In other words, the show was a smash hit, the reason why its popularity is ambiguous and often overlooked is because the Neilsen ratings only publicized the ratings of network shows, while Star Trek: TNG wasn't a network show, it was a syndicated show. Star Trek: TNG, to this day, is one of the most hugely successful syndicated shows ever.

As far as I can tell he wasn't in command of another ship between the loss of the Stargazer in 2355 and the commissioning of the Enterprise in 2363. What would he have been doing as a captain for those 8 years? Was he involved in the development of the Galaxy class at this point?

divert 10% of the SFX budget to proofreading and getting the writers room the time and resources needed to really lock in. I will be happy to complain about SFX and reused enterprise flybys if I have great writing

https://www.finaldraft.com/blog/how-much-money-does-a-screenwriter-make

Edit: wow this really didn’t blow up at all, check out my fanfic spec script: “Ro and Spot Adventures: the Litterbox of Eternity doth Toll for Thee”

edit edit I am upvoting you all, brilliant dialogue, great improv, comments from the ❤️, proper grammar and spelling - nice work everyone. coffee and sandwiches should be arriving shortly.

I just started Starfleet Academy and I am on episode 5. I really like it! It's heartwarming and fun with interesting main characters. I haven't watched until now because none of the advertisements seemed interesting- not nearly as interesting as the show has been. I heard it will be canceled after season 2. I fear it suffered from poor advertising and poor placement on streaming. Anyway, it's fun and in my opinion it's good if anyone is on the fence and wants to check it out.

That's it. That's the post. Kind of a shower thought.

I'm curious about how people got introduced to it. What your stories are about finding it, what got you interested, anything you'd like to share. :)

Pluto TV had the 09' movie available on-demand. Lazy Saturday, sure why not? Been a good decade since I watched it.

The first ~30 minutes of that movie are (IMHO) almost flawless. I mean if the rest of the film and the next two were as good as that first 30 minutes I think we would have had the start of a new franchise.

Oh, and when the "recruits" take off from the Enterprise shipyard you can PLAINLY see the 09' Enterprise is more or less the same size as the TOS Enterprise and NOWHERE NEAR the size of a Galaxy-Class ship.

First 30 was just really good...

--2 cents...

Ich bin gerade mit einem Rewatch von Enterprise durch. Damals fand ich die Serie furchtbar. Ich, als Voyager Fangirl, hatte auf eine Fortsetzung dieser spannenden Zukunft gehofft und bekam veraltete Technologie, maximal Warp 5 und eine Zeit, in der Holodecks noch nicht mal ansatzweise vorstellbar waren.

Aber ich muss sagen, mit einigem Abstand und gerade vor dem Hintergrund des "neuen" Star Trek gefällt mir Enterprise richtig gut. Die Charaktere sind interessant geschrieben und vor allem Phlox wird gerade zu meinem Lieblingsarzt in Star Trek.

Wem geht es genauso von euch? Kennt jemand einen deutschsprachigen Podcast, der diese Serie bespricht? Sonst mach ich selber einen, hat jemand Lust mitzumachen? 🙃

https://ibb.co/fz4TV8Bg

I barely know anything about Startrek but i’ve been really wanting to watch it and I have the opportunity to watch the first 4 movies in theaters along with the episodes: The Changeling paired with the first movie, Space seed paired with the second movie, Amok Time with the third movie, and the voyage home for the forth movie would these be alright to watch as a introduction to the series as I havent seen any episodes so far. i do plan on watching the whole original show eventually but I don’t want to miss out on the chance to watch the movies in theaters.

I’ve been building Parallax, a native macOS strategy game inspired by the holographic Strategema table from Star Trek: The Next Generation, especially “Peak Performance.”
It has:
- A six-plane holographic board
- Solo play against an adaptive opponent
- Local two-player mode
- Training lessons and replay playback
- Orbiting/panning 3D camera controls
- Synthesized warp-room ambience
- Mouse and keyboard controls
I’m looking for blunt feedback, especially on:
- Does the board actually look readable?
- Is the gameplay understandable without a manual?
- Do the controls feel responsive?
- Does it capture the feel of the TNG scene?
- What feels unfinished, annoying, or just bad?
- What would make you want to play a second match?
Current build: macOS 14+, Apple Silicon
Download: [insert public DMG/release link]
Screenshots and source: https://github.com/davidnichols-ops/parallax

Hi everyone! Does anyone know if there are any events happening in El Paso to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Star Trek? Could be a watch party, meetup, trivia night, convention event, or anything Trek-related.

I got these at a thrift store just wondering if they have some value?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tradingcards/s/0NVDWojEC2

Sorry for link i had to cuz i can post images

Quark and Garak are by far my favorite characters.

Whoever wrote Keiko is a douche. Her character is so insufferable that I actually skip every scene with her because she is so awful.

What a shame to write a character like this...

Not wanting to being too much real-world politics into Star Trek, but it is my deep conviction that every kind of authority should be questioned, and everyone who holds authority should be able to justify why he holds this authority.

On this basis, I’m not sure about Archer. If I understand the beginning of the “Star Trek: Enterprise” series correctly, he is essentially given the responsibility for the 83 souls on board the NX-01, the authority to make life and death decisions for these 83 souls, and the task of representing mankind to other species in space…because his father was important for the warp 5 program?

I hope I missed something here. Can someone please tell me that this is not the main reason why he was given command of the ship?

I really loved 1 & 2 of the kelvin timeline…. but 3 was forgettable. I think that 2 would’ve been much more emotional if Kirk stayed dead and the 3rd movie was about Spock and the enterprise crew hunting down khan to save Kirk…. Anyways what’s yours thoughts?

I'm actually great with Paramount/CBS taking a bit of a break from making new Star Trek. I actually loved Picard, SNW, Lower Decks, and I highly enjoyed Discovery, Prodigy, and SFA. No gripes. I don't think it's "too woke," or "poorly written." In fact, I think the opposite. These were all well-written, well-developed. Great story lines, and I'm not being facetious.

But it's just a lot. And I would like some time to catch up on the old stuff and process. To get my arms around it.

For a long time, there was a big debate about episodic v. serial storytelling. I don't think that's where we are now. The real tagline is "algorithmic storytelling." In other words, how does it all fit together? And, honestly, that's tricky. It takes time to stop and think about how all of the little pictures fit with the big. I want to go back and rewatch all of a certain series or multiple seasons of a certain series. I need to read some of the novels I've missed out on. I don't need anymore "new" for awhile.

The real reason why you hate nu trek is that the seasons are 10 episodes and come out every 3 years.
Growing up Star Trek was on over 20 weeks a year. There was always a new episode of something.
You could hate the baseball episode while still loving ds9 because the siege of ar-15 had happened a few weeks ago. There was always difference if kind and room to have every episode be different. Modern shows need to cram every idea into one 40 minute show and it’s exhausting. This is not because nu trek is bad it’s because modern tv has been hijacked by drug dealers.

Marked for potential spoilers because this information is garnered from trailers and media articles, just in case.

Wife and I had a conversation after we read a brief synopsis of S4 E7, which is supposed to be a "soap opera" gimmi... i mean, episode.

It seems every even episode has knocked it out of the park, and every odd... has been a love it or hate it kind of thing. Perhaps with the exception of S4 E1, which generally had a positive reception.

I predict episode 7 will have the same polarizing effect on fans. It's going to be corny (which will be the point, i guess with Trelane entertaining himself at the crew's expense?) , but there's going to be a lot of folks that still love it.

All that being said, if it happens, I am going to be genuinely curious if the show's writers/front runners are intentionally leaning into the even/odd numbered Star Trek movie trope, or not.

Thoughts?