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Fenixgoon

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TOS/DS9 ---> TNG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------> voyager/enterprise


i hated voyager.. just about everyone on the crew was annoying:p never watched enterprise though
 
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Originally posted by: eelw
Hey, the last two seasons of Enterprise easily ranks up there with the best of TNG.

Put the crack pipe down and walk away. Enterprise was horrible. There was not one good episode. You knew it would suck when the 1st season, it was just Enterprise. They added the Star trek name to it in hopes of getting peoples attention that it was Star Trek. Going back in time for a new show was a bad idea. Brannon Brega should be shot and drug through the streets.
 

rockyct

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Originally posted by: Luthien
Oh, and Firefly the series very good too. Also a movie made.

Yeah, I bought Firefly from a few recomendations and I loved it.
 

zinfamous

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Originally posted by: Captante
Originally posted by: BUTCH1
HERE is the schedule
for the re-mastered TOS, " Doomsday machine" was on sat, it was awesome, William
Windom (commodore Deker) puts in a great performance........They say there's no Devil
Jim, but there is, I saw it straight out of hell!!!

Right ... THIS is the correct title of the episode I mistakenly referred to as the "Planet-Killer" written by Harlan Ellison in my earlier post! :eek:

I didn't get to see the re-mastered version Saturday & was totally bummed out... its supposedly on again in like 6 months though.


you're not a trekkie, until you start talking like these guys ^

i watched a few episodes of the series with professor X in them. not too bad, but meh. :p

as a kid, "wrath of kahn" was the shiznit. that's about as close as I got though.
 

Molondo

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I love the old ST series, Followed by voyager.
I used to watch DS9 but got bored of it.
 

NiteWulf

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Originally posted by: LookingGlass
Originally posted by: NiteWulf
Originally posted by: LookingGlass
I like ST too.
Be still my heart...:heart:

Why does that surprise you? Yes, I am a fan, but, I haven't been to any conventions. :p :D Thank god, I'll do the Renaissance Faires instead, and dress up.
If you also play Dungeons and Dragons and Dance Dance Revolution you're perfect :lips:
 

Shortcut

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ST2's the best of the ST movies.

DS9 seasons 5-7 stood far above the rest (except for TOS, I guess) due to its serial nature.
 

FoBoT

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekkie#Trekkie_vs._Trekker
spock said so
In the 1991 TV show "Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special", Leonard Nimoy attempts to settle the issue by stating that the term 'Trekker' is the correct one.

Some Trekkies hold that a "Trekker" is a "Trekkie" who is embarrassed of being a "Trekkie". A Trekkie is considered to be someone stupid and embarrassing to intelligent and serious Trekkers. The classic stereotype is a clueless Trekkie walking around wearing rubber Spock ears and being held up to public ridicule for his obsession. "Trekker" is usually used as a term for the dedicated Star Trek fan with considerable knowledge of the show.

The term "Trekkie" is sometimes considered derogatory, perhaps because of a perceived parallel to the terms "groupie" or "Hippie".

Some avoid the disagreement by referring to themselves as just "Star Trek fans", or among themselves, as just "fans".
 

Shortcut

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekkie#Trekkie_vs._Trekker
spock said so
In the 1991 TV show "Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special", Leonard Nimoy attempts to settle the issue by stating that the term 'Trekker' is the correct one.

Some Trekkies hold that a "Trekker" is a "Trekkie" who is embarrassed of being a "Trekkie". A Trekkie is considered to be someone stupid and embarrassing to intelligent and serious Trekkers. The classic stereotype is a clueless Trekkie walking around wearing rubber Spock ears and being held up to public ridicule for his obsession. "Trekker" is usually used as a term for the dedicated Star Trek fan with considerable knowledge of the show.

The term "Trekkie" is sometimes considered derogatory, perhaps because of a perceived parallel to the terms "groupie" or "Hippie".

Some avoid the disagreement by referring to themselves as just "Star Trek fans", or among themselves, as just "fans".

interesting read! would it be fair to assume:

trekkie = casual ST viewer
trekker = hardcore ST viewer with full command of technobabble vocabulary

?

 

zeruty

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Jan 17, 2000
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I grew up watching and loving TNG.
When DS9 came on, I gave the first couple of seasons a try and then gave up on it, and switched to Voyager.
I watched Voyager religiously until about the 5th season, then on and off...
I was EXTREMELY disappointed with the series finale of Voyager, and I'm pretty sick of that show so it's hard to even sit through one episode nowdays
I watched the first couple of episodes of season one of Enterprise, and was completely bored by it.

I then started watching DS9 on SpikeTV, and fell in love with it. I bought all 7 seasons on DVD, and have watched it all the way through about 5 times now (Although, don't even bother watching "Move Along Home", I HATE that episode)
I also have bought the first 3 seasons of TNG so far, problem is I remember too many of the episodes...almost every one I watch...

I never really did get into TOS

So now..... DS9 >> TNG >> VOY > ENT = TOS
 

UberNeuman

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I've enjoyed the various shows - TNG and DS9, but my heart belongs to Kirk, Spock and McCoy..

And the new re-release of TOS with the new cgi is very well done - it peps up some of the visuals without going too far over the top, i.e. the re-release of the OT Star Wars films.... The work on the Doomsday Machine is nop notch, so I'd recommend catching these new cgi episodes if you want...

Skip the first season of TNG, the rest of that is good, as is Deep Space Nine..... Don't waste any time with Voyager or Enterprise.

As for the films see:

ST II
ST III
ST IV
ST VI
ST: The Motion Picture
ST: First Contact
ST: Generations

The rest of that batch ST V, ST: Insurrection, ST: Nemesis - you can view if you dare.....

Life long and prosper..... or some shat like that.....
 
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Originally posted by: Brainonska511
I liked TNG and Voyager. DS9 moved way to slowly and was more like a soap opera at times. Enterprise was kind of stupid, about on par with DS9.

I liked TNG the most, but I also liked DS9. I'll agree with some of the people on here that DS9 is a little soap opera-ish at times; but I really like the war aspect with the Jemhiddar (spelling?) - especially the last few seasons.

I couldn't stand Voyager or Enterprise.
 

eelw

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Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Originally posted by: eelw
Hey, the last two seasons of Enterprise easily ranks up there with the best of TNG.

Put the crack pipe down and walk away. Enterprise was horrible. There was not one good episode. You knew it would suck when the 1st season, it was just Enterprise. They added the Star trek name to it in hopes of getting peoples attention that it was Star Trek. Going back in time for a new show was a bad idea. Brannon Brega should be shot and drug through the streets.

Did you even give the 3rd and 4th seasons a chance? The mini arcs in the 4th season was great. The Augments arc is my favourite episodes from Enterprise.
 

Captante

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Originally posted by: Chryso
I think Firefly may be my all time favorite of the genre.


I still can't believe this show was cancelled ... I really don't think many SciFi fans realized what it was while it was actually on the air because of terrible/non-existant promotion (I know I didn't) ... it had great potential.
 

BUTCH1

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Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: Captante
Originally posted by: BUTCH1
HERE is the schedule
for the re-mastered TOS, " Doomsday machine" was on sat, it was awesome, William
Windom (commodore Deker) puts in a great performance........They say there's no Devil
Jim, but there is, I saw it straight out of hell!!!

Right ... THIS is the correct title of the episode I mistakenly referred to as the "Planet-Killer" written by Harlan Ellison in my earlier post! :eek:

I didn't get to see the re-mastered version Saturday & was totally bummed out... its supposedly on again in like 6 months though.
OK you got me, but geez I was 10 when I first saw " The Doomsday machine" how-in
the-hell could I NOT be a trekkie! Even a 10 year old could see how much better it was
than it's competition "Lost in Space"...


you're not a trekkie, until you start talking like these guys ^

i watched a few episodes of the series with professor X in them. not too bad, but meh. :p

as a kid, "wrath of kahn" was the shiznit. that's about as close as I got though.

 

KarmaPolice

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nothing wrong with that...althought The Next Generation obviously owns the orignal.

Picard is the best captain ever
The chemistry is awesome on the ship
Story lines better
You have a bigger sense of the galaxy
More stories involving other race factions and the federation...

come on..

http://picard.ytmnd.com/ honestly...all that needs to be said really.
 

Falloutboy

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DS9 is the best followed by TNG. Voyager and Enterprise are tied. Voyager was good early then sucked later.

enterprise had ALOT of potential with the Romulan War then they went off on some silly time travel BS. when they finally canned the stupid producers and got a new one in and started getting back to what the series was supposed to be in season 4 UPN already had enough of it and pulled the plug