rob_t_firefly

rob_t_firefly , 1 month ago

Another bonus of showing them "Corbomite" first is that they won't be wondering what the hell the deal is with that freaky face thing at the end of the closing credits when watching other episodes.

rob_t_firefly , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

"Darmok" is so far the only Trek episode I've shown my spouse, because she wanted to know what the deal was with a t-shirt I had with that episode's famous line on it. It did the job, she seemed to get into it despite being only vaguely familiar with the show.

rob_t_firefly , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

"Who Watches the Watchers" is self-contained but you can also show someone "The Drumhead" after they've seen it. Beyond that also being a good episode for newbies as suggested elsewhere in these threads, the callbacks to "Who Watches the Watchers" nicely illustrate how threads from one story can keep affecting and enriching the show's universe.

rob_t_firefly , 3 months ago

The first letter of my name is R and I agree, my handwriting is crap but my Rs are great. I’m a fan of my Rs.

rob_t_firefly , 3 months ago

Not to mention the secret society of highly-trained weavers who have made his toupees for 70 years.

rob_t_firefly , 3 months ago

All spoilers are to be posted and discussed in French.

rob_t_firefly , 8 months ago

There’s also Una McCormack’s excellent Star Trek Picard prequel novel ‘The Last Best Hope.’

Three decades later Trek is just now deciding to openly troll the Babylon 5 fans, and I’m here for it.

rob_t_firefly , 8 months ago

Remember that stretch of a dozen years or so during which Paramount cancelled every Trek TV series?

rob_t_firefly , 9 months ago

Nowadays one way to do it is to record a video in selfie mode while you try on the frames and move your head around a bit, then switch back to your real glasses and watch the video.

Some glasses dealers now have apps which CG the frames in question onto your face, and the results are getting more impressive and less cartoony.

rob_t_firefly , 9 months ago

Quark and Otto on a mountain for 1 hour.

I would 100% watch a spinoff starring Armin Shimerman and Alfred Molina as Quark and Otto Octavius, just hanging out on a mountain and chatting for an hour.

rob_t_firefly , 9 months ago

Every single Star Trek series from TNG onward struggled in the beginning and took a season or two to really find itself. It’s basically the shape of TV Trek.

rob_t_firefly , 9 months ago

Enterprise isn’t Star Trek, confirmed! (I kid, I kid.)

rob_t_firefly , 10 months ago

I just fast-forward through all that parts that aren’t Captain Quantum Leap complaining that cheese makes his dog fart or feeding cheese to his dog anyway.

rob_t_firefly , 11 months ago

This article doesn’t “explain” much, it just repeats the tiny scraps of info clear in the few seconds the ship spends on-screen.

It also refers to it as “the Kelcie Marie” a couple times.

rob_t_firefly , 11 months ago

This ship may have been a diplomacy vessel, or it may be a “some dude we know needs a chill ride from A to B” vessel built for panache and not speed. Maybe it’s a space limo.

rob_t_firefly , 11 months ago

The laugh-track-less bits in late-stage MASH.

rob_t_firefly , 11 months ago

She is really good. I loved TOS, I loved other things Majel did, but I never thought before this show I’d actually be taking the Nurse Chapel character seriously.

rob_t_firefly , 11 months ago

I didn’t like the JJ movies, but I did love Karl Urban’s take on Bones. He fully understood the assignment.