• Infynis@midwest.social
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    6 months ago

    You’re right, I probably should go rewatch that episode where the crew triggers a Cardasians trap, and the station captures them, and Dukat comes to gloat.

  • Alex@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    I’ve just started a Voyager run through with my kids. Dare I say S1 of Voyager is a much better introduction to “modern” Trek than the fairly uneven S1 TNG? I think Janeway is underrated as a Star Fleet captain.

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      6 months ago

      She is! Always wondered why she got so much hate in the community. Not as much as Archer did though. Which is also great IMHO.

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        Janeway didn’t get hate as much as it was criticism of the writers for making her inconsistent. One week it was “Prime directive no matter the consequences”, the next was “Lets do whatever to make drama.”

        For all of Roddenberry’s faults, his presence for the early years of TNG kept TNG consistent instead of allowing the writer of the week to change characters for their personal story. By the time he was gone, the formula was set such that writers wouldn’t mess with characters.

        Voyager has no singular authority so consistency of character was rare.

        Edit: Except for Ensign Kim. He was born an Ensign and died one. Nobody messed with perfection.

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        6 months ago

        They’re not quite as terrible as their reputation. Yeah, they’ve definitely got some of the worst episodes of Trek ever, but there are good ones in there, too.

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    6 months ago

    I’m finally watching star trek with my girlfriend and getting her into it. Been watching along with her on TNG. So far we are about done with season 1, but I am big excited to re-watch DS9 se5, especially with her watching it for the first time by my side.

    Gonna have to brave the awful ass se1 Sisko haircut though lol.

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      6 months ago

      Went through the same process with my partner… Apparently she prefers Sisko with hair and no beard!

      But she also liked S1&2 of TNG a lot…

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I’m impressed that you’ve managed to get her to watch s1 of TNG! I’ve been thinking about trying to talk my wife into watching it and was thinking we’d start on season 3.

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    6 months ago

    Having grown up on DS9 and Voyager, and just finished all the good new trek, I went back and stared TNG for the first time.

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      6 months ago

      I’m the opposite right now. Grew up on TNG, just finished SNW and Lower Decks and now I’m watching DS9 for the first time.

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        6 months ago

        I grew up on tng. Thought nothing could top picard and his crew… You are in for a treat!

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      6 months ago

      I and my wife have both watched all of Star Trek individually before we met. When new trek appeared we rewatched everything before watching all of new trek, good and less good, together

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      6 months ago

      TNG’s first season can just be skipped IMO. The first time I watched TNG on streaming, I was… surprised… at the quality of season 1.

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    6 months ago

    That could be me 100%. My heart then usually adds that it’s a shame that there is no remastered version with high resolution T_T

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    6 months ago

    Anyone know if that DS9 server that was remaking it with AI visuals is still around?

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      I don’t know. I do know there are 720p and 1080p AI upscales. They can look a little “smooth”, but they’re less distracting than the bad 480p transfers Netflix was showing a few years ago.

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    I’m doing a chronological rewatch of the whole franchise and am at the episodes where DS9 and Voyager overlap. It is mind boggling how much better DS9 is. I find myself wanting to skip almost every Voyager episode so I can just get to the DS9 ones.