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WickedHate posted:Posting in one Star Trek thread should be grounds for institutionalization. You bet I'm agitated!
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Baronjutter posted:Hi TVIV star trek thread, I thought there was only the one trek thread in GBS. Am I allowed to post in both? I like startrek enough to post in 2 threads about it.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 02:06 |
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Baronjutter posted:Hi TVIV star trek thread, I thought there was only the one trek thread in GBS. Am I allowed to post in both? I like startrek enough to post in 2 threads about it. Don't worry the Mod Warbirds have been lax in punishing violations of the neutral zone, perhaps the unification movement has been gaining ground, or a slave rebellion in anime sub forum.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 02:09 |
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"On the Klingon homeworld, your name is not mentioned." So? Do world leaders routinely shout off names of all the major houses at meetings or something?
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 02:24 |
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Cojawfee posted:"On the Klingon homeworld, your name is not mentioned." It's the traditional roll call before the national anthem.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 02:30 |
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Cojawfee posted:"On the Klingon homeworld, your name is not mentioned." "SOUTH KETHA WASSUP!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crdao-yNAIA
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 02:57 |
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Baronjutter posted:Hi TVIV star trek thread, I thought there was only the one trek thread in GBS. Am I allowed to post in both? I like startrek enough to post in 2 threads about it. The end goal is the occupy all posts in space in every Trek thread at once; goon factor 10
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 03:56 |
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More fan films news...Star Trek Continues is premiering their next episode in September, as CBS did say anyone who was in production on an episode could finish it. They had planned 6 more, but are being cagey as to whether or not they willl do them. Seems unlikely. New Voyages/Phase II is done. Cawley said he has "quit making films" but in a surprising move, CBS has given him one bone: StarTrek.com is promoting a set tour of his sets which are now under official license by CBS. http://www.startrek.com/article/the-original-series-set-tour-to-open quote:If you ever wanted to experience what it would be like to visit the set of Star Trek: The Original Series, now is your chance. Star Trek super-fan James Cawley is honoring the 50th anniversary of the iconic franchise with the opening of his meticulously designed TOS set tour. Located in historic Ticonderoga, New York, and under license by CBS Consumer Products, the set tour brings memories to life by allowing fans to boldly go and tour the sets of the legendary Starship Enterprise. "Sauce for the goose, Mr. Saavik."--it certainly sticks it to Axanar, and shows what happens when you play nice. They are also letting him charge for the tours, so he is actually making money off Star Trek--legally! (and I'm sure CBS gets a cut of course) He can use the money to keep the sets and pay for the building rent/mortgage and power, etc...and I suppose recoup some of his personal costs. It also looks like the deal is he doesn't promote fan films anymore, and he is not allowing any fan films to shoot on the sets ever again.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 07:34 |
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:I've been posting in both for ages, mods haven't caught on yet
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 07:58 |
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After The War posted:
It always bothered me, if these two are Starfleet, why aren't they in uniform?
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 09:26 |
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The_Doctor posted:It always bothered me, if these two are Starfleet, why aren't they in uniform? They didn't have time to change.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 09:35 |
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The_Doctor posted:It always bothered me, if these two are Starfleet, why aren't they in uniform? It's like cops vs police detectives. They're too cool for uniforms.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 10:56 |
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They should have worn the FC uniforms, just to give the impression they're not in sync with the regular timeline.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 11:44 |
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The_Doctor posted:It always bothered me, if these two are Starfleet, why aren't they in uniform? Maybe they are Starfleet civilians.
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Astroman posted:More fan films news...Star Trek Continues is premiering their next episode in September, as CBS did say anyone who was in production on an episode could finish it. They had planned 6 more, but are being cagey as to whether or not they willl do them. Seems unlikely. Holy poo poo, a copy of the blueprints from Theiss? God drat. I'd love to see it, too bad it's on the opposite side of the country from me.
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The_Doctor posted:It always bothered me, if these two are Starfleet, why aren't they in uniform? I don't think they are Starfleet - they're probably a separate Federation agency, and Memory Alpha lists them as such. Which makes sense, you'd want people who were independent from Starfleet culture and traditions to investigate all the times they gently caress up causality by slamming on the brakes or set their clocks for daylight savings.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 15:45 |
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I don't see what the big deal is. I did a slingshot around the sun to go back in time to 1969 to check out the first moon landing. Calm down.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 15:56 |
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Those are Federation time cops basically. They are not part of Starfleet.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 16:07 |
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I almost ended up working on Phase II/New Voyages doing some G&E work but they moved the scene they were gonna shoot in LA back to the East Coast to it didn't work out. And I know that Cawley has been really cool about CBS/Paramount so he's definitely trying to stay in the clear with them.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 17:07 |
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:Holy poo poo, a copy of the blueprints from Theiss? God drat. Theiss and Cawley became really close friends. I believe a number of other pieces -- fabric swatches / uniform patterns and some other things -- were actually gifted to Cawley in Theiss's will.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 18:59 |
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Okay, so I wrote up a Star Trek episode guide for myself and others, cutting down ones that aren't needed. So I'm leaving good episodes, ones needed for continuity, or ones that are just noteworthy or imfamous like Spock's Brain or Threshhold. I'm less familiar with VOY and ENT, so I shamelessly stole them from guides on reddit and cut out the ones that weren't deemed required or at all good. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E-94j3l56UtoTVtc8sRW5vlqsXciDfcFlfvfJVsAW80/edit Because I don't want to watch every episode of Voyager, I'm using this to determine which to watch. Life is too short to watch every episode of Voyager. You know who told me I should watch all of Voyager? Aatrek did. He raped children. So I'm almost done with Voyager, and God, this show is a slog. Even a lot of the episodes they consider "good" just loving blow. I'm like 3/4 through Workforce and I'm not even gonna finish this one because I just don't freaking care. Maybe I should just watch Neelix get the gently caress off the boat, then watch Endgame and call it a day. Then watch Enterprise. I'm going to be moving in with a new roommate who is interested in checked out Star Trek, so I plan on showing him some choice TOS episodes, TNG and eventually DS9. It'll be nice to watch some good Star Trek again.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 19:55 |
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Workforce is the two-parter least deserving to be a two-parter in the history of the franchise, I can't believe that anyone recommended it.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 20:10 |
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Mind you, I extrapolated this list from a reddit user who actually liked Voyager, so I'd imagine he's slightly retarded, especially going off his episode descriptions. If you see anything that can be stricken off my list, please say so because I want to trim some of the fat off.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 20:14 |
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I feel like you need another column for "Actively Avoid" because a "No" on Essential doesn't adequately prepare one for the horribleness of episodes like Cost of Living or Profit and Lace. "Eh, it says non-essential, but let me watch this one anywa-"
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Firebert posted:Workforce is the two-parter least deserving to be a two-parter in the history of the franchise, I can't believe that anyone recommended it. Workforce isn't good but I hesitate to call it poo poo. It's...unnecessary? It's 2 hours of why should I give a poo poo about this.
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WampaLord posted:I feel like you need another column for "Actively Avoid" because a "No" on Essential doesn't adequately prepare one for the horribleness of episodes like Cost of Living or Profit and Lace. But "Cost of Living" ends with that great line from Worf!
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 20:38 |
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CPColin posted:But "Cost of Living" ends with that great line from Worf! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmte4b1YY20
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 20:41 |
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It's a new thread and it's suddenly topical so I'm going to take the chance to plug the episode of my podcast where we had a Trek author on to talk about the essential episodes of the franchise. UD127: The Essential Star Trek
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 20:42 |
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Profit and lace is where quark becomes a woman to seduce some old company owner right? I thought it was kinda cute and my wife really enjoyed it.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 20:45 |
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TOS: S2, E4: "Mirror, Mirror" I hate the mirror universe episodes of DS9. I like most of the Ferengi episodes (basically all of them except "Profit and Lace"). I like the Klingon episodes (because Kurzon Dax is the best Dax). I even like the holodeck episodes (the Bashir-as-James Bond episode rules; come at me nerds). But the MU episodes are all hot garbage. So I braced for the worst here. But this episode was actually alright. I won't say it's as good as season one at its best, but it kept me entertained. Spock's logic and unique brand of morality being the blind spot of the MU was a nice touch, and it was good to know that Kirk and Spock's bromance spans universes. That said, maybe this explains some of the bullshit going on in DS9's MU. By then, the Terran Empire was at least a century past its prime, so maybe everything went from serious, scary fascism like in TOS, to dumbasses strutting around in leather pants and fake lesbians as far as the eye can see. My point is that I could see how some of the ideas about any society could get hosed up over time, and space fascism is no different. None of this is going to get me to watch any of the DS9 MU episode ever again, but whatever. I like how Farscape did space fascism better anyway.
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Timby posted:Theiss and Cawley became really close friends. I believe a number of other pieces -- fabric swatches / uniform patterns and some other things -- were actually gifted to Cawley in Theiss's will. Awww, that's so rad. EDIT: Oh hey here's a CNN article about it from January 'Star Trek' show made by fans is a hit quote:Ticonderoga, New York (CNN)The beginnings of "Star Trek: New Voyages" can be traced to 1985, when James Cawley was a teenager. A big "Star Trek" fan, Cawley wanted an authentic uniform, so he decided to try to get one made by the costume designer from the original 1960's show. Farmer Crack-Ass fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Jul 15, 2016 |
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Railing Kill posted:I like how Farscape did space fascism better anyway. ...I read this as space fashion and still agree
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 20:59 |
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Firebert posted:...I read this as space fashion and still agree Both can be true. The space fascists in Farscape by no means have a monopoly on leather pants. Or vests. Or shirts. Or jackets. Probably socks, too.
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Railing Kill posted:TOS: S2, E4: "Mirror, Mirror" Well actually in DS9 the Terran Empire collapsed because Spock's reforms made them less brutal and murderous, the DS9 mirror universe is ruled by the Klingon-Cardassian-Bajoran alliance, so the comic pantomime villainy is a little more understandable. I still find myself skipping most of the later MU episodes though. I'm glad TNG and Voyager never bothered with them.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 21:04 |
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Farscape is a the best anti-star-trek show ever.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 21:14 |
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Gammatron 64 posted:Okay, so I wrote up a Star Trek episode guide for myself and others, cutting down ones that aren't needed. So I'm leaving good episodes, ones needed for continuity, or ones that are just noteworthy or imfamous like Spock's Brain or Threshhold. I'm on a Voyager watchthrough right now. Here's a guide up to where I'm at.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 21:45 |
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Met posted:I'm on a Voyager watchthrough right now. Here's a guide up to where I'm at. Good poo poo. Unfortunately I'm almost done but when you finish, this'll be useful in the future.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 21:49 |
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Gammatron 64 posted:Good poo poo. Unfortunately I'm almost done but when you finish, this'll be useful in the future. Maybe I will. Anything to make this rewatch more entertaining.
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 21:58 |
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Burning_Monk posted:Farscape is a the best anti-star-trek show ever. I don't consider it anti-trek. It's very TOS and pays a lot of homage to the series. Farscape is basically..."imagine Voyager if the writers and producers knew or cared what they were doing".
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# ? Jul 15, 2016 22:06 |
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On our recent DS9 watch me and my wife both agreed that the first mirror universe episode was fine as a one off, but they became bad and stale super quick. Ferengi episodes are all good, profit and lace is tolerable, mirror universe are all really bad beyond the first one. DS9 holodeck episodes are good and baseball episode is real good, it actually got my wife interested in baseball and now we go to local games. Startrek: getting nerds interested in sports.
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