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The costume and makeup updates to DS9 season 7 are pretty stark. Odo looks loving weird, like there's an extra layer of putty on his face. Rom's headskirt had a ton of flair and was practically enveloping his ears. And Dax is barely recognizable. I approve of Kira's haircut though.
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Senor Tron posted:Are you on a first watch through? Because if so without giving any spoilers there is later a great callback to this episode. It is yes, but don't worry about spoilers. Show's 30+ years old, I've only got myself to blame and I don't want people dancing around me not freely able to discuss it. MuddyFunster fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Aug 5, 2023 |
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Alright the baseball episode was better than I thought it was going to be. The Vulcans were pretty loving racist though.
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Atlas Hugged posted:And Dax is barely recognizable. 
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MuddyFunster posted:The Bonding is alright by me. Feels like another thematic follow on from Survivors, the alien species of the week offering the young lad Jeremy (ROBOCOP 2 KID) his own little fantasy world where he can live with his recently dearly departed mum. Very low key, but thoughtful, engaging and all the Wesley stuff is good, especially the scene with Beverly. The moment where he confesses that he can barely remember his dad's face, while she, holding back tears, tells him she sometimes remembers all too well, LOVELY. Likewise, the scene of Data and Riker where they're discussing crew deaths, Tasha's in particular. It's emotional, but never really tips the line into wailing melodrama. A hushed, mournful little ep. I like this episode, Wil Wheaton gets some good stuff to work with here. It's pretty realistic how Wesley gets volunteered to talk to the kid and initially doesn't want to get involved because it means dragging up painful memories of his dad.
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It is very interesting how a running back to back theme of Survivors/Watchers/Bonding is grief, people/godlike beings dealing with loss of loved ones and wanting them back in some way. All three of them feel very heartfelt. The stuff with Wheaton and McFadden is brilliant, because he's struggling and resistant to what he's been asked to do, she's clearly overcome and failing to cover it up with a smile. It's fantastic acting from both of them.
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Tunicate posted:It's not a big spoiler, a later voyager episode mentions that on their ship the holodeck has a totally separate power supply incompatible with the rest of the ship, which is almost certainly because they designed the Voyager class a few years later, and Geordi complained about having his holoddeck power limited by thr ship's power supply in this episode. Very goony of Starfleet to both have enough porn to need a separate power source for it, and to protect their porn with a redundant power source. Can't have Ensign Redshirt's Klingon BDSM program to go dark in the middle of a pitched battle. Priorities.
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MuddyFunster posted:The Bonding is alright by me. Feels like another thematic follow on from Survivors, the alien species of the week offering the young lad Jeremy (ROBOCOP 2 KID) his own little fantasy world where he can live with his recently dearly departed mum. Very low key, but thoughtful, engaging and all the Wesley stuff is good, especially the scene with Beverly. The moment where he confesses that he can barely remember his dad's face, while she, holding back tears, tells him she sometimes remembers all too well, LOVELY. Likewise, the scene of Data and Riker where they're discussing crew deaths, Tasha's in particular. It's emotional, but never really tips the line into wailing melodrama. A hushed, mournful little ep. I have a soft spot for The Bonding because of my own life, losing a parent early in life. Picard softening and telling Jeremey that he will never be alone and that he has family on the Enterprise to help is an amazing little line for a scared kid. I also like Worf and Troi's conversation at the start of the episode about how frustrating it is that random death took out someone and Worf has no way to direct his anger feels very real.
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I just read an article about the audiobook/reprinting of Andrew Robinson's Trek novel. I might pick it up, and I'm in the mindset for some good, light-ish sci fi. I haven't read any Trek novels though, so can the thread recommend some besides "A Stitch in Time?" (Because I'm already going to get that one). Looking for top 5 or 10 lists because I trust the opinion of goons ITT more than randos on the internet, especially about nerd poo poo.
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Railing Kill posted:I just read an article about the audiobook/reprinting of Andrew Robinson's Trek novel. I might pick it up, and I'm in the mindset for some good, light-ish sci fi. I haven't read any Trek novels though, so can the thread recommend some besides "A Stitch in Time?" (Because I'm already going to get that one). Looking for top 5 or 10 lists because I trust the opinion of goons ITT more than randos on the internet, especially about nerd poo poo. disaster pastor posted:Basically anything Diane Duane wrote, Q-Squared, the Vanguard miniseries, the TOS Mere Anarchy novellas and the DS9 relaunch novels (from "A Stitch in Time" and "Avatar" until it stops keeping your interest, but "The Never-Ending Sacrifice" at the end is quite good, as is everything else Una McCormick wrote about Cardassians) are the ones I generally think almost all Trek fans will find more to like than to dislike.
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Mooseontheloose posted:I have a soft spot for The Bonding because of my own life, losing a parent early in life. Picard softening and telling Jeremey that he will never be alone and that he has family on the Enterprise to help is an amazing little line for a scared kid. I also like Worf and Troi's conversation at the start of the episode about how frustrating it is that random death took out someone and Worf has no way to direct his anger feels very real. I'm so sad that we never got to see Worf and his three completely different brothers together. Imagine Jeremy hanging out with Kurn! Such a missed opportunity. The other missed opportunity is that we never got someone telling Picard that he's full of poo poo when he insists he's not good with children.
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If you have a kindle, Amazon has several Trek novels available. Here are the Diane Duane ones, if this link works: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=diane+du...d1H8CJYZxeCZjzE
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MrMojok posted:If you have a kindle, Amazon has several Trek novels available. And if it interests anyone, had ENT gotten its fifth season those Rihannsu books would have been used as a basis for the Romulan society that would have been the overall theme. They are pretty much as near to canon as anything can be without being one.
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Why is 24th century bed and pillow technology so bad? Every time we see characters sleeping it looks like the most uncomfortable thing.
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Lord Hydronium posted:Why is 24th century bed and pillow technology so bad? Every time we see characters sleeping it looks like the most uncomfortable thing. What? I love resting my head on a triangular seat cushion, and sleep under my glitter curtain.
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You're be uncomfortable using pre-loved sex furniture too
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Minbari beds.
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Lord Hydronium posted:Why is 24th century bed and pillow technology so bad? Every time we see characters sleeping it looks like the most uncomfortable thing. You don't need good pillows and mattresses when you can turn down the gravity. Zero-G sleeping is supposed to be crazy comfy.
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More Geordie focus in The Enemy. This time he's not acting like a saddo, he's resourcefully surviving on a (pretty excellently realised) miserable, stormy planet where of course he can't just be beamed up for... Reasons. I forget. Magnetic polarity or neutron flows or something. Anyway, he's got to get back to the Enterprise with his new Romulan chum in tow. Meanwhile, Picard's up in space, having a stand off with a Romulan commander. Giant shoulderpads and smug gittiness as usual. Elsewhere, Worf won't give blood for a good cause in a plotline that kinda fizzles. But regardless, good stuff! Again with the tension, the ticking clock of possible war and survival against the odds. Has to be said, Patrick Stewart is IN THE ZONE by season 3. His stiff, clear discomfort is gone, he's playing authoritative, wise, a canny diplomat, all so well. Funny how everybody is speaking of glittery pillows, since here's the first stumbling block of the season, The Price. A dire Troi romance story that has heavy heavy Mills & Boon paperback artwork vibes. She and faintly creepy, personal space invading Sexy Bad Boy fella having a pretty sudden whirlwind relationship that boils down to lots of breathy snogging and hair fondling and foot rubbing and it's about as a romantic as a colonoscopy. Then there's the whole mirror room lycra workout sesh with Beverly, Jeeeeesus it makes total sense that this is THAT episode. There's a wormhole, scene after scene of boring bargaining for the wormhole, the Ferengi continue to loving suck, I was pretty zoned out. If there's any bright spot, it's Troi's hard brush off for Sexy Bad Boy (I'm not learning his name) at the end when he pulls the "I know I'm a Sexy Bad Boy, but you could be my conscience!" bullshit. That said, it's far too much of a slog to get to that point. Toss it in the bin. Oh well, seven episodes of pretty uniform quality before I hit a duffer, hope the next one gets it together.
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MuddyFunster posted:More Geordie focus in The Enemy. This time he's not acting like a saddo, he's resourcefully surviving on a (pretty excellently realised) miserable, stormy planet where of course he can't just be beamed up for... Reasons. I forget. Magnetic polarity or neutron flows or something. Anyway, he's got to get back to the Enterprise with his new Romulan chum in tow. Meanwhile, Picard's up in space, having a stand off with a Romulan commander. Giant shoulderpads and smug gittiness as usual. Elsewhere, Worf won't give blood for a good cause in a plotline that kinda fizzles. But regardless, good stuff! Again with the tension, the ticking clock of possible war and survival against the odds. Has to be said, Patrick Stewart is IN THE ZONE by season 3. His stiff, clear discomfort is gone, he's playing authoritative, wise, a canny diplomat, all so well. Sexy Sad Boy’s name is Lloyd Braun
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The ferengi who get lost in the Delta Quadrant in The Price later show up in a Voyager episode.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Sexy Sad Boy’s name is Lloyd Braun OK so you know Benny Russell was in the crazy house dreaming about the Sisko? And Lloyd Braun spent some time in a mental heath facility? Do you see where I'm going here?
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Sash! posted:OK so you know Benny Russell was in the crazy house dreaming about the Sisko? And Lloyd Braun spent some time in a mental heath facility? Do you see where I'm going here? - That was your First Officer? - Yeah but he doesn’t usually wear a beard. - That man had a beard. - Don’t you see? He was doing it to fool Lloyd Braun!
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Serenity now... TNG later
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McSpanky posted:Serenity now... TNG later No you watch Firefly first, then Serenity.
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Or skip both and watch something good, like TNG, instead
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Nuts to you losers, get Blake's 7 on, be a REAL MAN.Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Sexy Sad Boy’s name is Lloyd Braun I am mortified I didn't twig this, but it does explain my immediate dislike of him.
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Atlas Hugged posted:Alright the baseball episode was better than I thought it was going to be. Vulcan. Singular! The rest of the crew were quite happy to play baseball and drink with the Niners after the game.
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Watching "Lessons" and man, Picard really has a type, doesn't he.
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Lord Hydronium posted:Why is 24th century bed and pillow technology so bad? Every time we see characters sleeping it looks like the most uncomfortable thing. Easy answer: Thinner props are easier to make and look more right for fitting into sparse ship quarters. I think maybe there might be the idea that maybe future technology will figure out a way to make fabrics comfy with just thinner material. The same kind of technology that you could imagine facilitating Roddenberry's early TNG idea of skintight form-fitting outfits that somehow aren't a total pain in the rear end.
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I don't think anybody has mentioned it, but the "A Stitch in Time" audio book narrated by Andrew J. Robinson is out.
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In the first few seasons of DS9, the Cardassian Beds are a running joke, but I never understood why they couldn't just put more comfortable beds in. It seems trivial.
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Atlas Hugged posted:In the first few seasons of DS9, the Cardassian Beds are a running joke, but I never understood why they couldn't just put more comfortable beds in. It seems trivial. Adjusting the beds is seen as a sign of disloyalty to the State! ATTENTION BAJORAN WORKERS
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NuTrek, but Voyager related. Prodigy S2 spoilers from the sneak peak at season 2 that just came out, although the show is still cancelled and season 2 is still complete but won't air unless the producers can figure something out. Here's the full clip. USS Voyager-A. Lamarr class special science vessel, named for Hedy Lamarr. Cutting edge design containing all the shiny new tech Voyager brought back from the Delta Quadrant. 29 decks and 800 crew, so basically very nearly a pure science Sovereign.      To be commanded by Admiral Janeway on the mission to penetrate the Solum temporal wormhole and rescue Captain Chakotay. Also, another familiar crewmember is coming along:  Prodigy just being a sneaky way to do a Voyager seasons 8 and 9 is getting pretty transparent at this point. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 10:09 on Aug 6, 2023 |
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*throws bottle of Blood Wine at the wall, shattering it* GODDAMNIT, PARAMOUNT
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It’s tough to tell, but it really does look like the back half of a Sovereign glued to the front half of an Intrepid, which… honestly isn’t too bad.
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What the gently caress is up with all of these Vic Fontaine episodes?
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Atlas Hugged posted:What the gently caress is up with all of these Vic Fontaine episodes? be extremely careful with your next sentence
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