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Wolter wrote:
01 Aug 2017, 1:47pm
Kory wrote:
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Wolter wrote:
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(To be perfectly clear: I just wanted to bag on TNG because it's fun to do so. I have no agenda otherwise)
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I simulate enough love in my heart for all of TOS, TNG and DS9.
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Kory wrote:
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I've only seen a handful. What pushes it above TNG?
A more complex and therefore darker take on the Star Trek mythos. The Federation is shown to have a lot of bad actors operating within, and even the good guys engage in questionable behaviour to achieve their ends. So it ends up handling more difficult moral questions than most other Trek episodes. It also benefits from being a complete story, not just mostly self-contained episodes. And, imo, the characters ended up being the most fleshed out of any series so that I was actually invested in them. They went beyond character function into something more complex and often contradictory. Honestly, I'd be stunned if you didn't love DS9, but you do have to watch from the beginning.
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the animated series is the best
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Flex wrote:
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the animated series is the best
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Flex wrote:
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the animated series is the best
THE ONE WITH SPOCK'S PET IS THE ONLY REDEEMING PART OF THE ENTIRE TREK MYTHOS.
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The darker take isn't what does it for me. It's the characters and their development. Best of all of them.
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I downloaded a fairly decently torrent of Star Trek TNG based on the remastered version so I'm starting a TNG rewatch. I think when I have money, I'll look into buying the remastered blurays.

I am not looking forward to slogging through seasons 1 and 2.

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I downloaded a fairly decently torrent of Star Trek TNG based on the remastered version so I'm starting a TNG rewatch. I think when I have money, I'll look into buying the remastered blurays.

I am not looking forward to slogging through seasons 1 and 2.
There's a really good drinking game my friend and I built around those first 2 seasons, which makes them quite bearable.
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Kory wrote:
22 Aug 2017, 12:26pm
Boddington wrote:
04 Aug 2017, 9:22pm
I downloaded a fairly decently torrent of Star Trek TNG based on the remastered version so I'm starting a TNG rewatch. I think when I have money, I'll look into buying the remastered blurays.

I am not looking forward to slogging through seasons 1 and 2.
There's a really good drinking game my friend and I built around those first 2 seasons, which makes them quite bearable.
Every time you want to fast-forward, take a drink. Every time you want to turn it off, take a gulp. Being quite numb in the first 10 minutes would make it bearable.
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DS9 episode "Rapture" is on right now, which is a personal favourite. Sisko gets zapped by some gizmo and starts having visions that lead him to discover an ancient Bajoran city. He also gains prophetic insights that lead him to urge Bajor to turn down Federation membership. However, his physical health suffers because of this ability and Bashir operates on him, saving his life but taking away the visions, just as Sisko believes he's close to understanding everything. It's a favourite of mine because Sisko's experience is not unlike seizures that some epileptics have. I've had seizures where I've come back believing I was on the threshold of understanding some great cosmic truth, but within 30 seconds or so the whole feeling evaporates. To those who believe in the divine, I can fully understand them believing they've had a revelation. Anyway, this episode is drenched in epileptic hoo-ha.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
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DS9 episode "Rapture" is on right now, which is a personal favourite. Sisko gets zapped by some gizmo and starts having visions that lead him to discover an ancient Bajoran city. He also gains prophetic insights that lead him to urge Bajor to turn down Federation membership. However, his physical health suffers because of this ability and Bashir operates on him, saving his life but taking away the visions, just as Sisko believes he's close to understanding everything. It's a favourite of mine because Sisko's experience is not unlike seizures that some epileptics have. I've had seizures where I've come back believing I was on the threshold of understanding some great cosmic truth, but within 30 seconds or so the whole feeling evaporates. To those who believe in the divine, I can fully understand them believing they've had a revelation. Anyway, this episode is drenched in epileptic hoo-ha.
I gotta get started on this show, but I was compelled to start Twin Peaks again.
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Kory wrote:
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I gotta get started on this show, but I was compelled to start Twin Peaks again.
I kinda envy you being in a position to experience this show for the first time. It really is the best installment of Trek.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Sep 2017, 12:33pm
Kory wrote:
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I gotta get started on this show, but I was compelled to start Twin Peaks again.
I kinda envy you being in a position to experience this show for the first time. It really is the best installment of Trek.
TNG has my heart so it has its work cut out for it, but I have an open mind.
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