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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:26 AM Original message |
How did Star Trek: The Next Generation survive its first season? |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. I like the one where Wesley is almost executed for stepping on flowers. |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That was the Thong Planet. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Thong Planet? |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. I think that was the only Trek episode my husband ever liked... |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Any ep with Orion Slave Girls™ pretty much worked for me |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
44. Wasn't that the episode with Brenda Bakke? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Yep n/t |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. It really was awful. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. wiki |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. Its because of these uniforms. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. If that was the uniform I had to wear... |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I love a shapely man leg! |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I wonder what they told this guy when he enlsited? |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
7. Deanna was dressed like an intergalactic cheerleader, for one. Plus, the crytaline entity. |
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UnseenUndergrad (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Voyager reruns were good... |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Deanna dressed in her pajamas for work for 6 years until Captain Jelicho took command |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Enterprise would've been better if Porthos wasn't the best actor on it. (nt) |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. I don't know why they keep on thinking Scott Bakula is some sort of sci-fi icon... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. I like TNG and Voyager of the newer Treks. But I HATE Wesley and Counsellor Clevage. nt |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. By dressing Marina Sirtis and Denise Crosby in tight outfits so people ignored their bad acting. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
49. I was at a con once & Sirtis said this about her costume for the 1st year |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
12. It was indeed pretty stinky, frequently. |
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kedrys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. Because it was Trek (ostensibly) and there wasn't another damn thing to watch |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I think that is a good part of it |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. The first season was pretty spotty. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I always loved that they never, ever followed up on Conspiracy |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. That always bothered me. Starfleet is filled with parasite infected peeps. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Yeah it was pretty much left hanging |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Yeah Picard and Riker just walk around Starfleet HQ melting faces of Admirals |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
53. Skin of Evil is only good because it got rid of Yar |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. Nostalgia for the original Star Trek. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. You know which series had some pretty good stories? |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
54. Spock is a mensch. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. There were a few good episodes, but yeah, it was kind of stinky. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. It almost didn't, if I remember correctly |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. Because it's Star Trek. |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. Patrick Stewart said he lived out of his suitcase in a hotel room cause he thought |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. The trek fan base carried it the first season |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. A combination of things... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
29. Nostalgia, cool graphics, and I thought Riker was hot. (Better with the beardm though) Anyway, many |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. Trekkies in the desert, drinking the sand |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
31. Well right when it seemed like all was lost and they would be cancelled |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. A solution most adults should be able to see more quickly... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. I have NO clue. Season 1 is terrible... |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. Because tachyon radiation caused a temporal causality anomaly |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
36. Geeks! |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Nerds! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
51. Dorks! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. We were THAT desperate. It's horrifically bad in EVERY way! |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-04-09 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
43. Oh, we had the tapes of the first few episodes. |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
45. GUESS WHO I AM!!! "Captain he's hiding something" |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Either it's a porn star, or |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
48. It truly is awful - poorly written, bland, preachy, wooden, and ugly |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-05-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
50. Because Trekkers by definition are optimists. n/t |
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