No love for Picard as Locutus?
Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.
'Destiny'
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DavidS - May 14, 2009 12:34:19 pm PDT #1362 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Polter-Cow - May 14, 2009 12:35:16 pm PDT #1363 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ooh.
The movie has made me want to watch more Trek stuff, so maybe I'll seek some classic episodes.
Connie Neil - May 14, 2009 12:57:22 pm PDT #1364 of 30000
brillig
My favorite TNG episode is the one where Picard has to learn how to communicate with the captain of a ship from a civilization that uses metaphors as language. Picard telling the story of Gilgamesh to the alien captain over a campfire is glorious.
Kathy A - May 14, 2009 1:04:07 pm PDT #1365 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Oooh, yes--that ep is great! Paul Winfield is terrific as the alien. Wasn't it titled "Darmok"?
As much as I like "Best of Both Worlds," I liked the film "First Contact" better for the Locutus residual.
erikaj - May 14, 2009 1:09:38 pm PDT #1366 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I like the holideck ones...sorry I'm not more fannishly specific, but when I was twelve TNG was my BFF's show, not really mine in the same way. I liked it, though. And the movie with the whale lady.
Connie Neil - May 14, 2009 1:10:05 pm PDT #1367 of 30000
brillig
TNG lucked out when they got Patrick Stewart. The classical training gives a starship captain the proper gravitas.
erikaj - May 14, 2009 1:12:53 pm PDT #1368 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Totally.
askye - May 14, 2009 1:29:25 pm PDT #1369 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I prefer DS9 to TNG (I haven't seen enough of Voyager to compare and only saw one or two episodes of Enterprise) because of the character development, story arcs, and the level of inter personal conflict that allowed those arcs and development.
One of the complaints I heard about the concept of DS9 is that it's a space station! It doesn't go anywhere! And, true, the station stayed pretty much the same place (although there were excursions through the wormhole and other things)but the characters went places and had growth.
Part of it, from my understanding, is that Roddenberry didn't really want a lot of conflict between the Starfleet officers which meant that had to come from the outside. And in a ship that travels a lot there really wasn't a lot of places for that to come from.
There was some changes and growth but I was always left wanting more from TNG.
Anne W. - May 14, 2009 1:29:42 pm PDT #1370 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I don't know if a fic rec is appropriate for this thread or not, but this Trek fic had me laughing with delight and sobbing at the same time. (Assume massive spoilers, of course.)
Anne W. - May 14, 2009 1:31:24 pm PDT #1371 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
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I prefer DS9 to TNG
askye is me on this. I loved how complex the DS9-verse was. Plus, "Far Beyond the Stars" and "The Visitor" are two of the finest hours of television, ever.