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My favourite characters include Spock, Kirk, Picard, Pike, Seven of Nine, the Doctor, and Q (mostly because the actor is good).

Watched TNG and Voyager, been watching some of DS9. Viva Picard.

I love Star Trek The Next Generation. Picard is a lovable character, Data is just the best, Troi is hot, it is just a great show.

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:I love Star Trek The Next Generation. Picard is a lovable character, Data is just the best, Troi is hot, it is just a great show.

That didn't take long.

Top 5...Garak, Paris, Q, Seven of Nine, Damar.

Tiltjuice wrote:

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:I love Star Trek The Next Generation. Picard is a lovable character, Data is just the best, Troi is hot, it is just a great show.

That didn't take long.

Top 5...Garak, Paris, Q, Seven of Nine, Damar.

Can you blame me? She is the sexiest character in the entire franchise!

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:

Tiltjuice wrote:
That didn't take long.

Top 5...Garak, Paris, Q, Seven of Nine, Damar.

Can you blame me? She is the sexiest character in the entire franchise!

I suppose not. To each their own, though.

What is most potent in Star Trek, I feel, are the unique themes the episodes intended to express, especially considering the time in which they were produced--issues of race, religion, sexuality, and various features of the human experience. Most remarkably, it was comfortable with condoning atheism as well as same-sex and interracial relationships; a few issues of debate were unfortunately censored, especially those enquired by Data.

Normandywe wrote:What is most potent in Star Trek, I feel, are the unique themes the episodes intended to express, especially considering the time in which they were produced--issues of race, religion, sexuality, and various features of the human experience. Most remarkably, it was comfortable with condoning atheism as well as same-sex and interracial relationships; a few issues of debate were unfortunately censored, especially those enquired by Data.

Atheism? I heard no mention of it.

Normandywe wrote:What is most potent in Star Trek, I feel, are the unique themes the episodes intended to express, especially considering the time in which they were produced--issues of race, religion, sexuality, and various features of the human experience. Most remarkably, it was comfortable with condoning atheism as well as same-sex and interracial relationships; a few issues of debate were unfortunately censored, especially those enquired by Data.

Quite so. Ethics at large, as well. And linguistics. One of my favorite episodes to date is Darmok (TNG).

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:

Normandywe wrote:What is most potent in Star Trek, I feel, are the unique themes the episodes intended to express, especially considering the time in which they were produced--issues of race, religion, sexuality, and various features of the human experience. Most remarkably, it was comfortable with condoning atheism as well as same-sex and interracial relationships; a few issues of debate were unfortunately censored, especially those enquired by Data.

Atheism? I heard no mention of it.

It was quite a bit subtle, I suppose, in that every character was supposed to be atheist:
"Roddenberry made it known to the writers of Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation that religion and mystical thinking were not to be included, and that in Roddenberry's vision of Earth's future, everyone was an atheist and better for it."

Normandywe wrote:

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:Atheism? I heard no mention of it.

It was quite a bit subtle, I suppose, in that every character was supposed to be atheist:
"Roddenberry made it known to the writers of Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation that religion and mystical thinking were not to be included, and that in Roddenberry's vision of Earth's future, everyone was an atheist and better for it."

The Ferengi have a religion based on money.

Finally, a thread for Trekkies.

Looking forward to this.

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:

Normandywe wrote:
It was quite a bit subtle, I suppose, in that every character was supposed to be atheist:
"Roddenberry made it known to the writers of Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation that religion and mystical thinking were not to be included, and that in Roddenberry's vision of Earth's future, everyone was an atheist and better for it."

The Ferengi have a religion based on money.

DS9 at large diverged from Roddenberry's original concept. Section 31, the Tal Shiar, the Obsidian Order, et al. had no place in his utopian vision of the show.

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:

Normandywe wrote:
It was quite a bit subtle, I suppose, in that every character was supposed to be atheist:
"Roddenberry made it known to the writers of Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation that religion and mystical thinking were not to be included, and that in Roddenberry's vision of Earth's future, everyone was an atheist and better for it."

The Ferengi have a religion based on money.

The writers occasionally digressed.
Additionally, the Ferengi embody the evils of capitalism.

Normandywe wrote:

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:

The Ferengi have a religion based on money.

The writers occasionally digressed.
Additionally, the Ferengi embody the evils of capitalism.

I like the Ferengi. And the Romulans. And the Borg. And all the evil races.

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:

Normandywe wrote:
The writers occasionally digressed.
Additionally, the Ferengi embody the evils of capitalism.

I like the Ferengi. And the Romulans. And the Borg. And all the evil races.

>The United Soviet Socialist Republic
>Iron Fist Consumerists
>I like the Ferengi

I understand your mental character entirely.

Normandywe wrote:

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:I like the Ferengi. And the Romulans. And the Borg. And all the evil races.

>The United Soviet Socialist Republic
>Iron Fist Consumerists
>I like the Ferengi

I understand your mental character entirely.

I was a Communist when I made the nation. I am not now. I would make a nation with a Fascist name, but I have done ALL my RPing and General posts with this nation.

Who thinks JJ Abrams' movies will spark enough interest for another TV series? Is there a possibility of another TV series even, or do you think all the stories have been told already?

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:

Normandywe wrote:
>The United Soviet Socialist Republic
>Iron Fist Consumerists
>I like the Ferengi

I understand your mental character entirely.

I was a Communist when I made the nation. I am not now. I would make a nation with a Fascist name, but I have done ALL my RPing and General posts with this nation.

I am sorry to hear about your decline. I find it interesting that you seem to embrace evil and failure, just as it is portrayed by Star Trek.

Normandywe wrote:

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:I was a Communist when I made the nation. I am not now. I would make a nation with a Fascist name, but I have done ALL my RPing and General posts with this nation.

I am sorry to hear about your decline. I find it interesting that you seem to embrace evil and failure, just as it is portrayed by Star Trek.

Fascism is not evil. But that is a discussion for another thread.

Tiltjuice wrote:Who thinks JJ Abrams' movies will spark enough interest for another TV series? Is there a possibility of another TV series even, or do you think all the stories have been told already?

Might, yes, no.

I've seen every TNG, DS9 and VOY at least thrice, I own a couple of TNG-era novels, the Star Fleet Technical Manual, the Klingon Bird-of-Prey Haynes Manual and the Klingon Dictionary.

Grocery Store Music wrote:I've seen every TNG, DS9 and VOY at least thrice, I own a couple of TNG-era novels, the Star Fleet Technical Manual, the Klingon Bird-of-Prey Haynes Manual and the Klingon Dictionary.

If you are not the definition of a Science Fiction nerd, than I am a greedy transsexual Zoroastrian Kenyan prostitute.

The United Soviet Socialist Republic wrote:

Grocery Store Music wrote:I've seen every TNG, DS9 and VOY at least thrice, I own a couple of TNG-era novels, the Star Fleet Technical Manual, the Klingon Bird-of-Prey Haynes Manual and the Klingon Dictionary.

If you are not the definition of a Science Fiction nerd, than I am a greedy transsexual Zoroastrian Kenyan prostitute.

My ST obsession is mild at best.