DogOnPorch Posted February 20, 2012 Report Posted February 20, 2012 Cut it down. The best single minute in all of trek history. I was actually refering to where Quark claims he's a 'people person'. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Argus Posted February 20, 2012 Report Posted February 20, 2012 The best original Star Trek was The City on the Edge of Forever. The Enterprise discovers a time portal, McCoy goes through it and changes all of history. Spock and Kirk have to go through to early twentieth century earth and change it back. It turns out all of history turns on the death of one woman Kirk falls in love with. The best STNG was Inner Light. The Enterprise encounters a probe which knocks Picard unconscious for a few minutes. During that time he lives an entire life on a long-dead planet, experiencing its culture and learning its history as the people learned their sun was about to go nova. He witnesses the launching of the probe, then wakes in the Enterprise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia1CISaKnzo Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
GostHacked Posted February 20, 2012 Report Posted February 20, 2012 TOS did not age well at all and I dislike it for that. TNG, at least starting in the 3rd season, has aged very well. Check out the remastered series for TOS. Colour was cleaned up, artifacts cleaned up, auidio redone, intro redone, CGI replacing the models. It's worth a check. Quote
GostHacked Posted February 20, 2012 Report Posted February 20, 2012 The best original Star Trek was The City on the Edge of Forever. The Enterprise discovers a time portal, McCoy goes through it and changes all of history. Spock and Kirk have to go through to early twentieth century earth and change it back. It turns out all of history turns on the death of one woman Kirk falls in love with. I got into Star Trek Online... and just did that mission last night !!! STO really follows Star Trek Cannon to the letter. For those who love Star Trek, .. this game is for you!!.. Out of all the series, I liked Deep Space 9 the most. Cisco is the man. Quote
TheNewTeddy Posted February 20, 2012 Report Posted February 20, 2012 I remember that "the thong song" was big about the same time as DS9 and I always thought that the video would have been awesome if done in ops of DS9 Quote Feel free to contact me outside the forums. Add "TheNewTeddy" to Twitter, Facebook, or Hotmail to reach me!
DogOnPorch Posted February 20, 2012 Report Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvfJRLTNmUI Do you know what the risks are??(damn embedding disabled) Edited February 20, 2012 by DogOnPorch Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 21, 2012 Report Posted February 21, 2012 Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Guest Manny Posted February 21, 2012 Report Posted February 21, 2012 (edited) Oh yeah, the episode with the "Gorn" was awesome. In reference to the OP, there really is no singular "Best", since each person has their own preferences. "Favorite" Star Trek episode is better. I've already indicated one of my favourites, but noted there are actually several. The reason I like "Day of the Dove" and others is how the writers contrasted good vs. evil as inherent to the nature of man. This theme was taken up in several episodes. Here is another one- This recurrent theme appeals to the philosopher in me. Indeed, one can see this theme played off constantly in the interplay between McCoy (emotional) and Spock (logical), and how their duality is embodied in the personality of Kirk, who draws on the advice of each of them in order to make his most important decisions. In another episode Kirk is separated into two beings in a transporter malfunction- one good, one evil. But neither of these is capable of being the captain on their own. It's only when they recombine that he is captain Kirk again. What they are saying is that the human being is most effective when we embrace the totality of what we are, the logical, emotional, good and evil parts within us, by knowing how and when these elements are called upon. Edited February 21, 2012 by Manny Quote
TheNewTeddy Posted February 21, 2012 Report Posted February 21, 2012 If I had to pick from TOS, the episode where Kirk dresses as a Romulan, the corbomite manoeuvre, Spock and the Rock Creature, and the episode where Kirk goes back to NAZI times. Quote Feel free to contact me outside the forums. Add "TheNewTeddy" to Twitter, Facebook, or Hotmail to reach me!
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 .... What they are saying is that the human being is most effective when we embrace the totality of what we are, the logical, emotional, good and evil parts within us, by knowing how and when these elements are called upon. Yea, most of the episodes had writing and plot lines that explored human elements from many angles. CBS Television's competing Lost in Space was too campy and less compelling that way, limiting "evil" to Dr. Smith and yet more Irwin Allen "monsters" straight from the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea set. And let me state right here that Star Trek doesn't work without Canadian William Shatner. No way...no how. I had seen him earlier in Twilight Zone episodes. He fell on hard times after Star Trek, doing "Captain Kirk" at parties in Hollywood to survive, sleeping in his car at times. But he never gave up on American television/film, and US audiences embraced him time and time again. We love Shatner! Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
guyser Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 Not to rain on anyones parade, but I have never watched a Star Trek show in my life. Just never could get into it all the while those around me were. Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 Not to rain on anyones parade, but I have never watched a Star Trek show in my life. Just never could get into it all the while those around me were. ...and that's OK. Makes me wonder what the viewing audience could have been in Canada for the period (1966 - 1968). Lots of people could have watched it later in syndication on cable or satellite. Outside of cities close to American broadcast footprints, did Canadian networks broadcast Star Trek in prime time? Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
guyser Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 Outside of cities close to American broadcast footprints, did Canadian networks broadcast Star Trek in prime time? Likely the cities had it, Toronto did, but once away from any urban centre one would have to rely on the CBC for the most part since they had relay stations for remote areas **** Some station had agreements to run some stuff, but not be an affiliate as it is now. (a remote are would be anywhere 20 mins outside of an urban centre, for instance I had to rely on CKVR Barrie to relay TV signal to my cottage, even though a TV was a luxury and didnt get it up there until late 70's. Hell, a first run movie up there was at least 6 months old) Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 Some station had agreements to run some stuff, but not be an affiliate as it is now. Well, it looks like Star Trek first aired in Canada on CTV, two days before the American premiere on NBC. I seem to recall watching on Thursday nights, which would jibe with the story related in this link: http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?p=5293836 As for 16mm vs. 35mm prints mentioned in that link, we only had one 19" B+W television with varactor tuner, so it probably didn't matter. I had no idea the show was in color, as the transition from B+W to color was still in progress for many shows. NBC would preface color programming with their peacock logo, but to us it was still a black and white picture! Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
DogOnPorch Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie6PmDiL1s4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O-mZeRoiLA Edited February 22, 2012 by DogOnPorch Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 LOL! Yeah...just like that. Our peacock was not in "living color". But you don't miss what you never had. Color prints were so expensive back then....The Adventures of Superman had to cut the number of episodes in half per season just to make the jump to color. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
DogOnPorch Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 LOL! Yeah...just like that. Our peacock was not in "living color". But you don't miss what you never had. Color prints were so expensive back then....The Adventures of Superman had to cut the number of episodes in half per season just to make the jump to color. I think we got our first colour TV in 1968...only one channel, mind you (CBC)...I was shocked to find the Montreal Canadiens wore red rather than black...lol. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 I think we got our first colour TV in 1968...only one channel, mind you (CBC)...I was shocked to find the Montreal Canadiens wore red rather than black...lol. I know the feeling, being "shocked" to discover that Gilligan's shirt was red! Same thing for Batman or Green Hornet....who knew? Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
DogOnPorch Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 I know the feeling, being "shocked" to discover that Gilligan's shirt was red! Same thing for Batman or Green Hornet....who knew? CBC used to carry most of the popular US programs like Giligan, Hogan's Heros, Ed Sullivan, Doris Day, Star Trek, etc. It wasn't until the mid 70s that the actual American networks (CBS, NBC, ABC and PBS) made their appearance with the introduction of cable TV in most of Canada. Saturday mornings suddenly weren't all Bible studies. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 .... Saturday mornings suddenly weren't all Bible studies. OMG....I hadn't thought about that. Saturday mornings without cartoons? How barbaric! Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
DogOnPorch Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 OMG....I hadn't thought about that. Saturday mornings without cartoons? How barbaric! 'Scooby-Doo' beat the heck out of 'Back to the Bible'. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
WWWTT Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 This recurrent theme appeals to the philosopher in me. Indeed, one can see this theme played off constantly in the interplay between McCoy (emotional) and Spock (logical), and how their duality is embodied in the personality of Kirk, who draws on the advice of each of them in order to make his most important decisions. In another episode Kirk is separated into two beings in a transporter malfunction- one good, one evil. But neither of these is capable of being the captain on their own. It's only when they recombine that he is captain Kirk again. What they are saying is that the human being is most effective when we embrace the totality of what we are, the logical, emotional, good and evil parts within us, by knowing how and when these elements are called upon. Good point that I will build on! Star Trek was also a trek into the human mind/behaviour and society/culture! Many episodes were written with great depth that could never be appreciated with only a couple of viewings per episode making them ideal for re-runs. WWWTT Quote Maple Leaf Web is now worth $720.00! Down over $1,500 in less than one year! Total fail of the moderation on this site! That reminds me, never ask Greg to be a business partner! NEVER!
Argus Posted February 23, 2012 Report Posted February 23, 2012 I wonder how people knew who was going to die on Star Trek without colour revealing the red shirts? Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
guyser Posted February 23, 2012 Report Posted February 23, 2012 I wonder how people knew who was going to die on Star Trek without colour revealing the red shirts? Their eyes closed for a long time? Quote
WLDB Posted March 16, 2012 Report Posted March 16, 2012 Predictable as it may be I'd go with "City on the Edge of Forever" Quote "History doesn't repeat itself-at best it sometimes rhymes"-Mark Twain
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