"Trials and Tribbleations(DS9)" is utterly pointless? That's a first, or at least the first time I've heard someone place it so low on their scale in a very, VERY long time. So long I can't even recall the last dismissive comment I heard about it.
Spoilers Strange New Worlds Episode 7 - Those Old Scientists
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I'm not actually defining Filler episodes as being bad episodes. They can be good.
I don't even think Shades of Grey is that bad.
There are good filler episodes in other shows 'Fly; in Breaking Bad, 'Sacrifice' in Battlestar Galactica, 'Join The Club' in the Sopranos.
All good episodes, but not really related to the overall theme of the relevant series.
This episode of SNW, like in my opinion, far too many recently, is not relevant to what I believe the overall theme of the series should be, i.e. Exploration of new cultures and planets.
It doesn't mean the episode is bad as I've said, i just think there have been too many episodes like this which in a limited run series is not a good idea.
I don't even think Shades of Grey is that bad.
There are good filler episodes in other shows 'Fly; in Breaking Bad, 'Sacrifice' in Battlestar Galactica, 'Join The Club' in the Sopranos.
All good episodes, but not really related to the overall theme of the relevant series.
This episode of SNW, like in my opinion, far too many recently, is not relevant to what I believe the overall theme of the series should be, i.e. Exploration of new cultures and planets.
It doesn't mean the episode is bad as I've said, i just think there have been too many episodes like this which in a limited run series is not a good idea.
Who established that as the series theme?
Really? Its in the voiceover in the credits?
Why else have it?
If the voiceover of,
'Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before!' is not suggestive of being the theme of the show then I don't know what is.
A "Wagon Train to the Stars," if you will.
We have decades showing us what Star Trek is. It's never been limited to the opening monolog
TOS wasn't even about exploration ever week. "Space Seed" is literally about 72 superhumans from over 200 years earlier who get found, thawed out and try to take over the ship. Not one alien. Not one shot of an alien planet. Just humans interacting with other humans who have five times their strength.
Or it can be about falling in love with a woman from three hundred years ago or an android.
I also thing 'Yesterdays Enterprise' and 'Timeless' are incredibly overrated. Aren't opinions fun!
Ok.
Thank you.I adjusted the quote to make it accurate. (The bolded/italicized part.)
Tell me, someone, what is a moment of unassailable space exploration weirdness in TOS that exceeds in entertainment value what we're getting every week on SNW?
Not that there weren't memorably weird moments. One of my favorites was the alien pipe-cleaner people in "Catspaw." I'd say the Balock reveal was cool in that way. The Horta? Granted. There's a scene in the opening act of "Return To Tomorrow" with a nice little frisson of strange new worldliness, hmm?
There aren't that many, really. Beaming down to yet another Planet of the Silver Lame Togas does not automatically evoke the drama of exploration of the unknown. There are a handful of episodes of TOS that make all the paper mache stage-bound planets worth the time and expense, and not really more of them in the seven years of TNG.
Not trite, dull claims that SNW is somehow not living up to the mantle of Star Trek, no.
Not that there weren't memorably weird moments. One of my favorites was the alien pipe-cleaner people in "Catspaw." I'd say the Balock reveal was cool in that way. The Horta? Granted. There's a scene in the opening act of "Return To Tomorrow" with a nice little frisson of strange new worldliness, hmm?
There aren't that many, really. Beaming down to yet another Planet of the Silver Lame Togas does not automatically evoke the drama of exploration of the unknown. There are a handful of episodes of TOS that make all the paper mache stage-bound planets worth the time and expense, and not really more of them in the seven years of TNG.
Not trite, dull claims that SNW is somehow not living up to the mantle of Star Trek, no.
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Whomst among us hasn't fallen in love with an android? Whomst?!
My favorite Star Trek episodes are bottle shows.
Not by THAT much. And mostly by height, IIRC.
So... 150-200 feet wide? What was the original? 70 feet?
Gotta say, adding the landing target from the Star Fleet Technical Manual does make me feel yummy.
I know nothing of these RealDolls and refuse to know anything unless...someone got one they can lend me?
Spock will help you with forgetting.
"So, I may have accidentally invented a boyfriend."
"Yeah, I did that once and there's no easy way to get rid of an android."