TNG fans please identify yourselves ...

Discussion in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' started by Gold Grizzly, Oct 31, 2005.

  1. Earl Grey Tea

    Earl Grey Tea Ensign Red Shirt

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    How fascinating to see that we each have our favourite times and space to watch TNG according to the way we got sucked into it, I love hearing your experiences. I find them so personal and interesting.
     
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  2. James Bunting

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    The sporadic nature I watched some episodes in before, honestly, I can only vaguely remember some things. I haven't encountered an episode, aside from the "Elementary, Dear Data" that I remember at all so far! Also, second season is finished, three episodes into season three!
     
  3. JesterFace

    JesterFace Fleet Captain Commodore

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    That's where TNG really gets going.
    That doesn't mean every single episode is gold but you might notice a difference. :)
     
  4. Lt. J'Korta

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    I'm new here. I grew-up watching TNG on TV with my dad and my brothers. I had so. freking. many action figures! LOL! Besides TNG, I love DS9, and I enjoy both Voyager and Lower Decks.
    Worf has always been my favorite TNG character, with Geordie LaForge a close second. Basically all the "Klingon" episodes are historically my favorites, but this past year I re-watched the whole series on Netflix and "A Fistful of Data's" still stands as perhaps my single favorite episode.
    Q is a fun visiting character and I met John DeLancie at the one Trek Con I attended while in Middle School. As soon as I'm able to post photos I'll put that up in an appropriate thread.
    I live in the Pacific Northwest in the USA. My wife is a nerd, but not a Trekkie, sadly. My Middle School-aged daughter isn't either, but I'm holding out hope for my Grade School-aged son.

    Live long and prosper!
     
  5. Mike McDevitt

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    Welcome aboard!
     
  6. Lt. J'Korta

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    Thanks!
     
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  7. Lt. J'Korta

    Lt. J'Korta Ensign Red Shirt

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    BTW, how did you get that awesome avatar?
     
  8. Mike McDevitt

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    I copied Larry Nemecek's awesome twitter avatar, painted over his hair and beard with my iPhone's mark-up program, and changed the colours with the Paint Tester app.
     
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  9. MrPicard

    MrPicard Jean-Luc's Loving Husband Fleet Captain

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  10. JesterFace

    JesterFace Fleet Captain Commodore

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    I've been here for a while but I think I must remind people that I think TNG is the best TV series ever.
    It's weird that a TV show can mean so much to someone, in this case, me.
     
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  11. Earl Grey Tea

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    Welcome on board Lt. J'Korta, I am new here too and it's a great forum! This is so cool you met John DeLancie, definitely one of my dreams :hugegrin:. I look forward to your photos!
     
  12. K‘Mpec

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    Hello together,

    i am new in this Forum as well. I started watching TNG intensely in 2000 when I was 16. but I consume almost everything that is Star Trek. Not really ENT and not really lower decks (not yet available in Germany)

    I have photos nearly with the whole tng cast, gathered on conventions in Germany (which is not as easy as in USA) and my Collection is growing

    my favourite episodes all have to do with time travel and they are nearly all written by Brannon Braga.
     
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  13. CaptainVarley

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    I am new here. But I grew up watching TNG with my mom. I started borrowing her TNG books and just lost myself in Trek. I really needed it out when I got into simming when AOL got big. Once DS9 I ended I got away from Trek and just never got in to Enterprise, but I dove back into the deep reading books after college and did a DS9 rewatch. Got back into simming but dialed that back when I got married. Anyway with the pandemic I've really been drowning in Trek and had been looking for an online community.
     
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  14. May 20

    May 20 Consumer of cookies and milk Premium Member

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    Welcome! My kids grew up watching Trek, too. They aren't quite fans, though.

    I know this is the TNG forum, but I gave up on ENT when it was in first-run. I finally watched it all the way through last year and was very pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed it. So you might want to give it another try one of these days.
     
  15. Mutai Sho-Rin

    Mutai Sho-Rin Crusty Old Bastard Moderator

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    Welcome NooB! Seconding Dec 25's comment about Enterprise. It is my favorite legacy series after TNG. I'm also very excited about Discovery, especially this current season, and Picard was outstanding IMHO.
     
  16. CaptainVarley

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    Thanks for the welcome. I am actually bit disappointed with this season of Discovery, but still an overall fan. I think season 2 was stronger overall. I just rewatched Picard and it's better 2nd time around. Hits all the right notes for what I enjoy most about Trek.
     
  17. Crusher Disciple

    Crusher Disciple Admiral Admiral

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    I watched the first episode of TNG premiere waaaay back then, watching it from the independent station in Memphis (24? 30?). After my dad's generation got "his" crew, this one was going to be all mine. I wouldn't have to play catchup when I watched the movies like I did with the TOS crew.

    Dr. Crusher is a god to me. I wanted to be her when I grew up. The more I read Gates' Twitter feed, I'm starting to think that I did.

    Also, I've been around here for a while.
     
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  18. May 20

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    I'm rewatching TNG (again) right now. I love Beverly. I think she doesn't get enough credit for her general awesomeness as a character and a woman.
     
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  19. Mutai Sho-Rin

    Mutai Sho-Rin Crusty Old Bastard Moderator

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    CD, it's been forever since you've popped up and I'm very glad to see you. As one of the few members here older than Gates, I was a fan from the very start of the series and had a not-so-secret crush on the good doctor.
     
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  20. Crusher Disciple

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    Well of COURSE you did. She's prime Grade A crush material. :luvlove::luvlove::luvlove::luvlove:

    And 'sup, dude? :D
     
  21. Mutai Sho-Rin

    Mutai Sho-Rin Crusty Old Bastard Moderator

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    Doing great for a dude looking at 75. Wife and girls all healthy, especially the younger one who is a hospital chaplain with a COVID floor. Being retired, the quarantine didn't change our daily lives all that much so our mental stress is a lot less than most. We do miss having the girls over though but Facebook groups gets us some face time every Saturday.
     
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  22. LadyMondegreen

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    Here's my newbie introduction! I've been a TOS fan for years (I first watched it in high school about 7 or 8 years ago, and fell instantly in love) but over the last few years have begun watching TAS, TNG, and DS9 with my partner who grew up watching TNG with his Trekkie mom. I love TNG even more than TOS, but I think so far out of the three DS9 is shaping up to be my favorite. My favorite characters in TNG are Picard, Dr. Crusher, and Data, my favorites (so far!) in DS9 are Kira and Odo, and my favorite of TOS simply must be Spock. Besides all the obvious ways in which he's a great character, I also always viewed him as an excellent allegory for my own experiences of growing up mixed race.

    On the personal front: I live in Massachusetts (and am generally a New Englander born and raised), I'm currently attending graduate school for User Experience Design, I love puzzly stuff of all kinds besides science fiction, and mint chocolate cookie is the best flavor of ice cream.
     
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