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I chose Spock. I believe he would need officers ( like me ) who understand logic, but also could offer alternative solutions if the logical solution was not the best one.

My second choice would be Chakotay. My third choice would be Riker.

For some people, the lips come natural.

The distinction you are making seems like the "writing not of the heart, but of the glands" that William Faulkner warned about.

I know the topic is romance, but I have to say that one of the things that endears Star Trek to me is the way they expose a character's heartfelt emotion, causing the viewer to truly care about what the character is going through. I always cared about Ben Sisko as a character because I knew in the midst of the all his carrying on was the pain of the loss of Jennifer. He seemed real.

One of my favorite moments is when Data's daughter (Lau?) tells him " I love you father." Data cannot respond in kind, and she says she will feel it for both of them. After she "passes", Data downloads her memeories into himself, saying that he did so because she so enriched his life. With no emotion chip Data gives such a completely human response to loss of a loved one --holding onto a piece of her. If there was no emotion there, why did not the logial Data just analyze and solve the problem and build another, "better" one, storing her memories in one of the ship's computers?

But overall each series has taken the time needed to develop the relationships among the crew, so that they were well known to one another as well as the audience. I like the way Janeway and Chakotay were held back from crossing that line into romance early in the Voyager series (Remember Chakotay's story about the womam warrior?), yet developed deeply as friends and colleagues who were able to disagree and maintain the relationship. I hope Enterprise chooses to follow Star Trek tradition and not rush into the shallow relationships you express concern about.

I like the old one best, then the blue new one, and last the first new one. Clear?

I'm with CJLP on this one...I'd want a model of Voyager..

I did once have a plastic model of the original Enterprise. Some college friends had managed to get into my dorm room, TP'ed it, and left what they felt was the perfect birthday gift--a model of the Enterprise. I arrived back to my room just in time for Star Trek, so I ignored the flowing white banners, turned on the TV, and watched my show!

I liked the 2nd TNG uniforms also. I have not seen Nemesis ( although I know that Data dies) but in general have preferred the series' uniforms over the movies' uniforms.

I find it hard to rank them....I like them all. If I had to give some ranking, it would look like this:

1. TOS

2. TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT

I only do this because more of my favorite episodes are among the original series. I have 20+ favorite episodes that span the five series. I have not seen all of DS9, but my favorite Star Trek episode is The Visitor. TOS was also more consistent with my personal values.

Congratlaions on a well-deserved award. This site is so varied and interesting, that I have not even visited all the forums! I look forward to your continued success as I continue to explore this site.

I missed reading your posts. I've been praying for you. Welcome back, CJLP.

I voted for the Back to the Future movies....I think they would give a good laugh. Almost chose Galaxy Quest for the same reason.

My own favorite movie is an old Ronald Reagan film called " King's Row." I would not recommend it for movie night...I think movie night on the Enterprise should be some kind of light diversion.

I also voted for A Night in Sick Bay. I just did not care for it. I felt for Porthos, though.

I liked The Seventh. I liked Vox Sola. And I liked Terra Nova. In Terrra Nova T'Pol made the comment that the colony could still be there because humans were quite resourceful. I thought this helped make some sense of her decision to stay on Enterprise. Her brief experiences had already convinced her of this particular talent of the human race.

I voted for Archer again. I think he has a lot to deal with...the heavy responsibility of the current mission, and it's need to succeed. I think that responsibility will affect him deeply.

I voted Archer. I felt that more episodes had shown different times of his life. For instance the first episode showed that he had been suspicious of Vulcans from childhood, and how close his relationship with his father was.

The episode where he met Trip also involved growth in his personality from a stiff, driven, by the book kind of guy to someone who would take risks. I think he is continuing to grow and evolve as a character. I think this Xindi thing could force as stark a change in the way he approaches things.

He is sociable with the crew, and is inclined to feed Porthos the wrong things. His understanding of, and ability to deal with Vulcans has improved.

I think he has a less compelling personality than Trip, but I feel I know more about him than Trip.

I also voted for Kai Winn.

As a contrast to her, we saw Kai Opaca (sp?), who would not help to help unify the people "...until the prophets were warned." Her whole focus was on her faith and her people. If something had happended to the prophets, and their religion failed, then the people would never have a chance to be restored to unity.

Kai Winn was so self-movtivated and ambitious that she used the faith of a naive girl and the heartfelt love of the people held by the vedic who was expected to be the next Kai (the one Kira dated... I cannot remember his name), and physically endangered a space station, in an attempt to assassisnate her chief rival. She ruined the life of her deceived pawn, and set many people at odds with one another, and walked away with no consequence to herself, except that her plans were delayed.

And that was all before she actually became Kai!

Not a good person. A powerful person, but the very worst of leaders.

My prayers and best wishes for the complete recovery of CJLP are offered. I am also praying for his patience for that complete recovery!

Be encouraged, CJLP!

If I were middle aged, as I am now, I would cope well. The experience of my nearly 50 years has taught me that friendships forged during long periods of difficulties can last, even after the friends have separated.

The most difficult time in my life lasted about six years. I developed friendships with people going through the same challenges, and we all went through it together.

Now we live in different parts of the country, but we share a profession. When we get together

it's like old times, like we pick right up where we left off. We keep in touch, know one another's triumphs and tragedies, continue to care.

I liked many Voyager episodes, including Tatoo. I am watching Voyager reruns right now at 4am.

The final episode impacted me, becuase it seemed to be going along like so many other episodes. They were trying to destroy a trans warp conduit, and deal a crushing blow to the Borg. They had decided to do this, the unselfish thing and the right thing, rather than take Admiral Janeyway's ( from the future) "sure thing" trip home. It was Harry Kim, the crew member most eager to get home, who voiced the crew's commitment to the journey, one another, and their mission.

So many times Voyager had been trapped in something, like that giant living thing that drained energy, or the void where ships trapped there attacked any newly trapped vessel, or the void where aliens were polluting the habitat, and they would get out. And the voyage would continue. They would set a new course to journey on. Or they would make big strides forward, using special technolgy like the slip stream or something, or when Kes helped them move forward, and even Q gave some help. But after each big leap they still had further to go. They would set a course.

So in the final episode they are in the conduit, just ahead of the one Borg cube pursuing them. They have already fired the shots to destroy the conduit, and are trying to outrace that also. It has the feel of so many of the other episodes.

Then they destroy the Borg cube and burst out of the conduit in the midst of the exploding Borg cube, finding themselves not only in the Alpha quadrant, but in the midst of a Federation fleet, and in proximity to Earth.

Janeway says quietly "We did it." Paris & B'lanna's child cries. She tells Admiral Paris that he will get her report, after apologizing for their sudden appearance. ( I may have the order reversed there). Janeway sends Paris to see his daughter. She orders Chakotay to "Set a course....for home."

It's suddenly over... you feel the crew's joy and incredulity.

And when you think of conduit leading to such proximity of Earth --- the Borg could have descended on the Federation without warning. The crew didn't know that when they made the unselfish choice to destroy it.

And Janeway beat the Borg. :lol:

It was a satisfying conclusion for me.

I just love the ending.

I liked Tatoo the best, because even though Chakotay had been wearing that tatoo to honor his father, he had not really understood. By the end of the program he had come to an understanding of his father.

Wasn't there an episode of TNG where an adult Alexander came back in time to change himself as a child, so that he could help save his father in the future? It caused Worf to finally accept and appreciate his son for who he was.

But my point is that Worf does get killed in the future ( :lol: ) when Alexander is an adult. They

could make a movie which incorporates that story.

My summer HAS ended. I am back to work, teaching. I had to report back to work August 11.

Is there a way to remove a post? I accidentally posted similar comments in a thread in the TOS forum. I have the problem of repeating myself in real life, also. Neither is intentional. Can the second comment be removed?

I think it was "Where No Man Has Gone Before."

I was between classes, waiting for my ten o'clock class, when a student in that class stopped me in the hall to say that her father ( also a professor) had called her to tell her that planes had crashed into the World Trade Center Towers and the Penatgon. I expressed skepticism, and told her that class would be meeting. Before going downstairs to class, I decided to check the web (CNN, CBS, MSNBC,...) I could not get through. That was my first real inkling that something was truly amiss.

I went to class - all the students were there, getting their news from this same student, or having also been called by relatives. I felt that the best we could do for those who perished was to carry out our business, so we still had a full class period.

After coming back to my office my colleague in the next office said it was all true and that television had been set up in the Physics department office, I think. I did not go because I had office hours at 11am. Sure enough I had call after call from students wondering if my 12noon class was cancelled.

I have a policy. If the university is open, class will meet. For instance, the Thanksgiving Holiday officially starts at 1pm Wednesday, and all my classes are morning classes, so we meet. (I do not introduce new material, nor have a quiz on such days.) I once had a student complain that if there was an atomic bomb, Professor X would still be trying to hold class! University officials had not shut down the university yet, so I planned to be there. However I did not take role (I give extra credit for attendance), because our southern university has many students from DC and NY.

When I met my class, I found that most of my students were present. I put Proverbs 6: 16- 19 on the blackboard. " These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false withness that beareth lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."

I apologized to anyone that may have been offended by my putting a scripture on the board, but said that I had to make a statement. I said that with all the planes that went down, there had to be children on those planes, and though some people (not me) might argue that the Pentagon was a valid target, the children were innocent. I said that the act was evil, and though done in God's name was despised by God. I said that Israel was a country that incessantly undergoes these kinds of attacks, yet they continue to live. I said the best thing that we could do for those who perished was to not be stopped, and not be fearful. These are not my exact words, but the gist of what I said. I gave the students the opportunity to make their own comments. I do not recall that anyone said anything. We finished our class. I believe afterwards word came down that classes were suspended for the rest of the day.

So I did not hold afternoon office hours.

We did not fall behind the course syllabus because of the terrorists. ( We are usually a little behind - but again, it was not because of the terrorists.)

I also continued to fly ( don't enjoy security checkpoints).

My favorite series is TOS. My sister's favorite character was Mr. Spock, and my favorite character was Captain Kirk. I have liked all the series, but I think I still have not seen all of DS9, and I have only seen all of VOY because of the reruns. Unlike many on the startrek.com website, I also like Enterprise.

My favorite episode is "The Visitor" from DS9.

I am not absolutely sure, but it was early in the first year of the series, when it was on the air, and I think it was "Where No Man Has Gone Before." My sister and I watched Star Trek faithfully while it was on the air, and then the reruns. My father never understood why we repeatedly watched shows where we knew all the dialogue. ( I don't know the dialogue now ... age is catching up with me!)