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Post by megamaramon on Jun 28, 2015 19:59:55 GMT -5
We are covering Star Trek in July and August! We're excited to be talking about this rich universe, and it seems like a lot of our listeners are as well. Share your thoughts on the Star Trek shows and movies!
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Post by Huw on Jun 29, 2015 0:57:06 GMT -5
I think most of the show should be taken up by this classic Trek inspired song: youtu.be/FCARADb9asE |
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Post by angelcakes83 on Jul 2, 2015 13:48:30 GMT -5
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Post by livingtribunal06 on Jul 6, 2015 15:47:32 GMT -5
Hi Mara, to be fair time travel and alternate reality stories are my favorite. I know you don't want original series, but I will include in case Bob can talk you into it.
Original series season 1 (Tomorrow is Yesterday ep20, The Devil in the Dark ep26, **The City on the Edge of Forever ep29 ** favorite,) season 2 ("Mirror, Mirror" ep4, "The Trouble with Tribbles" ep15)
The Next Generation Season 1 ("Skin of Evil " ep22, " We'll always Have Paris" ep23, Season 2 Meh but "Q-Who" ep16 just because the intro to Borg Every episode from season 3 to season 7 Haha!
Deep Space Nine is good but was slow first 2 seasons for me
Voyager was a miss for me. I would have liked Janeway to be like her future shelf in the very last episode of the series but that's just me. Sorry spoiler alert!
We can like both Star Wars and Star Trek, but I love Marvel and could never get into DC so there is my thing. Your husband probably already told you but John Byrne run on Fantastic Four is great. That was my first comic I read so I could be biased. When you have time watch Steins;Gate ok I will stop now.
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jul 6, 2015 19:17:40 GMT -5
Mara,
Just because, here is my in-order ranking of the Star Trek episodes from the original series:
TOP FIVE STAR TREK: TOS EPISODES (PLUS 74!)
1. City on the Edge of Forever
2. Space Seed
3. Balance of Terror
4. Amok Time
5. Mirror, Mirror
6. The Menagerie I & II(The Cage)
7. Errand of Mercy
8. This Side of Paradise
9. Where No Man Has Gone Before
10. Metamorphosis
11. The Doomsday Machine
12. Journey to Babel
13. Devil in the Dark
14. The Corbomite Maneuver
15. All Our Yesterdays
16. Miri
17. The Trouble with Tribbles
18. The Empath
19. That Which Survives
20. Assignment: Earth
21. Charlie X
22. Return of The Archons
23. Requiem for Methuselah
24. The Naked Time
25. A Private Little War
26. Court-martial
27. Day of the Dove
28. Conscience of the King
29. The Enemy Within
30. The Galileo Seven
31. Arena
32. A Piece of the Action
33. The Ultimate Computer
34. Spectre of the Gun
35. Shore Leave
36. The Tholian Web
37. The Enterprise Incident
38. What Are Little Girls Made Of?
39. Friday’s Child
40. Obsession
41. The Changeling
42. The Deadly Years
43. Omega Glory
44. Wolf in the Fold
45. Is There in Truth No Beauty?
46. Tomorrow is Yesterday
47. A Taste of Armageddon
48. Dagger of the Mind
49. For the World is Hollow…
50. The Immunity Syndrome
51. Patterns of Force
52. I, Mudd
53. Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
54. Catspaw
55. The Squire of Gothos
56. The Mark of Gideon
57. The Paradise Syndrome
58. Elaan of Troyius
59. The Cloudminders
60. The Man-Trap
61. Return to Tomorrow
62. Wink of an Eye
63. Operation: Annihilate!
64. By Any Other Name
65. The Apple
66. Bread and Circuses
67. Whom Gods Destroy
68. Gamesters of Triskelion
69. Plato’s Stepchildren
70. The Alternative Factor
71. Mudd’s Women
72. Who Mourns for Adonais?
73. The Savage Curtain
74. The Lights of Zetar
75. The Way to Eden
76. Spock’s Brain
77. Turnabout Intruder
78. And the Children Shall Lead
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Post by megamaramon on Jul 6, 2015 21:47:05 GMT -5
Hi Mara, to be fair time travel and alternate reality stories are my favorite. I know you don't want original series, but I will include in case Bob can talk you into it.
Original series season 1 (Tomorrow is Yesterday ep20, The Devil in the Dark ep26, **The City on the Edge of Forever ep29 ** favorite,) season 2 ("Mirror, Mirror" ep4, "The Trouble with Tribbles" ep15)
The Next Generation Season 1 ("Skin of Evil " ep22, " We'll always Have Paris" ep23, Season 2 Meh but "Q-Who" ep16 just because the intro to Borg Every episode from season 3 to season 7 Haha!
Deep Space Nine is good but was slow first 2 seasons for me
Voyager was a miss for me. I would have liked Janeway to be like her future shelf in the very last episode of the series but that's just me. Sorry spoiler alert!
We can like both Star Wars and Star Trek, but I love Marvel and could never get into DC so there is my thing. Your husband probably already told you but John Byrne run on Fantastic Four is great. That was my first comic I read so I could be biased. When you have time watch Steins;Gate ok I will stop now.
Thanks for the recs! I'm jumping around in TNG right now, and I am so impressed with the show right now. I keep hearing about Steins;Gate, and I think you might be the push I need to get it started. |
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Post by megamaramon on Jul 6, 2015 21:47:40 GMT -5
Mara, Just because, here is my in-order ranking of the Star Trek episodes from the original series: TOP FIVE STAR TREK: TOS EPISODES (PLUS 74!)
1. City on the Edge of Forever 2. Space Seed 3. Balance of Terror 4. Amok Time 5. Mirror, Mirror 6. The Menagerie I & II(The Cage) 7. Errand of Mercy 8. This Side of Paradise 9. Where No Man Has Gone Before 10. Metamorphosis 11. The Doomsday Machine 12. Journey to Babel 13. Devil in the Dark 14. The Corbomite Maneuver 15. All Our Yesterdays 16. Miri 17. The Trouble with Tribbles 18. The Empath 19. That Which Survives 20. Assignment: Earth 21. Charlie X 22. Return of The Archons 23. Requiem for Methuselah 24. The Naked Time 25. A Private Little War 26. Court-martial 27. Day of the Dove 28. Conscience of the King 29. The Enemy Within 30. The Galileo Seven 31. Arena 32. A Piece of the Action 33. The Ultimate Computer 34. Spectre of the Gun 35. Shore Leave 36. The Tholian Web 37. The Enterprise Incident 38. What Are Little Girls Made Of? 39. Friday’s Child 40. Obsession 41. The Changeling 42. The Deadly Years 43. Omega Glory 44. Wolf in the Fold 45. Is There in Truth No Beauty? 46. Tomorrow is Yesterday 47. A Taste of Armageddon 48. Dagger of the Mind 49. For the World is Hollow… 50. The Immunity Syndrome 51. Patterns of Force 52. I, Mudd 53. Let That Be Your Last Battlefield 54. Catspaw 55. The Squire of Gothos 56. The Mark of Gideon 57. The Paradise Syndrome 58. Elaan of Troyius 59. The Cloudminders 60. The Man-Trap 61. Return to Tomorrow 62. Wink of an Eye 63. Operation: Annihilate! 64. By Any Other Name 65. The Apple 66. Bread and Circuses 67. Whom Gods Destroy 68. Gamesters of Triskelion 69. Plato’s Stepchildren 70. The Alternative Factor 71. Mudd’s Women 72. Who Mourns for Adonais? 73. The Savage Curtain 74. The Lights of Zetar 75. The Way to Eden 76. Spock’s Brain 77. Turnabout Intruder 78. And the Children Shall Lead OK, I'll watch the first 5!! |
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jul 7, 2015 0:04:48 GMT -5
Mara, Just because, here is my in-order ranking of the Star Trek episodes from the original series: TOP FIVE STAR TREK: TOS EPISODES (PLUS 74!)
1. City on the Edge of Forever 2. Space Seed 3. Balance of Terror 4. Amok Time 5. Mirror, Mirror 6. The Menagerie I & II(The Cage) 7. Errand of Mercy 8. This Side of Paradise 9. Where No Man Has Gone Before 10. Metamorphosis 11. The Doomsday Machine 12. Journey to Babel 13. Devil in the Dark 14. The Corbomite Maneuver 15. All Our Yesterdays 16. Miri 17. The Trouble with Tribbles 18. The Empath 19. That Which Survives 20. Assignment: Earth 21. Charlie X 22. Return of The Archons 23. Requiem for Methuselah 24. The Naked Time 25. A Private Little War 26. Court-martial 27. Day of the Dove 28. Conscience of the King 29. The Enemy Within 30. The Galileo Seven 31. Arena 32. A Piece of the Action 33. The Ultimate Computer 34. Spectre of the Gun 35. Shore Leave 36. The Tholian Web 37. The Enterprise Incident 38. What Are Little Girls Made Of? 39. Friday’s Child 40. Obsession 41. The Changeling 42. The Deadly Years 43. Omega Glory 44. Wolf in the Fold 45. Is There in Truth No Beauty? 46. Tomorrow is Yesterday 47. A Taste of Armageddon 48. Dagger of the Mind 49. For the World is Hollow… 50. The Immunity Syndrome 51. Patterns of Force 52. I, Mudd 53. Let That Be Your Last Battlefield 54. Catspaw 55. The Squire of Gothos 56. The Mark of Gideon 57. The Paradise Syndrome 58. Elaan of Troyius 59. The Cloudminders 60. The Man-Trap 61. Return to Tomorrow 62. Wink of an Eye 63. Operation: Annihilate! 64. By Any Other Name 65. The Apple 66. Bread and Circuses 67. Whom Gods Destroy 68. Gamesters of Triskelion 69. Plato’s Stepchildren 70. The Alternative Factor 71. Mudd’s Women 72. Who Mourns for Adonais? 73. The Savage Curtain 74. The Lights of Zetar 75. The Way to Eden 76. Spock’s Brain 77. Turnabout Intruder 78. And the Children Shall Lead OK, I'll watch the first 5!! Mara, I'd say go for ten, but five should be enough, I think, to give you a real flavor for the charms and virtues of the series. That said, however, my #8, "This Side of Paradise", is a Spock-centric episode that puts his internal struggles in sharp focus, so you might want to add that highly emotional story to your viewing list. Live long, and prosper. |
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Post by lissapunch on Jul 10, 2015 19:38:51 GMT -5
I think most of the show should be taken up by this classic Trek inspired song: youtu.be/FCARADb9asEDid I just watch singing potatoes?? What's wrong with you, man?!? |
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Post by lissapunch on Jul 10, 2015 19:44:40 GMT -5
OK, I'll watch the first 5!! Mara, I'd say go for ten, but five should be enough, I think, to give you a real flavor for the charms and virtues of the series. That said, however, my #8, "This Side of Paradise", is a Spock-centric episode that puts his internal struggles in sharp focus, so you might want to add that highly emotional story to your viewing list. Live long, and prosper. *swoon* |
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jul 10, 2015 22:14:43 GMT -5
Mara, I'd say go for ten, but five should be enough, I think, to give you a real flavor for the charms and virtues of the series. That said, however, my #8, "This Side of Paradise", is a Spock-centric episode that puts his internal struggles in sharp focus, so you might want to add that highly emotional story to your viewing list. Live long, and prosper. *swoon* Melissa, Are you affected because you know the Dorothy-Fontana-penned episode...  ...or could this swoon be the result of the Vulcan neck pinch? |
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Post by angelcakes83 on Jul 14, 2015 14:47:06 GMT -5
Mara told us to go on the forum and list our favorite Star Trek episodes. I don't have as epic a list as Bob, but here they are, in no particular order, the top ten for each series that I've watched thoroughly:
Star Trek: The Original Series
1. Amok Time (Spock goes into heat; it's much better than that sounds)
2. This Side of Paradise (Spock gets high; also much better than that sounds)
3. City of the Edge of Forever (tragic time travel love story)
4. Balance of Terror (Cold War paranoia with Romulans)
5. The Trouble with Tribbles (Tribbles!)
6. Squire of Gothos (proto-Q messes with the crew)
7. Devil in the Dark (PAIN!!!!!)
8. Space Seed (I bet this Khan guy won't show up again.)
9. Mirror, Mirror (evil universe, and Spock with a beard)
10. The Naked Time (everyone gets drunk; it's about like you'd think)
Star Trek: The Animated Series
1. Yesteryear (Spock's backstory)
2. More Tribbles, More Troubles (More Tribbles!!!)
3. (Okay, I realized I can't remember most of what I've watched, since I watched them when I was a kid, but those are the ones I really remember)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1. Best of Both Worlds, parts 1 and 2, and Family (they all form a story arc, so I'm counting them all as one; This is some of the best television ever made, period)
2. Elementary, My Dear Holmes and Ship in a Bottle (Basically a 2-parter with 4 seasons between them; Data and Geordi cosplays as Holmes and Watson, and Moriarty comes to life)
3. Deja Q (Q loses his powers)
4. The Inner Light (Picard lives an entire other life in 20 minutes and I just can't)
5. The Emissary (Worf's love K'Ehleyr is brilliant and wonderful)
6. Q-Who? (Q introduces Picard to the Borg. Thanks, Q.)
7. Data's Day (Data does stuff for a day. Including learning how to tapdance.)
8. Hollow Pursuits (Barclay has a holodeck addiction, not a porn addiction.)
9. Tapestry (Picard plays out an It's a Wonderful Life scenario)
10. All Good Things... (Best watched after watching Encounter at Farpoint; one of those rare conclusions to a series that I'm absolutely in love with.)
I haven't see enough of Deep Space 9, Voyager, or Enterprise to continue my list. I rely on Maria for all DS9 (BTW, Maria, I watched "Far Beyond the Stars").
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Post by hild on Jul 15, 2015 16:39:41 GMT -5
Had to join, just to post about star trek. Darn love of Star Trek pulled me out of just lurking. I have always wondered if Jadzira Dax is considered a trans character? Also used to think that no other series could beat TNG until I started giving the other series I tried and found loving them all except for enterprise. I really wish I could defend enterprise but even Scott Bakula could not save it for me.
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Post by angelcakes83 on Jul 16, 2015 12:03:32 GMT -5
Had to join, just to post about star trek. Darn love of Star Trek pulled me out of just lurking. I have always wondered if Jadzira Dax is considered a trans character? Also used to think that no other series could beat TNG until I started giving the other series I tried and found loving them all except for enterprise. I really wish I could defend enterprise but even Scott Bakula could not save it for me. Welcome to the forum! I'm a rather intermittent poster. Anyway, I think the Trill could be used to talk about trans topics and gender identity, but I don't know enough about the character to hold an indepth discussion. I do know that the first episode featuring a Trill was in TNG, where a male who holds a relationship with Beverly is put into Riker, and then into a female body. Beverly completely rejects the female partner at the end, which the Trill takes in stride, apparently used to this reaction. That's definitely an episode that didn't age well. |
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Post by hild on Jul 16, 2015 22:46:25 GMT -5
I remember that episode now I wonder how many episodes in TNG and the Original series have troublesome concepts and have they reached a point where they are so bad they are funny.
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