last episode will be him getting put in the wheel chair and kirks first day in the big chair.

At least the history of Trek, as we know it, it should be that way...

Oh man, I loved wormhole extreme. Stargate SG1 knew how to make funny episodes. But then they had a great cast.

I also enjoyed "Window of Opportunity" from Season 4, Episode 6. Its the groundhog day of stargate. Funny as well.

now i feel i need to rewatch that series for the 30000th time.
its been 10 years or so, i may have forgotten a episode by now.

inkblot wrote:

@SgtSaint I understand your problem, I just chose to look at it in a different way. To me the overacting, lighting etc made it more humorous.

Yeah, that's the actual problem - Is not supposed to be an extreme parody of itself.

This is like watching an *actual* "Wormhole Extreme", and it not being the parody show within Stargate SG1

Oh man, I loved wormhole extreme. Stargate SG1 knew how to make funny episodes. But then they had a great cast.

I also enjoyed "Window of Opportunity" from Season 4, Episode 6. Its the groundhog day of stargate. Funny as well.

@SgtSaint I understand your problem, I just chose to look at it in a different way. To me the overacting, lighting etc made it more humorous.

Yeah, that's the actual problem - Is not supposed to be an extreme parody of itself.

This is like watching an *actual* "Wormhole Extreme", and it not being the parody show within Stargate SG1

@piraterepublic
There is other game in town if you don't mind re-runs, or you could simply search for what you like, you could be pleasantly  surprised.

I have seen many good full length Docs on youtube, along with full length movies. I must have a plugin that voids ads, I have yet to see a single ad.

anything worth seeing, i pretty much have seen it or walked away before it could finish.
i pretty much have not seen an ad that was not on the news hour.

i have access to most streaming services and fly the black flag when home or away from the famous bay.

@piraterepublic Sorry to hear you on the wrong side. I could see the appeal.
But I feel I could enjoy either, with no favouritism to either. Don't know grimdark but have heard of the Warhammer game.

There is other game in town if you don't mind re-runs, or you could simply search for what you like, you could be pleasantly  surprised.

I have seen many good full length Docs on youtube, along with full length movies. I must have a plugin that voids ads, I have yet to see a single ad.

piraterepublic wrote:

colinsp wrote:

I made it through the first 10 minutes of this latest episode and gave up it was so painful. Binned it and now removed from my watch list.

i read the entire "sword of truth" series of absolute gutter crap because the first book was great.

i cant give up watching.
i might not start again next year however

But season 5 is where we see how pike ends up in the blink once for yes twice for no chair. And the Kirk era begins. How can a true Trekkie not wish to see that?

#1 i am not a trekkie. 
i love sci-fi 
starwars over star trek ,
preferably grimdark, but not warhammer
but other then stephen r donaldson
i am starved for good sci-fi
so i read fantasy, which has what i need right now.

strange new worlds is the only game in town right now..
but it is making real hard to not abandon for now
and come back to when my brain is half cooked from old age
i may not mind then..

I know the OVER dramatic acting, side views to the camera all that was deliberate and part of the joke... but the cringe doubled with the Captain being aware of it... commenting on the lighting... hearing the accent music... the entire 'self aware' of it all.

The first 10 mins of it all was enough for me to say "This is an hour of my life I'll never get back.  I'd rather re-watch an episode of Halo... or some guy doing a 3d printer unboxing on YouTube"

The episode was nowhere near as horrible as it should have been, mostly because they kept Pike sane. Would still be better if they hadn't made it at all.

colinsp wrote:

I made it through the first 10 minutes of this latest episode and gave up it was so painful. Binned it and now removed from my watch list.

i read the entire "sword of truth" series of absolute gutter crap because the first book was great.

i cant give up watching.
i might not start again next year however

But season 5 is where we see how pike ends up in the blink once for yes twice for no chair. And the Kirk era begins. How can a true Trekkie not wish to see that?

Story was ok and especially the last scene was good.

  Ya, I agree.

407 - Like Chronitons Through The Hourglass, this bad Q soap opera episode actually worked.  I liked that Q made fun of everyone, hung a lantern on their own stupidity (I took it as the writers were making fun of their own writing), and unpacked how both humans and Q's stumble into truth through their own ineptitude.  Pike's imagined backstory landed much like our enjoyment of TV, how stories can impress real emotion when they have a connection to our own life. 

Still not Star Trek though.

I made it through the first 10 minutes of this latest episode and gave up it was so painful. Binned it and now removed from my watch list.

i read the entire "sword of truth" series of absolute gutter crap because the first book was great.

i cant give up watching.
i might not start again next year however

inkblot wrote:

Really? No flashbacks to season three episode 2, or TOS? The dude even looks and talks like Trelane. Thats how I found out the original died in 2011. I looked him up. He was that close in my memory, and he did a bang up job of it.

Having fun with, or making fun of, are two different things, like laughing with you or at you are.

Not Trelane, the Soap... I never watched a soap opera and only have seen small clips of them - that is not something I would ever enjoy or associate with Star Trek.

Story was ok and especially the last scene was good.

Yup, it proved Pinocchio was a real boy after all.