I really liked this first episode. Humans acting like humans again, instead of sanitized puritanical boring bastards that we've gotten used to in TNG and Voyager. I think Scott Bakula is a great actor and is perfect for this part. I loved seeing him tell those Vulcan assholes to piss off. It's about time someone did. The whole episode I was thinking "Yes! This is so like old-school Star Trek."
I watched most of the episodes of TOS and TNG, some Voyager (everyone knows it sucked in the beginning but got a lot better in the end), and almost no DS9. DS9 was just pathetic.
Anyway - my point is, some of you ultra trekkie people need to take a step back. Did you watch Galaxy Quest? Did you see the guys with the plans and how they were nit picking one little inconsistancy? I thought that was an exaggeration, I guess I was wrong. Drop the whole stupid-ass Klingon thing. THEY CHANGED THE MAKEUP. That's all. Warf's comment was a fucking inside joke! Get over it!
The shower scene and the hottie vulcan part was stolen directly from 7 of 9 because it was so successful in making Voyager more liked. Deal with it. Why the fuck are you complaining that they're putting hot women in our Sci-Fi shows? And who was the idiot who said this would make Roddenbury flip over in his grave? Did you WATCH the original episode? Kirk did the nasty with every hot alien chick in the universe. They just couldn't show more back then because the censors were stricter.
Personally, I think a little sexual/romantic tension is a GOOD thing. It gives the show dimension and a more realistic feel.
This was the best pilot for a Star Trek show ever, and you're talking like it's total trash. You know it's not, so stop finding excuses to trash it and watch it or don't watch it.
If you like Star Trek, you'll watch it and like it. If you don't, you won't. We all knew which camp we were in before we even saw the opening credits.
Now, about the theme music.... was I deaf during that part? I totally don't remember the singing at all, but I recognize some of the images. Wierd. Anyway, the singing I heard off the version linked to online was terrible, and I agree that it should be thrown out for some old-school orchestra music.
I use Speakeasy as my DSL provider. Installation and equipment are free with a 1 year agreement (not a big deal, I've been very happy with their service). I get 786Kbps download and half that upload for 80 bucks a month, and up to 8 IP addresses for free. I've never had a problem with their service. Sure 80 is about twice what you'd pay for other services, but it's also about twice as fast and the additional IP addresses (as well as email addresses, if you care) are free.
They have less pricey options as well (more along the lines of other broadband speeds). Overall, I'd say I wouldn't use anyone else.
Personally, I have a copy of Falcon 3.0 that I tried to install recently and one of the 3.5" disks (possibly more, since I didn't get past it) was corrupted. By RIAA standards, it's illegal for me to download somebody elses copy, even though for all intents and purposes, they are identical.
Is it really illegal? I don't think so, though IANAL. Assuming you bought the original disks from the company, you also purchased the right to use that software. Does it matter from where you get your particular version of that software? You have the right to use it, as dictated by the copyright license. If you download a copy of it from B0B'S W4R3Z, you are just retrieving a backup of the IP to which you have the right of use.
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I really liked this first episode. Humans acting like humans again, instead of sanitized puritanical boring bastards that we've gotten used to in TNG and Voyager. I think Scott Bakula is a great actor and is perfect for this part. I loved seeing him tell those Vulcan assholes to piss off. It's about time someone did. The whole episode I was thinking "Yes! This is so like old-school Star Trek."
I watched most of the episodes of TOS and TNG, some Voyager (everyone knows it sucked in the beginning but got a lot better in the end), and almost no DS9. DS9 was just pathetic.
Anyway - my point is, some of you ultra trekkie people need to take a step back. Did you watch Galaxy Quest? Did you see the guys with the plans and how they were nit picking one little inconsistancy? I thought that was an exaggeration, I guess I was wrong. Drop the whole stupid-ass Klingon thing. THEY CHANGED THE MAKEUP. That's all. Warf's comment was a fucking inside joke! Get over it!
The shower scene and the hottie vulcan part was stolen directly from 7 of 9 because it was so successful in making Voyager more liked. Deal with it. Why the fuck are you complaining that they're putting hot women in our Sci-Fi shows? And who was the idiot who said this would make Roddenbury flip over in his grave? Did you WATCH the original episode? Kirk did the nasty with every hot alien chick in the universe. They just couldn't show more back then because the censors were stricter.
Personally, I think a little sexual/romantic tension is a GOOD thing. It gives the show dimension and a more realistic feel.
This was the best pilot for a Star Trek show ever, and you're talking like it's total trash. You know it's not, so stop finding excuses to trash it and watch it or don't watch it.
If you like Star Trek, you'll watch it and like it. If you don't, you won't. We all knew which camp we were in before we even saw the opening credits.
Now, about the theme music.... was I deaf during that part? I totally don't remember the singing at all, but I recognize some of the images. Wierd. Anyway, the singing I heard off the version linked to online was terrible, and I agree that it should be thrown out for some old-school orchestra music.
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I use Speakeasy as my DSL provider. Installation and equipment are free with a 1 year agreement (not a big deal, I've been very happy with their service). I get 786Kbps download and half that upload for 80 bucks a month, and up to 8 IP addresses for free. I've never had a problem with their service. Sure 80 is about twice what you'd pay for other services, but it's also about twice as fast and the additional IP addresses (as well as email addresses, if you care) are free. They have less pricey options as well (more along the lines of other broadband speeds). Overall, I'd say I wouldn't use anyone else.
Personally, I have a copy of Falcon 3.0 that I tried to install recently and one of the 3.5" disks (possibly more, since I didn't get past it) was corrupted. By RIAA standards, it's illegal for me to download somebody elses copy, even though for all intents and purposes, they are identical.
Is it really illegal? I don't think so, though IANAL. Assuming you bought the original disks from the company, you also purchased the right to use that software. Does it matter from where you get your particular version of that software? You have the right to use it, as dictated by the copyright license. If you download a copy of it from B0B'S W4R3Z, you are just retrieving a backup of the IP to which you have the right of use.
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