jalanhenning

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It is the best of a bad bunch. The TOS movies inspired the TNG movies. The TNG movies inspired a lull in the movies (no call for a DS9 or Voyager or Enterprise movie) that had to be filled with a reboot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

My dad watched TOS with me when it first aired, but I was too young to remember it. My first recollection is watching it in syndication. I went on to read my dad's many books, especially the Star Trek Concordance and the James Blish adaptations.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thanks, that sent me Googling. "KIM: I'll try extrapolating the verteron exit vector. No, I can't get it. There's a strange phase variance in the radiation stream. We'll have to wait until the probe exits." Episode 6 (another wormhole?!) http://www.chakoteya.net/Voyager/106.htm

 

What do you think are some of the worst examples of Treknobabble in the franchise?

And what series do you think does it poorly the most often?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I've since discovered "Banned from Argo" (YouTube, Wikipedia).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I love this! Now you need to do an analysis like this one on Star Trek and the Bechdel-Wallace test!

I realize you’re not trying to predict quality, just personal enjoyability, but I do wonder how it relates to quality.

I actually think it might be slightly more predictive of the quality of a show overall than of individual episodes. But both ST:TOS and ST:TNG have many great captain-centric episodes that I’m not sure if it is predictive of episode quality particularly.

 

What are your favorite Star Trek filk songs?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Great suggestion! Everyone remembers the Gorn, but the Metrons are fairly representative of the incredibly advanced aliens typical of TOS (like the Organians, Thasians, or Providers).

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I think I'd suggest a planet-of-the-week episode. From TOS, "This Side of Paradise" or "A Taste of Armageddon." From TNG, maybe "Who Watches the Watchers" or "Up the Long Ladder."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

If it is a promotional image from the studio, I would imagine it said something like “Star Trek Now on Fridays” originally. I think “pon farr” wouldn’t have yet been well known enough to mention.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I hang out at my local game store once a week. I've timed the following playlist to fit the commute!

  • Status Report
  • How Would That Feel
  • I’m Ready
  • I’m the X
  • We are One
  • Subspace End Credit Medley
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The most popular songs from Subspace Rhapsody, adding together Spotify and YouTube stats:

  1. Status Report
  2. We are One
  3. I'm the X
  4. I'm Ready
  5. How Would That Feel
  6. Keep Us Connected
  7. Private Conversation
  8. Connect To Your Truth
  9. Keeping Secrets
  10. Main Title (Subspace Rhapsody Version)
  11. Subspace End Credit Medley
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I felt like Freeman included Rutherford because his “gee whiz! lookee there!” naïveté added to her misdirection.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TOS “The Empath”

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