We are a space station, not a starship, so you’ll be spending a lot of time with all these delightful side characters like: bisexual nonbinary fashion lizard. hologram of Frank Sinatra. goblins. goblin comes in 3 varieties: bartender, nephew, and idiot union agitator. :rommunism:

our doctor is a twink, our commander is antifa/ maoist and the captain talks to the gods sometimes when not leading a protracted people’s war. our constable is sometimes a liquid and possibly ace. the science lady is trans and part worm. :dax-stoked:

we have many fine storylines, such as: Goblin Does A Crime, Watch The Irishman Suffer, Linear Time is A Lie, or The Horrors Of War. As you stroll along our promenade enjoying a raktajino or delicious jumja stick, watch out for our nefarious villains: Pope Karen. capitalism. clones of Jeffrey Combs. and a horny bastard reptile man who seems convinced this is actually his show. we suspect he may be possessed by demons. Have fun!

Deep Space Nine: now with Worf™! :warf-wtf: .

  • Jadzia_Dax [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Me too! It’s amazing that it came out in the early 90’s. Crossing my fingers we’ll eventually get another Trek series like it.

      • Jadzia_Dax [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        They were in charge before though, right? Genuine question.

        • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Paramount sold TNG and DS9 as first run syndication, Voyager was on UPN and I forget about Enterprise.

            • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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              3 years ago

              I thought so but wasn't sure. We didn't have UPN in my bit of Canadatown at the time.

              • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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                3 years ago

                Still remember the promos UPN ran for Enterprise

                Especially the ones that were like "This ain't your daddy's Star Trek!"

                I still don't recall what was more bizarre, those ads or the episode of Voyager that was a stealth crossover with the WWE

                • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                  3 years ago

                  Kinda funny since Enterprise is the closest to TOS and runs on pure dad vibes

                  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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                    3 years ago

                    Yeah, revisiting TOS reminded me of how profoundly horny it was

                    Plus Archer was definitely supposed to be a slightly more cultured version of Kirk

                    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                      3 years ago

                      He's a way less cultured version of Kirk. Kirk in TOS is way less yeehaw than people seem to think

                      • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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                        3 years ago

                        Yeah, that's why I said "supposed"

                        We really never get more culture out of Archer than the fact that he named his dog after one of the Three Musketeers (pretty sure it's Porthos)

                        Apparently the writers thought that would be enough

                        He never really muses on subjects in the same way Kirk did and jumps to killing quite a bit faster

                        • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                          3 years ago

                          I'm really enjoying their absolute disdain for T'Pol and how they feel the need to argue with her and ignore her advice when she is the only one who knows what they're doing.

                          • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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                            3 years ago

                            She's just a green-blooded Vulcan who doesn't understand we're in space to shoot things, steal dilithium crystals from other planets and damn the consequences!

                            • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                              3 years ago

                              'Listen honey, you have lots of logic and that's very cute but the men are talking now." Jonathan Archer I'm every episode

                                • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                                  3 years ago

                                  Jesus, those scenes are just softcore that makes me feel terrible for the actress that played T'Pal

                        • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                          3 years ago

                          The movies and a few bits people have heard about TOS episodes are most what people think Trek is. I think you hit the nail on the head with the characterization of Kirk, he's a tactician and a slightly rutheless one.

                          I'm enjoying Enterprise way more this go through than others, but yeah, building the federation should have been the series long background arc like the domion in ds9. The whole series should have been about that, but he Voyager also feel on its ass regarding its core concept so what's new with Rick Berman.