So it IS like Star Trek after all!
Star Trek
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Re: Star Trek
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Re: Star Trek
That won't hinder any larger efforts at self-improvement.
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Re: Star Trek
I was going to object, but then I realized that I also find Voyager and Enterprise unwatchable, so that's three out of six series. I guess I am more of a critical Star Trek fan. I stand by TOS and TNG as mostly good on balance. DS9 is an incredible show and the best Star Trek out there. I've been happy to see it getting a critical reappraisal as so much of today's TV is made on the template of DS9. The show was ahead of its time, and honestly dealt with deeper themes than a lot of today's cookie-cutter prestige dramas that follow the same formula.
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I break 'em down the same way. Excluding only a handful of episodes, I can be easily persuaded to watch any episode of DS9. TOS and TNG are generally much better than not, but there is still a fair amount of weak stuff there (most of TOS S3, TNG S1 and 2). The others, a handful of good episodes, but overall they don't inspire any investment. I can appreciate why DS9 didn't take off like TNG or TOS—a serial story requires a helluva lot more devotion than episodic—but it is the one for the more thoughtful and critical fan.eumaas wrote: ↑30 May 2018, 4:07pmI was going to object, but then I realized that I also find Voyager and Enterprise unwatchable, so that's three out of six series. I guess I am more of a critical Star Trek fan. I stand by TOS and TNG as mostly good on balance. DS9 is an incredible show and the best Star Trek out there. I've been happy to see it getting a critical reappraisal as so much of today's TV is made on the template of DS9. The show was ahead of its time, and honestly dealt with deeper themes than a lot of today's cookie-cutter prestige dramas that follow the same formula.
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Re: Star Trek
I'm cool with anything Worf related.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑30 May 2018, 4:28pmI break 'em down the same way. Excluding only a handful of episodes, I can be easily persuaded to watch any episode of DS9. TOS and TNG are generally much better than not, but there is still a fair amount of weak stuff there (most of TOS S3, TNG S1 and 2). The others, a handful of good episodes, but overall they don't inspire any investment. I can appreciate why DS9 didn't take off like TNG or TOS—a serial story requires a helluva lot more devotion than episodic—but it is the one for the more thoughtful and critical fan.eumaas wrote: ↑30 May 2018, 4:07pmI was going to object, but then I realized that I also find Voyager and Enterprise unwatchable, so that's three out of six series. I guess I am more of a critical Star Trek fan. I stand by TOS and TNG as mostly good on balance. DS9 is an incredible show and the best Star Trek out there. I've been happy to see it getting a critical reappraisal as so much of today's TV is made on the template of DS9. The show was ahead of its time, and honestly dealt with deeper themes than a lot of today's cookie-cutter prestige dramas that follow the same formula.
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Solid character dragged down whenever Klingon religion/culture is raised. Yes, yes, please explain to me the significance of the yukpakfuh ritual, which is one of nine thousand crucial rites of passage to becoming a warrior zzzzzzzz. They come off as more bureaucratic than vikings.
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Him being angry and restraining himself from killing made up for any dumb ass Jedi hooey.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑30 May 2018, 5:01pmSolid character dragged down whenever Klingon religion/culture is raised. Yes, yes, please explain to me the significance of the yukpakfuh ritual, which is one of nine thousand crucial rites of passage to becoming a warrior zzzzzzzz. They come off as more bureaucratic than vikings.
Re: Star Trek
My favorite part about Worf's klingon shit is that he doesn't act like a Klingon at all most of the time as he's a humorless dick.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
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That,s what happens when you're raised by Russians …
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Re: Star Trek
Remember when he joins a terrorist group to protest Sex Planet?
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
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One of those handful of episodes of DS9 that I alluded to earlier that I don't watch.eumaas wrote: ↑30 May 2018, 9:13pmRemember when he joins a terrorist group to protest Sex Planet?
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What? That episode rules!Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑30 May 2018, 9:46pmOne of those handful of episodes of DS9 that I alluded to earlier that I don't watch.eumaas wrote: ↑30 May 2018, 9:13pmRemember when he joins a terrorist group to protest Sex Planet?
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Re: Star Trek
Hope this doesn't embed!
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKA_WqdzIF5XlKBO60F4YBW20qElfoQ6y
I thought these edits were hilarious, especially PicArt.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKA_WqdzIF5XlKBO60F4YBW20qElfoQ6y
I thought these edits were hilarious, especially PicArt.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
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Re: Star Trek
TNG episode, "The Game," was just one (boo dorky mystery-solving Wesley; yay super adorable Ashley Judd). Is it just me or does the evil alien have some suggestively shaped markings on her forehead?
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Re: Star Trek
A Picard show with Patrick Stewart. Michael Chabon is one of the writers
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy