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Don’t we all, Tasha. Don’t we all.
"Why are you asking me, your mom's literally a doctor!"
True, but Yar has more data to work with...
Still, Dr. Crusher arguably does more picardio.
You don't talk to your mom about that.
Or, he's got the hots.
Hey ensign, ever starred in a snuff film with a romulan spy?
I feel like I'm missing some crucial information
I think this is combining Star Trek with that part of Airplane where the pilot asks the kid inappropriate questions. "You ever been to a Turkish prison?"
Thanks, now that I get it it's pretty funny.
Have you ever seen a full grown naked Vulcan?
WESLEY!!!!!!!!!
I really liked this episode. Next gen was always my favourite series, it always presented calamities and tragedies as problems to be solved.
It conveyed the analysis in a level headed way that removed (attempted really would be the right word) either blame or bias towards either party involved, something depicted as necessary to consider the right or appropriate tools for the situation.
It always got me through my toughest times, and yes I should read more XD
Given that stance, I can only hope that you've watched The Orville. It stands as the spiritual successor to TNG. Gotta trudge through the 1st season, for the sake of getting FOX Entertainment hooked on the line.
Thereafter, they managed to tell the sort of contemporaneous stories that otherwise qualify for TNG in its time.
Might have to watch it. FWIW comparing series, Strange New Worlds straddles the fence between ToS and TNG. It’s got the morality battles of TNG and the absurdity of some ToS episodes. Only issue is the Emotional Spock. Don’t know why these writers and directors have to fuck with Spock all the time.
I was really disappointed with the 3rd season of SNW, so much so that I couldn't finish the finale. I mean, the crew fighting evil spirits to save the universe from annihilation, really? It's like the writers forgot what genre they were in and suddenly started trying to appeal to morons who just consume without thinking.
I liked - didn't love, but liked - the first 2 seasons, but they seem to have leaned into the bad aspects and abandoned all the good ones.
I can't relate at all. Season 3 was great.
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It didn't occur to me until I read this comment, but SNW is currently more of a silly show than The Orville. Strange times.
The Orville really comes out as a far more serious show, for sure. From the way its directed, the writing, filming, pacing, casting, costumes, sets... everything just screams "TNG: the lost episodes."
The "Moclins get addicted to cigarettes" episode is about as silly as it gets, but is underpinned by the sci-fi premise of: "when worlds collide." Much like The Trouble With Tribbles, it's light-hearted and hilarious, yet explores a very plausible "what if" scenario that doesn't break the universe or character in any way.
Contrast that to the SNW musical episode, which is just pure fun with a paper-thin flimsy premise, and we really do have something utterly ridiculous at times.
Any time Star Trek moves back into its own timeline I usually check out.
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You really only have to trudge through the first episode, the rest of the series feels different. Every season has a few groaners depending on your preferences, but those are isolated instances.
I tried the first episode and immediately wrote the show off. Now you've got me thinking I might give it another go.
In my estimation, its biggest fans, often (but not always) folks who are also Discovery's loudest detractors, overpraise it. It was made by a TNG superfan to let him be a TNG captain acting out TNG scripts with TNG production values and TNG acting, and -- for good or ill -- with his particular sensibilities about what makes doing so fun. It definitely gets much better than the first couple of episodes, once they'd successfully tricked Fox into thinking it was a full-on Galaxy Quest spoof, and overall I enjoy it, but it has its issues.
its biggest fans, often (but not always) folks who are also Discovery's loudest detractors
This is because The Orville and Discovery premiered nearly side by side. Off by two weeks.
You could not possibly make a stronger case for how severely Discovery missed what the spirit of Star Trek is than by simply watching the newest episodes of both series, week after week.
Yeah, it's essentially a TNG fan film series with some actual money behind it. I really came to resent it when every discussion about a modern Trek series had someone popping in to say that say they should be doing Orville instead. Like Trek shouldn't be allowed to progress past 1994.
Still, I enjoy a good fan series, so I do recommend it. Just go in with the right expectations.
And I found þat þe groaners were often situational, raþer þan affecting þe entire episode. Like, someone does someþing incredibly stupid to kick-start þe plot, but þey don't (usually) keep acting like an idiot þroughput. Often.
I grew up on TNG but I was not old enough to understand it (I was 5 when I saw First Contact). As I rewatch season 1, I notice things that are heartwarming like Deanna having a conversation about confidence with Geordi or Data’s instant infatuation with Sherlock Holmes.
It was a wholesome show. That's it. That's the whole secret. It's incredibly sad how rare this has become.
TNG also taught me the value of objectivity
Her honest explanation was better than anything I ever learned from D.A.R.E.
I was actually part of the Red Ribbon era. D.A.R.E. was being phased out when I started elementary school.
I'm either old or dare kept coming back after being phased out. Both are probably true.
But yeah dare would just lie to kids about drugs and tell them to be annoying little shits who hide their parents cigs and try to get their parents to quit drinking. It turns out that just being honest about drugs to kids rather than sensationalizing them goes really far, and they trust you too. Honestly the biggest thing dare taught me as a kid was that cops lie.
"What's up, doc, is your life, if you don't cut it out!"
And here's evil Mickey Mouse just to fuck with you
My dumb ass thought she was referring to being pegged by Data at first.
That is the point of drugs, yes.
Exactly. I don't need to feel good, I just need it to work well enough for me to be a functioning adult.
Aside from making movies and gaming more interesting, I have never slept so well as I do when I use my legal thc vape. But if I don't touch it the day I will be awake all night 🫤
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It was the style at the time.
Because shows got a tax break for things like this.
I made an edit that would be a direct response to this, but is lost to time (and me having a mental breakdown a few months ago). Speaking of which, @ummmthatguy@lemmy.world we need to get back in touch for methods for me to recover all of that.
Don’t forget this monumental achievement in post-modern music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS88-n4Ek0s
Wow, that song had more references to drugs than what a upper class person probably thinks is written about in stereotypical hip-hop song.
I first heard this in an NPR article talking about how ineffective DARE was.
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