MAKE IT POLL: ILX Star Trek nominations thread at last! VOTING ENDS 2016/09/09

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ciderpress, Thursday, 11 August 2016 16:51 (seven years ago) link

This is v. exciting, thanks Leee!

I heart TNG, but I've hardly watched any Enterprise, DS9 or Voyager. Always happy to get TOS recommends - I remember watching the whole series on BBC2 in the early nineties but I can't remember much except that The Menagerie seemed like the most interminable thing ever to a 13-year-old.

Recently watched the remastered Doomsday Machine on Netflix and that is fucking bonkers good.

Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 12 August 2016 11:42 (seven years ago) link

I'm ambivalent about the CGI inserts but the remastered interior scenes on TOS are just fucking beautiful to look at.

Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 12 August 2016 11:43 (seven years ago) link

CGI remastering is a tragedy of Lucasian proportions.

chad valley of the shadow of death (ledge), Friday, 12 August 2016 13:19 (seven years ago) link

It's pretty seamless (and often an improvement) on TNG, but the CGI ship on the original series looks wack.

(I believe the CGI effects shots were a necessary result of remastering, rather than Lucas-style "improvements". But some of them are pretty shit-looking nonetheless.)

Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 12 August 2016 14:04 (seven years ago) link

And, that said, the Doomsday Machine space dong on the remaster looks fucking groovy.

Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 12 August 2016 14:05 (seven years ago) link

Sharpening up the picture is one thing, but adding effects shots is totally misguided. Better to let these things remain of their time. Part of the fun of TOS is going back to the 60s.

jmm, Friday, 12 August 2016 14:11 (seven years ago) link

Otm i hate that shit. Glad i have the og dvd sets

Οὖτις, Friday, 12 August 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link

I would agree but I love this shot too much

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Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 12 August 2016 14:22 (seven years ago) link

I was referring to TOS

Οὖτις, Friday, 12 August 2016 14:36 (seven years ago) link

voted!

Οὖτις, Friday, 19 August 2016 21:30 (seven years ago) link

Received! BTW I'm almost certainly going to extend the deadline at least one month just to give myself time to finish TOS.

write sed fread (Leee), Friday, 19 August 2016 21:34 (seven years ago) link

maybe I will have re-watched all of TNG by then

Οὖτις, Friday, 19 August 2016 21:36 (seven years ago) link

probably not though - may just revisit my favorite TNG villain episodes ie, the Borg, Lore, and Q

Οὖτις, Friday, 19 August 2016 21:37 (seven years ago) link

I think it's time for a DS9 rewatch.

Millsner, Wednesday, 24 August 2016 12:03 (seven years ago) link

i recommend skipping season 1 other than the first episode and "Progress" and "Duet", it's a whole lot of excitement-killing nothingness otherwise

ciderpress, Wednesday, 24 August 2016 13:30 (seven years ago) link

I think this is the fabled DS9 spreadsheet, which might be useful here

Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 24 August 2016 13:36 (seven years ago) link

im not a fan of that spreadsheet anymore, its purpose is more to show the episodes that are related to the main story arc so you miss out on some good one-offs

the ciderpress guide to DS9 goes something like this:

Season 1:
Emissary
Progress
Duet

Season 2:
Necessary Evil
Whispers
The Maquis Pts. 1&2
The Wire
The Jem'Hadar

Season 3:
The Search Pts. 1&2
Civil Defense (this one is skippable i just find it stupidly entertaining)
Defiant
Past Tense Pts. 1&2
Destiny
Visionary
Improbable Cause
The Die is Cast
The Adversary

Season 4-7
Just watch everything at this point. you can skip the ferengi episodes if you dont like those (S6 "The Magnificent Ferengi" is really good though) and the holosuite eps if you don't like those (S7 "It's Only A Paper Moon" is the good one there imo) but there aren't too many stinkers otherwise

ciderpress, Wednesday, 24 August 2016 13:55 (seven years ago) link

Hey I like "Move Along Home", "If Wishes Were Horses", "Q-Less" (which is like a Mirror-Universe Doctor Who episode) from season 1!

write sed fread (Leee), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link

those are the goofy ones, i like them too but most of the ppl i recommend trek episodes to want the more dramatic stories

ciderpress, Wednesday, 24 August 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link

Oh I would totally want the good goofy ones too. I mean, I even super enjoyed "Angel One"

Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 24 August 2016 20:40 (seven years ago) link

I always considered myself a big Trek fan but holy shit @ this thread. I know nothing.

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 20:51 (seven years ago) link

Civil Defense (this one is skippable i just find it stupidly entertaining)

omg this is second only to "Far Beyond the Stars" as far as DS9 goes IMO.

write sed fread (Leee), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 20:55 (seven years ago) link

two weeks pass...

haaaaaaapppppy 50th!

https://twitter.com/tomandlorenzo/status/773863593204936704

Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 September 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link

OK, started working on this today. I promise I'll have it done. With no TOS.

Jeff, Thursday, 8 September 2016 17:58 (seven years ago) link

ok i will counter with all-TOS

The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:02 (seven years ago) link

oh crap this is due tomorrow?

someone name me 3 episodes of TOS to watch tonight before i hash out my ballot, assume i haven't seen any already except "Balance of Terror" and "City on the Edge of Forever"

ciderpress, Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:06 (seven years ago) link

(i have seen others but not in 10+ years)

ciderpress, Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:07 (seven years ago) link

Amok Time
Plato's Stepchildren
Mirror, Mirror

Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:16 (seven years ago) link

HEY! I'VE EXTENDED THE BALLOT SUBMISSION DEADLINE!! To indefinitely!

write sed fread (Leee), Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:17 (seven years ago) link

indefinitely?

Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:25 (seven years ago) link

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Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link

poll will run until April 5, 2063

dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Thursday, 8 September 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link

Dropping more Voyager eps in here than I thought I would.

Jeff, Thursday, 8 September 2016 20:05 (seven years ago) link

Ciderpress - Doomsday Machine is awesome (and on my list) (which I haven't written yet)

Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link

all suggested are good, i will throw in squire of gothos

le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link

totally gonna make deadline btw!

le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link

Deadline? What deadline?

I might extend it out a few more weeks just to give myself time to hit the highlights of TOS seasons 2 and 3. (Shakey, should I just look at a certain ahem list that you send me for reference?)

write sed fread (Leee), Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link

Go on go on

Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:39 (seven years ago) link

well that's what *I* would say but other people have differing opinions. there are probably a handful of others that I think are either generally well-regarded or at least enjoyable via camp ridiculousness : The Immunity Syndrome, The Gamesters of Triskelion, Mudd's Women, I Mudd, etc. I also enjoy the Nazi/gangster/Roman planet ones altho I wouldn't say they are *great* exactly (they certainly established a trope that subsequent series returned to again and again)

Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:40 (seven years ago) link

(xp)

Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:40 (seven years ago) link

Tholian Web another one I forgot to mention

Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link

(they certainly established a trope that subsequent series returned to again and again)

fwiw not referring to the "planets with cultures remarkably like 20th Century Earth!" as much as "crew dropped into familiar historical scenario" (i.e. TNG does Robin Hood or Sherlock Holmes or whatever. I have no idea if Voyager or DS9 did this, I suspect Enterprise did but who has time to watch that garbage)

Οὖτις, Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:47 (seven years ago) link

yeah def a genre. btw first tng holmes ep is pretty terrible imo but second one (ship in a bottle) is my second-favorite tng ep after darmok (and my favorite screen moriarty?)

le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 8 September 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link

ship in a bottle will be top 5 on my ballot for sure

ciderpress, Thursday, 8 September 2016 22:24 (seven years ago) link

love picard's closing remarks where he slyly breaks the fourth wall

ciderpress, Thursday, 8 September 2016 22:28 (seven years ago) link

yes! love also that it is a hardassed kirk solution disguised as a humanitarian picard one.

le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Friday, 9 September 2016 06:07 (seven years ago) link

also that the technobabble is diagetic bullshit for a change

le Histoire du Edgy Miley (difficult listening hour), Friday, 9 September 2016 07:09 (seven years ago) link

Ranking today, man these are almost impossible to rank.

Jeff, Friday, 9 September 2016 14:29 (seven years ago) link


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