Amph [NERRRD] Observations, rhetorical questions, comments & 55 Years of Star Trek (General Thread)

Please, I like Trek a lot, and I'm glad I discovered an appreciation for what it is, both the good and the bad, the profound and the profoundly stupid, as opposed to being frustrated with what it isn't... but Star Wars is, always has been, and always will be my absolute favorite thing I know where my loyalties lie.

 

Leprechauns are'nt stereoty...

I mean. Yes, yes. Leprechauns are horrible stereotypes. They also TOTALLY are'nt a real thing that we TOTALLY don't use to steal money and stockpile it in a cave in Fermanagh so we can use it to buy Guinness...

 

He is a good friend and the reason I watched all of TOS, Movies 1-6, TNG, Movies 7-10, DS9, What We Left Behind, ENT, VOY in that order last year over the span of 4-5 months. It was my first time watching TNG, ENT, TOS in order and never seen any of VOY before. DS9/TNG is pinnacle Trek to me but I'm definitely addicted and have bought almost 100 novels and comics over the past year. I've always loved Star Trek, but now I LOVE Star Trek. Not big on Discovery/Picard though, sorry...

 

It was a retorical question, lol (I was just ribbing you in good fun for misspelling "friend").

Almost 100 novels and comics in a year, though; jesus that's impressive - I'd bankrupt my entire household if I tried to do that!

 

What would any of you fine Treksperts think if a person were to confide in you the fact that they enjoy DS9 S1-3 more than DS9 S4-7? Asking for a frand...

 

Real friends are frands. To be fair this was largely from a local used book store so I haven't paid cover price on any of them...haven't gotten to reading any of them either. Last year was weird and I have alotta things. Starfleet would look at me in shame with all my material objects.

 

You learn something new everyday; I just googled it and apparently this is, indeed, an acronym (I guess this explains why my friend Claire sometimes says "hey frands", lol)

I honestly thought you just mispelled the word.

Well, somebody had too

 

DS9 1-3 had a more wide-open frontier feel, IMO. The wormhole had opened up whole new mysterious regions and we had no idea what was out there, the possibilities were endless. It was a quieter time and built up wonderful characters and their relationships as well as mysteries. 4-9 solved the mysteries in exciting action adventures. Both eras have their own strengths and weaknesses; I suppose it's a matter of preference. I like both for different reasons.

 

I still maintain that Season Four of DS9 is the best season of Trek there's ever been. Barely any episode I'd rate lower than a 7 (I remember The Muse being a bit of clunker, but that's about it).

 

The could have used the Romulans, or if they wanted a bigger threat a sort of Typhon Pact situation were a bunch of anti-Federation groups team up to challange the Federation/Klingons.

 

The Dominion does sort of make the Gamma Quadrant seem less of an unknown like it does at first (The Gamma Qudarant? Oh that's where the Dominion is!) although they were seeding it in S3 up until the finale. The show does definitely flip basically when Worf shows up. Although there's still some fun standalone episodes in the Worf years, Dr. Bashir I Presume and Take me Out to the Holosuite.

 

I was a little disappointed that the Gamma Quadrant really didn't get the development it deserved, though - once the war began, that was pretty much it for exploration.

 

My point was more that it would have been possible to make the idea of a major threat and a large-scale war work without the wormhole (even if it did'nt work nearly as well).

While I can't recall it ever being explicitly stated, the simple fact that their space romans with a militant society has always led me to believe that the Romulans definantly are'nt slouches when it comes to fighting (and might actually be more deadly then the Dominion in that area becuase, if the Romans are anything to go buy, their martial ability will be backed up by tactics and strategy).

I thought it was were Planet Hulk was...

Gamma? Hulk? He? He? Get it? No...oh, okay, I'll see myself out then...

 

There's a bit more Bajorian religion politics in S1-3 than in the later years it definitely goes by the wayslide.

 

DS9 is such a great show. The buildup to the Dominion still is incredible and it's one of the few shows I have trouble picking a favorite character it's all so good! I think the characters is largely what elevates DS9 for me but even from the beginning I was so intrigued by it. Yes even allamaraine.

 

And thank god...

Oh thank god.

 

My first thought was to ask why the heck they made Barcley a part of the joke...

...and then I remember Schultz played Murdock

"Remember, some of us won't be coming back. But those of us who do, will be back. And those of us that don't come back won't be coming back. Now, I point this out becuase if you don't come back you won't be back, and if you do come back, you will be back..."

 

anyway, great TNG run in S5 on now out the gate, Redemption part II, Darmok, Ensign Ro, Silicon Avatar, Disaster, The Game, Unification Part 1 & 2. I guess Picard's fancy new Captain's jacket did something. I wonder if Picard ever recorded in his logs that the kids in the elevator in Disaster committed mutiny. Also Executive Officer in Charge of Radishes is a pretty great official title.