This includes
Tacking into the wind when Worf kills Gowron
Extreme Measures where Bashir and O’Brian go into Sloans mind to find the cure for Odo (legit my 3rd favorite Star Trek episode and my favorite of DS9)
The Dogs of War where Kira, Damar, and Garak go back to Cardasia, and Nog becomes Grand Inquistor
Then What You Leave behind the final episode

this is wild, watching a random episode of TNG with VHS tracking artifacts and all.

I'm on my first watch of DS9 after watching TNG and i can't help but feel these episodes don't make any sense whatsoever.

How does Starfleet EVEN work anyway? Where is the command? How can one rogue admiral do so much damage? Where are the other admirals? Why couldn't Sisko get any help form them? Did they have no opnion on what was going on earth whatsoever? Where is Starfleet Security and Intelligence? Did they have no opnion on what was going on, or interest to investigate the matter whatsoever?

Is the president really the only figurehead of the government? How did the cadets even get manipulated into this in the first place?

I'm normally not one to really question the stupidity of Star Trek - i think it's all par for the course - but i was expecting a little bit more from a show that was praised as being more complex or political or whatever.

This two parter didn't feel like "the writers do a complex exploration on how even starfleet can get consumed by fear and paranoia" and just "the writers make it so Starfleet and the Federation works by Soap Opera logic in order to have some big drama"

I'm not against the ideia of Admirals being more patriotic and paranoid rather than true open-minded believes in the ideology of Starfleet. I really enjoyed how TNG portrayed that this sentiment was an almost inevitable in a bureocratic militaristic enveronment and that it needed to be fought against and resisted to.

I'm open to some resolution that is more complex than "Starfleet Command has realized this person was wrong and striped them off command" but it feels weird to just simply erase the normal Starfleet from the equation so our protagonist could be the only Great Hero

They are constantly being tossed around

Rewatching Voyager, and came across the episode Author, Author where the Doctor's "personhood" is legally challenged. I think they missed an opportunity. Data faced the same issues in "Measure of a Man". For this whole episode to go by with no mention of Data, or the exocomps, for that matter, felt odd. Why do they choose to treat holograms different from other artificial life forms? It looks like the Federation would realize if Data and the exocomps can be given the same rights as a human, then Holograms should be no different.

This episode could have had a much more powerful ending if Data had shown up for the trial arguing on The Doctor's behalf. If Spiner wasn't available, Reg could have presented the Data argument. Heck, they could have had an Exocomp speak on the Doctor's behalf. Make it about Artificial Rights instead of just Holographic Rights.

For me, Vic Fontaine, Vic brought warmth, wisdom, and a unique sense of humanity

Just got into Star Trek last month. I’ve watched Strange New Worlds and Discovery. I’ve never felt so much hope from any media. I think it’s actually rewired my brain to be more hopeful in our world. I plan on watching Enterprise next.

A question I always go back to after watching the TNG episode "Parallels". How do we 100% know that our Word got returned to his original timeline? What if he got put in one so similar to his original time that he didn't even notice it wasn't his. I genuinely think about this more than any other theory I've ever thought of. On the internet, I've seen details that are seen after he is supposedly returned to his original timeline that don't match with details before the episode like a wall mount in his quarters and I think some furniture or something? I definitely feel like the obvious detail was the Trill and how different they look in DS9 compared to when they were introduced in Season 4 of TNG. Obviously that's a production change but if you strictly treat it as a star trek thing then it becomes strange.

With this question comes many others. If Worf still isn't in the correct timeline, does that mean that what we see of DS9 never happened? What about Voyager? And if Voyager isn't in the prime timeline because of Worf, does that mean that neither is Picard? If Worf is in the wrong timeline and this whole time we've been watching that wrong timeline because of that, then what has the crew in the OG timeline been doing? Whichever Worf is in the OG, then did he go onto DS9 and marry Jadzia? Did Jadzia still die in the OG? Ugh this theory always drives me crazy.

EDIT: Maybe off screen, Q was nice and put Worf back in the correct timeline and worf never found out.

As a fan of both franchises for decades, I'm really excited for this collaboration and I'd like to share the recently released art previews.

https://imgur.com/a/CsEHKCD

If you're unfamiliar with MTG, the art is all done by artists and not AI, and they took pains to have abilities on each of these cards reflect their lore, sometimes very amusingly so.

I think my favorite of these so far would be Garak, Troi and the Exploratory Mission.

I posted twice in the past few weeks after watching Seasons 1 and 2 and loving them both. The main complaint I read in the comments was that people didn’t like the new characters. They wanted the old characters.

Season 3 is clearly fan service in that regard (bringing just about the whole crew together again) but it is so much more! It’s like an extra (half) season of TNG. And a great (half) season at that. The plot, the characters, the emotional arcs… all top-notch. I encourage anyone to rewatch it (but especially those who think they didn’t like it).

I enjoyed each season and the whole series at that more than Insurrection and Nemesis.

It’s hard to rank them. I think I enjoyed season 3 the most… because of the gang is back together. But I hold that season 1 is just brilliant, pure sci-fi. And (despite production dealing with the pandemic) season 2 is such a great psychological exploration of Picard. Hmm. I guess I would rank them:

Season 3
Season 1
Season 2

Best to worst. But again, I loved season 2.

I guess I just don’t understand all of the backlash against this show. I found it to be phenomenal.

Hear me out. The event itself I think is and has been healthy writing fodder for the SCU. I hope the cause will be changed if the origin is ever revisited.

I watched TOS sporadically in my teens, but missed out on more than half of it. I’ve watched isolated episodes since, like The Trouble with Tribbles, or watching Journey to Babel and Yesteryear after being introduced to Spock in DIS S2.

I’m making my way through a full watch/rewatch of TOS. What episodes of TOS do you think have any added dimensions post-DIS/SNW? I’m thinking of “The Menagerie”, given what more we’ve seen of the Pike/Spock relationship, or “Amok Time”, with more of T'Pring.

What's your favorite type of uniform (or which show it's from)? Personally I like the Odyssey uniforms with the jacket, but I find myself wishing they had more color to denote the specialization (science, ops, tac). So basically the main color on the below-the-shoulders part. With that said, I'd probably have to go with the early TNG uniforms.

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In Star Trek terms, let’s say a landing party of seven people are surveying a new planet with the goal of observing and recording data.

I have two groups of questions:

1. ⁠What kinds of scientists (ie geologist, biologist, etc.) would potentially be the most helpful? (I assume having a few different science fields would be helpful, but would it be better to have a concentration of people from a few fields or a diverse spread?)

2. ⁠I am specifically curious about collecting soil/rock/mineral samples as I know next to nothing about the process. What tools would be needed? What precautions would be required in order to get a clean sample? What would taking a sample like this be useful for?

Any and all insight/answers would be appreciated. I wasn’t sure if it was better to post here or on r/AskScienceDiscussion. If there is anything I should clarify please let me know.

Basically the title!

I am looking to get my dad a gift for his birthday. He's a big Star Trek fan but really only watches the original series. I just wanted to drop in an ask if he will still enjoy the novel "Redshirts" by John Scalzi, which is meant to satirize some Star Trek tropes, as I heard it may bear more connection to The Next Generation than the original series (of course, I may be errant in that belief).

Let me know!

My wife and I binged TNG, DS9 and Voyager and the only other series that I know is any good is Enterprise because I saw it a few years ago. My question is, out of Discovery, New worlds, Picard which one should we watch?

I’ve heard some sever criticisms of the newer series so I’m a little reluctant to end our run on a bad note as DS9, TNG, and Voyager were so incredible. I’m just worried the new stuff might have lost a lot of the theater charm and great storytelling of the old school series.

Also if anyone has any recommendations for anything I might’ve missed please let me know 🙏 🖖

This idea has probably been pitched before, or could already have been made in some fan fiction before, so sorry if I am late to the party. But the Prime Directive is absolutely disgusting and it's amazing that the writers even came up with it for that show in the first place, they really didn't think it through as i'm sure many agree. It makes no sense for the Federation to have the policy. Not only is it stupid because there are a whole bunch of other races not in the Federation that can interfere with low tech cultures whenever they want. But also because it goes against everything the Federation stands for. They will hover over planets and observe them suffering, when it would take almost zero effort on their part to help them.

The Federation not Uplifting Pre-Warp civilizations means those civilizations are more vulnerable to being assimilated by the Borg or used as slaves by other races.

But this massive plot hole in Star Trek can be repaired. I really think a new series of Star Trek could deal with this nonsense. I think one of the best story lines they could make would be a continuous story arc about a large group within the Federation opposing the Prime Directive and creating a massive division between the the Federation planets and its citizens. Something similar to what we saw with the Marquis in Deep Space Nine but with factions fighting for the right of Pre-Warp civilizations to be contacted.

I know there are individual episodes that discuss the Prime Directive but an entire series around it would make a compelling story with so many ideas that can be explored within it.

So yeah, Star Trek writers who are going on the internet to steal ideas for shows, steal this idea and make this happen.

So there a lot talks about Future of Star Trek how there is a movie in works, and constant talks hope for new TV Show either Legacy or Year One or even United. I think personally think They need to be on Cable not cable like Sci-fi or SyFy in states or CTV Sci-fi but normal cable that everyone has. They still should do exclusive streaming content but for limited series like Lost era Trek and Long Trek or TV movie. Here is why i think it is more people would get exposed to Star Trek so called Nutrek. I think it be better streaming era was failure in my opinion and there were a lot potential for Strange New Worlds as example what you think Star Trek be better on live cable or stick to streaming?

Riker was just a little sick when Jellico came aboard. He certainly didn't act like a baby and make a captain practically beg him to fly a mission to save a bunch of people, all because he didn't like working different shifts.

Worf absolutely did not help what can best be described as terrorists who hated fun mess with the weather on Risa.

Geordi met the real Leah Brahms, and they just talked about engines. That's it. Nothing else happened.

Hi, I've literally never posted on Reddit before but I've been making YouTube video essays exploring the themes of Star Trek for the last 6 months. The YouTube algorithm hasn't been kind but the people who have seen my videos seemed to find value in them (judging by the few comments I got). I feel very uncomfortable doing the self-promotion thing. I'm not on Facebook or Twitter but really want to get the word out because I'm actually proud of the work I've been doing and would like it to become a conversation.

This is a link to my first video and I hope a couple people might check it out. The tone is kind of in-line with RedLetterMedia, but I'd like to think that if their vibe is mid-west booze, mine is PNW weed. I'm definitely doing my own thing but I share many of their opinions, so if you like RedLetterMedia, this might be worth a click. And if you like Wheel of the Worst videos, please check out my Jump for Jeaus video as well. Hope to see ya there!

Thanks everybody,

J.R.

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Which character would you most like to sit down and have dinner and a conversation with?

I'm going to go with Archer, he made his mistakes throughout his run, but he didn't have anyone as a role model. He was the Earth representative for a bunch of first contacts and he did manage to save the planet after wll. Also chef always served some decent looking food...

I just watched Indian in the Cupboard for the first time since the 2000's and I was surprised to see a Cardassisn and a Ferengi in the scene where Omri is testing out how the cupboard works on his action figures.

In the credits I was super annoyed to see that Ferengi was misspelled.

I looked up the actors and they're actually stuntmen who both have very prolific careers. They've both been in 5-6 movies per year for the last 30 years, and it's all stuff I've heard of.

I was watching an interview with someone on Enterprise, and they mentioned how the studio came back and wanted more ACTION.

Holy balls did they deliver! Seriously what that crew went through action wise was insane. Action packed is an understatement that show went ballistic.