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lost_spook

30 Days of Telly Meme - Days 10 & 11

May 29, 2010 09:50

I'm still catching up and these days go together naturally, both in terms of the questions and that they're both shows I like/liked and have never mentioned here. Mostly because I dislike fannish debates and I suspect both could easily set them off. So be nice, I can't help my bad taste, or whatever it is ( Read more... )

30 days of telly meme, star trek, heroes, star trek: voyager

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persiflage_1 May 29 2010, 09:15:03 UTC

I prefer DS9 to Voyager, but I like TNG, DS9 and Voyager so I'm easily pleased...

Not seen Heroes. Can't be arsed!

lost_spook May 29 2010, 09:24:32 UTC

DS9 is the only one I've never really seen at all - who knows, I might prefer that, too, but my friend I share the house with liked TOS (although she never watches those now), TNG (her fave), Voyager and Enterprise. I just instantly liked the characters, because they seemed much more human than ST characters usually do - on my brief acquaintance with them, anyway. I'm pretty sure, knowing me, that if I took the time, I would probably enjoy the rest, too... but that's a lot of time and I have other things to watch first ( ... )

persiflage_1 May 29 2010, 09:56:20 UTC

Well DS9 is usually referred to as the 'dark' franchise. It'd probably appeal more to your cynical view of the future than TNG. It has one of the single best episodes of TV ever - Far Beyond the Stars - which is the only episode I really remember years after watching it (I've tended no to rewatch Trek obsessively).

To my utter surprise, the library has Heroes S1 (the availability of genre TV is very hit and miss in the Oxfordshire library system, unless it's Doctor Who!) - maybe later in the summer, when I've got my scifibigbang story written, I'll give it a go.

pitry May 29 2010, 09:58:42 UTC

I LOVE Far Beyond the Stars! I also remembered this one for years! (although I also remembered others.)

I think it also has one of the best anti-heros I've ever seen in television - Garak is just such a fantastic character!

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jjpor May 29 2010, 23:59:37 UTC

I largely agree with you regarding Heroes; I mean, the first season was generally pretty awesome (Sylar, as sick and evil as he was, and as quickly as some fans tired of him, was by way of being The Man, imho, and that flash-forward-to-the-future-where-he-was-President ep was more or less the bestest thing evar!), and there were some interesting things in the second one even if didn't maintain the overall excellence, and then...well, I just couldn't be bothered keeping up, really...which made me sad...

As regards Trek, I can't really find it in my heart to love anything after TOS and the 80s-era movies. Kirk/Spock/McCoy for me, really. Wrath and Khan and Undiscovered Country are the pick of the crop, movie-wise, I think. Mind you, I did actually really rather like the new film version last year; it ended just as it was getting interesting. Hopefully, there'll be a sequel.

Is this a ship of the valkyries? What have you done with all your men? lost_spook May 30 2010, 06:59:55 UTC

Yes, I would have loved to have seen where Heroes was actually supposed to be heading. Ah, well. :-(

Heh, I am just not cut out to be a proper Trek fan! The only TOS I've really watched, apart from random bits, was one of the films (is it III?) where they go to Earth and save the whales. My Dad was watching it when me and my sister were about 10 and 12 or so, and we came in, and asked if it was a comedy. He said no, but we might like it. We spent the rest of the film having a lot of fun giving him reproachful looks and asking him why he'd said it wasn't a comedy. We enjoyed that one very much. I've also seen the TNG film that has Kirk in. And I know how Kate Mulgrew says that Captain Janeway would beat Kirk in a fight, and that's priceless, too. (She would. She's absolutely right. :lol:)

I have watched some TNG, but heart sinks a bit at how terribly earnest they all are. I suspect TOS is a lot crazier from what I've seen, but I wouldn't want to spend money on obtaining it, really. The new film - I'm sure my friend has ( ... )

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lost_spook June 12 2010, 09:00:38 UTC

Heh, I knew it was III or IV. 'Tap dancing' is a really nice way to put that, because I know what you mean, and I'm always attracted to things that get that balance right, but it's hard to define - it's not quite being funny, or not taking things seriously, but... Yes, nice way to put it.

I can't really remember IV in much detail, but my sister and I really enjoyed it at the time!