I mean, I get it. For bingewatching to be effective such option must exist. But I just can't imagine to skip Star Trek intros. It's part of the anticipation, the joy, the ritual. What about you? Do you skip intros?

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    • askryan@startrek.website
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      I usually skip the intros unless I'm really in the mood, but for LD my daughter and I always skip to the nacelle-eating alien (we named him Yum Yums), yell "YUM YUMS!", and then skip to the end.

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      Not to mention that great soundtrack. Honestly, Lower Decks truly has the most memorable soundtrack of pretty much any Star Trek post-VOY. No generic cinematic fare for me.

  • chillbo_baggins [he/him]
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    If I'm alone, I often skip. With my daughter, we listen patiently. She needs to absorb the majesty.

  • Baalial@lemm.ee
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    When streaming I do because I'm binging, but regardless of how I'm watching I will NEVER skip TNG intros. My god what a masterpiece, even the end credits are just a capstone to perfection.

  • Luke@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Yeah, I often fall asleep to a TNG playlist where I've selected all the most cozy episodes (e.g., no Borg or "4 lights!" because those are amazing but stressful) but being jolted wide awake by that jarringly loud intro music is less fun than nodding off to Picard romancing Lwaxana with Shakespeare quotes.

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        4 months ago

        Good question.. it's not on my playlist but it's probably actually cozy. I just don't tend to watch that one often because it makes me feel sad.

        My top 3 favorite cozy episodes are Data's Day, Déjà Q, and Manhunt. Horny Lwaxana is an inspiration; her reactions to her daughter's slut shaming comments are so priceless to me.

        • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.website
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          Gotta agree with Data's Day. In that same vein, I also love Hero Worship.

          Using book mode, I once typed the entirety of The Inner Light script in Monkeytype. My meme description of that episode is "Picard plays Animal Crossing VR and then has his entire save deleted."

  • keepcarrot [she/her]
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    4 months ago

    Oh, where's that option in VLC? (I'd probably skip if given the choice, I remember wanting to constantly with game of thrones but whoever I was with insisted on watching the entire 5 hours every time)

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    4 months ago

    Usually, no, especially with DS9 (Even that crappy spread-up version with the cheap drum track tacked on top used after season 4.)

    However, as I was watching Prodigy on my desktop, my behavior varied. For a while, I watched the whole intro, but my anticipation became too much and I began skipping right through it as I got through season 2.