Don't forget the photon torpedoes where in the beginning of the show, they mentioned how they have to be extremely careful in using them as they only had 38.
Many things yes, I have left most of the childish things in the past. I can look fondly at them but also realize they were childish and they no longer satisfy. On the other hand certain authors and series were written for children but as an adult I find more depth in them, depth I would never have gotten as a child. CS Lewis is a prime example of this with The Chronicles of Narnia. This is geared more towards a Christian to appreciate the depth he has in these stories as it pertains to the Christian faith. I grew up reading the Narnia books as well as The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and in early teens Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451 among other dystopia works. I certainly did not get understand or appreciate the deeper elements to these books in my younger years but as I grew older I can appreciate how much more there is to it. The stuff like Star Wars and Star Trek and others are nostalgic and can be warm and fuzzy to watch again but they do nothing for me on any higher level. I am not stuck trying to hold on to my childhood and childish things, I grow and enjoy things with greater depth while appreciating where I came from. Not judging people who do like these series, for me personally I want more and have taken that to the books I read and the music I listen to. I don't want to settle for the mundane.
I don't see Star Trek through the same lenses you do. It had a vision of a future that is bright. Most people today like to look at the future with very dark lenses due to current events and what not. Their choice, but it's not how I like to look at things if I can help it.
Was it really a bright vision of the future? Constant issues with Star Fleet Command, either being corrupt or not acting as they should. Constantly you have Picard and others disobeying their superiors to do what they deemed right. If everyone acted that way it would be anarchy. Ultimately it is supremely simple and lacking depth in my opinion. DS9 is probably my favorite of the bunch but more so for what it could have been rather then what it was. I loved the whole story of a planet being occupied and the transition to freedom and living with that enemy force with a fragile peace treaty. The religious element was interesting as well, though less so as they again made it too small. All these huge political issues yet they all seem to end up on a space station with very thin reasons. Dealing with an invading force and causing splits in the dynamics and relationships between the different the main groups, Humans, Klingons, Vulcans and Romulans with a much stronger and more dangerous force again had potential but falls flat. Part of that is because that is how story telling was in that time period. Today TV is the best medium for visual story telling, in those times it was the cheaper version of movies and we expected less.I don't see Star Trek through the same lenses you do. It had a vision of a future that is bright. Most people today like to look at the future with very dark lenses due to current events and what not. Their choice, but it's not how I like to look at things if I can help it.
Star Trek is far from being a children's story - it had some really really great episodes that even as an adult wow me (DS9 included) - the coherency from TOS to TNG to DS9 to VOY is admirable across all those TV shows. That's a feat you don't see much of (over that timespan).
I'm glad you're finding things to enjoy as you get older - I count Star Trek as one of the things I enjoy - minus the last 5+ years (I can't enjoy most of whatever that is called). It's interesting - a lot of the 80s shows I grew up with are more enjoyable to watch than a lot of the CGI camera shaking swinging no storyline crap they throw at you today lol.
As far as reading books, my drug of choice has always been non-fiction history - will never get enough.
OK, it took me a minute. That is obviously Spot next to Data. I was wondering what the brass skeleton is next to Riker, then realized it must be his slide trombone.
https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/...FC-AffiliateUS-oelFIBIMgTk-3011275-1689973-10
If one is near a mall that has a Lego store, drop by and check out the Enterprise. A little pricey but also its huge in size.
Because you must follow the script, even when it is dumb beyond belief!
We can definitely see eye to eye on several things you said. There are problems in Star Trek - however, there was an attempt to do better despite humanity's failings and advances (I guess you could call it a positivity factor vs the doom and gloom I see all over TV movies/series today (and in today's Star Trek)). I really liked DS9 too. Some great actors too - Garak, Quark, Nog, (the list goes on and on) - and it stayed true to Star Trek canon - and developed it (Jem Hadar, Dominion, etc).
Enterprise travels at the speed of plot. They will always arrive in the nick of time no matter if they're 1 light year away or 100 light years away.
Federation ship have the weakest hull, but the strongest shields of the major powers. Bypass the shields and Federation ships are made of glass. A Jem Hadar fighter kamikaze into the shields down Odyssey vaporized the Galaxy-class ship. The Bird of Prey knew exactly what the shield frequency of Enterprise-D because they hacked Geordi's visor. Rotating shield frequency wouldn't have helped, as the Duras sisters would know as soon as it changes. The only thing that doesn't make sense about that was why Big E had its shield frequency on display in engineering for all to see. Why?😵💫
Rotating frequencies would have immediately worked, since the last fired weapon wouldn't match the new freq. Assuming rapid rotation as per fighting the Borg.
That, of course, pales to how many shuttles they went through.
I enjoyed them and commend the creators for trying something different.
In a related note.
Is this a LEGO? is so, why is it so grey? My som has been eyeing some of these, but at their pricing, no thanks, and they are large, you need to devote some space to them.
There is some color. I actually find it funny how they hide the colorful pieces inside the build though.
