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“Life forms. You precious little lifeforms. You tiny little lifeforms. Where are you?”
- Lt. Cmdr Data, Star Trek: Generations
- Comment on Just realized these are the same. 2 days ago:
“You know, @hopesdead, has anyone told you you’re a real freakasaurus?”
In all seriousness, I always love a Star Trek episode/film involving a crew’s misadventures in the past (except the whole ENT space Nazi thing, which I have neither watched nor particularly want to watch).
- Comment on An Exclusive Look and Poster for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 Debuts on Star Trek Day 1 week ago:
As a younger fan, for the longest time, I avoided Lower Decks as I’m not usually into the adult animation comedy genre. I first watched it late last year and have rewatched the whole thing 3 or 4 times total since (though I often start around “Terminal Provocations” as I don’t enjoy earlier episodes as much.).
Me and my siblings would often watch whatever Trek my mom was watching before eventually doing our own watch throughs.
- Comment on An Exclusive Look and Poster for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 Debuts on Star Trek Day 1 week ago:
We can always hope Prodigy will pull off a season 3.
- Comment on I just finish to see all TNG movies. 1 week ago:
I found the crossover kind of neutral. I don’t think it made the film much better or worse. I think a nice thing could have been some sort of Nimoy cameo at the end.
- Comment on I just finish to see all TNG movies. 1 week ago:
Well, under it, anyhow.
- Comment on A Gamble: What will be the plot of *Lower Decks*'s Finale? 1 week ago:
USS TITAN - INT - DAY RIKER and TROI are walking out of the holodeck. The final screams of Bradward Boimler stop.
RIKER (Chuckling) It’s a shame that both Boimlers are dead now. I actually kind of liked those ensigns.
TROI Did you not see that extra pip in that holonovel.
Riker Ah, that’s right. Proud of the guy… even though he’s dead.
Riker and Troi laugh as they walk off screen.
- Comment on James Darren, Teen Idol Actor in ‘Gidget,’ Singer and Director, Dies at 88 1 week ago:
On another random note, I just remembered that I put a Fontaine quote as my senior quote in my high school yearbook.
- Comment on I just finish to see all TNG movies. 1 week ago:
I feel like that’s the Trek films in a nutshell - from a critic’s standpoint, they’re not necessarily all great, but they almost feel like long Star Trek episodes that you enjoy anyway.
Here’s my thoughts on each film:
- Generations: Honestly, I think pretty good with a solid overall plot. I loved Data’s arc - I feel like they did a great job not taking the comic relief too far. The fight scene was delightfully campy, and the “Time is a predator” stuff is so memorable to me.
- First Contact: I think it was a fun film. It’s almost the Wrath of Khan of the TNG films - a lot more action, with some Trek - which is probably why it’s considered the best. Personally, I prefer Generations, but this is still a good watch.
- Insurrection: There were a lot of fun moments, but the overall plot wasn’t that great - Picard’s new love interest that we never hear about again, the weird theme about “being in the moment” that I feel didn’t integrate into the plot all that well, etc.
- Nemesis: I think Nemesis had a lot of great things that didn’t quite land at the end. I think Shinzon did a great acting job, but could have been written better. They made him more irrational than I think he should have been, and the whole plot with “blowing up the earth” and “conquering the galaxy” felt way out of line for someone who is the product of and survived imperialism. As for B4, I feel they didn’t address the ethical concerns of throwing Data’s mind in him. At the end, blowing up Data didn’t help, but if the rest of the movie had been written better, I might have been fine with this choice, Chances are, whether through B4 or a Search for Spock-esque plot, we would have gotten another film where we got Data back.
- Comment on A Gamble: What will be the plot of *Lower Decks*'s Finale? 1 week ago:
Sorry to be pedantic, but how much latinum are you betting?
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- Comment on An Exclusive Look and Poster for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5 Debuts on Star Trek Day 1 week ago:
All the posters are pretty good except season 1’s was kind of underwhelming and not as good a pastiche of the TMP poster. I think it was also how the noses were shaded.
Like pretty much everyone here, I’ll miss Lower Decks as well. During my various watches, I realized that Bradward Boimler is probably the most relatable Star Trek character for me. I think to be a Boimler, you have to want to be another character, then realize you are trying way too hard to be that character. For instance, I thought Data was the ST character I was most like (and Rutherford the LD character), and then I slowly realized I was more so a Boimler.
- Comment on Happy Star Trek Day! What was your first contact? 1 week ago:
Trying to get out of doing homework, me and my siblings would join my mom to watch her Star Trek - she didn’t object. Most times, it was TNG, with the occasional bit of DS9 or VOY.
She had actually gotten into TNG as a teenager - she’d read a few novels from her local library and kind of liked it. She then found Wil Wheaton hot enough to actually watch the show. (She may have watched a bit before that, but that’s my recollection, at least).
- Comment on In part because it reminds me of TOS:”The Cage”, I’m hooked on *The Prisoner* 1 week ago:
More fun than, “I’m gonna rip your eyes out!”, anyhow.
- Comment on In part because it reminds me of TOS:”The Cage”, I’m hooked on *The Prisoner* 1 week ago:
👁️👌
- Comment on In part because it reminds me of TOS:”The Cage”, I’m hooked on *The Prisoner* 1 week ago:
Loved that one too.
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- Comment on Who had it worse: Enterprise-D or Voyager? 1 week ago:
Actually, I think Neelix doesn’t count as a natural disaster - I think he was a genetic experiment - a manmade disaster.
I’ll admit though that after Kes, Neelix is a somewhat enjoyable character.
- Comment on STAR TREK: LEGACY - 22 minute Recut of 'Star Trek-The Motion Picture' set to Daft Punk's score for 'Tron: Legacy'. 2 weeks ago:
For some reason, I’ve always associated “The Guitar” by They Might Be Giants with TMP.
- Comment on James Darren, Teen Idol Actor in ‘Gidget,’ Singer and Director, Dies at 88 2 weeks ago:
So you’re saying that Darren’s wasn’t an ordinary guy, burning down the house?
- Comment on James Darren, Teen Idol Actor in ‘Gidget,’ Singer and Director, Dies at 88 2 weeks ago:
So long, pally. 🫡🖖
- Comment on What's your favourite Star Trek theme? 2 weeks ago:
I think that’s part of it. I do think they deserve some credit, though, for the way the note drops down at the end of each repetition of the main motif, mirroring how the Cerritos doesn’t have the same confidence as the Enterprise.
Also, while I don’t necessarily like the newer cinematic themes as much, I do respect the use of the Inner Light flute in the Picard theme. Also, although still not a top tier theme, Strange New Worlds’s theme is at least memorable, though probably in part because of its borrowings from the TOS theme. The Prodigy theme feels like a blend of cinematic, TAS, and TNG-style themes.
- Comment on A Minor Mystery: Can anyone identify where this image of DeForest Kelley pulling a rabbit out of a hat comes from? 2 weeks ago:
Great sleuthing!
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- Comment on Thoughts on TAS Theme 2 weeks ago:
(TNG theme, DS9 theme, VOY the, LD theme all gasp, offended.)
- Comment on August 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget. 2 weeks ago:
I think our whole timeline spans from some Romulan plot about something involving handing a compilation of Federation history to some weird guy… What was his name? Gene Roddenberry?
- Comment on Thoughts on TAS Theme 3 weeks ago:
Have you seen the VOY one they did as well of the salamander Tom Paris episode?
TAS really is (besides maybe that weird stuff with the inflatable Enterprise, giant Spock, or that iffy bit of chauvinism in “The Slaver Weapon”) a great TOS continuation. I loved The Lorelei Signal for giving Uhura and Chapel the opportunity to be girl bosses.
On a bit of a tangential note, I hope we get some excuse to see young April. It kind of makes me sad that STA is going to be set in the 32nd century and not the peaceful yet mysterious 2290s-2230s period. I feel like you could have just depicted academy life without all the “save the universe drama” (okay, maybe just a little, but not every episode) while following the late careers of a few officers like April or Sulu.
- Comment on Thoughts on TAS Theme 3 weeks ago:
Especially the beginning part.
- Comment on Thoughts on TAS Theme 3 weeks ago:
Wasn’t that TOS, not TAS?
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- Comment on What's your favourite Star Trek theme? 3 weeks ago:
DS9, but I also have a fondness for LD.
I gotta agree with Magic Carpet Ride, but otherwise, I enjoy that weird campy music Fear plays in VOY: The Thaw.
