Taraljc on LJ also had a post recently for Trek noobs, including recommended episodes.
Never goes smooth. How come it never goes smooth?
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Dana - May 14, 2009 7:08:16 pm PDT #1417 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Dana - May 14, 2009 7:09:05 pm PDT #1418 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, and I missed Space Seed on that list, which is the setup for the second Trek movie.
DavidS - May 14, 2009 7:31:39 pm PDT #1419 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Here's my Top Ten Movies Of All Time
Dude, I am surprised your wife even sleeps with you from all the incessant Wild Bunch pimpery.
It's like saying: "Women? Buh? Fight! Mansweat! Ahhhhh..."
If I were your wife I would totally stab you with a chopstick if I saw that list.
Go sit in a corner and meditate on your sweaty man sins and come back with a list that doesn't have Cockfighter! on it.
Have you even seen Tree of Wooden Clogs?
Hayden - May 14, 2009 7:41:24 pm PDT #1420 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Are you suggesting that I'm gay for Ernest Borgnine?
I think Cockfighter is sorta romantic.
Strega - May 14, 2009 7:46:11 pm PDT #1421 of 30000
It is, in Part 2.
Oh. Um, never mind. (But it should be higher on the list!)
P-C, you should see The Way to Eden. You should also remember the thing where I'm evil.
Corwood, I can't remember -- do you read Criminal (Brubaker's comic)? I'm pretty sure I saw The Cockfighter mentioned in the backmatter in one issue. Between that and the noir-ness, it seems very you.
Hayden - May 14, 2009 7:47:41 pm PDT #1422 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Never read it, but I'll check it out now.
Polter-Cow - May 14, 2009 8:22:36 pm PDT #1423 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The City on the Edge of Forever, definitely, but it's better watched once you have some grounding in the characters. Amok Time, very important Spock episode, as is Journey to Babel. Mirror Mirror is a classic AU episode.
A Piece of the Action is silly but funny. Trouble With Tribbles, definitely. Devil in the Dark is a solid plotty episode.
I've seen "The City on the Edge of Forever," but I'll watch it again after seeing some more episodes. Thanks!
There's only three seasons of classic Trek, P-C. Seeing all of them really isn't that much of a committment.
That's still 80 episodes. That's a lot. I have no real desire to watch them all, but I want to see enough to get the cultural context.
Taraljc on LJ also had a post recently for Trek noobs, including recommended episodes.
Oh yeah, I've seen that post.
P-C, you should see The Way to Eden. You should also remember the thing where I'm evil.
Ha! Uh oh. "The Enterprise is hijacked by an insane doctor and his fanatical, hippy-like followers, in an attempt to find paradise." Really?
amych - May 14, 2009 8:26:08 pm PDT #1424 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
REALLY.
Sean K - May 14, 2009 8:28:09 pm PDT #1425 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Yea, brother!
amych - May 14, 2009 8:29:31 pm PDT #1426 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
(Srsly. TOS contains much cheese. CHEESE MADE OF CRACK.)