ShuaiGuy wrote:CarrieVS wrote:
And The Original Series is my least favourite of all the series I've seen any of yet.
I originally got into Star Trek via Voyager. And I'm struggling through to rewatch it (watching ALL Star Treks to see them all) now (to make sure I didn't miss a single episode growing up!). And TOS is easily the worst in my opinion.
I got into it via Enterprise, but just now there's a channel that's showing an episode each of TOS and TNG every weeknight. I think TNG is my favourite. I haven't seen anything of DS9 or Voyager yet - I do intend to go through the whole lot.
PSTN wrote:The man who writes about another time invariably ends up writing about his own time.
I never really got into TOS, and I think it's because it's about the future of the sixties, not the future of today.
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Not having seen it when it was new, so not having the nostalgia factor, I smile at the naivety, but I know that as much as I try to write 'more accurately' about the future, it'll look the same in a few decades after the future starts to happen.
PSTN wrote:A tip to any aspiring sci-fi writers. If your story is built around some fantastic new technology, don't have your characters stand around being all "Gee-whiz! This [whatever] sure did revolutionize our society!" Instead, try to think of the absolute most frivolous use of that technology conceivable. 99% of the time, you'll be absolutely correct.
That is excellent advice.
LegionofShrooms wrote:Picard
I love Picard. I just love him so much. He's a
good man, and he's just the sort of person who
should be in command of a starship. Kirk's great and all, but first of all he's an action-hero more than a commander-in-chief, and most of all I just think that the character of Picard is so very perfect for the role that he's in.
The first episode of TNG I watched, they were investigating a planet with a 'primitive' culture (bows and arrows), and they accidentally
revealed themselves to the inhabitants, who took them to be gods. Now these people as a culture had stopped believing in any gods some time ago, but now they had 'proof' that their ancestral religion was correct. Everyone else wanted to just leave it, but Picard insisted that they put it right, even if that meant explaining that they were aliens with advanced technology.
But the people and one hot-head in particular wouldn't believe it. So Picard stood there and told this hot-head, with his bow and arrow: if he thought he was a god, shoot him, and if it was true then he'd be fine. And he meant it, and he stood there and was shot. I mean, he must have known that there was at least a very good chance that he wouldn't be killed outright and with their technology he'd be ok, but I don't think he was counting on that. From that moment I just loved him.
Kirk willingly puts himself in danger because he's convinced he'll come through. Picard is ready to make the sacrifice, and I find that so much more powerful.