Are there any Trekkies here?

[gbgoodies]

Do you love "Star Trek"?
Which is your favorite Star Trek series?
What are your favorite episodes?
Who is your favorite character?
Who is your favorite Star Trek captain?
Do you have a favorite guest star?
Do you have any favorite quotes?
How about any favorite scenes?
Which Star Trek movie is your favorite?


I love the original Star Trek series, but I prefer Captain Picard over Captain Kirk. I like "Voyager" and "Enterprise", but I'm not a big fan of DS9.

My favorite episode list is long, but some of my favorite episodes are "Mirror, Mirror", "Amok Time", "The Trouble with Tribbles", "I, Mudd", "City on the Edge of Forever", "Shore Leave", "A Piece of the Action" and "Requiem for Methuselah".

My favorite character is Mr. Spock. (I guess my avatar probably gave that one away, huh?)

My favorite guest stars are Harry Mudd and Q.

My favorite Star Trek movie is "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", but I also love "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" as a close second.

[Guaporense]

My favorite Star Trek series is The Next Generation. My favorite Star Trek movie is The Wrath of Khan. Favorite character is Jean-Luc Picard. I also like that post-modern socialist ideology of the show even though I wouldn't agree with most of it I think it is very interesting that an american TV show could be so ideologically dense, the product of the ideas of an auteur and not just a piece of a network's profit maximizing strategy.

[Derek Vinyard]

i'm a star wars fan :yup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxpvUfJ4Sm4

[gbgoodies]

There must be more Star Trek fans here than this. :skeptical:

How about sci-fi in general?

[gbgoodies]

i'm a star wars fan :yup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxpvUfJ4Sm4


Star Wars is good too. :)

This May Forever Change Your Perspective On Star Wars…. (http://nedhardy.com/2014/07/03/may-forever-change-perspective-star-wars/)

:)

[The Rodent]

I'm a fan, but wouldn't call myself a Trekkie...


Didn't like DS9 at all, too much politics and some of the characters just didn't do anything for me.
Voyager was interesting though but I felt 7 Of 9 was too much like a token Spock/Data style character.


Scott Bakula series Enterprise is cack though.


Fave TV series is TNG, fave film series is TOS.

[gbgoodies]

I'm a fan, but wouldn't call myself a Trekkie...


Didn't like DS9 at all, too much politics and some of the characters just didn't do anything for me.
Voyager was interesting though but I felt 7 Of 9 was too much like a token Spock/Data style character.


Scott Bakula series Enterprise is cack though.


Fave TV series is TNG, fave film series is TOS.



I tried watching "Enterprise" when it originally aired, and I didn't care for it much, but after it ended, I watched it in reruns and I found that I really enjoyed some of the episodes, so I went back and watched it from the beginning, and now I like the show.

I think it just took a while to get into it, and for the writers to figure out where they wanted to go with the show. The first season seemed to be episodes about which alien race would beat us up this week, but after that, we seemed to learn what we needed to know to survive "where no man had gone before".

[Citizen Rules]

Which is your favorite Star Trek series? All of them! But if I had to choose, Voyager and DSN.
DSN was very weak in the first couple seasons. It seemed like the producers were trying to pattern the show off TNG, by rehashing old scripts and ideas. It just didn't work. And I think that's why some ST fans don't like it.

However, starting in season 3, DSN really fleshed out the characters. Developing their personal lives and back stories. Even characters that were originally wrote only as background roles, such as Garak the Cardassian spy, were given dimension.

The beauty of DSN was the characters interactions and the 'non Federation' way that 'other aliens' did things, which I found refreshing.

The best episodes played out with long character driven story arches. Such as Odo's secret love for Major Kira, or Commander Sisko's coming to grips with his role as the Emissary. Some of these themes carried on until the last episode.

Some would say that DSN is like a soap opera or even a reality show where the interest is in watching other people's lives, and that's what I liked about it.

[gbgoodies]

I only watched the first season of DS9 because I just couldn't get into the show. I also saw a bunch of random episodes when they were repeated, but I just didn't think it had the feel of a Star Trek show.

Maybe because it took place on a space station instead of on a starship. The adventures had to come to them. They didn't go out looking for adventures.

Also, it's hard for me to watch a show where the best character on the show was the Ferengi. :laugh:


I think the charm of the original show was that the characters interacted so well with each other, and it wasn't overwhelmed with special effects like the later shows.

[Deadite]

I'm not addicted or obsessed but I love the TNG cast and feel it had some truly incredible episodes.

[gbgoodies]

I'm not addicted or obsessed but I love the TNG cast and feel it had some truly incredible episodes.


Which TNG episode is your favorite? Mine is "The Inner Light".

[Deadite]

That's a great episode. Hard to pick... I love all the Q epis... the finale was awesome too... I really enjoyed "Darmok"...

[gbgoodies]

That's a great episode. Hard to pick... I love all the Q epis... the finale was awesome too... I really enjoyed "Darmok"...


"Darmok" is also a great episode.

Isn't Q a great character? I think they should have given him his own spinoff show. I would have loved to have seen what they could have done with him every week.

[Citizen Rules]

Yup, Q's the best and nobody plays it big and savvy like John De Lancie. I can't image another actor filling his omnipotent shoes.;) Darmok and The Inner Lights to great ones.

Grab, if you only watched the first season or two of DSN, then you didn't see it! It really was bad, as you say, in the first couple seasons.

I remember being psyced when it first aired and then I lost interest after a few shows. But give it a try. Quark will grow on you. You'll find that under his greedy heart is a tiny but generous one.

One of the best DSN episodes was when Quark goes home to Ferenginar and his mother is played by Andrea Martin. Some of the best acting by cast members is on DSN.

[gbgoodies]

Yup, Q's the best and nobody plays it big and savvy like John De Lancie. I can't image another actor filling his omnipotent shoes.;) Darmok and The Inner Lights to great ones.

Grab, if you only watched the first season or two of DSN, then you didn't see it! It really was bad, as you say, in the first couple seasons.

I remember being psyced when it first aired and then I lost interest after a few shows. But give it a try. Quark will grow on you. You'll find that under his greedy heart is a tiny but generous one.

One of the best DSN episodes was when Quark goes home to Ferenginar and his mother is played by Andrea Martin. Some of the best acting by cast members is on DSN.



I actually had the DVDs, but I gave them to my mom a while back. She loves the show, so I'll probably never get them back from her. But I'll give it another try.

I had the same problem with "Enterprise" during the first season. Every week we seemed to get beaten up by another alien race. You would think that we would have prepared for enemies before we ventured out into space, but apparently not. By the time the show started to really get good, a lot of people had already given up on it.

It wasn't until I started watching it in reruns that I really started to enjoy the show.

[Citizen Rules]

It wasn't until I started watching it in reruns that I really started to enjoy the show. Me too.

When TNG aired I got so MAD at the show with it's preachy-ness, that I refereed to it as LA Law in Space....and I refused to watch it.

Now I love that show, even though there are a few episodes that are clunkers.

One reason I like TNG is Patrick Stewart. He's just a sublime actor and really knows how to play it small. There's one episode (I can't remember the title), where Spock's father Sarek has old age dementia and can't complete his task as a negotiator, so Picard offers to mind meld with him so as to impart some mentally stability to Sarek. Latter we see Picard, who is now suffering pangs of Sarek's mental condition, struggling with his sanity. Stewart plays that scene so well...and in between the 'big' moments, he does what many other actros don't do, he plays it small.

[gbgoodies]

It wasn't until I started watching it in reruns that I really started to enjoy the show. Me too.

When TNG aired I got so MAD at the show with it's preachy-ness, that I refereed to it as LA Law in Space....and I refused to watch it.

Now I love that show, even though there are a few episodes that are clunkers.

One reason I like TNG is Patrick Stewart. He's just a sublime actor and really knows how to play it small. There's one episode (I can't remember the title), where Spock's father Sarek has old age dementia and can't complete his task as a negotiator, so Picard offers to mind meld with him so as to impart some mentally stability to Sarek. Latter we see Picard, who is now suffering pangs of Sarek's mental condition, struggling with his sanity. Stewart plays that scene so well...and in between the 'big' moments, he does what many other actros don't do, he plays it small.


I think that TNG episode was just called "Sarek".

One of the things that I thought was interesting about TNG was the way they tried to copy the main characters from TOS. Obviously Data was the new Spock, but they split Captain Kirk into two characters. Captain Picard was his commanding officer side, and Riker was his ladies man side.

BTW, all TV shows have some episodes that are clunkers. The real trick is keeping the clunkers to a minimum. I think TOS had the most clunkers in season 3.

[Citizen Rules]

The one thing I don't like about TNG, is the lighting. It's flat and overly bright. Sure that was the style at the time the show was made. But even the original series had better set lighting.

Kudos to Brent Spiner too. I've seen many actors trying to play androids/robots and they almost always come off stiff and uninteresting. Spiner really found his mark and made Data a memorable character, no small feat either.

[gbgoodies]

The one thing I don't like about TNG, is the lighting. It's flat and overly bright. Sure that was the style at the time the show was made. But even the original series had better set lighting.

Kudos to Brent Spiner too. I've seen many actors trying to play androids/robots and they almost always come off stiff and uninteresting. Spiner really found his mark and made Data a memorable character, no small feat either.


I agree. Brent Spiner was great as Data. He found a way to play the character so that he made Data feel like a Spock-type of character, but without being just a clone of Spock.

He's great in everything that he does. Did you ever see him when he was a guest star on the TV show "Night Court"? He was so funny. :laugh:

[Citizen Rules]

Nope, I never did see Night Court.

I've seen Brent Spiner in an Outer Limits episode, several ST cast members did OL. And I seen him in a 3 part story arch in Enterprise. Now that was great TV sci-fi. I think some of the best sci-fi stuff was done on the last year on Enterprise.

[gbgoodies]

Nope, I never did see Night Court.

I've seen Brent Spiner in an Outer Limits episode, several ST cast members did OL. And I seen him in a 3 part story arch in Enterprise. Now that was great TV sci-fi. I think some of the best sci-fi stuff was done on the last year on Enterprise.


Here's a clip to part of his guest appearance on "Night Court". He played Bob Wheeler in a two-part episode about a family who lost everything. His whole family was arrested for vagrancy.

Brent Spiner on "Night Court" (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aCUsTGtpojA)

[Citizen Rules]

Ha! thanks for posting that. Very funny. I almost wouldn't have guessed it was Brent Spiner.

I got one for ya, see if you recognize this fine TNG actor. This is a superb performace too...geez he reminds me of Bruce Dern in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jknUqNWYsg

[gbgoodies]

Ha! thanks for posting that. Very funny. I almost wouldn't have guessed it was Brent Spiner.

I got one for ya, see if you recognize this fine TNG actor. This is a superb performace too...geez he reminds me of Bruce Dern in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jknUqNWYsg



That's easy. It's Barclay. (Dwight Schultz from "The A-Team") I thought he was another great character on Star Trek. It was nice to see them bring him back a few times in "Voyager" too.

I love watching current actors in their very early roles, when they're almost unrecognizable. The best ones are when you can find a top movie star in their early roles, when it's basically just a walk-on part.

[Yasashii]

Do you love "Star Trek"? - Since by at least some standards I could call myself a geek, it is required by law that I do.

Which is your favorite Star Trek series? - The Next Generation

What are your favorite episodes? - That's difficult to say because there are so many great ones to choose from but the ones I cherish the most are those which have the most space porn. Technobabble and space maneuvers make me tingly.

Who is your favorite character? - Commander lieutenant Data.

Who is your favorite Star Trek captain? - Pour me some Earl Gray, hot, and I will tell you.

Do you have a favorite guest star? - Err... maybe if I could remember them all right now.

Do you have any favorite quotes? - Capt. Picard, Measure of a Man, to the court:

"Now, the decision you reach here today will determine how we will regard this... creation of our genius. It will reveal the kind of a people we are, what he is destined to be; it will reach far beyond this courtroom and this... one android. It could significantly redefine the boundaries of personal liberty and freedom - expanding them for some... savagely curtailing them for others. Are you prepared to condemn him and all who come after him, to servitude and slavery? Your Honor, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life; well, there it sits! - Waiting."

How about any favorite scenes? - Have mercy...

Which Star Trek movie is your favorite? - Star Trek Into Darkness. The old movies might have their charm and to their advantage, they are more scientific. The new ones may be more about the action but still, somehow they just feel more proper to me. (And they give me hope for Star Wars Episode VII)

[gbgoodies]

Do you have any favorite quotes? - Capt. Picard, Measure of a Man, to the court:

"Now, the decision you reach here today will determine how we will regard this... creation of our genius. It will reveal the kind of a people we are, what he is destined to be; it will reach far beyond this courtroom and this... one android. It could significantly redefine the boundaries of personal liberty and freedom - expanding them for some... savagely curtailing them for others. Are you prepared to condemn him and all who come after him, to servitude and slavery? Your Honor, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life; well, there it sits! - Waiting."


Good choice. "Measure of a Man" was one of the best ST:TNG episodes. :)

[Citizen Rules]

I cherish the most are those which have the most space porn.

Ha! I like that:)But now I'm thinkin', did I miss a few of the 'good' ST TNG episodes???

[linespalsy]

Do you love "Star Trek"? yes
Which is your favorite Star Trek series? nextgen
What are your favorite episodes? the one where data goes on the holodeck
Who is your favorite character? Worf
Who is your favorite Star Trek captain? Picard
Do you have a favorite guest star? Joe Piscopo
Do you have any favorite quotes? yes :"I don't need your fantasy women, Q." - Riker
How about any favorite scenes? yes I like thescene where Q gives Riker a cigar and some bikini babes
Which Star Trek movie is your favorite? Star Trek: What would god want with a star ship

[Citizen Rules]

Why Worf?

Who's your least favorite TNG character?

Who was the hottest TNG guest star babe?

[gbgoodies]

Happy Birthday to Gene Roddenberry, the Great Bird of the Galaxy. :)

Also, Happy Birthday to Jonathan Frakes and Diana Muldaur. :)

Three "Star Trek" birthdays on the same day. What are the odds? :)

(For anyone who doesn't know who these people are, see today's "Born Today" thread.)

[Citizen Rules]

And a sad goodbye to a lovely actresses, Arlene Martel who passed on August 14th.

She played T'Pring a Vulcan priestess and betrothed mate to Spock in the episode Amok Time.

She was also in one of the best Sci Fi teleplays done for TV epsiode, The Demon with the Glass Hand (Outer Limits 1964)
http://www.trekcore.com/specials/rare/spock_tpring.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v679/peace1070/tpring-1.jpg
http://hideouspigstudios.com/images/DWAGH.jpg

[MovieGal]

I enjoy watching all the star trek shows and movies except for the one with scott bakula as captain.. I never got into that one... met some really cool people from the shows at comicon and such....

[Citizen Rules]

MovieGal then you have something in common with GBgoodies she's meet some ST people in the past.

So who did you meet? If you care to share any stories I'll be happy to listen:)

[MovieGal]

Nichelle Nichols.. was really cool.. met her in Chicago at the Wizard World Comicon years ago... this past spring....everyone except Patrick Stewart from STTNG was here in KC at the KC Comicon and Pop Culture Convention.... there have been others.. just cant recall at this time.... I have been going to the one here for 20 years.... went to the one in Chicago about 5 times....

[Citizen Rules]

That's very cool! I've never been to a convention. Sounds like fun.:)

[MovieGal]

That's very cool! I've never been to a convention. Sounds like fun.:)

they are fun...however the one this year fell on the weekend of my birthday and we didnt stay there very much... i worked on sunday and saturday was my bday.. so went there in the morning and left then came back later.... but was there all day friday.....your feet hurt after a while...