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TNG was my least favourite of all the series - Jean-Luc Picard being the wuss he was, always having to rely on his 2IC to man up and get the job done.

I really enjoyed Enterprise.
 
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Pooky said:
So I watched the new movie out and I thought it was pretty awesome, it inspired me to watch more Star Trek.

Now not ever having watched any Star Trek before this in my life, I would preferable like to start from the beginning, being Season 1 I guess?

I asked at a video store and they didn't have it... Does anyone know any video stores that will have it around Durban, preferably somewhere around the Hillcrest/Kloof area?
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it starts of TOS; The Original Series (1966–1969). which is what i'm currently watching. there after it is

The Animated Series (1973–1974)
The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Voyager (1995–2001)
Enterprise (2001–2005)


if you don't have an apprication of where things come from / where it all started or what story and filming used to be i would rather suggest staying away.

the movies in order is
Star Trek:The Motion Picture December 7, 1979
The Wrath of Khan June 4, 1982
The Search for Spock June 1, 1984
The Voyage Home November 26, 1986
The Final Frontier June 9, 1989
The Undiscovered Country December 6, 1991
Generations November 18, 1994
First Contact November 22, 1996
Insurrection December 11, 1998
Nemesis December 13, 2002
Star Trek May 8, 2009
 
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nah man watch it all from the begging, everyone has to watch Star trek/Starwars at least once in their lives
 
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Star Trek is a space opera. Just Bold and Beautiful in space with phasers and some sexual tension between Kirk/Spock; Picard/Riker; Picard/Dada; and subsequent characrers. The early episodes are cheesy by today's standards, the latter episodes are just typical politically correct drivel with expensive yet cheesy make up. Some episodes were said to be good - City on the Edge of Tomorrow - but most just reflect the current political/social tensions - so you'll see Iraq War/terrorism/Left vs Right US politics themes in latest Star Treks while early ones focused on things such as Cold War, then Vietnam War and so on.
 
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bwana said:
TNG was my least favourite of all the series - Jean-Luc Picard being the wuss he was, always having to rely on his 2IC to man up and get the job done.

I really enjoyed Enterprise.
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TNG & Enterprise were my favourites. No idea why they stopped Enterprise :mad:

That ensign crusher dude in TNG did annoy the the crap out of me though.
 
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PythonFSi said:
Tell me about it! but can't be any worse than having an annoying bloody bar tender Whoopi b1tch!
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At least she was not in every episode like crusher and his save the day brain farts all the time.
 
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Pooky, don't listen to these morons! :D They are not True Trekkies! :p

The earlier episodes of Star Trek are awesome. Yes, they are cheesy, but you are not watching for the special effects, but the drama... and the drama is excellent. There is only three seasons anyway and you will zoom through them. It is also necessary to watch them cos the later series build upon the originals....

This is the order in which you should watch them...

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek

I can hook you up if need be! :D
 
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when Star Trek first appeared there was action with blood and guts but as time went on it became like a soapy and very PC i think.
 
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ToxicBunny said:
Leostar : just to poke a bit of a hole in your rose-tinted world..

Cell Phones have been in development since WAY before Star Trek was even a random thought in Gene Roddenberry's mind.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_phone
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“Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you.”
Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 – 1734)



Don’t let the sliding doors hit your dark glasses as you enter the next shopping centre will you?


MIT's Tractor Beam, The U of Washington, Tricorder, Star Trek Line of funeral products, The Air Force's transparent armor, The Communicator, The Phaser Gun, Purdue's Cloaking Device, Hyperdrive, The Hypospray, Telepresence And many more from other sites I've GOOGLED
Source: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/21418


The cellular phone (comunicator), PDA (tircorder) Laser pointer (phaser set to stun)
'hyper drive', painless needle injections, THE COMPUTER WORM - from the book The Shockwave Rider, THE WALDO - n Heinlein’s tale, titled ”Waldo,“ a wealthy genius who is enfeebled by disease uses mechanical hands to interact with the world:THE WATERBED - waterbed is described in the novel Stranger in a Strange Land… by Robert A. Heinlein, which was first published in 1961,HOME THEATER & WALL-MOUNTED TV - radbury’s classic 1953 dystopian novel ”Fahrenheit 451“ (which is absolutely unrelated to Michael Moore’s recent filmic diatribe),THE FLIP-PHONE: Gene Roddenberry et al.(Star trek), MULTI-USER DOMAINS IN CYBERSPACE - the seminal novella ”True Names,“ by Vernor Vinge. In this striking work of fiction. I had to google, the first two is hubby's creation
Source: http://www.michaelhanscom.com/eclecticism/2004/09/10/ten-tech-items-inspired-by-science-fiction/


Will these do or would you like some more roses ??
 
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w1z4rd said:
.. and very long, with looooads of boring episodes.

My suggestion pooky (and this is coming from someone who has watched them all), perhaps dont waste too much time on the earlier flavors of Star Trek yet. Wait till your appetite has been excited more, older flavors are more bland (with the occasional gem).

If I was you I would start with Star Trek Voyager or Enterprise (the latest series), after I had finished those I would watch Deep Space 9 and then only move onto The Next Generation.

If not you are going to sit through hundreds of hours of yawn fest.
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I recommend that spooky watches each of the episodes in reverse order, i.e. starting with the last episode of the last season of each Star Trek series variant, all the way to first episode in each season, and then repeating the process with the previous season, I also recommend that he wears Borg gear when he is watching each episode.
 
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Pooky said:
I was thinking of going that rental online route but if you can lend/send me some that would be awesome!
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I could help but alas you live in Durban. My vid shop has every single Star trek episodes from the first to the last.:D
 
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