I also had no idea the top portion of the Starship Enterprise could separate like that. That was pretty sweet.

  • BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Keep going. It get’s much much better. Each season is better than the last, but Season 2 is where the feel of the show stablises and softens; it’ll always be jarring when you go back to season 1 after you pass it. Season 3 is definitely where it starts to hit it’s stride.

    It’s largely an episodic show; you could skip to season 3 and go back to the season 1 & 2 later without missing much. A few recurring characters and themese like do Q make more sense if you watch from the start though.

    If you’re really wavering definitely skip to season 3.

  • ArugulaZ@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    If you hated him on Next Gen, you’ll really hate him on Deep Space Nine. Fortunately, he only appeared there once.

  • xyguy@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    I felt the exact same way about Q after the first episode both as a character and as a concept for the show. They basically introduced God in the first episode of a science fiction show and he is annoying and arrogant.

    But he is actually one of the best characters by the time the show is over and his all-powerful nature is toned down a little bit.

    Season 1 is pretty goofy and inconsistent overall. Give it a chance and accept it for what it is and by season 4 the writing is some of the best in science fiction TV.

  • RMiddleton@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Since others have fully covered the Q portion of your comment I came to say that that cool saucer separation that’s so bad ass happens like 3 times max!

    I get that maybe it’s “expensive” or awkward to write or something from the production standpoint that makes it underused, but seriously, is it “expensive” in-universe?! Because they spread that shit out more sparingly than me buying pine nuts!

    Other show reference alert: it’s a lot like on Deep Space 9 how rarely Odo changes. If I had that fucking power I wouldn’t hold back! Let’s see, can I squeeze any more complaints in? I never understood the premise on Bewitched that Darren & Sam wouldn’t want to use her powers to make things better constantly! Ok I’m done. For now.

  • MudMan@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Honestly, if you started from scratch nothing you see in season one applies.

    Just… assume everything reboots after but they keep the lore. It’ll be fine.