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Post by rushy on Apr 29, 2024 12:22:36 GMT
1960s: The Original Series
1970s: The Animated Series. The Motion Picture
1980s: The Wrath of Khan, the Search for Spock, the Voyage Home, the Final Frontier. The Next Generation seasons 1-3
1990s: The Undiscovered Country, Generations, First Contact. The Next Generation seasons 3-7, Deep Space Nine, Voyager seasons 1-6.
2000s: Voyager seasons 6-7, Enterprise. The 2009 reboot movie.
2010s: Into Darkness, Beyond. Discovery seasons 1-2.
2020s: Discovery seasons 3-5, Picard, Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks, Prodigy.
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Post by Ludders II on Apr 29, 2024 12:24:51 GMT
1960s for me.
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Post by iank on Apr 29, 2024 21:23:07 GMT
90s.
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on Apr 29, 2024 21:31:34 GMT
I'm not sure. The bulk of Trek I've seen comes from, wait for it, the 80s. I did watch one episode of Deep Space Nine from the 90s where the main character thinks he's a science fiction writer in the 50s or something like that. I thought that was very good.
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Post by iank on Apr 29, 2024 21:48:08 GMT
You need to watch way more DS9, dude.  |
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Post by Ludders II on Apr 30, 2024 7:11:46 GMT
Thanks to ridiculous BBC censorship, Brits never got to see these 4 original Trek episodes until they were released on VHS a couple of years after this letter:  |
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Post by Bernard Marx on Apr 30, 2024 7:46:17 GMT
Thanks to ridiculous BBC censorship, Brits never got to see these 4 original Trek episodes until they were released on VHS a couple of years after this letter: “They deal most unpleasantly with the already unpleasant subjects of madness, torture, sadism and disease”. By the BBC’s metric, should the episodes have depicted these subjects in a “pleasant” light? |
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Post by Ludders II on Apr 30, 2024 7:58:29 GMT
Thanks to ridiculous BBC censorship, Brits never got to see these 4 original Trek episodes until they were released on VHS a couple of years after this letter: “They deal most unpleasantly with the already unpleasant subjects of madness, torture, sadism and disease”. By the BBC’s metric, should the episodes have depicted these subjects in a “pleasant” light? If only Davies was a Trekkie. I'm sure HE could've done them justice.  |
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on Apr 30, 2024 13:29:06 GMT
Thanks to ridiculous BBC censorship, Brits never got to see these 4 original Trek episodes until they were released on VHS a couple of years after this letter: They did this with Season 3 of Miami Vice back then. They cut five episodes out of the original run. One of them was outright banned by the BBC because it was about the IRA. The episodes that were broadcast were heavily cut. The Hungerford Massacre happened in 1987 and so the BBC decided to trim violent content in the shows on the channel. |
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Post by UncleDeadly on Apr 30, 2024 13:55:57 GMT
Thanks to ridiculous BBC censorship, Brits never got to see these 4 original Trek episodes until they were released on VHS a couple of years after this letter: "STOP DEALING UNPLEASANTLY WITH THE UNPLEASANT..!!!" |
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Post by UncleDeadly on Apr 30, 2024 14:14:43 GMT
“They deal most unpleasantly with the already unpleasant subjects of madness, torture, sadism and disease”. By the BBC’s metric, should the episodes have depicted these subjects in a “pleasant” light? Yes. I would also like to see the version of Vengeance on Varos in which the the Doctor is put in the comfy chair and poked with the soft cushions. Which is convenient as, clearly, so would Russell T. Davies. After all, the other version's nasty bits can easily lead to even nastier associations in the viewer, like ALLEGORY (Aaaaaargh! f*ck, no..!!) satire, suberverion and civil disobediance. All of which are positively horrid and upset people... |
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Post by UncleDeadly on Apr 30, 2024 14:19:22 GMT
If only Davies was a Trekkie. I'm sure HE could've done them justice. *Currently picturing Captain Garth's musical number* Thanks for nothing, Ludders... |
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Post by Ludders II on Apr 30, 2024 14:36:30 GMT
If only Davies was a Trekkie. I'm sure HE could've done them justice. *Currently picturing Captain Garth's musical number* Thanks for nothing, Ludders... You're not up for the Orion slave being male, and dancing to something by Bronski Beat then? 😉 |
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Post by burrunjor on Apr 30, 2024 17:56:24 GMT
Very hard for me to say. Objectively it's probably the 90s which was its peak creatively and in terms of popularity given the amount of series and films that were on then. However the original series is still the one I return to more often whilst the 80s had unquestionably the best films in the series? Whatever the case it certainly isn't the 10s LOL.
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Post by rushy on Apr 30, 2024 18:16:54 GMT
whilst the 80s had unquestionably the best films in the series My big issue with the 80s films is that they don't really recapture the ethos of the show. TOS had many cinematic episodes that could easily be used as the baseline for a movie - like the Corbomite Maneuver, The Doomsday Machine, Balance of Terror - episodes, which feel grand but are also very imaginative, explore certain humanitarian issues and show the crew being intelligent explorers. II, III and IV are just fun blockbusters that have the crew in them. V sort of aims in the old-school direction, but it's more like the goofier side of TOS. Which is fine, but again, the potential for a really great Original Series movie is missed. If only The Motion Picture hadn't shit the bed in its second act, it could've been that. But oh well. (I have very few positives about The Undiscovered Country) |
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