THE TV THREAD AKA MY MIND IS BLOWN RIGHT NOW

[Hydra]

Andrea: I can agree with you on the Piccard hotness.  SEXAH!

Goose:  I've finished the whole seven seasons of TNG so yeah that sentence makes sense to me though it shouldn't. :p 
Next up is Deep Space Nine.  I still have to watch the original series though.  My brother managed to get a hold of everything ST, every movie and every episode ever made so I'm going to work my way through it all.  I have to admit that I felt sad when I finished the last TNG episode, I wanted more.

~hydra

[Goose]

I have to admit that I felt sad when I finished the last TNG episode, I wanted more.

~hydra

That's why there's 4 TNG movies!

[sin]

Too bad First Contact was the only really good one; I can stomach the others but they run the gamut from mediocre to okay.

[Naylzie]

DS9 didn't really do much for me as a show. It had some cool characters (love Neelix!) but the writing left something to be desired in my opinion.

As far as the movies, I have to agree with Sin.

[r00]

DS9 didn't really do much for me as a show. It had some cool characters (love Neelix!) but the writing left something to be desired in my opinion.

This is exactly how I felt about it too.  I drifted off after the first couple of seasons aired and never came back to it.

As far as the TNG movies go...  First Contact was indeed awesome, but I have always had a soft spot for Generations too.

[Goose]

DS9 didn't really do much for me as a show. It had some cool characters (love Neelix!) but the writing left something to be desired in my opinion.

Um, are you sure you have your shows straight?  Neelix was on Voyager, not DS9.  If you're thinking of Voyager, I'll agree with you.  Voyager sucked hairy goat testicles for seven years straight.

DS9, once it got going, was great.  It was definitely a different point of view on the ST universe than the previous two shows.  In the other shows, you got a basic glimpse of a new culture over one episode, usually focusing on one controversial aspect of it.  In DS9, they took two (and later three) very different societies, and plumbed them down in depth and really got into the nitty-gritty of how massive cultural and historical differences work in the long term in an international environment. 

Of course, you have to wait until DS9 really gets going to start experiencing the awesome.  The first season was atrocious, in that the pilot episode sets things up decently enough, and then everything that happened in the pilot is completely forgotten about for the rest of the season while a bunch of useless shit happens on the station.  Finally, in the season 1 finale, something relevant actually happens, and the show starts moving (albeit slowly).  Once you're into season 3, then you're rolling.

As well, Avery Brooks is one of the most underrated actors of the 20th century.  Once the writers start giving him quality material to work with (which is about the same time he shaves his head), he just exudes power from the screen with every glance.  Totally awesome.

This reminds me, I gotta get my wife to give Enterprise a shot.  She might like that one. 

[r00]

you just made me want to give DS9 another shot.   

[Naylzie]

Ah, Goose, you're right. I blame the lack of coffee and the overall strangeness of the morning. I'd have to give DS9 another go to say whether or not I agree on the particulars; truth is that I don't remember it overly well, but I was incorrectly projecting my dislike of Voyager on to DS9.

[sin]

I'm holding off on picking up other seasons of TNG (I only own 1 and 3) because it gives my mom something to buy me for Christmas, because she always complains that she doesn't know what to get me :p

[Hydra]

I have seen a few ST movies but that was some time ago and yeah I didn't think they were worth much.  I'm hoping they will be better now since I know the characters and backstory and all that. 

I'm still  going through Supernatural, now halfway through season 2 and still as good as ever.  I love that series.

~hydra

[sin]

First Contact was absolutely great; I was lucky enough to see it in theaters and I've always loved it.  The others were pretty 'meh,' but again, I will ALWAYS love and throw down for First Contact.  It's either that or Wrath of Khan that takes the place of my favorite Star Trek movie overall, spanning all casts.

[Naylzie]

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

Someone else will have to provide the gif; I'm in the breakroom at work on my phone It just had to be done.

[chimera]

So I'm watching Beyonce's new video and it's kinda like she thinks she's M.I.A. now?  But a few years too late and way watered-down.

[Aaron]

She is pretty so I'd let it slide.


I downloaded all of Game of Thrones Monday night. I watched all of it in one go. (I watched ep 1 and then watched eps 2-5 in a sitting. Amazing stuff. So much so I want to get the book (if I like the first one, I will read more of them...)

[TPD]

So I'm watching Beyonce's new video and it's kinda like she thinks she's M.I.A. now?  But a few years too late and way watered-down.

dude, i was thinking the same thing!
i'm almost positive she's got some of m.i.a's producers now too.