oneils
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I am jealous cause Netflix Canada only has the Star Trek movies
TNG Is on Netflix Canada, now. I'm sure there is a thread about it somewhere. But I thought I'd point it out here.
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TNG Is on Netflix Canada, now. I'm sure there is a thread about it somewhere. But I thought I'd point it out here.
I have never groaned this hard nor been so full of sorrow.
dark-n-edgy-trek? complete with long black cape
Star Trek is dead
Sickboy007
Member
dark-n-edgy-trek? complete with long black cape
Future London?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
For some reason, I'm reminded of that Enterprise episode where they blow up Florida. lol
Look forward to what will probably be another generic action movie. Yippie.
Anyhow, anyone pick up TNG S2 today?
Look forward to what will probably be another generic action movie. Yippie.
Anyhow, anyone pick up TNG S2 today?
Vert boil
Member
Almost finished watching TNG again. Haven't decided if I'll do DS9 or B5 next.
If you want to have nightmares watch this - http://www.abload.de/img/tngnightmare9are1.gif
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Thought that Crusher sucking on Rikers head could fit nicely with MJpopcorn.gif but it doesn't really work.
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If you want to have nightmares watch this - http://www.abload.de/img/tngnightmare9are1.gif
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Thought that Crusher sucking on Rikers head could fit nicely with MJpopcorn.gif but it doesn't really work.
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Cerebral Assassin
Member
What makes you think it is London? I can't see any famous landmarks in that poster.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Going through the new Measure of a Man and 80s TV directing is just so quaint. So many close ups/reaction shots just to remind the dumb TV audience how each character is feeling at each moment.
Finishing the episode, I'm surprised that it didn't really feel that much longer than a standard episode. I haven't seen the original in years, so I can't remember what is new, but... a lot of the episodes were all fairly slow anyway.
For super nerds, there's also a commentary on the epsiode with the Okudas and Snodgrass and also a cut based on the original VHS copy that Snodgrass had that they used for reference in order to make the extended episode (which is very useful for the sake seeing exactly which scenes are new are not).
I do find it interesting that Snodgrass practically disappeared after TNG S3. I guess when Roddenberry was off the show, she left as well (ushering in the Pillar/Taylor/Moore/Braga era).
Finishing the episode, I'm surprised that it didn't really feel that much longer than a standard episode. I haven't seen the original in years, so I can't remember what is new, but... a lot of the episodes were all fairly slow anyway.
For super nerds, there's also a commentary on the epsiode with the Okudas and Snodgrass and also a cut based on the original VHS copy that Snodgrass had that they used for reference in order to make the extended episode (which is very useful for the sake seeing exactly which scenes are new are not).
I do find it interesting that Snodgrass practically disappeared after TNG S3. I guess when Roddenberry was off the show, she left as well (ushering in the Pillar/Taylor/Moore/Braga era).
Sickboy007
Member
BattleMonkey
Member
I have never groaned this hard nor been so full of sorrow.
Star Trek is dead
OMG a trenchcoat, my Star Treks is deads
Rodney McKay
Member
I honestly thought those were some kind of alien species or something until I looked them up, haha.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
lol
I'm a nerd, so I still remember all those names.
Funny enough, other than Espensen, I have no idea who the "hot" science fiction television people are nowadays.
The Elite
BOSS
I have never groaned this hard nor been so full of sorrow.
Star Trek is dead
I was hoping they would take some notes from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Cerebral Assassin
Member
Oh, I didn't see the Gherkin there.
Pity too as the sets looked really $$$ and her makeup/hair was on point.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Does anyone of German GAF know if Enterprise is currently airing somewhere on TV? Tele 5 recently re-ran DS9 so I finally wanted to watch Enterprise in it's entirety too but I can't afford to spend 100 on the DVDs right before Christmas
Sir_Crocodile
Member
The very pricey complete Star Trek : TOS soundtrack is now on sale:
http://www.lalalandrecords.com/STTOS.html
If you were mulling over whether to buy it or not, might want to decide soon, as from forum posts it sounds like it's already sold 3000 of the 6000 limit within a week.
http://www.lalalandrecords.com/STTOS.html
If you were mulling over whether to buy it or not, might want to decide soon, as from forum posts it sounds like it's already sold 3000 of the 6000 limit within a week.
My copy arrived a few minutes ago, and I can't believe I didn't notice the catalog number until I looked at the spines.
LLLCD-1701
That's awesome.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Cool!
Mine hasn't even shipped yet, but I'm guessing the response was far more then they expected
Is it swish?
Mine hasn't even shipped yet, but I'm guessing the response was far more then they expected
Is it swish?
Season 1 and 2 were both pretty weak with the exception of maybe 4 episodes per season. Season 3 onward is when TNG gets good.
TOS is the opposite, season 1 is the best and there are only a few episodes in season 2 and 3 that are good.
DS9 is pretty consistently good, although there are a few more bad episodes in season 1 and 2 than the rest of the seasons.
Voyager is very hit or miss. The two-part episodes were generally good though.
Enterprise season 4 is by far the best (just don't watch the last episode). The rest is pretty throwaway.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Season 2 is a bit better then that, I mean we have
A Matter of Honor
The Measure of a Man
Time Squared
______ Who
Peak Performance
As great episodes, with Measure and Who being candidates for best of the series.
Where Silence Has Lease
Contagion
The Icarus factor
Are also pretty good.
I personally also love "The Royale", though most people seem to hate it
My CD ripper will be very busy for the next few hours. My first impressions are that it's absolutely packed with liner notes. Not only does each of the three season sub-boxes have a big chunk of notes, but there's a whole other ~20 page set of notes between those and the outer box - which made it hard to get the discs out. They really did a lot of work on the set and it shows.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
awesome
hope I get mine before crimbo
hope I get mine before crimbo
Davey Cakes
Member
But I still loved them. ^_^Also S1&2 of DS9 are deathly boring soap opera tripe
Gary Whitta
Member
THE OUTRAGEOUS OKONA!
DrForester
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He's so awesomely outrageous and cool!
Gary Whitta
Member
I was enjoying the episode until Joe Piscopo showed up; I'd totally forgotten about that part. It's all worth it for "Take my Worf, please!" though.
DrForester
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I really would like to know how many comedians they asked before settling on Joe Piscopo.
Escape Goat
Member
He was probably friends with Whoopi.
Gary Whitta
Member
Wasn't he still pretty well-known back then?
Gary Whitta
Member
A Matter of Honor is a close second.
DrForester
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Maybe. I was only 7 when the showed air, and the only thing I can remember seeing Joe Piscapo in other than this was in "Johnny Dangerously" and to his credit he was funny (so was everyone else though).
He'd been on the downward slide for a couple years but yeah, it's not like he was a nobody.
I only ever knew his name because the Simpsons referred to him and his failed post-SNL career a few times around season 3.
I was curious so I checked IMDB. He appeared in the aforementioned Johnny Dangerously with second-billing under Michael Keaton. Then he appeared in Wise Guys with second-billing under Danny DeVito.
Then in 1988 (the same year as the TNG episode) he appeared in Dead Heat, apparently a zombie/cop movie, with second billing under Treat Williams, a man who I've never heard of, but apparently he once had an uncredited role as a Stormtrooper in Empire Strikes Back. And guess who was also in this movie? Robert Picardo! Oh and, Vincent Price too. I have a strange desire to see this movie now.
Boogalogist
Member
I'm really LTTP here...having never watched DS9, and only heard wonderful things about it...I started on DS9...season 1 episode 1 a few months ago.
I watched till the episode where the Ferengis were electing(?) a new head of commerce or something, and Quark found out that the coffers were empty. For some reason, I couldn't find myself to finish that episode. And months have passed, and I still haven't gotten the will to continue on my DS9 quest for completion.
Notes:
- Is Sisko always so wooden?
- Will he continue to be this wooden?
- Any scene with Garruk is awesome
- Haven't really found any character likeable yet, maybe Dax, Bashir and O'Brien
I watched till the episode where the Ferengis were electing(?) a new head of commerce or something, and Quark found out that the coffers were empty. For some reason, I couldn't find myself to finish that episode. And months have passed, and I still haven't gotten the will to continue on my DS9 quest for completion.
Notes:
- Is Sisko always so wooden?
- Will he continue to be this wooden?
- Any scene with Garruk is awesome
- Haven't really found any character likeable yet, maybe Dax, Bashir and O'Brien
I grew up on TNG and Voyager
Escape Goat
Member
Sisko is the most human of the captains I thought. He laughed and joked. he was a family man.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
How can anyone not like O'Brien?
BrokenEchelon
Banned
Keep watching it. You'll appreciate it more when it's all over and you look back on it. At least that's how it was for me. I disliked it a fair bit at first as well and grew up on TNG and VOY also.
Sisko stays wooden though. I mean, yeah he'll show emotion and stuff, but Brooks is nowhere near the actor that Stewart is. Yes, I said it.
He also went batshit insane at some point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECEnj6r6k8 (no show spoilers)
BrokenEchelon
Banned
Early DS9 is uneven (although no more so than mid-TNG) but stick with it and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. I think it's the best of the Star Trek series. Certainly the most ambitious.
Avery Brooks is an acquired taste. If you don't care for him now, you might never, although he loosens up a bit after season 3.