TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

DS9 tempts me. I never saw it in full because it was cancelled in Spain. But the required commitment kinda puts me off.

https://mashable.com/article/star-trek-deep-space-nine-condensed-how-to-watch-the-most-story-driven-trek-1613741/

Here's a "kind-of" condensed viewing guide.  But really once the Dominion War gets going in full by season 5 or so you may want to watch every single episode.

Hey, thanks for this. I think I'll give it a go.

[grumbler]

DS9 tempts me. I never saw it in full because it was cancelled in Spain. But the required commitment kinda puts me off.

Early DS9 episodes are episodic, but not very good.  When they copied B5 in season 3 and switched to a series of story arcs, it got a lot better.  You have to watch them in order, but you don't have to watch all of them.  Mashable has a pretty good list of what you need to watch: https://mashable.com/article/star-trek-deep-space-nine-condensed-how-to-watch-the-most-story-driven-trek-1613741/

Edit:  Ninja'd by Beeb.

[Eddie Teach]

"There wasn't even a Captain of the station the first few seasons". Then what the hell was Sisko?

[Syt]

"There wasn't even a Captain of the station the first few seasons". Then what the hell was Sisko?

He started as Commander and was promoted to Captain during the run of the show.

[Barrister]

"There wasn't even a Captain of the station the first few seasons". Then what the hell was Sisko?

A Commander.

[Tonitrus]

"There wasn't even a Captain of the station the first few seasons". Then what the hell was Sisko?

A Commander.

If it took tradition from the American Navy, not all Captains are Captains, but still can be called Captain. 

[Eddie Teach]

That's still a silly (and misleading) line.

[Barrister]

"There wasn't even a Captain of the station the first few seasons". Then what the hell was Sisko?

A Commander.

If it took tradition from the American Navy, not all Captains are Captains, but still can be called Captain. 

But DS9 was a base, not a ship.

[Maladict]

I'm using this to work my way through TNG, it's pretty good:
http://www.letswatchstartrek.com/tng-episode-guide/

DS9 will be up next:
http://www.letswatchstartrek.com/ds9-episode-guide/

[crazy canuck]

DS9 was my favourite Trek series.  Voyager a close second - but best captain.

TNG just seems so plastic to me.

[grumbler]

"There wasn't even a Captain of the station the first few seasons". Then what the hell was Sisko?

He started as Commander and was promoted to Captain during the run of the show.

Yep.  Just one more piece of B5 stolen for DS9 (B5 was commander by a Commander the first season).  That was kind of a big deal when DS9 was announced.

[Josephus]

DS9 was my favourite Trek series.  Voyager a close second - but best captain.

TNG just seems so plastic to me.

How so? I always thought the stories on TNG were, for the most part, far better than any other ST.
If I had to rate my Top 10 Star Trek series episodes, there would likely be at least 6 from TNG.

[Darth Wagtaros]

"There wasn't even a Captain of the station the first few seasons". Then what the hell was Sisko?

He started as Commander and was promoted to Captain during the run of the show.

Yep.  Just one more piece of B5 stolen for DS9 (B5 was commander by a Commander the first season).  That was kind of a big deal when DS9 was announced.

I think B5 was the first of a spate of shows that were supposed to be set on frontier space stations.  So it makes sense they were ripped off.

[grumbler]

I think B5 was the first of a spate of shows that were supposed to be set on frontier space stations.  So it makes sense they were ripped off.

JMS pitched B5 to Paramount before DS9 was even dreamt of.  The number of details that Paramount then included in their new show that matched what JMS had pitched is huge.  It's not clear whether Paramount's execs just liked those ideas, or whether they decided to make a show that would drive B5 off the air so as to maintain their monopoly on US space operas.

[Sheilbh]

This is why people hate and fear change: