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Star Trek TOS remastered / New movie discussion

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Friday, April 3, 2009 8:56 AM

I have season two, and it's awesome! I'm working on getting season one...does anyone here have it? Tell me how great it is to make me jealous!
Or just discuss it a bit.

The Starfleet Chrisisall

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Friday, April 3, 2009 10:42 AM

A little off topic, but what did you think of the trailer for the new movie?

http://www.startrekmovie.com/

Gives me a chill...

Cant wait to see it.

" They don't hate America, they hate Americans " Homer Simpson

Lets party like its 1939

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Friday, April 3, 2009 10:45 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
A little off topic, but what did you think of the trailer for the new movie?

A friend of mine put it best when he said he's excited, but only when he remembers this alternate reality was created by Picard going back in time & messing about with the past.
(And it's no longer off topic

)

The laughing Chrisisall

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Friday, April 3, 2009 11:03 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
A little off topic, but what did you think of the trailer for the new movie?

A friend of mine put it best when he said he's excited, but only when he remembers this alternate reality was created by Picard going back in time & messing about with the past.
(And it's no longer off topic)

The laughing Chrisisall

Speaking of alternate realities try this review

http://www.afterelton.com/movies/2009/4/startrekgoesgay

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Friday, April 3, 2009 11:08 AM

This must be a joke.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Friday, April 3, 2009 11:10 AM

Leonard Nimoy is really a cool guy

http://www.canada.com/entertainment/Vulcans+trek+premiere/1412876/stor
y.html

One week a year, Vulcan has what they call " Spock days " which winds up being a town wide star trek themed drunk fest and rodeo.

A really fun time, bound to be really fun this year

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Friday, April 3, 2009 11:14 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
This must be a joke.

The laughing Chrisisall

I hate to admit it but I was wondering until I read

"In another surprising move, the movie includes the character of Jar Jar Binks – the universally-hated alien from a competing science fiction franchise, Star Wars."

completely over the top joke, lmao

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Friday, April 3, 2009 1:32 PM

Mr Shatner! In the episode where you drown your wife..why are you so fat? - Peter Griffin

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Friday, April 3, 2009 1:58 PM

I'm actually really psyched up for the movie - I'm watching some of the best of TOS in preparation (remastered versions - they're fine, the new effects aren't too obtrusive and the picture does look incredibly sharp). Plus remember to read Countdown, the comic series leading up to the movie, complete with several awesome plot twists.

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Saturday, April 4, 2009 6:38 AM

Just ordered TOS' first season remastered!!!
My Son, Wife & I will soon feast upon them.
"No dance tonight."

The laughing Chrisisall

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Saturday, April 4, 2009 1:38 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SimonWho:
I'm watching some of the best of TOS

That would be, like, seasons one & two.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Saturday, April 4, 2009 8:08 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Just ordered TOS' first season remastered!!!
My Son, Wife & I will soon feast upon them.
"No dance tonight."

Dude, NO.
The Blu-Ray season 1 will be out in a few weeks, at practically the same price. I'm not telling you what to do, but cancel your order. It's only logical to assume you will go Blu at some point.

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Sunday, April 5, 2009 3:30 AM

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Originally posted by OPPYH:
It's only logical to assume you will go Blu at some point.

Actually, the zippers & make up lines are just about visible at this level, this is about as defined as I want to go. I may go Blu, but there are plenty of shows & movies I have that will ever stay standard DVD for me.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Sunday, April 5, 2009 4:27 AM

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Originally posted by OPPYH:
at practically the same price.

Oh, and the set I ordered was $30 less than the Blu-Ray will be

.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Sunday, April 5, 2009 4:36 AM

Oh MAN!!! LOOK AT THIS:

EDIT!!!! The pictures I posted WERE NOT the new Enterprise. I was hoping against hope that they'd changed from the official design I saw...this is still it:

I will DEFINITELY have to get used to it...

The laughing Chrisisall

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Sunday, April 5, 2009 11:12 AM

And I don't know how excited I am about this whole "It's not really a reboot, it's an alternate timeline caused by Picard" thing. Really? Is that what the obsessive fanboys demand? I find the whole notion exhausting. Just let 'em remake the show fer cryin' outloud. You want the old show then watch the old show--let this version exist on its own terms, why not?

Yes, you want this to capture something of the old magic of Shatner/Nimoy/Kelly, but damn, I don't think you're gonna do it by pretending this isn't what it is--a new show.

If in ten years, Firefly found its way back to the small screen with a new cast taking over for our beloved BDH's (god forbid), I don't want to be told that this is an alternate timeline where Mal Reynolds doesn't look like Nathan Fillion. That's just damn silly.

HKCavalier

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Sunday, April 5, 2009 11:46 AM

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Originally posted by HKCavalier:
Just let 'em remake the show fer cryin' outloud.

Look, the movie might be okay, but WHY redesign the ship AT ALL???
Remember Lost In Space, the movie? HAD to change the ship. HAD to change the ROBOT!!!
*flop*
Sure, ya gotta recast the characters, but these Hollywoodboys never get that YOU DON'T CHANGE THE TOYS!!!!!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Sunday, April 5, 2009 1:12 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Look, the movie might be okay, but WHY redesign the ship AT ALL???
Remember Lost In Space, the movie? HAD to change the ship. HAD to change the ROBOT!!!
*flop*
Sure, ya gotta recast the characters, but these Hollywoodboys never get that YOU DON'T CHANGE THE TOYS!!!!!

Why redesign it? 'Cause this is sci-fi and not fantasy? 'Cause what looked like futurism on 60's TV looks like regional children's theatre today? 'Cause if they had a huge freakin' budget back in '68 the show woulda looked different anyway?

And crikey, Lost in Space didn't flop because the robot was redesigned--it flopped for the same reason all remakes flop--the script utterly sucked! Gary Oldman was nothing like the original Dr. Smith but he made it work 'cause he's flippin' brilliant. What we need in our remakes is brilliant people owning the property and doing something kickass with it! Slavish kowtowing to some elusive 50 year old fanbase doesn't put asses in the seats, Isall! (I'll see your

and raise ya a

)

HKCavalier

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Sunday, April 5, 2009 1:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by HKCavalier:

Why redesign it? 'Cause this is sci-fi and not fantasy? 'Cause what looked like futurism on 60's TV looks like regional children's theatre today?

Hey HK, have you seen the original series remastered? The ship looks BEAUTIFUL!!! No redesign, just slavish attention to detail & texture!!!

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And crikey, Lost in Space didn't flop because the robot was redesigned--it flopped for the same reason all remakes flop--the script utterly sucked!

It was serviceable, but utterly uninspired. I'm just sayin' if it at least looked right, it would have pulled maybe twice as many fans.

Then maybe the second one would have had a better script.

Quote:
Gary Oldman was nothing like the original Dr. Smith but he made it work 'cause he's flippin' brilliant.

Best thing in that movie IMO.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, April 6, 2009 1:43 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by HKCavalier:
Slavish kowtowing to some elusive 50 year old fanbase

I think of it as not tampering with an iconic design.
Look what they did to the Pepsi logo....

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, April 6, 2009 3:09 PM

Yanno, I hate to say this, but thankfully I can get away with it cause I am half ploshed on brandy and headed for three sheets to the wind in a hurry...

You know what REALLY made some of the movies/episodes, as opposed to the amusement of Shatners scenery chewing glory ?

SHIP PR0N!

Seriously, does not the long slow pans of the ships add a glorious factor, especially on the big screen ?
And the interiors just touch it up, don't they ?

And combined with some seriously awesome soundtracks, especially Horners work, the acting is almost an afterthought!

I refer to you to what I consider hands down THE most awesome scene in trek, and with this in mind, note how the Ship Pr0n and Audio Score frames and enhances the truly masterful chemistry between Montalban and Shatner.

Complete with obligatory evil overlord gloating!
And gettin kicked in the teeth for it!

While I don't hold out much hope for the pretty-boy cast, formula-matic "acting" and obligatory wangsty crap (which Kirk never truly suffered from a single day in his entire freakin life!) I do plan to throw the bills at it and see it on the big screen for the very reasons detailed above.

In vino, veritas, folks - cause it ain't a bunch of boy-band rejects imma be goin there to see, righty-O ?

-NowquiteploshedFrem

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Monday, April 6, 2009 5:12 PM

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
(which Kirk never truly suffered from a single day in his entire freakin life!)

Really? Never? I got one word for ya: "MIRAMANI!"

HKCavalier

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009 3:47 AM

OOoooooo, Ship PrOn.....

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009 3:47 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by HKCavalier:

Really? Never? I got one word for ya: "MIRAMANI!"

"Let's get the Hell out of here."

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009 6:02 AM

I can't wait either! I never watched any of the shows, but have seen all the movies.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009 6:14 AM

i've been watching the remastered version of tos on cbs.com occasionally.
even on my pc i can tell a huge difference in quality.now i need to purchase,(hopefully)the series in blu-ray if and when it comes out...

On February 17, 2009- Paramount announced the Season 1 of TOS on Blu Ray for a May release to coincide with the new feature film coming from Paramount.[27] It was rumoured that with the Remastered versions on this release, the original versions will also be included. It's suspected Seasons 2 and 3 will follow.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009 8:09 AM

I dunno, HKC, the only thing ever so consistent about James T Kirk was his unshakeable certainty that he was always right, usually in combination with an out and out legendary arrogance.

Which, of course, was part of his charm.

I honestly don't think the man was even capable of much more than a brief period of vague uncertainty, usually lasting mere minutes, if that.

I'm pretty sure the guy was incapable of whiny angst.

-F

Oh yeah, just for giggles, THIS.
http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/go-climb-a-rock-fitted-tshirt/24468
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

I'm pretty sure the guy was incapable of whiny angst.

Oh, there was about thirty seconds of it from him in "The Naked Time'...

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, April 13, 2009 5:36 AM

I wuz gypped!!!
In the re-mastered "Devil In The Dark" I wanted to see a baby Horta scoot across the desk & it didn't happen!!!!

The GRRRR Chrisisall

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Monday, April 13, 2009 6:44 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by HKCavalier:
Slavish kowtowing to some elusive 50 year old fanbase
I think of it as not tampering with an iconic design.
Look what they did to

That logic might hold better if it hadn't alrerady been redesigned a few times.

Personally, I like this design.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Monday, April 13, 2009 6:52 AM

The other redesigns were because of the old versions being destroyed if I remember correctly.

But with this NEW movie, even though still cannon, Abrams is taking the point of view that this one person, Nero, going back in time to get vengence on Spock has completely and totally screwed up the timeline via the butterfly effect. That action messed with many things on mulitple levels, one of which could very well be how the Enterprise was designed. Just look at it that way and everything will be all right

Now that I know more about the basic plot devices Abrams is using here, I'm really psyched to see this movie. I know Shatner was upset that he was not asked to appear, but really, how could he the way the story was written? Next to impossible. I just hope I get to see it in a theater and not have to wait for DVD.

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Monday, April 13, 2009 9:23 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:

That logic might hold better if it hadn't alrerady been redesigned a few times.

I just saw the toy http://store.startrek.com/product/show/54493
of the new movie Enterprise, and I have come to accept the new design. I have cleared my mind am am ready to fully enjoy this new effort.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Monday, April 13, 2009 11:11 AM

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Originally posted by RIPWash:
The other redesigns were because of the old versions being destroyed if I remember correctly.

Not the Motion Picture version, it was just a spiffed-up re-design in the manner of what we have here.

After that though, yeah, they blowed 'em up.

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Monday, April 13, 2009 11:12 AM

I wish they would make a Deep Space Nine movie or TV movie or something,

of all the series, it was my favorite... and Avery Brooks as Ben Sisko was my favorite Captain.

It also seemed like Treks first experiment with long term plot and storylines ( maybe copying Babylon 5 a little in that ) and I think it helped evolved scifi that way a little bit.

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Monday, April 13, 2009 12:55 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
I wish they would make a Deep Space Nine movie or TV movie or something,

of all the series, it was my favorite... and Avery Brooks as Ben Sisko was my favorite Captain.

Same here. Alas, I gave up on that hope long ago.

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Monday, April 13, 2009 2:11 PM

It took me freaking FOREVER to find the first season DVD set (ended up getting it from Amazon eventually). The whole series, though....man. Even though there are some episodes of the third season that I just can't force myself to endure (chief amongst them 'The Way to Eden' and 'The Savage Curtain'), I grew up on Star Trek reruns and I say the new view is freaking BRILLIANT! Sometimes I find that the score from some episodes - 'The Naked Time', 'The Enemy Within' and 'The Doomsday Machine' especial - gets stuck in my head for a day or longer. Ahhh, the memories. Fond and fine (or painful with regard to the Shat's third-season antics).

Now as to the Enterprise rendered in the new movie....eww. Just eww. That's all I can really say without sounding like a snotty Star Trek purist. I just hope the 'number curse' of the Trek films remains broken.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 2:58 AM

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Originally posted by Steamer:

Now as to the Enterprise rendered in the new movie....eww. Just eww. That's all I can really say without sounding like a snotty Star Trek purist.

Is this really so bad...?

Quote:
I just hope the 'number curse' of the Trek films remains broken.

The "curse" thing is bollocks IMO.
1 & 3 were good, no matter what Andorians say.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:59 AM

I dunno, it just looks....wrong. Maybe it'd look better if I hadn't grown up watching TOS reruns almost every afternoon.

And oh yes, 3 was good (just watched it last night in fact), and 10 was ugh. Other than that, though, there is something to the number curse if you ask me. ;) 2, for instance, was best of the lot. KHAAAANNNN!!!!

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:27 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by Steamer:

Now as to the Enterprise rendered in the new movie....eww. Just eww. That's all I can really say without sounding like a snotty Star Trek purist.
Is this really so bad...?

Quote:
I just hope the 'number curse' of the Trek films remains broken.

The "curse" thing is bollocks IMO.
1 & 3 were good, no matter what Andorians say.

The laughing Chrisisall

I don't think so. Looks modern and that's what people really want. For newbies to the series (hard to imagine, I know) they'll think it looks, neat. Purists will have a problem with it. People like me who are sci-fi fans in general won't mind the change (at least I don't).

But that brings me to another question. I grew up watching TOS after school and what not. Watched TNG (loyally), DS9 and Voyager (not as much but still enjoyed them - didn't get into "Enterprise"), and have seen most of the movies except for maybe the last two. Though not a die-hard Trekkie, I do enjoy them as good sci-fi and I'm relatively familiar with the cannon. I want my kids to enjoy the Trek universe as well. How should I introduce them? I have the first movie at home (from the library) that I want us all to watch together, but I fear that would entail a build-up storytelling marathon on my part (or at the very least stopping the movie every now and then to explain the relationships and all that).

What would you all recommend I show them first? A few episodes of each series? Or what?

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:33 AM

I think the number "curse" applies more to the good films than bad. Yeah 3 was decent (would be better without Kirks pink uniform...) as was 1, but 2, 4, 6, and 8 are pretty far above the others.

Except, yeah, 10/Nemesis sucked hard. Far moreso than the odd-numbered Insurrection.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 7:23 AM

http://www.startrekmovie.com/modelgallery/

some design options

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:24 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:

Except, yeah, 10/Nemesis sucked hard. Far moreso than the odd-numbered Insurrection.

Speaking subjectively here, 1 was my favourite (the Wise Cut), and I loved Insurrection.
Nemisis took a second viewing to become acceptable, and as it's Jerry Goldsmith's final Trek score, I had to own it. But even Goldsmith couldn't make me get 5

.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:56 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:

Except, yeah, 10/Nemesis sucked hard. Far moreso than the odd-numbered Insurrection.

Speaking subjectively here, 1 was my favourite (the Wise Cut), and I loved Insurrection.
Nemisis took a second viewing to become acceptable, and as it's Jerry Goldsmith's final Trek score, I had to own it. But even Goldsmith couldn't make me get 5.

The laughing Chrisisall

I'm pretty loyal to Khan as my favorite, with First Contact and Undiscovered country close behind. I like 1, but as a more intellectual excersize - it doesn't grab me in the way the others do.

I liked Insurrection, and am kinda stupified by all the hate I see leveled at it. Sure, it's not the most cinematic, and really just boils down to a long episode. But though it might be a bit mediocre as a movie-movie, I still like it. Nemesis, however, was so terribly written that I can't sit through it. It's almost Final Frontier-bad to me.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:23 AM

I like all the Star Trek movies. Ranked in order of my preference they are :

1. The Voyage Home
2. The Wrath of Khan
3. The Search For Spock
4. First Contact
5. Generations
6. Insurrection
7. Nemesis
8. The Undiscovered Country
9. The Motion Picture
10.The Final Frontier

Those that don't see it this way are illogical.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:40 AM

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Originally posted by RIPWash:

But that brings me to another question. I grew up watching TOS after school and what not. Watched TNG (loyally), DS9 and Voyager (not as much but still enjoyed them - didn't get into "Enterprise"), and have seen most of the movies except for maybe the last two. Though not a die-hard Trekkie, I do enjoy them as good sci-fi and I'm relatively familiar with the cannon. I want my kids to enjoy the Trek universe as well. How should I introduce them? I have the first movie at home (from the library) that I want us all to watch together, but I fear that would entail a build-up storytelling marathon on my part (or at the very least stopping the movie every now and then to explain the relationships and all that).

What would you all recommend I show them first? A few episodes of each series? Or what?

Anyone? Anyone at all?

I feel like I'm being ignored today! LOL

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Mal: "Yeah"
Zoe: "So not running now"
Mal: "Not so much"
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:51 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by RIPWash:
Quote:
Originally posted by RIPWash:

But that brings me to another question. I grew up watching TOS after school and what not. Watched TNG (loyally), DS9 and Voyager (not as much but still enjoyed them - didn't get into "Enterprise"), and have seen most of the movies except for maybe the last two. Though not a die-hard Trekkie, I do enjoy them as good sci-fi and I'm relatively familiar with the cannon. I want my kids to enjoy the Trek universe as well. How should I introduce them? I have the first movie at home (from the library) that I want us all to watch together, but I fear that would entail a build-up storytelling marathon on my part (or at the very least stopping the movie every now and then to explain the relationships and all that).

What would you all recommend I show them first? A few episodes of each series? Or what?

Anyone? Anyone at all?

I feel like I'm being ignored today! LOL

Zoe: "Get it running again."
Mal: "Yeah"
Zoe: "So not running now"
Mal: "Not so much"
- Out of Gas

Ripwash, I think this might be helpful :
Start your kids off with the Star Trek Animated series. I don't know how old they are, but most kids like cartoons. The Trek animated series ran 1973-1974 and has 22 episodes available on DVD. They are terrific, many being sequels to original Trek tv episodes. If they like the cartoons, then they'll be ready for the tv show, and the actors' voices and characters will be familiar to them.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:17 AM

I forgot all about those!

They might like them . . . but aren't the cartoons a little . . . hokey? I don't remember them all that well, I just remember bad animation. LOL

I think they'd like the live-action stuff better at this stage. I guess I'll just start from the begining.

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Mal: "Not so much"
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:28 AM

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Originally posted by RIPWash:

They might like them . . . but aren't the cartoons a little . . . hokey? I don't remember them all that well, I just remember bad animation.

The animation outright sucks. The stories are good, but I'd show them that stuff last. Start with the original series eps, my son swears by them. Then bleed in TNG, the movies etc.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:35 AM

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

1. The Voyage Home
2. The Wrath of Khan
3. The Search For Spock
4. First Contact
5. Generations
6. Insurrection
7. Nemesis
8. The Undiscovered Country
9. The Motion Picture
10.The Final Frontier

Me:
1. The Motion Picture
2. The Undiscovered Country
3. First Contact
4. The Search For Spock
5. Wrath Of Khan
6. Insurrection
7. The Voyage Home
8. Nemesis
9. Generations
10.The Final Frontier

I am illogical.

And look at the sceensaver my Son JUST MADE FOR US!!!:

All by himself!!

The proud Chrisisall

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:46 AM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Nemesis, however, was so terribly written that I can't sit through it. It's almost Final Frontier-bad to me.

At least it featured Picard's clone & not his long lost son or brother, LOL!
Okay, it wasn't very good, but the music & FX were cool. I really bought it for the first ten minutes though. I'm sentimental is all.

The laughing Chrisisall

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