gul_nodrog
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I voted Worf and Dax (of course!) However, had Odo and Kira been an option, I probably would have voted for them.
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I'm not a teacher but my husband has been for the past 12 years. We see these spoiled brat children every day ... carrying their cell phones (he's confiscated 10 cell phones within the past two weeks), driving cars with personalized license plates, words written across their rear-ends, boobs spilling out over the top of the shirts, thongs showing out the rear of their jeans, getting tattoos for the birthdays paid for by their parents, the list goes on and on.
Children lie. Children are disrespectful. Give a child an inch and he will take a mile. The parents of one of my husband's really great students were killed over spring break in a car accident ... 10 kids also in the band got busted calling in on their cell phones from the lunch room (lounge really, complete with jukebox, widescreen televisions, and Gamecube/Playstation) pretending to be their parents and saying they had permission to leave the school for the funeral. It just goes beyond tacky ... and they had to learn that behavior somewhere and my money says they learned it at home. Our generation are the worst parents in the history of parenthood.
My husband's school finally got some balls and started cracking down on those stupid cell phones. I feel like Picard, "The line is here. Here and no further!" Somebody has to set some boundaries and enforce them.
This is what my husband sees every day ... and this is supposedly one of the best public schools in the area. I can't even imagine the worst.
So yes, it's all so sad and tragic that his mother is in Iraq. And it's a shame that teachers and administrators have to take such a hard line on stuff ... there are good kids in the schools. You've got to sniff them out and they will let you down 9 times out of 10 anyway, but they are there. And I guess it's worth it for the 1 time in 10 when they don't disappoint you.
I weep for this country and what we've become.
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You know, whether his mom was calling from Iraq or Wal-Mart, he was breaking the rules. And I'm sure he became belligerent and confrontational when the teacher (who is charged with maintaining discipline with children who have no discipline at home) confronted him.
Someone has to lay the smack down on these wild animals who are parading around as students in the schools. Lord knows their parents aren't doing it ... and then everyone wants to blame the teachers and the schools because these kids are "failing" and also don't know how to behave.
This kid may well have been talking to his mother who is in Iraq, but you know that mom should not have called him during the school day ... she's just as guilty as he is for this rule infraction. My question is why do children think that having a cell phone in school is their "right?" Why do they have cell phones at all? It's just one more thing that underlines the point: Society is going straight to hell and there's no one to blame but the parents of these social degenerates.
10 days was a bit much, but 3 days seems quites reasonable. And he shouldn't be allowed to make up any of the work that he missed. Suspension used to mean something -- not just a three-day vacation.
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I agree with you, Odie. It probably would have been better had they waited a little longer before making a movie.
"All Good Things" was awesome ... I think good enough to be on the big screen and a difficult act to follow.
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Lord of the Rings -- better material.
Can anyone say "Ewoks?"
I love Star Wars, but let's admit Lucas had some pretty hokey things happening that really brought the franchise down -- Pod-racing, Jar Jar Binks, Ewoks. All that lunch-box fodder really takes away from the story.
Now, if there were some way to turn back time for all of the actors and actresses involved and let them re-do "Return of the Jedi," eliminating all the stupidity -- Han Solo behaving like he's had a lobotomy, teddy bears whooping the butts of Stormtroopers, Obi-Wan shuffling around like Fred G. Sanford on Dagoba, etc., etc., that might change my vote.
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My son is supposed to be studying whales for a book he's illustrating/writing in kindergarten ... we were looking all over the place on the web and on Encarta for information on the "size" of the humpback whale. Then I remembered Gillian's tour and just knew that she had said how big George and Gracie were .... so my 6-year-old son and I sat down this morning and watched all the whale scenes in The Voyage Home. He particularly enjoyed Spock in the whale tank.
To my great joy, he questioned me for over a half an hour about Captain Kirk, Spock and Star Trek in general ... now he wants to watch all the movies when he gets home from school today.
Isn't that awesome! You should always initiate the Trek virgins with ST:IV. It hooks them every time!
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Now that is funny. I haven't heard the commentary because I don't have this movie on DVD. What else were they disappointed with, other than the scrambling egg thing?
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Spike TV certainly does cater to the lowest common denominator. Sci-Fi, USA, any other channel would be better.
Plus, what made DS9 different and perhaps harder to get into was the fact that you really couldn't just "jump right in" ... you had to watch every week to keep up with what was going on. Which made the constant shift in air times a huge hurdle for any fan to keep up with the story. Hence, "low" ratings ... what did they expect?
Whether Voyager was initially syndicated or not (as it was in my viewing area), it was aired on a fledgling network that was leaning heavily on it. Thus, DS9 gets shoved to the side having already been "sold" to all manner of television stations and Voyager enjoys much hype as the folks at Paramount try to push their UPN agenda. Again, I loved Voyager ... don't get me wrong. We had trouble "finding" its time slot from week to week sometimes as well. But missing an episode of Voyager was no big deal ... missing an episode of DS9 was critical as they were mostly part of a continuing story arc.
DS9 was just not for casual viewing, but apparently hit or miss, lackadaisical promotion is how you deal with a show like that. <_<
Do the execs at Paramount even have higher degrees in their fields? Or did they just find these people wandering the streets of L.A. and ask them if they wanted a job. Primary responsibilities: marketing and promotion of major television series. Job requirements: A pulse and willingness to behave as a "yes" man. :angry:
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Come on, guys, there's no reason in the world that someone could not forego a pizza delivery or two a month or a couple of trips to a fast food restaurant a month and not have saved $100 bucks every other month to purchase a season of Trek (any series).
They are well worth the money ... we enjoy them very much. We have both DS9 and TNG now (seven seasons each) and we're going to start on Voyager next.
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Paramount had no control over the time slots or pre-empting of DS9 because the series was syndicated. If DS9 was jerked around by your local channel then it was all the local channel's doing and had nothing to do with TPTB. You can't compare the treatment of DS9 and Voyager during original runs of the two series because DS9 was syndicated (sold to individual stations) and Voyager was network (UPN). UPN "suggested" when Voyager air to its affiliates and then the affiliates did what they want.Voyager was not immediatly on UPN because it aired locally on WB Channel 64. UPN came later, at least here in our area. And since we were dependent upon an independent station for Voyager and then it moved to another channel later -- the same exact thing happening to DS9 when it moved locally from FOX to CBS to UPN -- I can and will compare Voyager and DS9. I can only speak to what was happening in my viewing area.
I know this ... if I were a studio pouring big bucks into a costly television show such as a Trek series, I would be darn sure that the series at least aired regularly and wouldn't just shrug my shoulders when that wasn't happening. That's just dumb business ... pouring money down a rat hole. Just because that is the way things are apparently done, doesn't make those things sensible business.
Many of the things you mention about Worf were not included in TNG movies because he was a secondary character and it didn't work its way into the plots of the movies. Worf's no longer being an ambassador was explained but cut in Nemesis. Obviously Voyager had no contact with the Alpha Quandrant for most of the run so most of what you mention could not be included. Enterprise did have an arc that included the forerunner of Starfleet's Section 31.It wouldn't have taken much to have mentioned Worf's marriage in passing at the wedding of Riker/Troi. Just a line really.
I just get tired of DS9 being completely ignored and treated as if it never occured. I'm sure that all the Enterprise fans will feel the same way when that series is ignored in future Trek efforts.
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Believe me, the local network heard from me weekly regarding the DS9 situation. You never knew what time it was going to air ... sometimes 10 p.m., sometimes 2 a.m., sometimes not at all. All I'm saying is that they never jerked TNG or Voyager around like that ... no wonder ratings were "low;" nobody knew when the dumb show was on!
I hate to burst everyone's bubble but there will NEVER be a DS9 movie. The ratings don't justify it, the DVD sales don't justify it. DS9 has been buried on Spike as morning programming. It lasted less than a month in prime time. In Canada, Space dropped it a few years ago because of low ratings. We get TOS, TNG and then Voyager in an afternoon package. DS9 DVD sales just were not very good.You're not bursting my bubble ... nobody at Paramount cares about Niners and never did. :) I certainly have no hope of ever seeing a movie or series continuation of DS9. Nor would I really want to, it stands alone perfect as it is.
All I was saying is that it would just be nice, every ONCE in a while to have someone mention DS9 in some meaningless T.V. Guide poll, or to include key information from the series in the movies (i.e. Worf killing Gowron, becoming ambassador, marrying Jadzia, becoming part of Martok's family, Odo, Section 31, Bajor's status, Cardassia's status, the Gamma Quadrant). A lot of great things happened on that show and it really is a pity how it is completely ignored.
The average person on the street has a blank look on his or her face for just about every question you ask them.
People are just plain dumb anymore. It's not my fault that they choose to wallow in the mediocrity of crap entertainment and miss out on a truly thought-provoking and well-acted series such as DS9. -
I wouldn't go as far as "hot" ... more cute, which is better than hot in my opinion.
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I get so ticked off sometimes at how completely DS9 is ignored. You know, if DS9 had had more support from TPTB rather than being shoved to the side in favor of the lesser series called Voyager (now I liked Voyager, so don't start flaming me! DS9 was just better IMO), if DS9 had enjoyed the promotion that Voyager and TNG received, if they had put DS9 on a regular network (i.e. FOX not UPN) and aired it in a regular time slot and not on a modulation frequency that would have stumped the BORG
... then maybe one of the options to choose from for a new series would be any of the following:1.) Sisko's return from the Celestial Temple. :P
2.) Bajor's struggle to become a member of the Federation ... finally.
3.) The rebuilding of Cardassia, which is in a shambles in the aftermath of the Dominion War.
4.) Can anyone say "What's going on with Odo in the Gamma Quadrant?" We spent enough time in the Delta Quadrant with Janeway and company. Frankly, I find the Gamma Quadrant much more interesting.
Klingons would be all right, BUT ONLY if we see Martok as the Chancellor. I would also want some reference to Worf's killing of Gowron, why Worf is no longer the ambassador to the Klingon Empire, and Worf's inclusion in the inner circle of Klingon politics due to his being a member of Martok's family.
Oh the "trials and tribbleations" of the beleaguered and ignored DS9 fan. -
I've thought more about this and I think that Enterprise's time slot definitely worked against it at least in our home. 8 p.m. is horrible, horrible on any night. If UPN had pushed that back to 9 p.m., we would have watched.
Enterprise was just not that great, but then again IMO neither was Voyager. The difference is that Voyager was on prior to our having children and we had all the time in the world to watch television and waste time on mediocrity ... now our viewing time is at a premium and Enterprise just didn't fall into a good time slot. And quite frankly, it just wasn't DS9. Just as I wonder why folks bother making movies anymore after LotR, I also wonder why anyone bothers making Trek after DS9. An impossible act to follow IMO IMO IMO.
(Don't kill the messenger.)
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Who needs new Trek when you can watch GREAT Trek 24/7 by purchasing the TNG, DS9, TOS episodes on DVD? Yes, they are expensive, but for the price of one pizza per week for one month, you can buy an entire season of any of the series on DVD. In seven months, you've got the entire run. Then start on the next series. DVD is the only way to fly.
Personally, unless they get their TRULY creative and talented crew back on board (ahem, that being Behr, Pillar, Moore & company), I doubt we'd bother to tune in to a new series beyond the first couple of episodes.
A long break is definitely what the franchise needs. That will give "Trek" fans an opportunity to watch and rewatch every episode of every series until they just can't stand it anymore and a new era of Trek will begin. (Just ask those poor folks who watched and waited after the cancellation of the original series ... those are the dudes to feel sorry for, not us who've enjoyed two decades of Trek non-stop.)
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I disagree with your definition of faith - it has nothing to do with physical actions. However, name three that have done it well?
I am a Christian and I bought the performances of:
Michael Landon, both on Little House on the Prairie and again as Jonathan on Highway to Heaven. I'm not sure what religion he followed personally.
John Ritter as the pastor on The Waltons did just fine, as did every member of the cast, particularly Ellen Corby (Grandma) and Will Geer (Grandpa). Again, I don't know what Ritter's religion was.
Mel Gibson in "Signs" was just wonderful. I completely bought his portrayal of a minister who had lost faith and then regained it. Of course, I think we all know by now that Mel is a true believer!
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Poor Halle Berry ... she'll do anything. Her and Adrian Brody ought to do Trek together, 'cuz he'll do anything, too. And they are both so good.
Trek could be their big "comeback" ... their post-Oscar choices have left them with little other choice. It would certainly help our cause to have them come aboard and I would love to see them in a future Trek movie.
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The only real "beefs" I had with Generations were as follows:
1.) Who the heck was that woman Picard was "married" to in the Nexxus? Shouldn't we have seen Picard fantasizing about what could have been with Beverly??? In "All Good Things" we saw that they had been married and subsequently divorced ... it made no sense whatsoever to have Picard married to some chick in Victorian garb when we had spent the past seven years watching him tiptoeing around his feelings for Dr. Crusher and vice versa. Stupid.
2.) Who the heck was that woman that Kirk was living with in the Nexxus? It would have been such a nice touch and homage to the original series/movies if they had made Kirk's Nexxus relationship with Dr. Carol Markuson (sp?). They shared a son who was killed for pete's sake! Don't you think that Kirk's "might have been" should have included the mother of his son David? Stupid.
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I'll only be 98 in 2063!
I'm sure I'll still be alive and kicking ... both my parents families are very long-lived people. My grandmother is 90 and chased the EMTs off her porch with a broom the other day! They showed up at her door when she bumped her emergency call button by mistake! (You know, the "I've fallen and I can't get up" button!)
She's a feisty ol' thing and I hope to be just like her.
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The hardest thing about these polls for me is not choosing an episode as a favorite, but trying to remember the name of the episode!
I wish that just one time someone would set up a poll that would include the official title of the ep and in the parentheses have "the one where so and so did this or that" so that I would know what in the heck episode people are talking about!!! LOL
I voted "Sins of the Father" because it really is one of first episodes that they decided to explore Worf's character as more than just comic fodder.
Of course, Worf on TNG gets all twisted around in my mind with Worf on DS9 and there is really just no comparison. He was awesome on DS9 and it really colors and enhances my opinion of him when I watch the TNG episodes.
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Amen to that, dude. I just never have liked that guy ... I hate watching his interviews, he just creeps me out. There is just something about him that annoys. Yes, I'll admit he wrote some decent TNG episodes, but they do not outweigh the negative factors he brought to the table IMO.
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Would a French person who learned English from a British school speak English with a British accent? Just curious.
Picard was not a jerk ... the people around him were sort of imbeciles until they adjusted to Picard and things started going smoother. I imagine it would be the same for anyone taking on a new command ... until you work out the kinks, there are ...well, kinks.
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How Important or Not is Canon to you?
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Man, I really don't like that little weasely Braga ... he just bugs me. I find that most of the episodes he wrote for TNG are just bizarre and are the ones I most often skip over.
Anyway, I voted CANON IS EVERYTHING ... because canon is what keeps B&B from pretending DS9 never happened.