JEST2ASK

Denubian Slime ....... 10 strips of Latinum for his head .... Do what you wish with the rest ...... I suggest feeding it to a Targ ... it's to scrawny to have much other value .....

Monkeybot

Holy shit!!! A woman after my own heart! Avery Brooks could read me the phone book and I'd be on cloud 9. My aunt actually got to see him live playing Oedipus... she said he was fantastic.

I really wish they'd given George Takei more lines. That is another sexy as hell voice, IMO. Evil Sulu... yum

Jacey

My boss looks similar to and sounds like Sisko. And he has many girl "friends"...........In an R-rated Star Trek world, Sisko would've been such a pimp.

KoopaFanatic

I don't doubt it. I've only ever seen him in DS9, some commercials from a few years back, and American History X. But in none of those cases did he fail to impress. (Yes, even the commercials.)

Although I think he fell a little bit whenever he had to portray Sisko as genuinely angry (or otherwise overemotional) -- he was best when he was doing the just-barely-controlled delivery.

Now this I can't agree with. I guess it's mostly because whenever I hear a Sulu line I can't get past his voice work on The Simpsons.

Giorgia

Keep an eye out for reruns of "Spencer" -- most likely on A&E or USA, I think -- Brooks played the role of the private eye's side-kick "Hawk" -- and stole just about every scene he was in.

inmeitrust

It goes:
1. TOS
2. ST: TNG
3. TS: V
4. ST: TAS
5. ST: DS9 (this was total soap opera monkey tripe)

It's hard for me to comprehend the idea that TOS is "complete crap." It's a show that changed some fabrics of the society. Conventions were started around it; I don't believe that had ever happened before. The entire universe on which the other shows were based have all their roots in TOS. Everyone knows the "wagontrain in space" tagline Roddenberry used to sell the show to the networks. Westerns were the top genre then. Notice all the other series were named STAR TREK:..."

The show itself was far more than that. The dynamic of the id, ego and superego portrayed by Spock, McCoy and Kirk was well done (and I'm not a fan of Freud). It probably addressed more important societal issues than any other show of its time. I find many of the episodes still relevant today. That is what good sci-fi writing is. Don't let hokey '60's special effects taint your view of the show. Find out why it led a generation to look to the stars.

A different adventure every week? How terrible. The repetitive, linear saga style of B5 or DS9 is nice when it plays, but isn't as fun for rewatching.

Think about yourself in the vacuum of space, filled with potential enemies and uncertainties. My choice at the helm:

KIRK - cowboy diplomacy when needed - can you imagine how many times Kirk would beat up the little doctor dweeb if they were in the academy together?
SULU - we need to see more of him
PICARD - he is just waiting to be an annoying admiral, the kind of person Kirk usually ignored
JANEWAY - ok, but takes too much crap from crew
ARCHER - no guidance, no vision, no glory - vanilla flavored Capt.
CISKO - We're talking CAPTAINS, not station attendants. Wasn't he a commodore or something.

Gates McFadden a hot babe? Ha ha ha haa aha hahhahdhas oh, my. Nurse Chapel was better. Crusher had all the sensuality of pizza dough.

I haven't thought about this stuff much, though.

ProNihil

TNG!!!

This is probably because I "grew up" with the characters during the 7 years the show was filmed. I felt like I knew them personaly. What an awsome show. Now, that I am a freethinking secular humanist, I can see how many of the ideas the writers portrayed in the show are really applicable to real life, if only a few years away.

I wish to god (who doesn't exist) that I had the entire 7 seasons on some kind of format that I could watch at my leisure. I really can't get enough of it even though I have probably seen most if not all of the episodes.

trekbette

Thanks Monkeybot.

I got the opportunity to see him live at the Grand Slam in Pasadena two or three years ago. I melted. I sat there with a glazed look in my eyes, completly enthralled by the man's voice. My husband had to get a shovel to scape me up and take me home.


I understand the cultural signifiance of TOS. It did open the door to many things and grappled with some "hot button" topics.

I still don't like it though. I guess I am just a shallow child of the CGI age.

I will admit, I have grown much more fond of William Shatner in the last few years. He still cracks me up in "Airplane 2" everytime I see it. The "Twilight Zone" reference in "3rd Rock From The Sun" was priceless. Then I saw a great movie called "Free Enterprise" and started thinking, maybe he isn't so bad. Rapping Shakespeare was beautiful.

James Doohan drives me nuts. Leonard Nimoy is one of the most boring public speakers I have ever tried to sit though. George Takei, actually I have no problems with him. Same with Nichelle Nichols. As for Walter Koenig, it's not his fault really, but I don't like the Beatles or the Monkeys or who ever he was supposed to resemble to get the young female viewer to tune in. DeForrest Kelly was probably my favorite character of the bunch if I had to choose, so nothing bad to say about him. Plus the "speaking ill" thing and all.

Marduk

"I wish to god (who doesn't exist) that I had the entire 7 seasons on some kind of format that I could watch at my leisure. "

Check out Amazon.com, most of TNG are out on DVD, all 7 by now I think.
I know season 1 & 2 of DS9 are out.