Mike's favorite TNG episode is Nth Degree?

>Mike's favorite TNG episode is Nth Degree?
is he trolling ? I mean it's a cool episode but it's really not super interesting
why did he pick run off the mill episodes for his list? His is trying to be pretentious?

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Actually it's Sub Rosa, the Beverly Crusher harlequin romance novel episode.

>Rich's favorite is Cause and Effect
was he a pleb?

Likes lots of episodes but always returns to that specific one
In that case it sorta wins by default

at least it wasn't the same crap we're heard over and over again like The Inner Light or Yesterday's Enterprise

I'm glad everyone can agree on which the worst episode is at least.

Clearly, Fistfull of Datas was the best episode.

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no the worst is the one where Picard wears a mask

Who the fuck cares?

>The Inner Light
It's fine but I hate that type of episode

>Recommended reviews for Jurassic World, Independence Day Resurgence and Trek Intro Darkness
what do you think

meant for , I get my fatties mixed up.

It's incredible on first viewing. After that it's just okay.

>it's a Mike implies that TOS was supposed to be a realistic portray of the future and not a highly stylized one

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>no the worst is the one where Picard wears a mask

stupid MAGAtard

Star Trek is fucking awful. Always has been.

Same with Darmok. I'm really into linguistics and communication, yet this episode just doesn't work for me on many levels. Languages have always been a huge issue in fiction, especially in a franchise as vast as Star Trek, but I felt like this episode in particular just highlighted those problem more than solving them.

Could you further iterate on why Darmok doesn't work from a linguistics stand point? I thought their method of communication was pretty cool and on the surface it seems like a clever linguistic misunderstanding.

Reg is a fun character; more autistic than Data, more of a loser than Geordie while still making it on to the Enterprise.

I was more surprised there were no Klingon EPs chosen, I always enjoy the high drama in those and they're a good change of pace from a standard episode. I watched the show during its original run though.

I like Darmok, but I have two issues with it.
1. A lot of alien languages should be just as, if not more, abstract as the aliens'. The translator has no problem with those but fails in this episode.
2. The language seems extremely clunky and inefficient. How the fuck do you build a spaceship with metaphors? Or give precise orders.

For whatever reason I enjoy that episode, but I totally get it.
In Darmok the alien species fucks up majorly by putting a species they just met into a life-or-death situation without their knowledge. and the narrative of the episode kind of implies that that's totally fine for some reason. Like the Enterprise are the ignorant ones for not understanding their nuanced culture of throwing people to the wolves without any warning.

My favourite is "the defector"

what a good episode of tng to show someone whos never seen star trek.

But the other aliens in the ship seem pissed he is beaming picard down.

>1. A lot of alien languages should be just as, if not more, abstract as the aliens'. The translator has no problem with those but fails in this episode.

Issue 1 doesn't make much sense. You can translate a metaphor or idiom, copying the wording and grammar exactly, but it won't necessarily mean anything to another culture.

I agree with point 2, though. I'm not sure how you'd relay complicated concepts - or even basic commands - through metaphor.

Evolution

We don't see anything of their written language or diagrams. Our written language makes up for some deficiencies of our spoken language, and diagrams make up for deficiencies of those. Even if they had a more specific form of communication, they clearly give great importance to shared experience and they would still act the way they did in the episode.

Good point, it all seems to be the alien captain's fault
it's a weird episode, I still kinda enjoy what it's trying to do

What's Zig Forums's favorite types of episodes? For me it's the more nerve-wracking/high tension ones like the wounded, the pegasus, and conspiracy

I think that's why they wrote in the bit about having a bunch of earlier meetings that failed, so this was a last ditch move on his part, and tbf, it did work.

I like Data's episodes because I have autism

straight up sci fi anomalies, like Cause and Effect, Disaster, Timescape

I love that one, mainly for the performance of the actor. I feel like you can tell when an actor is having fun with a part and pulling it off well. I feel the same about Claude Rains in Casablanca, just looks like he's enjoying himself.

I really like episodes that fuck with reality, like "Frame of Mind"

the problem was that they didn't understand the metaphors they were using, not that they didn't understand their language.

regarding 2, their method of space travel and their way of building and controlling starships may not be as technical as star fleets, maybe it doesn't require division of labor so there is less need for previse, technical communication

Star Trek fucking sucks how do people watch any of it