Rewatching Trek by subject: what subject would you choose?

wildsulu · Feb 22, 2015

I like to watch Trek per subject/theme. A while back I watched everything about the 'augments' aka Khan's men. I watched all related episodes and movies from Space Seed up to the augment episodes of Enterprise and also CumberbatchKhan in Into Darkness. That was a lot of fun!

Also I'd like to rewatch the episodes that are about the Federation's economic system: Make a list of episodes/movies that are about people's work or where they do some sort of payment. From ordering drinks in The Trouble with Tribbles up to Jake & Nog trying to buy a baseball card for Captain Sisko.

If you were to rewatch Trek by a certain subject, what subject would interest you the most?

fonzob1 · Feb 22, 2015

The Dominion War was my favorite theme in Star Trek.

T'Girl · Feb 22, 2015

The overall "Vulcan arc."

Greg Cox · Feb 22, 2015

I'm currently working through a lot of TOS "bottle shows" in order to concentrate more on the Enterprise sets and life on the ship, as opposed to visits to strange new worlds.

"Balance of Terror," "The Naked Time," "Journey to Babel," "The Corbomite Maneuver," "Charlie X," "Elaan of Troyius," etc.

Episodes that take place almost entirely aboard the ship.

YellowSubmarine · Feb 22, 2015

Well, it is not something I would ever admit to choosing or liking, but when I actually do watch Star Trek by subject it's time travel. I don't know why. My browser pops up the Wikipedia template on ST time travel stories whenever I type "time". It's weird given that half of those stories are... to avoid harsh epithets... not that good.

Elias Vaughn · Feb 22, 2015

I'm also a sucker for time travel episodes.

Nerys Myk · Feb 22, 2015

Greg Cox said:
I'm currently working through a lot of TOS "bottle shows" in order to concentrate more on the Enterprise sets and life on the ship, as opposed to visits to strange new worlds.

"Balance of Terror," "The Naked Time," "Journey to Babel," "The Corbomite Maneuver," "Charlie X," "Elaan of Troyius," etc.

Episodes that take place almost entirely aboard the ship.

You writin' a book or somethin'?

BillJ · Feb 23, 2015

YellowSubmarine said:
Well, it is not something I would ever admit to choosing or liking, but when I actually do watch Star Trek by subject it's time travel. I don't know why. My browser pops up the Wikipedia template on ST time travel stories whenever I type "time". It's weird given that half of those stories are... to avoid harsh epithets... not that good.

Same here.

JirinPanthosa · Feb 23, 2015

Maybe Q. Or, Q episodes that are not Q and the Grey or Q2.

eyeresist · Feb 23, 2015

Plagues and pandemics.

Greg Cox · Feb 23, 2015

Nerys Myk said:
Greg Cox said:

I'm currently working through a lot of TOS "bottle shows" in order to concentrate more on the Enterprise sets and life on the ship, as opposed to visits to strange new worlds.

"Balance of Terror," "The Naked Time," "Journey to Babel," "The Corbomite Maneuver," "Charlie X," "Elaan of Troyius," etc.

Episodes that take place almost entirely aboard the ship.

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You writin' a book or somethin'?

Always!

RandyS · Feb 24, 2015

Greg Cox said:
I'm currently working through a lot of TOS "bottle shows" in order to concentrate more on the Enterprise sets and life on the ship, as opposed to visits to strange new worlds.

Episodes that take place almost entirely aboard the ship.

Most of the time, those episodes are my favorites no matter what the series is.

As to the question, the only time I remember doing a "theme" was spending a rainy afternoon stuck at home with nothing to do, so I made a cheeseburger and some popcorn and watched first "The Tholian Web", then followed that with both parts of "In a Mirror Darkly", and then followed that with "Mirror, Mirror". I was gonna follow that with "Crossover", but by then, I had spent three hours watching TV, and felt like doing something else.

RandyS · Feb 24, 2015

YellowSubmarine said:
Well, it is not something I would ever admit to choosing or liking, but when I actually do watch Star Trek by subject it's time travel. I don't know why. My browser pops up the Wikipedia template on ST time travel stories whenever I type "time". It's weird given that half of those stories are... to avoid harsh epithets... not that good.

Really? I've always liked them.

USS Triumphant · Feb 24, 2015

Civil Liberties - the "legal" episodes. "The Omega Glory". "Court Martial". "Measure of a Man". "Author, Author". All of Captain Kirk's appearances on Boston Legal.

That sort of thing. But I would probably never go through the effort to actually assemble and watch these this way, unless maybe I was teaching a class.

LMFAOschwarz · Feb 24, 2015

Hmm...one possibility might be to choose 'explore strange new worlds' episodes, which is supposedly what it's all about in the first place.

Checking in on Earth colonies or outposts might be another idea.

Non-humanoid entities, perhaps?

Shuttlecraft stories might be another option.

I'll give it some more thought...

JirinPanthosa · Feb 24, 2015

Ooh, thought of a better one.

Episodes that take place entirely or mostly inside a character's mind.

Inner Light, Far Beyond the Stars, etc.

WillsBabe · Feb 24, 2015

wildsulu said:
If you were to rewatch Trek by a certain subject, what subject would interest you the most?

I've never considered watching the shows by theme, but I think it's a great idea. Personally, I'd go for the "might-have-been" episodes - the one's where the crew are not in their right environment or situation, or even their right minds - The Paradise Syndrome (TOS); Frame of Mind (TNG); Empok Nor (DS9); Resolutions (Voyager); Twilight (Enterprise) and then Star Trek (

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maneth · Feb 24, 2015

The MU episodes get my vote.

Bad Thoughts · Feb 24, 2015

Married to the job:

Wrath of Khan
TNG: The Perfect Mate
DS9: Crossfire
VOY: Prime Factors
ENT: Twilight

GNDN · Feb 25, 2015

Haven't done this recently, but back in college, when TNG was still being first run, I'd put together theme nights of sorts in the rec room of my dorm showing VHS tapes grouped by Klingon politics (specifically Worf's dishonor eps), Romulan encounters, Data stories, etc.

Gathered a fairly good crowd at the time. Had fun putting together 3 or 4 eps for an evening and collating the tapes. Did not seek prior approval from the commissioner

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