It turns out that they have TOS on dvd at My Local Library! I don't know why I just assumed they didn't. I might even have checked the shelf a couple times but I never actually searched. Anyway, now all my bridge crew buddies get to hang out in my tv! UPGRADE.
METAMORPHOSIS
-i think deforest somehow manages to keep one eyebrow permanently cocked. (heh, cocked) also, a high-powered lady who doesn't take shit! exciting.
-well check out this handsome specimen! lol, "I LIKE THIS SHIP!" simple and clean, eh? stop reminding me of things! and kirk, you seriously have to stop giving away your technological deets to strangers.
-whaaaaaaat? yeah, people get marooned with midcentury furniture all the time. I guess it worked for the swiss family robinson.
-benjamin button II: space boogaloo
-DAAAANG THIS GUY DISCOVERED THE SPACE WARP??? i think a gif of the commissioner freaking out could go far in this economic climate.
-awwww, that whole hostility-free exchange between spock and bones. much as i enjoy their bitching, i do like to see that they're buds.
-"why not try a carrot instead of a stick?" you know bones, i can't help but notice that those are both phallic objects. i see what you're getting at. if anyone can fuck an amorphous rainbow smudge, it's kirk. and if he can't, then by god, he'll die in the attempt.
-ENTERPRISE!!! i love scotty and uhura. i wish they interacted in the reboot even a tiny bit.
-"the idea of male and female are universal constants" NUH UH. >:{
-that was pretty weird, zephram.
-blurrrrrrg this episode started to drag on after a while.
JOURNEY TO BABEL
-omg, bones attempting the vulvan salute. LOL VULVANNNNNN! VIVA LA VULVA.
-man, if i didn't already know about sarek being spock's pop that would have been a huge "WHOOOOOOA" moment. vulcans are pretty crazy.
-oh, dc fontana wrote this one? he's a big man on starfleet campus, right? wow i wish i hadn't written that. pun the non-believer. kill me.
-sarek's outfit is totally sharp. lol, so that's where "my wife, attend" comes from! i experience that macro with infinitely more joy now.
-kirk, i know it's going to be hard for you, (let's go with difficult actually) but try not to hit on your boyfriend's mom too much, ok? eyesex has its place. and that place is the bridge.
-OH MY GOD BONES HANGING WITH SPOCK'S MOM. DRINKING HAWAIIAN PUNCH AND GETTING ALL THE DEETS ON SPOCK. IT'S OFFICIAL, BONES IS MY NUMBER ONE DUDE. AND SPOCK'S CONSPICUOUSLY NOT EMBARRASSED FACE!!!!
-spock trying to make his teddy buddy sound badass. too late guy, mccoy is never letting go of this.
-hey sarek, do you mean embarrassment the EMOTION, or like embarrassment the freaking...i don't even know. my point is, lol sarek. AHHHHHH THEY'RE SO CUTE. amanda is so fucking glam.
-SURGERY TILT! this episode is totally awesome and touching.
-mr. chekov has the conn! yeaaaaaah.
FRIDAY'S CHILD
-TREK IN MY TEEVEE!!!! i can't even handle seeing all my buddies this big. and with such good sound. and ad-free! yay library dvds :D
-aw, i was hoping chekov would be invited to the landing party :(
-the d.c. fontanarama continues. oh man, look these unitarded, feather boa'd clydesdales!
-DA DA DA DA DA PRIME DIRECTIVE. i love how the bridge is arranged so that dudes have to stand directly behind chekov so often.
-SCOTTY NOOOOO IT'S A TRAP (probably) omg uhura's nail polish is so fly. as are the klingon's glitterpants.
-no need to be so snippy with sulu scotty, you're the one who fell for a super fake distress call!
-BECAUSE I'M A FUCKING DOCTOR, JEEEEEZ. hey spock, jealousy is a human emotion.
-well gosh...i had previously been unaware of the similarities between explosions and rockslides caused by vibrations. AND KEEP YOUR HAM-HANDS AWAY FROM THE LADY'S VAJAY, JIM >:{
-oh mccoy, I love you so. OMG CHEKOVVVVVV
-wow, i love scotty too. i pretty much love everyone.
-MCCOY + BABIES FOREVER. LOLOLOLOLOL I WANT TO SEE SPOCK CONSULTING UHURA ON THE SUBJECT OF BABYTALK
-yeaaaaah. i was hoping the lady was going to be in charge!
THE DEADLY YEARS
-OMG CHEKOV AND AN ADORABLE PIXIE-HAIRED YEOMAN omggggg frightened chekov.
-our new lady friend is a lieutenant! oh right, she's science division, yeomen are ops, duh. things are looking good. as long as she doesn't instantly fall in love with a hostile omnipotent being.
-ohhhhh, old people. oh, duh! this is the one where they all get old.
-lol chekov! i guess you have to go through puberty for it to take effect. ZING.
-"that's a stupid place to hang a mirror" lol why was that so funny to me? and wowww who wants chapel/chekov bondage right now i mean WHAT?? how'd that get there...
-"you sound like my first officer" says kirk. to...an ex-girlfriend. man's got a type.
-"TAKE OFF YOUR SHIRT, CHEKOV. ROLL OVER, CHEKOV" WHAT'D I TELL YOUUUUUU? BETTER GET A SPERM SAMPLE JUST IN CASE I MEAN WHAT?
-dude what the hell is this aluminum foil phallus?
-dead lieutenant >:{ KIRK YOU OLD NOW DEAL WITH IT! aw, sulu.
-oh god this is just getting depressing now. you can see spock's posture wavering just a little.
-GET OUTTA THE NEUTRAL ZONE, YOU FOOL
-lol, getting their money's worth out of the corbomite maneuver are we?
-ahhhhhh that was a good one!
Bones is my favorite. It was tough because I love everybody so much, but a champion has emerged. It became official when he bonded with Spock's mom over Hawaiian Punch. I'm making bones/deets one of my lj interests immediately.
It's been awhile since I finished another group of four, which is because I've been busy with school (eh? ehhhhh?) and have also been watching some TNG. The characters are taking a little time to grow on me- except Data, of course, and guess who else I love, surprising no one?
Wesley Fucking Crusher. I know, I know, he's an annoyingly earnest little twit whose purpose as a character seems to be being implausibly smart enough to get the Enterprise out of impossible situations, but his name is fucking Wesley Crusher! I love both of the Crushers for that reason alone. Plus, he wears those disgusting sweaters and is played by Wil Wheaton, who will always make me fondly remember him and River Pheonix being crying buddies in Stand By Me. You're alright, Wesley.
Still, my favorite character in TNG so far would have to be the production values.
okay, I have to go finish this paper! But I am safe in the knowledge that I'll actually complete it because I've ~turned my life around!