Anyone else revisiting Star Trek?

Season 2 is better Imho.

No I haven't but I am now. Thanks for reminding me.

Also... Do the Roddenberry overlords accept it as canon?

Jonathan Franks (Riker) is my favorite and the best Star Trek director, imho.

He directed most of the first season of Picard also. Not sure how many he did in season 2... But I will in a min.

I think the whole show is based on space marxism. Replicators make all your food so you don't have to work and the computer provides everything for you. Flying around breaking the prime directive all the time and starting space wars everywhere.

Last Edited by MaxDoomer on 09/12/2021 08:28 PM

Well on a star ship, but back on earth most of the empty land are crops. Farming is an essential part of the future in the show. Technology makes everything else so easy.

It's all make believe tho so there's really nothing to debate, BUT I agree if food replication came into fruition, everyone would be fat and lazy without regulations.

Edit: Sorry I missed your point. Space Marxism... I don't disagree.

its a little harder now, with what star trek now is,

but ive been watching it all my life, so really pre-nemesis is my golden era,

post that, i want to forget, the show is damn near writen by an ai, its never coming back, though tbh star trek has always been a bit-commie :(

Last Edited by mjsescapee on 09/12/2021 08:35 PM

Lea Thompson directed at least 1. Micheal Weaver directed the season finale and Riker (Jonathan Franks) directed the rest of the episodes.

relevant to now in a strange way...


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Last Edited by We Who Watch. on 09/12/2021 08:46 PM

I'm watching Next Generation on Amazon Prime now.

Yeah I hear ya.

Strange New Worlds should be the saving grace. A lot of hype about it. They have a real opportunity to gain new and old fans with this new series. I'm hoping they don't get woke and screw it up. Happens all too often, such as Discovery.

Officially no, but the link is a quote by Rod Roddenberry that sums up his thoughts and feelings on the matter.

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I'll be in my ready room Numba 1.

Finished First Contact an hour ago.

I don't know. I think it is. He says it was the closet thing to his Dad's vision. He really like it.

He's the current CEO of Roddenberry entertainment also. He made the comment that his father would welcome it into the Star Trek family. I think that means it's canon. It's all really up to him isn't it?

I used to know the answer to this but forget, so I have to look up if the Roddenberry's have any control still.

Everytime I am laid off in between contracting gigs, I marthon TNG and it really rebalances me.

Thats the thing I like. Sure they use the same sets over and over again but the acting and writing are good, the characters have their own unique personalities going and they are entertaining and believable.

I hope that makes sense. My wife says "everytime I see you watching that its like they are sitting at a conference table having a meeting or something." I was like I know but the characters pull me in and the situations and watching them work as a team to get out of it.

Last Edited by Grognak the Ballbareian on 09/12/2021 09:18 PM

Funny enough yes. I was always a huge Star Trek fan and with all the lockdowns and stuff I've been rewatching several series. I just finished Voyager and now watching DS9 and Enterprise in parallel.

Nope, Paramount has 100 percent control. Roddenberry's get a check.

Season 1 Episode 25 of TNG is what's happening right now.

I love how the "Picard" opening theme has elements of the song the son plays from "The Inner Light". Really beautiful.

The show (Picard) itself...meh.

TOS, TNG, DS9.. sigh, even Voyager. I couldn't get into anything else that called itself 'Star Trek' after that.

I really wanted to but the rest all feel insultingly wrong.

Did you just argue with yourself?

My favorite episode too. I watched it when it aired it was so sad. A great story and maybe such a thing has happened because it ringed so true with everyone who saw it.

I've been rewatching TNG for a couple months now. I've noticed that too. They might have a movie in the works, that's what they usually do to rekindle interest.

Yeah.. I think so. Hard to say who won, I guess I win as usual.

No, it's just easier than editing a post. Stated my opinion then looked it up. Anyways I was wrong.

Anything else?

My fav episode too. And I was in tears!

At least TNG introduced the concept of Facebook at least a decade ahead. The ship's library somehow has a bio and life snapshot of everybody ever in existence.

Predictive programming at its finest.

:Jay:

Better believe it.
Picard season 2 is about to start so 24/7 Patrick Stewart everything.

You guys remember what the cbs logo is right?
All Seeing Eye.



And Paramount is of course a triangle depicting a mountain, with 13 stars ILLUMINATING it.



Now put the CBS logo inside of that mountain.

Watcha think?

Or Zuck was a Trekkie.