Greetings from Your New (Old) Mod

[Mutai Sho-Rin]

The Sho-Rin checking in. I've been a member of the board since its first year and moderated the Enterprise forum for around 3 years. T'Bonz brought me back to the Moderator ranks to help her with TOS and now I find myself here in TNG, my favorite Trek series. From my username and Sig, you can tell I'm also a fan of Babylon 5.

For a short bio, I'm 66, live in Orange County, CA and work as a technical trainer in large-scale electronic secuirty systems. The Lady Sho-Rin and I have been married for 35 years and have two adult daughters. I travel extensively and have enjoyed visiting many TrekBBS members around the country.

When TNG was announced, I refused to watch because I found the "Next Generation" title to be painfully deriviative. A good friend at the time convinced me to watch ONE episode. It was "The Measure of a Man". The rest is history. My order of Trek worship is TNG, ENT, DS9, TOS and Voy (no haters, please). I have a new, still-in-the-box Blu-Ray player at home and will be ordering TNG S1 from Amazon this week. I look forward to re-visiting the whole series as the Bly-Ray discs are released. I look forward to a lot of fresh dialog and debate in a new thread I'll launch tomorrow morning.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Welcome (back ?) again.

Wow, you must've been able to watch TOS in it's first run. Did you?

That might explain some reluctance towards TNG. I'm @ 44 years old now, so only saw sporadic eps of TOS in the 70's & 80's plus the movies. TNG was a great thing to come along as far as I was concerned.

I've watched all the series' since then, they've all had good & bad, but mostly good.

The TNG blu-ray will be my first foray into the series in any form on disc and I'm glad I waited.

Of course, the same was true with the Three Stooges remastered sets. Though their original DVD releases were a few shorts per disc, in no particular order.

 

[Quinton O'Connor]

Welcome back!

 

[Angel4576]

From my username and Sig, you can tell I'm also a fan of Babylon 5.

That's all it took to win me over!

Welcome, looking forward to the new thread.

 

[MacLeod]

I guess a welcome is in order then.

My memory might be wrong but wasn't Mutai from a S1 episode of B5 "TKO" I believe if memory serves.

 

[Holdfast]

Welcome again, Mutai.

TNG is a special series; its warmth shines through almost every episode and it appeals to so many different ages and people. I like to think that this forum reflects a little bit of that. I'm absolutely confident it will flourish during your time modding it.

 

[Sho]

Well, you've definitely got part of your name going for you!

And it's nice to see another Babylon 5 fan; I've always loved both Trek and B5 and lament the frequent tension between the two fandoms.

 

[Mutai Sho-Rin]

I guess a welcome is in order then.

My memory might be wrong but wasn't Mutai from a S1 episode of B5 "TKO" I believe if memory serves.

'Tis so. It is one of the lowest ranked episodes and also one of my favorites. The B plot od Ivanova coming to grips with the death of her father was the most gripping part for me but I did enjoy the Walker Smith A plot as well.

 

[Mutai Sho-Rin]

Welcome again, Mutai.

TNG is a special series; its warmth shines through almost every episode and it appeals to so many different ages and people. I like to think that this forum reflects a little bit of that. I'm absolutely confident it will flourish during your time modding it.

I'll try not to break it by either intent or neglect.

 

[Angel4576]

I guess a welcome is in order then.

My memory might be wrong but wasn't Mutai from a S1 episode of B5 "TKO" I believe if memory serves.

'Tis so. It is one of the lowest ranked episodes and also one of my favorites. The B plot od Ivanova coming to grips with the death of her father was the most gripping part for me but I did enjoy the Walker Smith A plot as well.

Poor Greg McKinney. Another one struck down by the Babylon 5 curse.

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