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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #35 on: September 16, 2016, 04:53:52 AM »
The one were the Enterprise evolves and thinks it's a train.

Ugh. Every time I was scrolling thru the TNG eps and it came to that one - the synopsis made it sound awesome - then i'd start the ep and be like ::) oh bollocks it's THIS one....

I hate holodeck episodes. They're largely a hugely missed opportunity.

You have the chance to create a realm where literally anything is possible. The rules of physics or euclidian geometry don't apply.

Yet you use it to put a guy in a suit of armor on a train.


Voyager was no better. Every holodeck episode was in Sandrines or Da Vinci's workshop.

No imagination AT ALL.


Yeah.  I love the way all Star Trek episodes involving Time Travel*, The Holodeck or any Art or Culture ALWAYS come from our history - makes you think how barren/dull the 21st and 22nd century must have been!

*Aside from First Contact.

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« Reply #36 on: September 16, 2016, 07:33:02 AM »
I caught pt. 2 of "Time's Arrow".  Definitely not as good as pt. 1, but not as bad as some of you guys are making out. 

Yes, there were a few cringe moments.

Also caught pt. 1 of "Chain of Command".
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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #37 on: September 16, 2016, 08:59:54 AM »
The one were the Enterprise evolves and thinks it's a train.

Ugh. Every time I was scrolling thru the TNG eps and it came to that one - the synopsis made it sound awesome - then i'd start the ep and be like ::) oh bollocks it's THIS one....

I hate holodeck episodes. They're largely a hugely missed opportunity.

You have the chance to create a realm where literally anything is possible. The rules of physics or euclidian geometry don't apply.

Yet you use it to put a guy in a suit of armor on a train.


Voyager was no better. Every holodeck episode was in Sandrines or Da Vinci's workshop.

No imagination AT ALL.


Yeah.  I love the way all Star Trek episodes involving Time Travel*, The Holodeck or any Art or Culture ALWAYS come from our history - makes you think how barren/dull the 21st and 22nd century must have been!

*Aside from First Contact.
After Hours (Cracked) did a whole episode about that. Even the music comes from our time period because they're all lifeless and soulless.
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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #38 on: September 16, 2016, 10:05:07 AM »
Hey - there's a holodeck on this ship !

We can literally re-create any alien world or time period in the galaxy!!

:o OMFG where shall we go ?

:o Earth 1945. Some shitty bar ?

:o OMFG do it

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« Reply #39 on: September 19, 2016, 02:40:03 AM »
Its interesting to knwo Jazz Bars and detective fiction seem more popular in 24 century than they are currently.

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« Reply #40 on: September 19, 2016, 03:54:16 AM »
Yeah.  I love the way all Star Trek episodes involving Time Travel*, The Holodeck or any Art or Culture ALWAYS come from our history - makes you think how barren/dull the 21st and 22nd century must have been!

*Aside from First Contact.

Speaking of this, does anyone know the name of the TOS episode where the Enterprise crew goes back to the Wild West? It's one that I remember from childhood, and I'd like to give it another watch for a laugh..

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« Reply #41 on: September 19, 2016, 04:12:57 AM »
It's not time travel, but probably Spectre of The Gun.
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« Reply #42 on: September 19, 2016, 04:13:23 AM »
Yeah.  I love the way all Star Trek episodes involving Time Travel*, The Holodeck or any Art or Culture ALWAYS come from our history - makes you think how barren/dull the 21st and 22nd century must have been!

*Aside from First Contact.

Speaking of this, does anyone know the name of the TOS episode where the Enterprise crew goes back to the Wild West? It's one that I remember from childhood, and I'd like to give it another watch for a laugh..

That's The Spectre of the Gun.  One of the more enjoyable episodes from the mostly lame 3rd and final series.

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« Reply #43 on: September 19, 2016, 04:17:15 AM »
Cheers guys - I'll give that a watch later on!  :tup

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« Reply #44 on: September 19, 2016, 02:14:14 PM »
OK, I caught "Chain of Command" Pt. 2, and followed it up with "Ship in a Bottle" (which I enjoyed immensely), and "Birthright" Pts. 1 & 2 and "The Chase" and finally "Rightful Heir."

I am close to the end of Season 6, and I'm going to watch both parts of "Descent" no matter what anyone says lol
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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #45 on: September 19, 2016, 02:15:25 PM »
Descent isn't terrible.


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« Reply #46 on: September 19, 2016, 02:18:38 PM »
Descent is decent.

No, it's pretty bad. Maybe it's just the 2nd half being awful, but the entire premise was just really bad. Lore was such a waste of a potentially great character, and it really helped neuter the Borg.
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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #47 on: September 19, 2016, 02:19:21 PM »
It was really not good whenever Spiner played any character that wasn't Data.


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« Reply #48 on: September 19, 2016, 02:23:38 PM »


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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #49 on: September 19, 2016, 02:26:56 PM »
Masks is a terrible episode for exposing Brent's limited abilities.

He's one of those people that thinks he's really funny but he just isn't. At all.

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« Reply #50 on: September 19, 2016, 02:46:00 PM »
Masks is a terrible episode for exposing Brent's limited abilities.

He's one of those people that thinks he's really funny but he just isn't. At all.

In ST? Sure. But he was god damn hilarious in Out to Sea.
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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #51 on: September 20, 2016, 03:08:10 AM »
Reading all the hate sometimes makes me wonder if this is truly a thread for Star Trek fans.
Then I remind myself that this is DTF and dispensing hate on what you like is the way to go. :biggrin:

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« Reply #52 on: September 20, 2016, 04:52:23 AM »
Making my way through the first season right now of TOS. I'm really enjoying it so far. Finished up "The Conscience Of The King" last night. I can't believe how much I'm getting into TOS because I could never get through it before.

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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #53 on: September 20, 2016, 05:08:52 AM »
Making my way through the first season right now of TOS. I'm really enjoying it so far. Finished up "The Conscience Of The King" last night. I can't believe how much I'm getting into TOS because I could never get through it before.

I'd say the part you've watched is overall pretty weak, but from here on out, the rest of S1 is absolute classic. S2 as well. S3 isn't as strong, but I don't think it's that disproportionate with the rest as many do.
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« Reply #54 on: September 20, 2016, 09:14:19 AM »
I caught pt. 1 of "Descent".  It was...OK.
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« Reply #55 on: September 20, 2016, 02:02:06 PM »

Speaking of this, does anyone know the name of the TOS episode where the Enterprise crew goes back to the Wild West? It's one that I remember from childhood, and I'd like to give it another watch for a laugh..

That's The Spectre of the Gun.  One of the more enjoyable episodes from the mostly lame 3rd and final series.

Ha ha. Just finished watching this. More than a little bit silly, but a great blast from the past. The famous Kirk drop kick was a highlight. :tup


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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #56 on: September 20, 2016, 02:05:14 PM »
Doesn't Cap do that movie in Civil War ?

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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #57 on: September 20, 2016, 02:07:43 PM »

If I was named Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi - i'd change my name too :rollin

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« Reply #58 on: September 21, 2016, 01:11:55 AM »

If I was named Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi - i'd change my name too :rollin

The only cast member of Star Trek I've met.  Seemed like a nice guy.

So for shit and giggles recast the Next Generation for the Kelvin universe.

For Starters...

Picard : Mark Strong.
Dr Crusher : Bryce Dallas Howard.
Data : Alan Tudyk.
Worf : The Rock.



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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #59 on: September 21, 2016, 01:20:18 AM »
Ensign, what's the shield frequency of the Ferengi ship?
The frequency is seve.....
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE SHIELD FREQUENCY IS! I'm gonna take this photon torpedo, turn it sideways and fire it so far up their Ferengi candy-asses that they'll be able to use the giant cavity to store all of their gold pressed latinum. IF YOU SMEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLELELELELELELELELLLLL WHAT THE WORF. IS. COOKING.

Yeah............. no. :lol
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« Reply #60 on: September 21, 2016, 01:30:29 AM »
Ensign, what's the shield frequency of the Ferengi ship?
The frequency is seve.....
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE SHIELD FREQUENCY IS! I'm gonna take this photon torpedo, turn it sideways and fire it so far up their Ferengi candy-asses that they'll be able to use the giant cavity to store all of their gold pressed latinum. IF YOU SMEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLELELELELELELELELLLLL WHAT THE WORF. IS. COOKING.

Yeah............. no. :lol

You really wouldn't watch an episode where Wesley annoys Worf and gets hit by the Peoples Elbow? 

Also Nic Cage as Q doing his batshit mental thing.

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« Reply #61 on: September 21, 2016, 03:23:03 AM »
Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid playing the role of Riker.

Why?

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« Reply #62 on: September 21, 2016, 08:22:28 AM »
I caught Pt. 2 of "Descent".

Well, that was something.
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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #63 on: September 21, 2016, 11:47:32 AM »
Is this really the 9th Star Trek thread, or is someone just... you know

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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #64 on: September 21, 2016, 12:42:14 PM »
Deep Space 9.

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« Reply #65 on: September 21, 2016, 12:54:28 PM »
Someone is Deep Space 9?

That's rather surreal.

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Re: Star Trek: Thread Space 9
« Reply #66 on: September 22, 2016, 02:34:26 PM »
Unimatrix Zero Part 2.

And Season 7 begins.

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« Reply #67 on: September 22, 2016, 02:35:51 PM »
I think I will skip straight ahead to "All Good Things".
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« Reply #68 on: September 22, 2016, 10:51:27 PM »
I think I will skip straight ahead to "All Good Things".
Despite what some people may say, there is some good stuff in season 7. I like the Gambit two parter, Parallels, The Pegasus, and Lower Decks are all legitimately great episodes, Genesis is dumb, bonkers silliness but I still kinda enjoy it, and I also remember liking Preemptive Strike a lot, but I don't know if it was because the episode was actually good or if it was just that Michelle Forbes was in it.

But, yeah, there're also quite a few bad episodes in season 7. At the very least skip Masks (gimmicky), Sub Rosa (just... bad), Emergence (just about the most boring holodeck episode ever), and maybe Liaisons (just a dumb episode). Interface is also almost universally reviled but I think it's just passably dull and not offensively like the above episodes or much of season one.

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« Reply #69 on: September 22, 2016, 10:53:33 PM »
I think I will skip straight ahead to "All Good Things".
Despite what some people may say, there is some good stuff in season 7. I like the Gambit two parter, Parallels, The Pegasus, and Lower Decks are all legitimately great episodes, Genesis is dumb, bonkers silliness but I still kinda enjoy it, and I also remember liking Preemptive Strike a lot, but I don't know if it was because the episode was actually good or if it was just that Michelle Forbes was in it.

But, yeah, there're also quite a few bad episodes in season 7. At the very least skip Masks (gimmicky), Sub Rosa (just... bad), Emergence (just about the most boring holodeck episode ever), and maybe Liaisons (just a dumb episode). Interface is also almost universally reviled but I think it's just passably dull and not offensively like the above episodes or much of season one.


Masks and Interface are REALLY bad episodes, but neither of them can hold a candle to Sub Rosa.
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