49 more posts til I get an Avatar - how awesome is that?
After unleashing nerdrage over on an Enterprise thread, I thought I'd come here for a more balanced post.
Star Trek is special to me; I grew up with TNG, matured right along with the franchise with DS9 and then went 'huh?' as Voyager threw everything from common sense to storytelling right out the window.
But I'm not going to rant here; elsewhere, yes.
I think what I love most about the two series -TNG and DS9- was how one painted an almost unrealistic, idealistic portrait of the future, and then the other challenged that vision, asked questions, prodded at the framework TNG had built to see if the structure would hold. And it did, I think, in the final analysis. DS9 showed that we weren't perfect, that we would always have something to overcome, but that that challenge would lead to growth.
We must always grow, lest we stagnate; like, say, VOY & ENT.

I'm pretty excited about the reboot, even as I worry about the beautiful philosophy getting pushed to the side. Only time will tell on that front, I suppose, though Star Trek: the Star Trek was a worthy start, and certainly better than anything we'd seen in years.
So yeah, that's me; that's where I come from. Hello, hello, good to be here, thanks for having me.
Live long, prosper, etc.
48 posts til my avatar.