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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 14, 2024 12:48:06 GMT -5
I just beat an old Star Trek game for the first time, Bridge Commander. Unfortunately, the manual firing function stopped working properly for me after a few missions. It would just turn off at random and I'd be left a sitting duck for a few seconds until I reenabled it. It also stopped allowing me to turn on quantum torpedoes even though the Sovereign was supposed to be fully equipped with them. If Insurrection is any indication, a Sovereign's complement of torpedoes is quickly expended!  |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Apr 14, 2024 13:20:53 GMT -5
The idea of humanity being united seemed silly whenever an episode or film dealt with corruption within Starfleet. Okay, Starfleet seemed less corrupt than other organisations (fictional or real), but it did show that the idea of a “unified mankind” seemed a little absurd - I may be overthinking it - when corruption still existed. And if it existed within Starfleet, then it had to also exist in other organisations on Earth. When I do think about it, the idea of a Utopia within Star Trek seems unlikely. The way I see it is you can still have some negative character traits on a personal level, like greed, pride or envy, but on a societal level mankind had gone beyond such ills as racism, sexism, nationalism, and solved the inequities that plague modern life like poverty, homelessness and largely disease. So you can still have power mad star ship captains or admirals or corrupt politicians but life on the whole for everyone is still pretty Utopic. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 14, 2024 20:10:56 GMT -5
The idea of humanity being united seemed silly whenever an episode or film dealt with corruption within Starfleet. Okay, Starfleet seemed less corrupt than other organisations (fictional or real), but it did show that the idea of a “unified mankind” seemed a little absurd - I may be overthinking it - when corruption still existed. And if it existed within Starfleet, then it had to also exist in other organisations on Earth. When I do think about it, the idea of a Utopia within Star Trek seems unlikely. The way I see it is you can still have some negative character traits on a personal level, like greed, pride or envy, but on a societal level mankind had gone beyond such ills as racism, sexism, nationalism, and solved the inequities that plague modern life like poverty, homelessness and largely disease. So you can still have power mad star ship captains or admirals or corrupt politicians but life on the whole for everyone is still pretty Utopic. Quite right! The few racists we met (there was one who distrusted Vulcans, as I recall) were the exception, not the rule, and they stood out like a sore thumb. Gene's vision remains the one I root for, as was MLK's. |
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Post by driver1980 on Apr 15, 2024 3:43:52 GMT -5
You’re both right, I’m sure.
I suppose we may see it in some respects today. Some places - for instance Guernsey - seem pretty peaceful (I know the population is small), and it’s only rarely that you hear about a crime.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Apr 20, 2024 7:05:25 GMT -5
Cross-posting this from the RIP thread... Just learned that John Trimble has passed away. 'Who?' you may be asking. Together with his wife Bjo, Trimble launched the letter writing campaign to save the original Star Trek from getting cancelled, so that NBC decided to shoot a third season. And that, according to the link, made it possible to put the show in syndication, where it eventually became a pop culture phenomenon and then on that basis became the mass media juggernaut that it is today.  |
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Post by Marv-El on Apr 22, 2024 18:11:36 GMT -5
With the final season now being released, I figured it was time to catch up with Discovery. I had seen season one awhile back and while I enjoyed it, never got around to the rest of the seasons.
So finished season two which overall was enjoyable. Previously, I knew where Discovery had gone from other media sources so it was nice to see how they actually got there. Ethan Peck as Spock was impeccable and I can now buy into his family relationship with Michael more so now after seeing the last few episodes of the season.
And as always, Michelle Yeoh is phenomenal. I'm still amazed that she is part of STAR TREK!
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Post by berkley on Apr 22, 2024 18:24:12 GMT -5
With the final season now being released, I figured it was time to catch up with Discovery. I had seen season one awhile back and while I enjoyed it, never got around to the rest of the seasons. So finished season two which overall was enjoyable. Previously, I knew where Discovery had gone from other media sources so it was nice to see how they actually got there. Ethan Peck as Spock was impeccable and I can now buy into his family relationship with Michael more so now after seeing the last few episodes of the season. And as always, Michelle Yeoh is phenomenal. I'm still amazed that she is part of STAR TREK! She's about the only reason I tried Discovery when it first began - then gave up when I realised she wasn't going to be in it as much as I had expected - and once more the only reason I'm considering trying it again now that I've heard her character has become important to the show. |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 4, 2024 15:48:24 GMT -5
I’ve gotten back into Star Trek lately. I am watching TNG Season One bit by bit. I am watching one TNG movie per week. I’ve seen Generations and First Contact.
I am watching most of these series on DVDs from the library. So I request them and sometimes I have to wait for them.
However, my branch of the library has the first three seasons of Lower Decks, so I have been checking those out while I’m waiting for inter-library loan items. I don’t usually binge, but it’s pretty easy to watch a whole season of ST: LD over the weekend. I’m watching Season Three this weekend.
I think “Wej Duj” is a strong contender for best Star Trek episode ever.
I ordered my own copy of Star Trek: The Animated Series, and I watched all 22 episodes over the last few weeks. It is very entertaining!
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 13, 2024 14:30:48 GMT -5
The local annual SF convention Sferakon was held in Zagreb this past weekend, and among other things I attended two interesting talks held by Eric Stilwell, who had a long career in TV which included a stint as production assistant and script coordinator for TNG, as well as some production work on DS9 and Voyager. On Saturday he gave a general retrospective of his career in various Star Trek shows, as well as his activities in fandom, as he was a Trekkie since he was a little kid. On Sunday he gave a more focused talk on the making of the well-loved and acclaimed TNG season 3 episode "Yesterday's Enterprise," for which he developed the story together with Trent Ganino.  Both talks were really interesting; I always like getting some of this behind the scenes info from people involved on the production side. (This was, by the way, kind of sequel to last year's convention, when one of the guests of honor was Lolita Fatjo, another TNG production staffer - which I also posted about). Anyway, Stilwell also signed my convention program...  |
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