Best to keep watching TNGwhat season/episode are you on?
Best to keep watching TNG
sharky owns all of these books
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Are any of them any good?
Honestly I haven't read any of those! I plan to read some Star Trek books soon-ish, once I finish a couple of the books on my current backlog.
So Hux and I have started watching Deep Space Nine! DS9 DISCUSSION ITT
Who is everyone's favorite character?
Odo and Quark, b/c the interactions between them are always classic.
Odo
The man is a gambler and a thief.
Quark
I'm not a thief.
Odo
YOU are a THIEF!
Quark
If I am, you haven't been able to prove it for nine years.
Accurate summary of the entire series.Originally Posted by Spooniest
I was never really a big fan of Star Trek. I saw a couple of the movies but that was about it. Then the reboot came out and I really liked it (both movies). I tried to watch TOS but it was too campy for me so I moved on to TNG and have been watching it for the last few months. I'm currently in season 5 and just watched Reunification, which has easily become one of my favorite episodes since I like Spock. My other favorite episodes are ones that deal a lot with Data's humanity: The Measure of a Man and The Offspring. Also anything involving Q or the Borg is quality.
After I finish this I may want to try DS9, but will I be disappointed? I heard it's not as good as TNG. It will be hard to imagine Star Trek without Picard or Data. They are both excellent characters. I would watch a series with just them.
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DS9 is really a completely different flavor of Star Trek. It's a bit darker and focuses more on continuing storylines rather than a sort of alien-of-the-week format. A lot of people have said that it takes a couple of seasons to really get into it.
TNG has nothing but self-contained episodes and the few that are related will usually involve Q. If someone watched an episode out of order, they would hardly notice without paying attention to stardates (or animation quality). You'd miss some characterization, maybe.
DS9 has an overarching plot. Episodes build on top of the previous one, so it's more difficult to watch one at a time and out of order, like a war story that's being told at a fixed rate. Picard and Data are missing, but you never know if you'll like any other characters unless you watch it.
Ever think of the Kirk hole?
DS9 is different, as others have already highlighted. I personally enjoy TNG more, but DS9 is absolutely worth watching for any Star Trek fan. Pike is correct that it takes a couple of seasons to hit its stride, in part because Captain Sisko's actor's ability and presence dramatically improves after that point (and I swear it's right around the time he grows his goatee). The plot is more political and overarching -- and, dare I say, more mature than TNG. DS9's biggest weakness is the lack of truly stand-out characters who are able to single-handedly carry an episode the way Picard and Data can.
My mother used to watch DS9 religiously when it was on. I saw bits and pieces of it, but never sat down to watch an episode in full until recently. I think their tribble episode came as a special feature in Star Trek TOS Season 2.
On season two of Deep Space Nine now!The episode "Duet" at the end of the last season gave me some serious feels.
P.S. this is great http://www.pixeltrek.com/play
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Star Trek VI is playing on my TV right now
And now they're showing Star Trek Nemesis.
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Currently watching TOS! I love it!I didn't think I'd like it (mostly due to age) but it's great.
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