It is the best of a bad bunch. The TOS movies inspired the TNG movies. The TNG movies inspired a lull in the movies (no call for a DS9 or Voyager or Enterprise movie) that had to be filled with a reboot.
My dad watched TOS with me when it first aired, but I was too young to remember it. My first recollection is watching it in syndication. I went on to read my dad's many books, especially the Star Trek Concordance and the James Blish adaptations.
Thanks, that sent me Googling. "KIM: I'll try extrapolating the verteron exit vector. No, I can't get it. There's a strange phase variance in the radiation stream. We'll have to wait until the probe exits." Episode 6 (another wormhole?!) http://www.chakoteya.net/Voyager/106.htm
What do you think are some of the worst examples of Treknobabble in the franchise?
And what series do you think does it poorly the most often?
I love this! Now you need to do an analysis like this one on Star Trek and the Bechdel-Wallace test!
I realize you’re not trying to predict quality, just personal enjoyability, but I do wonder how it relates to quality.
I actually think it might be slightly more predictive of the quality of a show overall than of individual episodes. But both ST:TOS and ST:TNG have many great captain-centric episodes that I’m not sure if it is predictive of episode quality particularly.
What are your favorite Star Trek filk songs?
Great suggestion! Everyone remembers the Gorn, but the Metrons are fairly representative of the incredibly advanced aliens typical of TOS (like the Organians, Thasians, or Providers).
I think I'd suggest a planet-of-the-week episode. From TOS, "This Side of Paradise" or "A Taste of Armageddon." From TNG, maybe "Who Watches the Watchers" or "Up the Long Ladder."
If it is a promotional image from the studio, I would imagine it said something like “Star Trek Now on Fridays” originally. I think “pon farr” wouldn’t have yet been well known enough to mention.
I hang out at my local game store once a week. I've timed the following playlist to fit the commute!
- Status Report
- How Would That Feel
- I’m Ready
- I’m the X
- We are One
- Subspace End Credit Medley
The most popular songs from Subspace Rhapsody, adding together Spotify and YouTube stats:
- Status Report
- We are One
- I'm the X
- I'm Ready
- How Would That Feel
- Keep Us Connected
- Private Conversation
- Connect To Your Truth
- Keeping Secrets
- Main Title (Subspace Rhapsody Version)
- Subspace End Credit Medley
I felt like Freeman included Rutherford because his “gee whiz! lookee there!” naïveté added to her misdirection.
I'm slowly and tediously working my way through ST:TNG season 1.
Very clever! And thorough. Thanks for posting this analysis.
"Spectre of the Gun" has a pretty surreal set and I could easily imagine it as a play.
Egads this is hard! I got two lines in and gave up. Free to anyone who wants to continue:
Captain Pike, Number One, emotional Spock, Talos IV,
Alien zoo, laser overload, General Order 7,
Great site! Alexander Siddig was on the first episode of Foundation, btw.
I had to go to my settings and click English to see them. Apparently I just had Undetermined. (I hope you can see this!)
I spent the morning listening to the Fall Out Boy version of "We Didn't Start the Fire". Since Star Trek in the Kelvin timeline and elsewhere often re-uses songs from our time, I thought it would be hilarious if "We Didn't Start the Fire" ended up being updated every 35 years or so, till the 32nd century.
So, hit us with your best take on "We Didn't Start the Fire" for the final episode of your favorite Star Trek series!
A little remarked side effect of time travel is that it causes infatuation (Kirk, in "City on the Edge of Forever") and horniness (Spock, in "All Our Yesterdays"). La’An experienced both!
Edit: I forgot about Bashir and Jadzia in "Trials and Tribble-ations" but honestly they just seemed to be acting in character!