Which Star Trek is best and Why?
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I remember when I saw the Fall Preview TV Guide's write up of a new sort of show, Star Trek.  From then on I was in love.  I bemoaned the idiocy of canceling the show and read the fan fiction and even attended a few conventions. Star Trek was gonna live long and prosper even if it was off the air. Then the first movie came out and it was time to rejoice.\n\nThen someone got the idea to bring it back to TV but they were gonna do it a little different.  WHAT?  What were they talking about? How could you possibly have Star Trek without Kirk, Spock and Bones?  Impossible.  I was soooooo ready to hate hate hate this show that I was just as eager for its arrival has I was for the original.\n\nAnd then I watched it.  Star Trek Next Generation is hands down and by far the best of them all. The original is still in my heart but STNG had the advantage of better special effects, sets and props. They had real heart and soul in the stories and while I will alwas love Captain Kirk, I would follow Jean Luc Piccard across the galaxy and be happy to serve.\n\nStar Trek Deep Space Nine was not Star Trek, how ya gonna trek in a stationary station?  They soon realized that mistake and gave them a snazzy little space cruiser to go trekking about once in awhile.\n\nVoyager was a confused mess. By this time, for the sake of novelty, the entire dynamic of the show, so concice in the original, so cleverly sliced and diced and mixed and matched in STNG was completly obliterated in Voyager. No disrespect meant to Captain Janeway, but I wouldn't cross the street for her.  They recognized the mystake and got the skin tight suited Seven of Nine on board quick fast and in an hurry.  The Borg angle at least gave the show some tangible focus other than the "searching for a way home" line that we all knew was never gonna happen as long as the show could be renewed.\n\nEnterprise.  What the f*** is up with that?  That ain't Star Trek no way, I don't care what they say.  It is a fair to middling space show but it ain't Star Trek in anyway shape or form
584018
Data from Star Trek could ref- he's impartial.\nThis is a fan film I would LOVE to see. \nMy bet- Ewoks. They took down the empire, and captured the heroes, and are cannibals. Whereas we never saw the Oompa Loompas have any warrior culture, and their big mojo is turning people into blueberries. Ewoks win.
1146053
Farscape is some of the best space-opera Sci-Fi around.  The four seasons and concluding mini-series tell the tale of John Crighton, astronaught extrordinaire.  This poor character is put through the wringer, gets hunted by at least four major antagonists from powerful alien governments, gets forcible brain surgery and generally deals with more crap than any other sci-fi lead that i can think of.\n\nThe real strong point of the show are the characters.  Most of them become well developed, learning and growing and moving in interesting developments.  Whereas Babylon 5 is heavily plot driven, in Farscape the characters flaws and ambitions and foibles drive them forward.  \n\nIt was a real shame when Sci-Fi rescinded their agreement to do a 4th and 5th season and the show was truncated, but thanks to the perserverence of the fans, the Peacekeeper Wars miniseries was made, wrapping up most loose elements and bringing in many recurring characters.  \n\nIf you're a space opera fan, you'll love it.  Just beware, it takes about 8 or 9 episodes to REALLY get going.
679549
Darwin.  And I love your avatar! :)  Evil Spock...very cool.
596437
Best In Show because that whole group his hilarious, never gets old.\nStar Wars 4,5, and 6 are great, too (=
258712
I really couldn't narrow it down to one favorite; so I'll just give you an idea of what I make a point not to miss if I can help it!  CSI, NCIS, American Idol, Survivor, Lost, Ghost Whisperer.  Love the old Law and Order and Law and Order SVU, but I can catch them anytime on USA or TBS, so I gave you may top "must see" shows.
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I used to think it was Star Trek (just the original series, none of the spin-offs).\n\nBut after watching the only 14 episodes of Firefly made, that takes it hands down.  How could they have canceled that??\n\n(MST3K was tremendous, but more for the comedic effects)
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Yes, but the pretext for everything in Star Trek is that adventure is good.  Think about how many transporter accidents they had, but the few times they re-calibrate the transporter to do some day-saving derring-do they never bother  to write down what they did.  Because documentation is *boring*.  So if we say that we've got a recreational facility that may randomly become sentient and effectively do a Matrix-like takeover on the ship, great!  Break out the tricorders and study that sucker -- but don't save any data because we wouldn't want to ruin the surprise for the next series in the franchise.
519905
Gundam Wing for sure, because of the sweet animation and sory lines, also the gundam series is one of the frist of its kind and still the best
895924
YES!!!!!  Please do!  You will LOVE this show!  William Shatner and James Spader are the best on the show!  I'm an addict and so is the husband.  I got him watching it and now he's hooked!  I assure you you will NOT be disappointed.  I don't watch much TV either.  We actually rented all the seasons to get caught up on the recent ones that are showing.  That show and Grey's Anatomy.
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Comic Book guy. Evidence:\n\n"Oh, a *sarcasm* detector. Oh, that's a *really* useful invention!" And it explodes from overload.\n\n"Stop right there! I have the only working fazer ever built. It was fired only once to keep William Shatner from making another album."\n\n"Last night's "Itchy & Scratchy" was, without a doubt, the worst episode ever. Rest assured that I was on the Internet within minutes, registering my disgust throughout the world."\n\nComic Book Guy: Yes, I would like to return your quote-unquote *ultimate* belt.\nClerk: I see. Do you a receipt, quote-unquote sir?\nComic Book Guy: No, I do not have a receipt. I won it as a door prize at a Star Trek convention, although I find their choice of prize highly illogical, as the average Trekker has no need of a medium-size belt.\n\n"Ack. There is no "emoticon" to express what I am feeling right now."\n\nThis one sums up his character nicely: "Human contact: the final frontier."
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Battle Star Galactica.  They simply had more deployable fighter ships.  The Enterprise was the sole fighting machine and the shields could be diminished under a persistent attack. Star Trek never demonstrated that the Enterprise could defend itself from swarm of fighters like the kind StarBuck flew OR a top down attack either.\n\n You drop their shields and swarm them with the fighter ships!
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I like both of them.  Back when I was in college, the old school Star Trek came on every night at 11:00.  We'd have like 10 of us watching it every night.  We turned it into a drinking game.\n\nNext Generation took a lot of getting used to, but it's very good too.\n\nBut you've got to love the original, and their low-budget special effects.
580756
The only marital art trick  Spock had on enemies. \n\nI still say the coolest Spock skill is the Vulcan Mind Meld......
769503
Klingons are fully organic; borgs are hybrid.  What's your question?
817244
According to this web site it was Gunsmoke. (I thought it was MASH).\n\nhttp://www.angelfire.com/trek/proutsy/
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Quite possibly.  I watched it but thought it was pretty bad until Manny Coto started to liven it up in the 3rd season.  I think they tried to do something new with Trek by making it more of a soap opera to broaden the audience but what ended up happening was the diehard trek fans were alienated, and no one new was watching either.  Who wants a prequel series?  The problem with a prequel is that you have a pretty good idea about what can't happen.  For instance, you know the Federation is going to appear, that earth is not destroyed, etc.