If you’ve watched any Star Trek this week, feel free to drop the episodes/movies and any thoughts you might have on them in the comments!

  • stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
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    9 days ago

    It’s an amazing show! My favorite Trek show for sure. It sounds like you watched The Magnificent Ferengi, that episode was great. I try not to compare the shows too much, and attempt to take each on their own merits, but sometimes it’s difficult not to compare them with DS9’s consistency and character growth.

    • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      I’ve heard that from a lot of people and I can absolutely see why. Ngl Sisko was… awkward for the first season or two, which, sure, he was starting from a low place, but his delivery of lines seemed almost randomly inflected. Weird, crazy smiles or gestures that felt out of place. I’ve really come to love him though, I get why hes so many folks’ favorite captain.

      I’ve had kind of a rough stretch irl and my mental/emotional health hasn’t been doing great, but this has been helping. I’ve even started picking up a little Klingon for fun, I’ve always meant to but never got around to it.

      Now, though, im faced with a dilemma - when im done, do i a) finally watch TOS, b) binge Voyager (similar deal as DS9, watched a bit back when it was airing but never the full show), or c) re-watch Lower Decks now that ill get all the DS9 references?

      It’s a good dilemma.

      • stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
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        9 days ago

        Yeah, early Sisko seemed a bit more awkward until he figured out the character a little more. I’ve always liked most of the extra expressive things he did, but it definitely is a different acting choice than you see most making. He was also something unique in that he was a Star Trek character with a good family relationship! Plus, he was the only captain that could get rid of Q. 😉

        I’m glad something is helping out! It’s nice to be able to drop into something like that for a while sometimes.

        That is a dilemma! I recently rewatched DS9 then Voyager, and for me it was a bit of a letdown after DS9. Some people prefer Voyager though, so you never know! I still like it, but the type of storytelling doesn’t work as well for binging for me.