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I genuinely hate those stupid Irish holodeck village episodes, I still can't believe they made two of them
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Nov 5, 2021 20:12
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Grand Fromage posted:There are many kinds of terrible. One kind is just a complete loving bore that you forget in five minutes. Much of Voyager is this. Threshold is the kind of terrible where you want to make everyone you know watch it immediately so they can experience it. It's the good kind of bad. Was about to make this exact post. The bad episodes of Voyager are where they get into some mild peril that's resolved by ten minutes of technobabble script filler and Janeway is condescending to the cardboard cutout antagonists of the episode, Threshold is at least fun in the same way TNG's Conspiracy was Tighclops posted:I genuinely hate those stupid Irish holodeck village episodes, I still can't believe they made two of them oh christ these were the worst too
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Nov 5, 2021 20:19
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i wish we got an episode where the holodeck comes alive and tries to kill the person on it in voyager, but instead of boring rear end sherlock holmes poo poo paris' charger came to life and we got a weird christine ripoff
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Nov 5, 2021 20:22
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Tighclops posted:I genuinely hate those stupid Irish holodeck village episodes, I still can't believe they made two of them It's analogous to Code of Honour to a certain degree. But yes I can't believe these actually escaped whatever poo poo filter exists within most humans. I'm re-watching Enterprise Season 3. Some awful filler but it's reasonably decent overall, except that poor Travis gets to do and say gently caress all². I only watched about 8 episodes total from Seasons 1 and 2 - most of them were loving shite. What's Season 4 like, apart from the finalé?
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Nov 5, 2021 20:34
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Season 4 is mostly multi-part episode arcs and a lot of stuff that connects to TOS. It's somewhat divisive but most people seem to think it's the best season, which I agree with.
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Nov 5, 2021 20:37
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Grand Fromage posted:Season 4 is mostly multi-part episode arcs and a lot of stuff that connects to TOS. It's somewhat divisive but most people seem to think it's the best season, which I agree with. I want to skip the WW2 arc, doesn't seem interesting. The next few OK?
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Nov 5, 2021 20:52
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Riker x Sexy Irish Shrew
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Nov 5, 2021 21:00
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WattsvilleBlues posted:I want to skip the WW2 arc, doesn't seem interesting. The next few OK? The WW2 arc is delightful cheese; skipping it means you don't want to watch Bakula punch out alien Nazis! The rest of the season is pretty solid. After the WW2 two-parter, there's a standalone ep that's really good character stuff, then a three-parter that's good IIRC. Just skip the final episode, "These Are the Voyages..." It shits all over the entire show.
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Nov 5, 2021 21:11
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Tighclops posted:I genuinely hate those stupid Irish holodeck village episodes, I still can't believe they made two of them Wait, there were only two? I thought there were way more, like it was a running side-story for the season or something. Admittedly, I haven't watched Voyager in a long time.
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Nov 5, 2021 21:14
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I'm watching TNG s7 e15 Lower Decks and oh god LaVelle's awkward bar banter attempt with Riker is probably the most uncomfortable I've ever felt watching Trek. edit: Jesus, picard meaner here than he was as Locutus or in Picard Taurek is a good Vulcan, good Vulcan intonation, i dig it. This dude Ben kicks rear end, citizen casually chumming w jr officers and senior alike. Khanstant fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Nov 5, 2021 |
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Nov 5, 2021 21:19
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Veotax posted:Wait, there were only two? I thought there were way more, like it was a running side-story for the season or something. I'm continually surprised by that as well. There's the "delete the wife" episode, which is the first one. And then the "the town becomes self-aware and tries to kill the crew" episode, which is the second and final of the pair. I think people just blur it together with the old timey pub and Janeway's Victorian nanny adventures from early Voyager, so that's why it feels like there's more of them--similar setting and feeling.
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Nov 5, 2021 21:33
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Shyrka posted:House of Quark is a banger though. multijoe posted:Quark getting Gowron and the council reading through financial inventories is an all-time classic scene too Hell yeah that ep rules. Gowron is hilarious, his line delivery on "you have used... money" and "this pathetic little man" and "Quirk" are so perfect. He also gets a super dramatic "mevyap!!!!" in there, really sets the standard for Klingons yelling at people. That ep also sets up Looking for Parmach in All the Wrong Places which might even be better. RDM really knocked it out of the park.
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Nov 5, 2021 21:40
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nine-gear crow posted:I'm continually surprised by that as well. There's the "delete the wife" episode, which is the first one. And then the "the town becomes self-aware and tries to kill the crew" episode, which is the second and final of the pair. I think people just blur it together with the old timey pub and Janeway's Victorian nanny adventures from early Voyager, so that's why it feels like there's more of them--similar setting and feeling.
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Nov 5, 2021 21:41
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Nessus posted:There's also the actual Oirish village from TNG, which probably gets blurred in people's head. If I had five slips of latinum for every time they went for the rustic Irish village, I'd have twenty or twenty-five slips... which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened that often. Which is also not to be confused with the rustic Scottish planet where Bev had such a good time.
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Nov 5, 2021 21:51
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I think it would have really spiced up DS9 if we actually got to see Miles and Julian eating absolute poo poo at the Alamo at least once on screen. They talk about it all the time, but they never actually show it. Gimme A Fist Full Of Datas, only it's O'Brien and Bashir vs. like 50 Dukats at the Alamo on the holodeck.
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Nov 5, 2021 21:55
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Nessus posted:There's also the actual Oirish village from TNG, which probably gets blurred in people's head. If I had five slips of latinum for every time they went for the rustic Irish village, I'd have twenty or twenty-five slips... which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened that often.
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Nov 5, 2021 21:59
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No. Stop showing us things that can never live up to our mind's eye. Do you really want to see Morn speak? What Guinan's deal is? Of course not, you just think you do because you're bored and life is without meaning
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Nov 5, 2021 22:01
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Tighclops posted:No. Stop showing us things that can never live up to our mind's eye. Do you really want to see Morn speak? What Guinan's deal is? Of course not, you just think you do because you're bored and life is without meaning That's cowardice talking. Let's see what's out there.
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Nov 5, 2021 22:08
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gently caress dude, Lower Decks ending with Sito MIA/dead is brutal felt sadder at her eulogy than tasha's
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Nov 5, 2021 22:16
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Tighclops posted:No. Stop showing us things that can never live up to our mind's eye. Do you really want to see Morn speak? What Guinan's deal is? Of course not, you just think you do because you're bored and life is without meaning If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid.
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Nov 5, 2021 22:18
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Space is death and disease wrapped in darkness and silence! Too bad my ex took the whole drat planet in the divorce.
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Nov 5, 2021 22:24
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Khanstant posted:gently caress dude, Lower Decks ending with Sito MIA/dead is brutal what feels particularly perverse about it is that she had zero opportunity to change her fate. She was basically sent to die. But that’s probably what makes the episode feel like more than just empty fluff. And also a reminder that starfleet is the military after all
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Nov 5, 2021 22:26
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nine-gear crow posted:I think it would have really spiced up DS9 if we actually got to see Miles and Julian eating absolute poo poo at the Alamo at least once on screen. They talk about it all the time, but they never actually show it. Gimme A Fist Full Of Datas, only it's O'Brien and Bashir vs. like 50 Dukats at the Alamo on the holodeck. Battle of the Alaimos
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Nov 5, 2021 22:35
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Tighclops posted:No. Stop showing us things that can never live up to our mind's eye. Do you really want to see Morn speak? What Guinan's deal is? Of course not, you just think you do because you're bored and life is without meaning You will never come up against a greater adversary than your own potential.
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Nov 5, 2021 22:35
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Vidiot posted:Battle of the Alaimos I realized what I was courting after I made that post but thought it was gauche to point it out myself, so thank you for that.
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Nov 5, 2021 22:42
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Tighclops posted:No. Stop showing us things that can never live up to our mind's eye. Do you really want to see Morn speak? What Guinan's deal is? Of course not, you just think you do because you're bored and life is without meaning You don't have to keep watching Star Trek if you really don't want to.
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Nov 5, 2021 23:29
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SlothfulCobra posted:You don't have to keep watching Star Trek if you really don't want to. It's like we need a second Legacy Trek containment thread that's just "Legacy Trek, but for people who've been existentially scarred by New Trek and won't shut up about it."
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Nov 5, 2021 23:32
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Nessus posted:There's also the actual Oirish village from TNG, which probably gets blurred in people's head. If I had five slips of latinum for every time they went for the rustic Irish village, I'd have twenty or twenty-five slips... which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened that often. Originally they had planed for a spin off with a starfleet crew stuck in rustic Irish village for the entire run, but Meaney heard about it, and said he would burn down the set and haunt their dreams, if they tried. He would of been right to do do. 
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Nov 5, 2021 23:46
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I’m burning through a few early season TNG episodes and they’re mostly okay but, man, it feels like forever before we got the good PIcard, instead of the one that’s a super annoying taskmaster and barks out single word orders. One more “discuss.” “theorize.” “strategize.” “extrapolate.” Like they had to remind the writers that he can speak in sentences every now and then.
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Nov 6, 2021 01:10
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Picard chills out noticeably over the course of the show. His character develops pretty slowly and it’s rarely like the A plot of an episode is “Picard chills out” but he definitely is colder and more uptight at the start of the show.
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Nov 6, 2021 01:12
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I think it’s mostly because I never really go back to anything before season two except when I’m really desperate for a marathon. Seasons one/two aren’t bad, they’re just 80s campy, and I guess it turns out that Picard’s character is the part of early TNG I dislike the most.
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Nov 6, 2021 01:15
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Martytoof posted:I think it’s mostly because I never really go back to anything before season two except when I’m really desperate for a marathon. Seasons one/two aren’t bad, they’re just 80s campy, and I guess it turns out that Picard’s character is the part of early TNG I dislike the most. Yeah i know what you mean. Piller era is much more rewatchable
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Nov 6, 2021 01:17
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I think early Picard is quite interesting in his own right. That personality certainly fits better with a lot of his very naval, upper class and austere hobbies.
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Nov 6, 2021 01:22
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But later Picard toots a flute.
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Nov 6, 2021 01:26
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Xibanya posted:what feels particularly perverse about it is that she had zero opportunity to change her fate. She was basically sent to die. But that’s probably what makes the episode feel like more than just empty fluff. And also a reminder that starfleet is the military after all One thing that stings is that as far as her friends knew, the last interaction she had with Picard was him straight dissing her. We know it was a test and he compliments her character over the intercom -- but like, he's the captain. It would be super lovely to dump on her regardless of his feelings and if I were one of her friends, ultimately in the dark, like, I'd probably lose some respect for Picard.
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Nov 6, 2021 01:47
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Martytoof posted:But later Picard toots a flute. He also smooshes the cooch 
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Nov 6, 2021 01:49
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The one saving grace about Voyager’s Irish village episodes is that Garrett Wang was convinced not to do an embarrassing cod Oirish accent as he wanted to.
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Nov 6, 2021 01:50
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Zaroff posted:The one saving grace about Voyager’s Irish village episodes is that Garrett Wang was convinced not to do an embarrassing cod Oirish accent as he wanted to. Sounds like an improvement
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Nov 6, 2021 01:51
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That test is very out of character for late Picard, and honestly following it with praise and then a suicide mission feels really brainwashy/abusive. That said, that ensign is a hard as nails Bajoran with a Klingon for a role model; she knew what she was doing. thotsky fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Nov 6, 2021 |
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Nov 6, 2021 01:59
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Picard had it in for the bajoran girls. He got Sito killed or gulag’ed and he basically runs Ro out of Starfleet.
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Nov 6, 2021 02:05
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