Rain
 
"One of Us, One of Us, Gooble Goble..."

 
''we accept her, one of us''..wow..haven't thought about THAT movie in a long time. Scared the beejeezus out of me.

So called "nerd" culture has kind of hit the mainstream so while the stereotypical hardcore Trekkies are still out there even the conventions and chatrooms are less extreme dweebo fests than they used to be. You'll probably even see a bunch of girls hanging around!
 
As much as it seems like society is getting stupider I think in reality we are all getting smarter through technology and just notice the inherent stupidity of humanity more.

Beepster
 
As much as it seems like society is getting stupider I think in reality we are all getting smarter through technology and just notice the inherent stupidity of humanity more.

 
I think I disagree with just about everything in that sentence.

Rain
I've just added the first DS9 novel to my basket - The Lives of Dax. 
 
First the novels, then what? How long before I start wearing a communicator badge and get an e-mail address @starfleet.com?
 
Am I friend with these guys now?
 

 

 

 
 
"One of Us, One of Us, Gooble Goble..."

Better than this:
 

Incidentally, the documentary called Trekkies and its sequel are well worth watching. Both are available on Netflix IIRC.
 
That Douglas Marcks fellow would make any trekkie look pretty normal by comparison.
 
Plus, where else are you going to see a Klingon Metal band? :P
 

jamesg1213

Beepster
 
As much as it seems like society is getting stupider I think in reality we are all getting smarter through technology and just notice the inherent stupidity of humanity more.

 
I think I disagree with just about everything in that sentence.

Well I neglected to include my thoughts on how it has also seemed to focus and reinforce the stupidity of some. Like groups of dumb people with dumb ideas finding other like minded dumb people to feed their confirmation biases and share stupid paradigms an isolated dumb person likely would not have found/concluded on their own.
 
One village idiot is pretty harmless. Large, organized groups of them can be rather dangerous.

Is a large, organized group of village idiots even possible?   (other than local government)

Karyn
Is a large, organized group of village idiots even possible?   (other than local government)

Unfortunately, this happens often, however they obviously don't realize that they are all idiots.  They simply compare themselves favorably to that one guy is even dumber than the rest. 

And after a season and a half of Voyager, I suddenly realize that the series seems to be missing one thing that's part of every other series and even the movies - humour.
 
As dark as it was, Deep Space Nine had me laughing out loud on a few occasions and smiling quite regularly. The Next Generation and the original series also had funny moments - nothing to roll on the floor, but enough to make you smile.
 
I do like the show so far, but to me, it's more of the same, without the fun parts. I've not yet grew fond of any characters either.
 
IMHO, DS9 had the strongest cast of characters - not just the usual core team of federation reps and good guys, but others like Garak, Gol Dukat, Kai Winn, Quark - and even Rom - Gowron...
 
 
 
 

Yeah, what little humor is to be had is of the REALLY corny variety and there are a couple characters that are just tiresome. However the relationship between Tuvak and Neelix gets pretty smirk worthy after a while. Especially on the Tuvak end of things. He's a smarmy prick and it made me chuckle.
 
A season and a half in is still when I find it kind of "meh". It gets better soon. Not mind blowing but pretty cool.