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Post by shaxper on Oct 25, 2014 13:34:21 GMT -5
If we're ranking films,
1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Slow moving but sort of epic in magnitude, scary, transformational for the key cast members, and intelligently written (even if it was a partial rip-off of a TOS episode). This is the only Trek film that I felt really tried to take the franchise to a new level on the silver screen. Robert Wise brought a sort of majesty to it and managed to create tension even when the film went over an hour without a single photon torpedo firing.
2. Star Trek: Into Darkness
It had its logic gaps, but it was well written, the acting was incredible, and the homages to Wrath of Khan made me like that film more than I do when I actually sit down to watch it.
3. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Intense, character rich, intelligent, heavy, and Sulu got to be a Captain.
4. Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan
Great sets and effects, good action, great enemy, decent story.
5. Star Trek (JJ Abrahms)
I neither like nor dislike this one.
6. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
I honestly barely remember this one, but I have no negative memories of the film.
7. Star Trek: Insurrection
Of all the Next Gen films, I felt this one had the most coherent plot and best enemy, but there were still LOTS of problems with it.
8. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
I hate the parodying of Trek in a Trek film, but this film definitely had its moments anyway.
That's it. I'd rather pretend Star Trek V, Generations, First Contact, and Nemesis were never made.
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Post by berkley on Oct 25, 2014 13:50:12 GMT -5
I still haven't seen several of the movies and it's been so long since I've watched the ones I have seen that I think I'd have to go through the whole series before I could say much about them. I enjoyed most of them at the time, but none of them stood up to the tv show, for me.
Also, I'm waiting for STV fans to start a "These are the enterprises of the starship Voyager" thread.
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Post by Action Ace on Oct 25, 2014 18:57:15 GMT -5
TV Series
1. Next Generation
2. Original Series
3. Deep Space Nine (some distance behind #2)
4. Enterprise (the last season gets it into shouting distance of #3)
5. Voyager
Movies
1. II Wrath of Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
2. IV Voyage Home
3. First Contact
4. Star Trek (Abrahms)
5. VI Undiscovered Country
6. I Star Trek: The Motionless Picture
7. III Search for Spock
8. Star Trek: Into Darkness
9. Generations
10. Insurrection
11. Nemesis
12. V Why Did God Allow This Movie to be Made?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 26, 2014 11:20:44 GMT -5
Also, I'm waiting for STV fans to start a "These are the enterprises of the starship Voyager" thread. I will always be puzzled by people who enjoy garlic, the smell of fried fish, cigarettes and Star Trek Voyager. But, as they say, to each their own. |
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Post by Golddragon71 on Oct 26, 2014 14:33:13 GMT -5
I got started on Trek around the time Star trek IV came out
Every saturday at 11:30 PM EST Channel 44 a PBS station based in Scranton PA would present 3 Commercial Free Star Trek original series episodes in production order every week.
by the time Star Trek IV was in theaters I was a full-time Trekkie. by the time Next generation came out I was a card carrying member of the official fan club and a convention goer as well as a reader of the DC Comics Run.
I have the Original series the Animated series next generation and all of the feature films ripped into my computer and every time a new film comes out I sync them all into iTunes and onto my devices and have a year of Trek.
My favorite comic runs of Star trek were the two DC runs an I'm a huge fan of both the Playmates figures as well as the original Art asylum/DST collections (not such a big fan of the newer pre-posed figures)
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Post by shaxper on Oct 26, 2014 14:51:18 GMT -5
I'm a huge fan of both the Playmates figures as well as the original Art asylum/DST collections (not such a big fan of the newer pre-posed figures) I enjoy customizing the heck out of the Playmates and Galoob figures. It's really easy to glue new heads onto uniformed bodies and suddenly quadruple your crew  |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 26, 2014 18:34:56 GMT -5
6. I Star Trek: The Motionless Picture I actually enjoyed that movie, but I admit that this is damn funny!  |
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Post by Action Ace on Oct 26, 2014 18:37:01 GMT -5
6. I Star Trek: The Motionless Picture I actually enjoyed that movie, but I admit that this is damn funny! The other two nicknames for the movie were "Spockalypse Now" and "Where Nomad Has Gone Before." |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Oct 27, 2014 23:50:45 GMT -5
I disagree!! Very much so, in fact. I LOVED Tripp and Malcolm. Tripp, I DID mention in the same post you're quoting that I really liked Tripp  Bite your damned tongue, sir! Geordi was the nice, shy, every-dork, as well as a fun straightman to Data. Wesley was a poor attempt at a Gary Stu that utterly failed to understand the age and maturity of the viewing demographic, but in the later seasons, the writers figured out that Geordi was a far more accurate embodiment of everyone who was watching the show, and they nailed the Gary Stu approach far more effectively with him. Malcolm was a total a**hole, and multiple episodes spent a lot of time exploring this. I honestly have no idea what was likable about that character beyond his accent. Malcolm seemed like a regular guy to me... his history was British Navy, and he went to space instead in defiance of his family, but still has a bit of pirate in him, made me think he was like the decendant of Jack Aubrey or something. Plus, I always love a guy that wants to blow things up. Then there's the escapades where he and Tripp try to pick up alien women, which is EPIC. I just always thought Geordi was boring.. though I agree he was good as Data's straight man. I don't think he was shy, or a dork, just a boring, competent professional. Barkley and O'Brien were both far more interesting. I actually liked Wesley towards the end, when he came back after getting kicked out of Starfleet academy... those were some good episodes. |
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Post by dupersuper on Oct 28, 2014 21:37:13 GMT -5
We're ranking the movies to? Ok...
1 Wrath of Khan
2 Voyage Home
3 Undiscovered Country
4 First Contact
5 Search for Spock
6 Star Trek
7 Generations
8 Motion Picture
9 Final Frontier
10 Insurrection
11 Into Darkness
12 Nemesis
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 28, 2014 21:47:50 GMT -5
I'm one of those weird people who thinks the Voyage home was one of the best Trek movies ever.
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Post by shaxper on Oct 28, 2014 23:22:10 GMT -5
I'm one of those weird people who thinks the Voyage home was one of the best Trek movies ever.  |
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Post by Action Ace on Oct 28, 2014 23:42:19 GMT -5
I'm one of those weird people who thinks the Voyage home was one of the best Trek movies ever. They're trying to talk to the whales. 8th place.... BAH! |
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Post by Dizzy D on Oct 29, 2014 6:07:40 GMT -5
They're trying to talk to the whales. 8th place.... BAH! Whenever I see anything about talking to whales, I have to think of an old Alas Smith and Jones sketch: (just the sound, not the graphics). |
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Post by Action Ace on Oct 29, 2014 12:28:25 GMT -5
I think of Dory speaking whale in "Finding Nemo."
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