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Title: TSG again from the start
Post by: Ursula on June 26, 2009, 08:52:08 AM
Have just started watching TSG again from the start.  The early episodes are a bit clunkier than I remember, but somehow that makes me enjoy it all the more because it reminds me of TOS.  Although, I do like Riker with a bit more weight on him that he has  in the pilot.
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: Geekyfanboy on June 26, 2009, 08:55:33 AM
I assume you mean TNG (The Next Generation). Yeah it's fun to watch the entire series from beginning to end.
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: billybob476 on June 26, 2009, 09:38:15 AM
I tend to skip seasons 1 and 2 of TNG. There are some decent shows but my lord there were some clunkers in there. Sometimes I think it's amazing it made it past the second season.

As a side note, Wil Wheaton will be releasing Volume 1 of his new book "Memories of the Future" which I believe will consists of humorous  synopses of season 1 episodes along with his memories and memories of his former cast mates. This should be an awesome book.

There's no specific link as far as I know but he talks about it often on his blog.
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: ChadH on June 26, 2009, 10:29:11 AM
I and my girlfreind are currently watching alot of the TNG episodes from the early seasons on up. Many of them are new for her, I remember alot of them from way back. We get a kick out of the old uniforms. (Men in mini-skirts? What the heck were they thinking?) The music can be a little over the top sometimes too. The stories still hold up after all this time though. Good times. We need a new Trek series! :borg
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: Meds on June 26, 2009, 03:21:16 PM
Its funny the early seasons are so dated, but then and i tend to think its once Ryker gets his beard and the uniforms become two peice the whole series gets better. love TNG, LOVE IT.
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: moyer777 on June 26, 2009, 03:31:21 PM
I have said this before, but I love the first two seasons.  You know why?  There was a cheese factor in it.  They were more stand alone sci fi episodes.  I just liked that.  Reminded me of the old Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers with Gil Gerrard.  Fun Fun!
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: Meds on June 26, 2009, 03:35:11 PM
That and you just love cheese. ;)
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: moyer777 on June 26, 2009, 03:37:32 PM
I do.  The way it melts all over my tv.
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: Meds on June 26, 2009, 03:41:43 PM
Hmmmmm tv nacho's hmmmmmm
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: moyer777 on June 26, 2009, 03:49:20 PM
could be good, but the sour cream ruins the buttons.
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: Meds on June 26, 2009, 03:50:31 PM
And the guacamole can cause terrible static when dipped in the aerial.
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: Ktrek on June 26, 2009, 04:07:43 PM
I probably have said this before, but when TNG came out I was quite skeptical that the magic of TOS could happen again. I was willing to give it a try however, and I'm sure glad I did. By the end of season two I was becoming a fan and by the end of season three I was addicted. Some aspects of the show do look dated now but I do not watch movies or TV shows the way some people do. Being a huge fan of movies from Hollywood's golden age I am accustomed to viewing material within the "context" of it's times. Thus bad sfx in the Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon serials from the 1930s just add a vintage quality to those films. The same with TNG. It's the stories and the characters that really matter, and TNG had good characters overall and excellent stories.

Kevin
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: Bryancd on June 26, 2009, 04:57:28 PM
I began to watch TNG in 1986 but college got in the way. I never actually watched the whole shooting match on DVD until 2001! But I loved it and went on to catch up with Star Trek. :)
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: Ursula on June 27, 2009, 05:07:15 AM
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on June 26, 2009, 08:55:33 AM
I assume you mean TNG (The Next Generation). Yeah it's fun to watch the entire series from beginning to end.

Ah yes, of course I meant TNG (what the hell is TSG!?).  Good to see my typo is preserved for eternity in the heading of my post.
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: ChadH on June 27, 2009, 06:53:32 AM
Quote from: Ursula on June 26, 2009, 08:52:08 AM
Have just started watching TSG again from the start.  The early episodes are a bit clunkier than I remember, but somehow that makes me enjoy it all the more because it reminds me of TOS.  Although, I do like Riker with a bit more weight on him that he has  in the pilot.
Do you have a favorite episode from the first couple of seasons? I'm just curious.
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: Ursula on June 27, 2009, 10:07:56 PM
Nah, I don't think I really have a favourite that springs to mind.  As I am watching them again now I might change my mind.  You?  Anyone else?
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: moyer777 on June 27, 2009, 11:55:59 PM
faves of season 1 and 2.... hmmmmm
Nuetral Zone, The Big Goodbye, Datalore, 11001001, Coming of Age, Conspiracy... season 2...  The schizoid man, A matter of honor, the Measure of a man, Q who?, Peak Perfomrance...  to name a few.  Love those!
Title: Re: TSG again from the start
Post by: ChadH on June 29, 2009, 02:25:54 PM
I've always liked the episode " The Naked Now". Tasha Yar out of uniform! :love
Just kidding, actually that episode of TNG was the very first I had ever seen. Still one of my favorites.