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By Armus (Brian Sykes)
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No shade on Disco (still haven't seen it), but if I were going to spend the money on a Trek pizza cutter, I'd totally go the OG Enterprise route.

I'm OG like that. 8)
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By MidnightLich (Charlie Plaine)
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SudenKapala wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:32 pm
The Guardian wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:34 pm Huh. I thought Ryn had dibs...
I remember a conversation like this -- from, say, 2 years ago? More? -- but I think it was also Charlie and me.
Who is Ryn, and when did they call dibs?
No spoilers, but he shows up in Season 3. The character is played by Mary Wiseman's husband, hence the joke.

-crp
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By jadziadax8 (Maggie Geppert)
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#548818
edgeofhearing wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:04 pm
MidnightLich wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:58 pm I <3 Tilly so much.

-crp
I don't always enjoy discovery, but when I do, it's because there's plenty of Tilly, Stamets, and Reno in that episode.
They're like the original Trio, but from the Upside-down.
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By edgeofhearing (Lucas Thompson)
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jadziadax8 wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:05 pm
edgeofhearing wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:04 pm I don't always enjoy discovery, but when I do, it's because there's plenty of Tilly, Stamets, and Reno in that episode.
They're like the original Trio, but from the Upside-down.
No Reno in this meme, but it's on the right track:
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By The Guardian (Richard New)
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#548821
SudenKapala wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:32 pm
The Guardian wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:34 pm Huh. I thought Ryn had dibs...
I remember a conversation like this -- from, say, 2 years ago? More? -- but I think it was also Charlie and me.
Who is Ryn, and when did they call dibs?
A character from season 3. I’m not spoiling anything. The actor who plays him married Mary Wiseman.
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By grandar
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edgeofhearing wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:04 pm
MidnightLich wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:58 pm I <3 Tilly so much.

-crp
I don't always enjoy discovery, but when I do, it's because there's plenty of Tilly, Stamets, and Reno in that episode.
That’s a true statement for sure. That’s the Disco dream team.

Stamets started off as one of my least favorite characters, and quickly rise to become one of my favs. Book and Micheal for next best team.
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By SudenKapala (Suden Käpälä)
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Armus wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:41 pm No shade on Disco (still haven't seen it), but if I were going to spend the money on a Trek pizza cutter, I'd totally go the OG Enterprise route.

I'm OG like that. 8)
OG means Original?

I also don't know Book yet...? Thx for caution thus far! But I might need to vacate the premises to let you freely talk and not be spoiled. :) (I won't ask to not spoil a years-old series -- or can I, here?)

Actually, what I like to add before I go, is that I find Burham very well acted but a totally uninteresting character. But since Tilly, Stamets and Tyler (my dream team; I als like Culber but he's too much on the perifery) get a lot of time, this weirdly doesn't disturb me! I don't like the way that Spock 'needed' to be part of this Trek, and I'm fully on the "why not in the 24th century" team. Pike, though, is great. Not like I remember him (character made strong impression on me in Cage) at all, but still a very nice Captain.
I do have some other concerns, but none of all that really detracts too much from how much I'm enjoying my second viewing of s1 and first look of s2 so far. :cross: :thumbsup:

Oh. I wouldn't get a Disco pizza cutter because I think that tug is dead ugly; but slowly, the sight of it on screen is growing on me (only because... well... yeah, because I love the series? :o There, I said it). I think that is when I realised that Disco may actually find its place somewhere on my Beloved Trek shelf, where all most older Trek is... (I remember that Enterprise had to struggle a bit for that, once; but now I can't imagine Trek without it.)

All Trek is flawed as hell. It's not overly great TV or film, for the most part. But it is Trek, and I don't want to go into how or why here, but it is still my favourite watching, nerding, and thinking fodder.

Anyway. I was going to to return to the pizza cutter.
I don't ever always cut pizza. But when I do, I'd want an Oberth, Excelsior (mk I!), or Defiant class cutter to do it with.

A Cube Cutter sounds great but wouldn't work, I feel. Borg Probe cutter, anyone?
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By sexecutioner (Niall Matthew)
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#548843
Reinact your favourite spore jump scene with a mushroom pizza.
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By The Ninja Scot (Michael Van Breemen)
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Marquetry wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:53 pm We can all share Tilly! :wink:

And yes, we'll probably get one of the pizza cutters. Have the Enterprise one
Apparently we're getting another pizza cutter that we're not allowed to use :)

Michael
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By The Guardian (Richard New)
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SudenKapala wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 6:45 am... but slowly, the sight of it on screen is growing on me (only because... well... yeah, because I love the series? :o There, I said it). I think that is when I realised that Disco may actually find its place somewhere on my Beloved Trek shelf, where all most older Trek is... (I remember that Enterprise had to struggle a bit for that, once; but now I can't imagine Trek without it.)
I saw something that shocked me yesterday: DS9 premiered closer to the original series than to now. It's funny to remember that there were fans that adamantly said that Enterprise wasn't "real Trek." And some said the same about DS9. And TNG. Probably the movies. We're part of that same fan history. And maybe we're the old men on the porch grumbling about "the kids these days," but I also clearly see that TNG was pretty hard to watch until season 3.

But not DS9. That was great right out of the gate.
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By monty42 (Benjamin Liebich)
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The Guardian wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 5:06 pm
SudenKapala wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 6:45 am... but slowly, the sight of it on screen is growing on me (only because... well... yeah, because I love the series? :o There, I said it). I think that is when I realised that Disco may actually find its place somewhere on my Beloved Trek shelf, where all most older Trek is... (I remember that Enterprise had to struggle a bit for that, once; but now I can't imagine Trek without it.)
I saw something that shocked me yesterday: DS9 premiered closer to the original series than to now. It's funny to remember that there were fans that adamantly said that Enterprise wasn't "real Trek." And some said the same about DS9. And TNG. Probably the movies. We're part of that same fan history. And maybe we're the old men on the porch grumbling about "the kids these days," but I also clearly see that TNG was pretty hard to watch until season 3.

But not DS9. That was great right out of the gate.
Honestly, growing up on TNG I hated DS9 (my favorite Trek show) when it first aired. I stopped watching it after a few episodes. A couple of years later I rented "The Way of the Warrior" on VHS and instantaneously fell in love with the show. That was right around the time when season 5 premiered I think.
Only later I've grown to appreciate the earlier seasons.
I'm quite certain that we're the old men now but we're also living in a golden age of nerdism right now and I think we have a much better grasp on how and where to critique a show compared to a time when there was a very limited amount of sci-fi content on the air.
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By winterflames (Derek Marlar)
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I loved every bit of that limited amount though.
Earth 2. Seaquest. Space: above and beyond. Babylon 5. The 4 treks of the day. Bunches of Stargates. farscape and the short lived Tremors scifi TV show. I don't know when these aired. Now I am just listing fun sci-fi, huh.
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By monty42 (Benjamin Liebich)
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winterflames wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2021 1:43 am Earth 2. Seaquest. Space: above and beyond. Babylon 5. The 4 treks of the day. Bunches of Stargates. farscape and the short lived Tremors scifi TV show.
I pick any of these over Disco and Picard any day!
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