star trek

thellama73 wrote: The Doctor wrote: The Cage The Corbomite Maneuver Bread and Circuses (even though Uhura's final comments were very hokey) The Squire of Gothos A Taste of Armageddon Return of the Archons I, Mudd By Any Other Name A Taste of Armageddon is my favorite episode of TOS. Am I the only one bothered by the anachronisms in the Squire of Gothos? TOS is set in the 23rd century, the planet is 800 light years away from Earth, so he is familiar with nothing later than the 15th century, but he has a harpsichord which wasn't invented yet.

At that point in the series, it was not yet decided exactly when Star Trek took place.  The century wasn't even established and the time seemed to shift from the late 22nd century all the way up to around the 26th century, based on various comments as to how long ago things occurred (e.g. the Eugenics War took place around 200 years prior to the episode, which would put the episode in the late 2100's.  Of course, the timeframe was later officially established as the episode taking place in 2266).

^ that whole episode bothered me, mainly cause it stinks

and 'Armageddon' is excellent

Next Gen did improve, especially from the dismal pilot with Q and the episodes shamelessly based on TOS, but it may have suffered from its own success.   With only three seasons and the constant threat of cancellation, the original never had a chance to go stale.

I only ever watched TOS regularly.  Is started with TNG when it came out and was very disappointed.  After a half dozen episodes I gave up never to return.  I have been told many times that it got better, but have just never got around to it.

Edited by kenethlevine - September 09 2012 at 18:17

The Doctor is one of the best characters of all the series, but my fav non-human is T'Pol

I used to hate the original series even when i grew with them, but after watching some episodes on SyFy, found them less annoying, still I believe that TNG is superior in every possible way.

Hey airplane glue can take you to some amazing places. 

Next Generation all the way. I do think TOS is fun and very watchable (except the pilot oh god), but was very often...hokey. The Next Generation elevated it, plus Picard-Riker-Data > Kirk-Spock-Scotty any day of the ever.

^ he's dead, Jim

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