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I had seen a few episodes and all the movies, but I grew up in the Next Generation era. I never really went back and watched much of the original series, but since it's on Amazon Prime I decided to with the death of Leonard Nimoy.
I'm up to the first episode with the Romulans, "Balance of Terror". Despite the cheesiness of the special effects and sets (understandable considering the age of the show)...it's very well written. This episode, especially, is really well written. The Romulans are interesting as fuck and the cold war social commentary is interesting. |
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My wife bought me all three seasons, she watched the first two with me , she's not as geeky as I am. I've been showing some hand-picked ones to the kids too. Rewatching all the seasons I didn't remember it being as provocative when I saw them growing up.
There's a couple where they bring in very western ideals, and I almost kind of gagged when they push the capitalism on other cultures in the show. Not that I'm against capitalism, but America does it to an unhealthy level, which also showed through in some of the episodes, drippingly so. Otherwise I like the show a lot. My wife saw more of the TNG, so we'll probably start watching those sometime too. |
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As a kid growing up in the "Next Generation" era, I too dismissed TOS as a campy, superficial 1960s sci-fi series; fun to watch, but not terribly deep. As an adult I have a new-found respect for those early episodes. It's amazing how far ahead of its time TOS was; probably why it only lasted 3 seasons. Many of the ideas and themes in TNG can be traced back to TOS as well.
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My wife bought me all three seasons, she watched the first two with me , she's not as geeky as I am. I've been showing some hand-picked ones to the kids too. Rewatching all the seasons I didn't remember it being as provocative when I saw them growing up. There's a couple where they bring in very western ideals, and I almost kind of gagged when they push the capitalism on other cultures in the show. Not that I'm against capitalism, but America does it to an unhealthy level, which also showed through in some of the episodes, drippingly so. Otherwise I like the show a lot. My wife saw more of the TNG, so we'll probably start watching those sometime too. View Quote There is nothing at all wrong with pushing capitalism. |
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I grew up with TOS and Gene Roddenberry was a genius. Sure it's full of campy acting and weirdo '60's costumes but the ideas and plots were decades ahead of their time.
That said, I'm a much bigger fan of TNG. But there wouldn't be a TNG without Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scottie, Uhura... |
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Quoted: I grew up with TOS and Gene Roddenberry was a genius. Sure it's full of campy acting and weirdo '60's costumes but the ideas and plots were decades ahead of their time. That said, I'm a much bigger fan of TNG. But there wouldn't be a TNG without Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scottie, Uhura... View Quote Speaking of costumes, I can't believe some of the costumes for the women that they got away with. Last time I saw skirts that short was at a Las Vegas night club. |
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Quoted: best episode ever: http://www.scvhistory.com/gif/lw2098d.jpg Kirk isn't a scientist and has never been to this planet before. No worries, he can still pull some Macguyver-beating Mr. Wizard shit and mix up some chemicals in the proper proportions... After I got Netflix I watched all the Star Trek stuff, except DSN. The newest series with the quantum leap guy and duck lips chick was way better than I expected. 'bout time they put a redneck on a space ship. Seriously though, it was really good! View Quote |
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People like of think of ST:TOS as all special effects, but many many Star Trek sets were nothing more than a table and a chair. Very sparse sets.
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My wife bought me all three seasons, she watched the first two with me , she's not as geeky as I am. I've been showing some hand-picked ones to the kids too. Rewatching all the seasons I didn't remember it being as provocative when I saw them growing up. There's a couple where they bring in very western ideals, and I almost kind of gagged when they push the capitalism on other cultures in the show. Not that I'm against capitalism, but America does it to an unhealthy level, which also showed through in some of the episodes, drippingly so. Otherwise I like the show a lot. My wife saw more of the TNG, so we'll probably start watching those sometime too. There is nothing at all wrong with pushing capitalism. The Omega Glory was a hell of an episode. |
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One of the biggest differences between the first star trek and the later ones was that the first had characters that were mostly all likeable. Charisma was a rare thing in all the other Star Trek shows.
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I was born in 1960, the ex-wife, 1975, married 1997.
I grew up with the original Star Trek, at first she hated it, thought it was stupid. After she watched a few episodes, I had to be sure to tape it for her, or I'd be in trouble! She really enjoyed the antics between Spock and Doc M. |
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IF you've watched the original series you'll appreciate the latest Star Trek movies and character much more imo.
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TOS has very valuable life lessons, like never wear a red shirt on an away mission, send your most important and valuable personell on the most dangerous missions, and sleep with every hot alien chick you can, especially if she is blue or green.
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the characters on TNG weren't "likeable"? Me thinks you were watching Ice Pirates and just thought it was TNG. http://www.punkasspunk.com/videolog/20050610/The_Ice_Pirates_(1984)_3.jpg Now DSN...there I'll agree with you... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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One of the biggest differences between the first star trek and the later ones was that the first had characters that were mostly all likeable. Charisma was a rare thing in all the other Star Trek shows. the characters on TNG weren't "likeable"? Me thinks you were watching Ice Pirates and just thought it was TNG. http://www.punkasspunk.com/videolog/20050610/The_Ice_Pirates_(1984)_3.jpg Now DSN...there I'll agree with you... I didnt like any but Picard, and Worf around the end when he started acting all Klingony. Maybe I'm missing someone, but I cant really think of anyone else. Wait, I remember one- Wesley. I loved that little guy. In a non homosexual way, of course. (I didnt really love Wesley) |
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Quoted: Best Episode: Mirror Mirror http://api.ning.com/files/XokPcOp93NwZ5ykp10gn2qsmlabxOzVVBrCMPNa1rSIIR7xPu8EiJAWj4MRKewiJKi5fnAHE4YNDfjC12Bx6AKPxcDdJ4T25/StartrekMirror_Mirror.jpg View Quote I've thought for a long time that they need to do a 5-year story arc on the Mirror Universe - covering the rise and fall of the Terran Empire. No touchy-feely kumbaya allowed - dark and brooding, in stark contrast to the relative "utopia" of the other ST series. |
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My wife bought me all three seasons, she watched the first two with me , she's not as geeky as I am. I've been showing some hand-picked ones to the kids too. Rewatching all the seasons I didn't remember it being as provocative when I saw them growing up. There's a couple where they bring in very western ideals, and I almost kind of gagged when they push the capitalism on other cultures in the show. Not that I'm against capitalism, but America does it to an unhealthy level, which also showed through in some of the episodes, drippingly so. Otherwise I like the show a lot. My wife saw more of the TNG, so we'll probably start watching those sometime too. There is nothing at all wrong with pushing capitalism. I disagree when it comes to covertly meddling with other people's governments. I'm not talking about sping either. I'm talking full-on regime changes and coups. |
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I just found them on youtube last year, I had never watched a TOS episode before. It's so corny, yet I love every second of them. A few too many episodes are just, "Spock, we much teach them to love or we will all die".
It's also pretty nice that I now get the punchline/spoof of about 20% of Futurama's jokes. |
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Quoted:I didnt like any but Picard, and Worf around the end when he started acting all Klingony. Maybe I'm missing someone, but I cant really think of anyone else.
Wait, I remember one- Wesley. I loved that little guy. In a non homosexual way, of course. (I didnt really love Wesley) View Quote c'mon man, Data was bad ass. I always liked it when Picard would send in his "ass kicking away team" of Ryker, Data, and Worf. He didn't do it that often, but when he did...someone was about to get their butt kicked!! |
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Voyager was my favorite then TOS, Deep Space 9, TNG with Enterprise being last.
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People like of think of ST:TOS as all special effects, but many many Star Trek sets were nothing more than a table and a chair. Very sparse sets. View Quote Very limited budget. We actually have Desi Arnez (sp?) and Lucille Ball to thank for the show too' Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I've thought for a long time that they need to do a 5-year story arc on the Mirror Universe - covering the rise and fall of the Terran Empire. No touchy-feely kumbaya allowed - dark and brooding, in stark contrast to the relative "utopia" of the other ST series. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
I've thought for a long time that they need to do a 5-year story arc on the Mirror Universe - covering the rise and fall of the Terran Empire. No touchy-feely kumbaya allowed - dark and brooding, in stark contrast to the relative "utopia" of the other ST series. Watch the two mirror universe episodes of Enterprise. Great episodes, and with out a fucking doubt the best intro sequence of any Star Trek series. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I'm a big fan of Enterprise as well, other than TOS it is my favorite. T'Pol View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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best episode ever: http://www.scvhistory.com/gif/lw2098d.jpg Kirk isn't a scientist and has never been to this planet before. No worries, he can still pull some Macguyver-beating Mr. Wizard shit and mix up some chemicals in the proper proportions... After I got Netflix I watched all the Star Trek stuff, except DSN. The newest series with the quantum leap guy and duck lips chick was way better than I expected. 'bout time they put a redneck on a space ship. Seriously though, it was really good! I really liked Enterprise as well. I liked all the ST Series actually which puts me in a small minority who feels that way. |
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I really liked Enterprise as well. I liked all the ST Series actually which puts me in a small minority who feels that way. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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best episode ever: http://www.scvhistory.com/gif/lw2098d.jpg Kirk isn't a scientist and has never been to this planet before. No worries, he can still pull some Macguyver-beating Mr. Wizard shit and mix up some chemicals in the proper proportions... After I got Netflix I watched all the Star Trek stuff, except DSN. The newest series with the quantum leap guy and duck lips chick was way better than I expected. 'bout time they put a redneck on a space ship. Seriously though, it was really good! I really liked Enterprise as well. I liked all the ST Series actually which puts me in a small minority who feels that way. It's a very polarizing series, but personally I liked it. I think it struggled in the first two seasons (the temporal cold war arc was a bit of a mess) but seasons 3 and 4 were really good. I'm not a fan of Voyager, though. |
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My fav. In order:
TNG VOY DS9 Enterprise TOS I am ready for a new series to come out. Same time frame as TNG/VOY/DS9 but different story line. |
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best episode ever: http://www.scvhistory.com/gif/lw2098d.jpg Kirk isn't a scientist and has never been to this planet before. No worries, he can still pull some Macguyver-beating Mr. Wizard shit and mix up some chemicals in the proper proportions... After I got Netflix I watched all the Star Trek stuff, except DSN. The newest series with the quantum leap guy and duck lips chick was way better than I expected. 'bout time they put a redneck on a space ship. Seriously though, it was really good! View Quote I was in second grade when that first aired. I begged my mom to let me stay up and watch it. Then the Gorn came on screen and scared the jeebus out of me and I hid behind the couch, fell asleep and missed the whole rest of the episode! |
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I've thought for a long time that they need to do a 5-year story arc on the Mirror Universe - covering the rise and fall of the Terran Empire. No touchy-feely kumbaya allowed - dark and brooding, in stark contrast to the relative "utopia" of the other ST series. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
I've thought for a long time that they need to do a 5-year story arc on the Mirror Universe - covering the rise and fall of the Terran Empire. No touchy-feely kumbaya allowed - dark and brooding, in stark contrast to the relative "utopia" of the other ST series. That would be pretty kick ass. |
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My wife bought me all three seasons, she watched the first two with me , she's not as geeky as I am. I've been showing some hand-picked ones to the kids too. Rewatching all the seasons I didn't remember it being as provocative when I saw them growing up. There's a couple where they bring in very western ideals, and I almost kind of gagged when they push the capitalism on other cultures in the show. Not that I'm against capitalism, but America does it to an unhealthy level, which also showed through in some of the episodes, drippingly so. Otherwise I like the show a lot. My wife saw more of the TNG, so we'll probably start watching those sometime too. View Quote |
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Speaking of costumes, I can't believe some of the costumes for the women that they got away with. Last time I saw skirts that short was at a Las Vegas night club. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I grew up with TOS and Gene Roddenberry was a genius. Sure it's full of campy acting and weirdo '60's costumes but the ideas and plots were decades ahead of their time. That said, I'm a much bigger fan of TNG. But there wouldn't be a TNG without Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scottie, Uhura... Speaking of costumes, I can't believe some of the costumes for the women that they got away with. Last time I saw skirts that short was at a Las Vegas night club. Skirts that short were the norm back then, even out in public. |
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I disagree when it comes to covertly meddling with other people's governments. I'm not talking about sping either. I'm talking full-on regime changes and coups. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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My wife bought me all three seasons, she watched the first two with me , she's not as geeky as I am. I've been showing some hand-picked ones to the kids too. Rewatching all the seasons I didn't remember it being as provocative when I saw them growing up. There's a couple where they bring in very western ideals, and I almost kind of gagged when they push the capitalism on other cultures in the show. Not that I'm against capitalism, but America does it to an unhealthy level, which also showed through in some of the episodes, drippingly so. Otherwise I like the show a lot. My wife saw more of the TNG, so we'll probably start watching those sometime too. There is nothing at all wrong with pushing capitalism. I disagree when it comes to covertly meddling with other people's governments. I'm not talking about sping either. I'm talking full-on regime changes and coups. This is a thread about Star Trek. Take your whiney crap and start a thread about it and stop trying to derail this one. |
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I'm a big fan of Enterprise as well, other than TOS it is my favorite. T'Pol View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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best episode ever: http://www.scvhistory.com/gif/lw2098d.jpg Kirk isn't a scientist and has never been to this planet before. No worries, he can still pull some Macguyver-beating Mr. Wizard shit and mix up some chemicals in the proper proportions... After I got Netflix I watched all the Star Trek stuff, except DSN. The newest series with the quantum leap guy and duck lips chick was way better than I expected. 'bout time they put a redneck on a space ship. Seriously though, it was really good! Why did they not show the current or WWII Big E in the opening? Maybe it's just me, but seems somewhat political. |
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It was pretty ahead for it's time. The different races of aliens reflected different cultures here on earth and the Rodenberry was making political statements in a lot of the episodes. It was also the first show to have an inter-racial kiss- Kirk and Uhura which was a bit scandalous at the time.
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Eisenhower was Prez when I was hatched.
The Star trek joke I STILL find funny is that Kirk will go where "No Man Has Gone Before" I like Women with experience! |
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My wife bought me all three seasons, she watched the first two with me , she's not as geeky as I am. I've been showing some hand-picked ones to the kids too. Rewatching all the seasons I didn't remember it being as provocative when I saw them growing up. There's a couple where they bring in very western ideals, and I almost kind of gagged when they push the capitalism on other cultures in the show. Not that I'm against capitalism, but America does it to an unhealthy level, which also showed through in some of the episodes, drippingly so. Otherwise I like the show a lot. My wife saw more of the TNG, so we'll probably start watching those sometime too. There is nothing at all wrong with pushing capitalism. I disagree when it comes to covertly meddling with other people's governments. I'm not talking about sping either. I'm talking full-on regime changes and coups. This is a thread about Star Trek. Take your whiney crap and start a thread about it and stop trying to derail this one. The OP was the one that first mentioned an aspect of the political overtones of the show. I brought up another aspect based on my observation and inserted my opinion in the matter. |
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My wife bought me all three seasons, she watched the first two with me , she's not as geeky as I am. I've been showing some hand-picked ones to the kids too. Rewatching all the seasons I didn't remember it being as provocative when I saw them growing up. There's a couple where they bring in very western ideals, and I almost kind of gagged when they push the capitalism on other cultures in the show. Not that I'm against capitalism, but America does it to an unhealthy level, which also showed through in some of the episodes, drippingly so. Otherwise I like the show a lot. My wife saw more of the TNG, so we'll probably start watching those sometime too. There is nothing at all wrong with pushing capitalism. I disagree when it comes to covertly meddling with other people's governments. I'm not talking about sping either. I'm talking full-on regime changes and coups. This is a thread about Star Trek. Take your whiney crap and start a thread about it and stop trying to derail this one. The OP was the one that first mentioned an aspect of the political overtones of the show. I brought up another aspect based on my observation and inserted my opinion in the matter. No, you started your America bashing crap which has nothing to do with the show. The post you quoted said nothing about what you posted. He said "provocative" which is not necessarily about politics. |
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I've read that Michael Dorn wants to do a series or movie centering around Worf as captain. That would be kickass. Either Klingons or Vulcans, I don't care, either one would be cool.
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Just to clarify, I was the one that mentioned the word "provocative" which wasn't meant to be political, it was my comments on the projection of capitalism as used by the Federation and somewhat relating it to decades of US projection that was meant to touch on the political aspect.
Anyway, someone mentioned that Mirror Mirror was they're favorite episode, that one has always stuck with me as the most memorable. |
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People like of think of ST:TOS as all special effects, but many many Star Trek sets were nothing more than a table and a chair. Very sparse sets. View Quote Their budget was quite limited, the chairs on the bridge were cheap ones from the store instead of something custom. the transporter was invented because they didn't have a shuttlecraft built soon enough. |
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I was born in 1962 and remember bugging my dad to take me to grandma's house on Friday nights to watch the show. They had a color tv and we did not.
Growing up in NYC in the 70's they showed reruns of the TOS all the time. I've seen them all too many times to count. If you have never seen them and watch them today remember to try to put yourself in the time period they were made. Try to understand what was going on in the US and the world at that time. |
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best episode ever: http://www.scvhistory.com/gif/lw2098d.jpg Kirk isn't a scientist and has never been to this planet before. No worries, he can still pull some Macguyver-beating Mr. Wizard shit and mix up some chemicals in the proper proportions... After I got Netflix I watched all the Star Trek stuff, except DSN. The newest series with the quantum leap guy and duck lips chick was way better than I expected. 'bout time they put a redneck on a space ship. Seriously though, it was really good! View Quote Wait a minute, is that a lightsaber, on the Gorn's belt? Loved watching TOS when I was a kid, then TNG came out, and I loved watching Marina Sirtis, and Gates McFadden |
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I disagree when it comes to covertly meddling with other people's governments. I'm not talking about sping either. I'm talking full-on regime changes and coups. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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My wife bought me all three seasons, she watched the first two with me , she's not as geeky as I am. I've been showing some hand-picked ones to the kids too. Rewatching all the seasons I didn't remember it being as provocative when I saw them growing up. There's a couple where they bring in very western ideals, and I almost kind of gagged when they push the capitalism on other cultures in the show. Not that I'm against capitalism, but America does it to an unhealthy level, which also showed through in some of the episodes, drippingly so. Otherwise I like the show a lot. My wife saw more of the TNG, so we'll probably start watching those sometime too. There is nothing at all wrong with pushing capitalism. I disagree when it comes to covertly meddling with other people's governments. I'm not talking about sping either. I'm talking full-on regime changes and coups. But that's the most effective way to spread the finest system ever devised. |
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I grew up with TOS and Gene Roddenberry was a genius. Sure it's full of campy acting and weirdo '60's costumes but the ideas and plots were decades ahead of their time. That said, I'm a much bigger fan of TNG. But there wouldn't be a TNG without Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scottie, Uhura... Speaking of costumes, I can't believe some of the costumes for the women that they got away with. Last time I saw skirts that short was at a Las Vegas night club. Skirts that short were the norm back then, even out in public. Oh how I long for those days to return... “Mr. Spock, the women on your planet are logical. That’s the only planet in the galaxy that can make that claim.” – Captain Kirk, Star Trek |
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