2e1 - god drat this episode had the dumbest plot of any so far There's a series on YouTube called Star Trek INtakes where a dude edits all of the outtakes from the TNG blu-rays into the episodes where they came from. Every one where Guinan shows up is just "Guinan turns into Whoopi Goldberg". They're hilarious. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csbSoyzOjm0
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Aug 30, 2021 06:24
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s2e2 s2e3  s2e4  s2e5 - I loved the main concept of the deaf guy and his separate interpreters, if nothing else  
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i finished season 2, forgot to post sry 2x06 The Schizoid Man - plz stop Secretly turning people Evil (i know it's gonna happen 300 more times)  2x07 Unnatural Selection - creepy rear end "12 year olds"  2x08 A Matter Of Honor - even Klingon babes want that sweet Riker rear end      2x09 The Measure of a Man - god drat it stop messing with my beautiful innocent data!!! also great legal system they got here forcing Riker to prosecute his own shipmate  2x10 The Dauphin - Lol. they can become ANYTHING, so they pick the ultimate fighting form,  
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