[SPLIT] Star Trek, Firefly, B5 etc.

[binny]

LOL, well I'm not interested in boobies or skin tight suits, but I understand why they would incorporate such thing into Star Trek.....ratings.

[theVOID]

Lol gosh no binny! Skin tight suits are aerodynamic and not having boobies would be sexist!

[Ryft]

The Borg are just the best race ever invented

Absolutely agreed!

As for my two cents:

(1) I disliked many of TOS episodes, but overall it's one of my favourites. And it can hardly be denied that there were some fantastic episodes—e.g., The City on the Edge of Forever, Space Seed, Mirror Mirror, The Doomsday Machine, Amok Time—which the remastered DVDs made all the more watchable:

(2) Similarly, I preferred the movies that featured TOS crew—at least, every other movie (q.v. the Star Trek curse). I agree with Binny, in that the movies featuring TNG crew "were just like extra long TV episodes," with First Contact being the sole exception. Insurrection was beautiful, but overall boring.

(3) I loved pretty much the entire TNG series, which I think explored social issues of contemporary significance more deeply than TOS but (probably) only because it lasted much longer. But kudos has to be given to the writing in TOS, being able to find its feet so quickly. Most TV series don't until well into their second season.

(4) I really loved DS9, but not until Season 3 with the introduction of the Dominion and especially the Dominion War story arch from Season 5 onwards. I also loved the relationship between Worf and Dax. Not too fond of Sisko but loved the rest of the crew.

(5) Only thing I hated more than VOY was ENT.

(6) My favourite Star Trek movies are (in order): Star Trek (2009), First Contact (1996), The Voyage Home (1986), The Wrath of Khan (1982), The Undiscovered Country (1991).

[Rhizomorph13]

Odo was my favorite character of all time and I loved the story line where he went to his homeworld. It is too bad I was such a fan of Benson before I saw Odo.

Rhizo

[fr0d0]

Odo was my favorite character of all time and I loved the story line where he went to his homeworld. It is too bad I was such a fan of Benson before I saw Odo.

Rhizo

Yeah Odo was class. Loved that too

[fr0d0]

Had to ROTFL @ this (re: Shatners acting):

(hope you like it)

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[Edwardo Piet]

I love that clip.

[Kyuuketsuki]

I love that clip.

Pretty much hated it ... maybe it's because I like Kirk and consider his overacting to be a key component of his character, maybe it's because I just hate those kind of cartoons ... dunno why, just hated it.

Kyu

[Edwardo Piet]

It's out of context. But then again - most of Family Guy is!

'Those kind of cartoons'? Interesting...what kinds of cartoons do you like Kyu?

EvF

[Eilonnwy]

At Dragon*con there was a panel with Nimoy and Shatner. HILARIOUS! I didn't attend, but they put a lot of the panels on hotel simulcast so I watched it live.