Steampunk is present day, but one where transistors were never invented. Meaning, computers don't exist. So everything is still analogue and runs mainly on steam.
Jonathan Archer and AG Robinson were both in the NX test pilot program. AG was the prime candidate for captaincy but was passed over for Jonathan 6 months before launch date. AG died afterwards while climbing a mountain. He was going to be captain of NX-02 Columbia but died before she launched.
Archer is a secret agent who is afraid of alligators, crocodiles, and brain aneurysms. Burnham is a guy who healed the world with comedy from his bedroom.
Really ? that's so cool. Idk how often i re-watched this episode, From the moment Burnham jumps off that asteroid and glides / maneuvers trough the battlefield always gets me high.
There's a certain flow in the visuals, combined with the music and ongoing brabble between Michael and Spock that gets me hypnotized instantly.
I also love that last fight between Philippa and Leland, while the corridor keeps centrifuging slowly.
I cant actually find any good comparisons of the ships, but it's not that surprising.
I mean after the explosive size difference between prime and altered timeline stories I suppose they could have some fun with it. And the fact that it has a unique method of travel.
I actually was already planning on starting watching lol this sub def contributed to that. Remembered I never finished the Orville so started there, now gotta figure out where to start on Trek.
Thanks to this sub I became a trekkie as well, would say that while I couldn't get into TOS, these three rocked, Discovery, Strange new Worlds, and lower decks.
Idek what TOS is lol the original series? My dad is an OG trekkie and had us watch some of that as kids but he didn't try very hard to get us into it and hasn't been following much of the new stuff either.
"Our reality may be very much like theirs, and all this might just be an elaborate simulation, running inside a little device sitting on someone's table."
You have SO much amazing and interconnected content ahead of you, always so jealous of newcomers in that regard. No doubt you will enjoy 🖖
Do yourself a favor tho, don’t watch the animated Lower Decks show until you’ve seen a good amount of trek series, the series is FILLED with old and new trek references/themes/stories that while still very enjoyable you won’t get everything. Although perhaps it would work in reverse and as you see in old trek what you saw in LD as a reverse reference haha
That I have not seen but... the cast !????
Alan Rickman , Sigourney Weave, Tim Allen!?, Sam Rockwell, Justin Long, Rain Wilson...
Even if it is the worst thing ever just for the cast it must be watched.
For note, some Star Trek fans consider it the best Star Trek film, despite obviously not being Star Trek. Whether that's true is up for debate, but it helps demonstrate the movie's quality.
Can totally relate, I have a NAS media server and I am addicted to archiving media to the point where I have seen maybe a drop in the bucket of what I have stored to watch haha
Just do yourself a favor and like those other series, keep Trek on a list. If you enjoy Stargate I think you will enjoy Star Trek too, Picard is not exactly standard Trek if you will and doesn’t represent the older series exactly as they have more structure and more seasons
You will likely be alive for awhile (hopefully!) so you’ll get to trek sooner or later :)
They both had great first series/trilogies, kinda shitty follow-ups more than a decade later, and J. J. Abrams then hammered the final nails into both franchises in the 21st century.
I watched Picard's Flute at the recommendation of a friend 10+ years ago. I'm assuming every episode is as perfect. Never watched another episode. Welcome the the club.
If you ever decide you want some great episodes to watch here are a handful great episodes off the top of my head: In the Pale Moonlight (Deep Space Nine), Subspace Rhapsody (Strange New Worlds-if you don't mind musicals), Equinox (Voyager), or First Contact (Lower Decks)
i can only speak for the older ones, but yes you can watch them individually. Though context makes them better of course. Maybe you will feel intrigued and start watching the actual series (rule of thumb: some have rocky early seasons but get much better after some time).
As for discovery, it is definitely very different from older Trek, using a continuous seasonal story arc format made for the age of binge watching, and being very heavy on personal relations and issues.
Hello friend, allow me to introduce you to this project that has performed AI remasters for DS9 and is currently working on Voyager (halfway thru s1 I think)
Join their discord, and go to the #instructions channel, there is an ftp server for all completed episodes; you don’t need to run the workflows on the source eps yourself
Enjoy old trek in a more clear and vibrant experience :)
Whoa what. How reliable is that? Do they check every frame before/after. First time I've ever heard of AI remastering... As Spock would say, "fascinating."
They are quite diligent in my experience, they’ve gone back and redone episodes on whims or by requests from people on the discord
I actually first started with the UTR/Joybell AI remaster which was better than the source files I had but was quite rough around the edges, especially the first season or two. Bright areas would blow out and show jagged lines, bleh
But this remaster is SO much better. Here is their workflow they keep updated so you can see what they do
There are comparison videos they have done as well, adding details like clearing up monitors and displays, etc
TOS: The Original Series
TNG: The Next Generation
DS9: Deep Space 9
VOY: Voyager
ENT: Enterprise
DIS: Discovery
PIC: Picard
LD: Lower Decks
SNW: Strange New World
I've also never seen Star Wars, GOT, or any Marvel/DC movies. I kinda just exist inside my own little bubble. Honestly I don't even know what's popular anymore lol
Say what you will about Shatner, and a lot of it will be perfectly true and highly applicable, but there are plenty longstanding pro wrestlers who wouldn't have committed as much as he did to selling the fuck out of each one of those glacial smacks.
How do you manage to go through life without watching a single episode of Trek? It has numerous seasons and spinoffs, and it is constantly in syndication. Do you avoid broadcast TV in entirety?
My country just doesn't know Star Trek at all. We barely even know Star Wars. It's fascinating how different region per region can be in popular things.
Riker = Horny, trombonist, scolds you for believing fake stories
Picard = Likes tea, traumatized by patio lights
Janeway = Murderous criminal
Sisko = The cooler murderous criminal
That about covers it.
Don't forget the suffering Irishman.
That’s not really science fiction though.
Here's the thing about science fiction. It is just regular fiction set in the future.
Steampunk has entered the chat
Steampunk is just science fiction set in the future of the past.
Steampunk is present day, but one where transistors were never invented. Meaning, computers don't exist. So everything is still analogue and runs mainly on steam.
What’s fictional about a suffering Irishman?
Well since the Irish reunification of 2024... [the remainder of this post has been removed at the request of the British government]
Just a normal picture of a man using his laser razor. Gotta get a nice shave before his duty shift.
Also all characters of all Star Trek shows are portrayed by Jeffrey Combs only.
It's a popular one-man show that's been on since 1966.
I’d unironically love to watch a Jeffrey Combs episode. Credit him as writer and producer etc for bonus Combs.
She’s not a murderous criminal. She’s magnificent.
I forgot about this lol, it was a great episode
This gives me the urge to watch it now
I must resist and be productive
noOOOOooOO
I want to know how many takes were used for the, "Yes, ma'am, his army of evil," bit. I always crack when he says it.
I kid, Janeway was pretty cool
as long as she had coffeeI like your funny words, space man
You forgot Janeway's coffee obsession and Data's obsession with stand-up comedy
About her coffee obsession... let's just say it wasn't just coffee in that cup.
she either had tuvix or kim tears in there too
Splitting Tuvix increased her supply by 50%!
Data's organ solo's pretty good too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45-zgojwMYo
Or Data's rap song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiRjywbypLA
Don't forget
Emperor Philippa Georgiou = Ruthless mommy in BDSM attire.
Data = Pinocchio with dysfunctional family trauma
Geordie = "Nice guy" with holo-waifu
Ro Laren = The cool rebel with daddy issues
Londo = space Hitler
... Shit, wrong magazine.
Garek - insidious plotting / assassination / fashion advice
Come on now, The Thong Song isn't that bad.
Um . . Don’t make me ask
Janeway - murderous coffee-addicted criminal
Sicko - murderous Klingon coffee-addicted criminal
Lmao fucking autocorrect
do archer and burnham XD
Archer is a dog loving goofball who just is confused that he has the job.
Burnham is from some weird non-canon antifan fiction.
Jonathan only has the job because his dad built the engine. Nepotism rears it’s ugly head once again.
Was Johnathon the second choice until the first choice guy died in a test flight, or did that appear to me in a dream?
Jonathan Archer and AG Robinson were both in the NX test pilot program. AG was the prime candidate for captaincy but was passed over for Jonathan 6 months before launch date. AG died afterwards while climbing a mountain. He was going to be captain of NX-02 Columbia but died before she launched.
Archer is a secret agent who is afraid of alligators, crocodiles, and brain aneurysms. Burnham is a guy who healed the world with comedy from his bedroom.
Same. It's like the most active community on Lemmy
Its the coolest instance.
Why can't we have a instance for Linux
iusearchlinux.fyi
one of the best domains for an instance tbh
It is really active, not as much as like the huge ones like memes or 196 but for the average sized ones it's huge
Risa after someone mentions tuvix
I can already feel myself slipping, all these flashing gifs... there mesmerizing...
The disco-enterprise scenes were so cool
bro now I gotta watch both the captain proton episode and the last few disco episodes I'm never gonna get anything done...
Really ? that's so cool. Idk how often i re-watched this episode, From the moment Burnham jumps off that asteroid and glides / maneuvers trough the battlefield always gets me high.
There's a certain flow in the visuals, combined with the music and ongoing brabble between Michael and Spock that gets me hypnotized instantly.
I also love that last fight between Philippa and Leland, while the corridor keeps centrifuging slowly.
No, this didn't happen in the show did it?
I would have remembered Discovery being larger than the Constitution class.
I cant actually find any good comparisons of the ships, but it's not that surprising.
I mean after the explosive size difference between prime and altered timeline stories I suppose they could have some fun with it. And the fact that it has a unique method of travel.
It looks like the spaceship equivalent of otters holding hands so they don't float away from each other.
https://youtu.be/BUPK2tTx0tc
I recommend Season 3, episode 22 of the original series. If they can get through that one, they'll have no issues, lol
I actually was already planning on starting watching lol this sub def contributed to that. Remembered I never finished the Orville so started there, now gotta figure out where to start on Trek.
Thanks to this sub I became a trekkie as well, would say that while I couldn't get into TOS, these three rocked, Discovery, Strange new Worlds, and lower decks.
Idek what TOS is lol the original series? My dad is an OG trekkie and had us watch some of that as kids but he didn't try very hard to get us into it and hasn't been following much of the new stuff either.
The shit in this community is hilarious even tho i havent watched a single star treck episode in my life.
This sub made me start on Star Trek TNG. I'm finishing the show up this week. I don't regret a single thing. Thank you Lemmy!
Same, never seen anything star trek related but the memes here are pretty good
"Crew of Enterprise finds out they're characters in a TV show" sounds like a genuine concept for an episode.
... That's kinda upsidedown Galaxy Quest.
Last Action Hero but it's Star Trek
Ian McClellan is Captain Picard in that universe lol
Wormhole extreme?
"Our reality may be very much like theirs, and all this might just be an elaborate simulation, running inside a little device sitting on someone's table."
Check out Redshirts by John Scalzi.
I would think he would be well versed in all historical documents?
Posts from this community popping up from time to time was actually what pushed me to start watching a few weeks ago. So, a big thank you to you all!
Fantastic! Welcome to the franchise fandom family - large, argumentative but still fam.
Also, this is one of the nicest, least toxic, places to talk to other fans.
You have SO much amazing and interconnected content ahead of you, always so jealous of newcomers in that regard. No doubt you will enjoy 🖖
Do yourself a favor tho, don’t watch the animated Lower Decks show until you’ve seen a good amount of trek series, the series is FILLED with old and new trek references/themes/stories that while still very enjoyable you won’t get everything. Although perhaps it would work in reverse and as you see in old trek what you saw in LD as a reverse reference haha
I watched all seasons of The Orville. Does that count for anything?
That credit can be transferred as either the first season of Star Trek: Lower Decks or the Strange New Worlds Fantasy/Crossover/Musical episodes.
I'll take it
So many people chiming in that they haven't watched Star Trek.
You monsters.
Everyone knows Darth Vader is Frodos dad so no need to
Do you really need to tell everybody?? They'll never give me the ring now...
You ^don’t^ lack conviction
No, but he threatened to melt Marty McFly's dad's brains, and Marty later went on to show off his Wild Gunman skills to Frodo.
Frodo from Planet Vulcan?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC35cQKHwzg
I was kidding!? The fuck, it exists?
I have so many star shows to watch.
Like I have seen Stargate SG-1 but nothing for the rest of related tv shows.
I have Star Wars stuff pending I have seen the two initials trilogies tough.
0 from Star Trek except part of Picard.
I also haven't seen Battlestar Galactica
What about starship troopers? Are you doing your part?
Would you like to know more?
And the honorable mention Space Balls!
Don't forget Galaxy Quest
That I have not seen but... the cast !???? Alan Rickman , Sigourney Weave, Tim Allen!?, Sam Rockwell, Justin Long, Rain Wilson... Even if it is the worst thing ever just for the cast it must be watched.
Dude, get on and watch it! Because you'll be watching it again later, it's a great film to go back and just enjoy.
For note, some Star Trek fans consider it the best Star Trek film, despite obviously not being Star Trek. Whether that's true is up for debate, but it helps demonstrate the movie's quality.
That I have to watch I am not 100% ,that I have seen it fully, parts yes.. but fully not so sure.
That one I saw, I never remember anything except the memes and something about a tattoo... I never remember shit about it for some reason.
Would you like to know more?
Can totally relate, I have a NAS media server and I am addicted to archiving media to the point where I have seen maybe a drop in the bucket of what I have stored to watch haha
Just do yourself a favor and like those other series, keep Trek on a list. If you enjoy Stargate I think you will enjoy Star Trek too, Picard is not exactly standard Trek if you will and doesn’t represent the older series exactly as they have more structure and more seasons
You will likely be alive for awhile (hopefully!) so you’ll get to trek sooner or later :)
Star wars is better
We don't take kindly to your type round these here parts, stranger.
They both had great first series/trilogies, kinda shitty follow-ups more than a decade later, and J. J. Abrams then hammered the final nails into both franchises in the 21st century.
Although both have done okay as TV shows lately.
The best captain was of course Cpt Janeway. Fight me
The fight is on.
Senator Kinsey, you rat bast-
Oh, excuse me Admiral, I thought you were someone else
He is, he's Dick Jones.
Gr8 b8 m8
I think we all know the best captain is SNW Christopher Pike.
I think we all know who the best captain is:
I already voted Jellico, but here's my second vote:
"Call me 'sir', goddamn it!"
Man, I like Alan Ruck, whish he'd been in more Trek.
Whatever you do, DON'T PROVOKE THE BORG
Seven of Nine: Skintight leotards.
Deanna Troy: Also skintight leotards, but less often.
I feel like this is an easily solved problem 😹
I watched Picard's Flute at the recommendation of a friend 10+ years ago. I'm assuming every episode is as perfect. Never watched another episode. Welcome the the club.
If you ever decide you want some great episodes to watch here are a handful great episodes off the top of my head: In the Pale Moonlight (Deep Space Nine), Subspace Rhapsody (Strange New Worlds-if you don't mind musicals), Equinox (Voyager), or First Contact (Lower Decks)
Would you say one can watch these without context ? (never watched Star Trek either)
edit no I did watch Discovery ! didn't realize that was Star Trek lol
i can only speak for the older ones, but yes you can watch them individually. Though context makes them better of course. Maybe you will feel intrigued and start watching the actual series (rule of thumb: some have rocky early seasons but get much better after some time).
As for discovery, it is definitely very different from older Trek, using a continuous seasonal story arc format made for the age of binge watching, and being very heavy on personal relations and issues.
Wow there are more if us than I thought
Honestly, all the memes is what got me to start watching Next Gen, and I'm so glad I did.
I've been wanting to rewatch TNG and DS9, but I don't have access to Paramount+ and haven't gotten around to finding an alternative source yet
Hello friend, allow me to introduce you to this project that has performed AI remasters for DS9 and is currently working on Voyager (halfway thru s1 I think)
https://ds9redefined.wordpress.com/
check out the screenshots they provide (shown with a slider so you can easily compare source with remake):
https://ds9redefined.wordpress.com/screenshots/
Join their discord, and go to the #instructions channel, there is an ftp server for all completed episodes; you don’t need to run the workflows on the source eps yourself
Enjoy old trek in a more clear and vibrant experience :)
Whoa what. How reliable is that? Do they check every frame before/after. First time I've ever heard of AI remastering... As Spock would say, "fascinating."
They are quite diligent in my experience, they’ve gone back and redone episodes on whims or by requests from people on the discord
I actually first started with the UTR/Joybell AI remaster which was better than the source files I had but was quite rough around the edges, especially the first season or two. Bright areas would blow out and show jagged lines, bleh
But this remaster is SO much better. Here is their workflow they keep updated so you can see what they do
There are comparison videos they have done as well, adding details like clearing up monitors and displays, etc
https://ds9redefined.wordpress.com/videos/
Well well well.... I guess I'm starting with DS9.
so many great episodes ahead of you 😭
It is because of this shit that I'm now finished with Discovery, Lower Decks, 5 episodes into SNW, 20 Episodes into ENT, and 1.75 seasons through TOS.
What an Inspiring place 🖖
We need a deacrynim bot in here.
TOS: The Original Series
TNG: The Next Generation
DS9: Deep Space 9
VOY: Voyager
ENT: Enterprise
DIS: Discovery
PIC: Picard
LD: Lower Decks
SNW: Strange New World
Thanks! I had no idea there were so many!
It is still missing some.
Like Star Trek The Animated Series, Star Trek Prodigy, Star Trek Short Treks and Star Trek Very Short Treks
Zinda, his face black, his eyes red
I've only seen the tribles episode in the OG series.
Seriously, how do you have access to the internet and never see a single movie/episode?
I've also never seen Star Wars, GOT, or any Marvel/DC movies. I kinda just exist inside my own little bubble. Honestly I don't even know what's popular anymore lol
Don't worry, plenty of Trekkies don't know/care about what's popular either. That's why we're still making memes about a sixty year old series 🥲
I don't know about anymore. Star Trek has been popular since the mid-1960s.
i had a hard time watching ToS
I mostly went by this https://imgur.io/a/XwHGU
I like those too, sorry.
Have you heard of Star Trek Continues? It's a fan-made production that meticulously re-created the look of TOS to "complete the five-year mission."
I'm also a Trekster. Or how we say: Trekkerony
And I'm Treksexual
Gotta be scrutable if you’re gonna be treksexual
Trek on, yo'. Always cool to meet a fellow Trekhead.
This is such a heartwarming thread.
Like, Captain Kirk or Captain Picard, amiright!?
you better watch out for the DS9 people...
I can't stop watching that
How does this gif have sound? Since when is this possible?
May I interest you in some self-sealing stem bolts?
Got plenty already.
Can't seem to get rid of them.
Why would you ever want to get rid of them? They're SELF-SEALING!
Posts like this reconcile me to the bad, infinitely-memed guy in a Gorn suit in TOS ‘Arena’.
OP can I recommend Star Trek: Lower Decks as your gateway … to the onscreen franchise. A logical place to start.
Say what you will about Shatner, and a lot of it will be perfectly true and highly applicable, but there are plenty longstanding pro wrestlers who wouldn't have committed as much as he did to selling the fuck out of each one of those glacial smacks.
A wind up a mile long, but what do I know, I don't knock most people (and species stronger than mine) to the ground with the ol one-two like he does.
How do you manage to go through life without watching a single episode of Trek? It has numerous seasons and spinoffs, and it is constantly in syndication. Do you avoid broadcast TV in entirety?
My country just doesn't know Star Trek at all. We barely even know Star Wars. It's fascinating how different region per region can be in popular things.
Does watching Mike and Rich insert it into every conversation count?
Im the same with starwars I only know the prequels and my lore knowledge is only through memes
Haha I'm old
No, it is the children who are wrong.
Only saw the newer one where someone died in some reactor, thats all i remember