<p>My favorite episode from the original series was “City on the Edge of Forever” where Kirk, Spock and McCoy travel to Depression-era America and have to avoid changing history by letting Kirk’s love interest (played by Joan Collins) die in an auto accident to avoid becoming a peace activist that helps keep America out of World War II.</p>
<p>Come to think of it, I like that episode better than any of those I saw of TNG, although they had some good ones.</p>
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<p>2) My favorite episode of any of the series is [TNG:The</a> Inner Light](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inner_Light_(TNG_episode)]TNG:The”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inner_Light_(TNG_episode)), where Picard gets to live an alternate life. The [Ressikan</a> Flute](<a href=“http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Ressikan_Flute]Ressikan”>http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Ressikan_Flute) that was a prop in the show is one of the things being auctioned at Christie’s this fall, but I really don’t have estimate $300-$500 for a prop. Plus, I think it will go for around $1400…</p>
<p>Watched every episode of Star Trek growing up, religiously, with fervor. I also adored TNG, think it was a better show as there was more plot variety, also it had Data - an extremely versatile actor (and Q!). Liked Voyager as well, the hologrammatic Doctor was my favorite character.</p>
<p>Galactica is wonderful, but the sub-plots are complex, for instance, I’m still waiting to figure out how The Old Man is connected with the blonde Cylon (?). I like the intense drama, it definitely has that epic feel.</p>
<p>No surprise, addicted to Stargate and Stargate Atlantis, and have been enjoying Eureka lately. Sci-Fi = ESCAPE.</p>
<p>yulsie, you and I are kindred spirits. I’ve been a Trekkie ever since the series started, even participating in the letter campaign to beg the station to keep the series going. It was a challenge in the “old days” to see all the episodes - there was no videotaping back then. The last time my friends and I went trick-or-treating (as 13-year olds), we went as Kirk, Spock and McCoy. (I was Spock, complete with silly putty ears and penciled-in Vulcan brows).</p>
<p>My DH and I have been able to convey our Star Trek love to our kids. </p>
<p>True confession time: I still carry a picture of Spock in my wallet.</p>
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<p>DS9 picked up quite a bit at the end with the Dominion Wars.</p>
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<p>Just because you like ST doesn’t mean you have to necessarily dislike SW, y’know. Both are different stories. ST is a supposedly “accurate” portrayal of an advanced human society. SW is a swashbuckling, samurai-fighting, guns-blazing version. They serve different purposes, both of them great.</p>
<p>Oh, and SW is as much a copy of ST as ER is a copy of M<em>A</em>S*H…</p>
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<p>No argument here.</p>
<p>Yes, yes, I do concur to an extent with you. I just become angered when SW is worshipped as being the manifestation of science fiction period when ST came out before SW. You see, Star Trek, whether DS9, Voyager, or TNG, is a great show which deserves merit.</p>
<p>I liked Star Trek Voyager. It was basically one big retelling of The Odyssey - only this time with Penelope in command of the ship.</p>
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<p>Yeah - it was also good because it was the first Star Trek series to have an overriding plot line that spanned entire seasons.</p>
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<p>I respect Trek series whenever they’re good…and Voyager wasn’t good quite often…</p>
<p>Yesterday it rained here so I spent the entire afternoon rewatching the Battlestar Galactica second season episodes. Unfortunately, they end when Galactica encounters Pegusus and I was left hanging as the raiders from Galactica were sent out to try to retrieve Chief and Halo who have been convicted of murder by the evil Admiral Cain. I watched the beginning eps of season 3, but they aren’t out on dvd yet and the remainder of the season doesn’t start until (I think) October… Yikes!!! I am left hanging!! </p>
<p>Babylon was a great show and so was Serenity. I haven’t really gotten into Stargate or Stargate Atlantis, but am willing to give it a try. I totally agree with whoever said - SCI FI - ESCAPE!!</p>
<p>As a nod to Star Trek, back when we used to do yearly car trips, we would set up the tv/vcr in the back of the mini van and while my poor husband had to drive, the kids and I would do back to back to back Star Trek movie marathons…GOOD TIMES!!</p>
<p>Also watched ST and TNG. Son got me watching SG-1 a couple of years ago and I’ve mostly caught up with reruns. Now I’m a Galactica junkie. I need to watch the whole thing all the way through since I missed a chunk of season 1 and still get confused. </p>
<p>I tivo’d the original 1980 series today when they were showing it on Sci-Fi. It was supposed to be awful, but the current one does continue some of the story line, so thought it might clear a few things up. If you’ve got LOTS of time to read, you can read very detailed recaps here: <a href=“http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/category_1188.html[/url]”>http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/articles/category_1188.html</a></p>
<p>Star Trek fans should check out this article: Star Trek PhD Thesis wins Prize.
<a href=“http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_3626.html[/url]”>http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_3626.html</a></p>
<p>Glad that they seem to be done with the movies for the time being. Both series were a little “small” in scope and I don’t think the essence of either show scaled up that well to the big screen.</p>
<p>over30, on televisionwithoutpity I found a link to after emmy interviews with Jamie Bamber (Apollo) and James Callas (Dr. Baltar) - interesting tidbits about next season <a href=“http://online.tvguide.com/special/emmys2006/index.asp[/url]”>http://online.tvguide.com/special/emmys2006/index.asp</a></p>
<p>Callas says the first 4 episodes are going to be really “dark” (imagine that!) about the occupation.</p>