Topic: Ten Forward - The Star Trek Topic

@FullbringIchigo I wouldn't put too much stock in that. The promoise of 3 seasons may have been what was required to accumulate the talent, but there's no guarantees.
I also wouldn't trust the showrunners to plan what they're having for breakfast, let alone a satisfying 3 season arc.

@KALofKRYPTON well judging by Discovery that's certainly true

of course having 4 changes of show runners didn't help

@FullbringIchigo The only thing I'll add is to say that I sincerely doubt we'd ever see a Star Trek show offered on Disney+ given that many see it as "the Star Wars streaming service" (what with The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the Cassian Andor show and Obi-Wan coming up, not to mention their own animated shows, LEGO offerings and back-catalogue). I know you and I are more enlightened than most, but your average executive is still gonna succumb to petty adversarial market reasoning if offered such a deal.

@RogerRoger oh i didn't mean that it should be on Disney+, i meant that Disney has a good chance of breaking into the streaming market with Disney+ because of their backlog of beloved titles where CBS's isn't as strong

@FullbringIchigo Ah, so you did. My mistake!

I still can't quite believe that Disney+ is gonna have all of The Simpsons on it. That's a huge win, especially since 90s nostalgia is very much in vogue (look at Friends on Netflix).

Probably why Star Trek: Picard will do better than Discovery, because it taps into that era rather than reaching all the way back to the 60s.

@RogerRoger and because it has a lead character in it people actually like unlike Discovery

So this weeks question is about Star Trek Captains

Which Captain would you want to serve under, nice and simple

personally i would want to serve under Archer, yeah it's more dangerous BUT you would be on the Pioneer ship leading humanity into the stars, how could you pass that up

@FullbringIchigo
Sisko, because that's where the edgy cool kids are 8-)

@FullbringIchigo Picard, aboard the Enterprise-D (subsequent ships got blown up more; just as long as I'm transferred before Worf's promotion and the whole Veridian III thing). Whilst he projects this impenetrable, grumpy persona he's a fair commander who'd always talk through decisions and let you know why you're getting reprimanded (not that I'd aim to get into trouble, but hey).

Janeway a close second, because whilst serving aboard Voyager was much more dangerous week-in, week-out she worked hard to craft a more relaxed, familial atmosphere under the ship's unique circumstances, and that's how I operate best. As long as I could be one of the crew who made it home, I'd quite like the seven-year adventure and feeling of belonging aboard a sleek, advanced blend of "flying hotel" and "badass weapons platform".

Archer in third (as you say, being a pioneer and all that), Sisko in fourth (aboard Deep Space Nine, not aboard the Defiant, then I could stay home and chill in a holosuite during all the fighting) and Kirk in fifth (not that it wouldn't be an honour; his ships just didn't look as comfortable).

@RogerRoger i wouldn't serve with Kirk because let's be honest i would probably be a security guard (which i am in real life now) so i would probably end up being one of those random red shirts

@FullbringIchigo @RogerRoger
I wouldn't serve with Kirk because I'm more handsome and I'd just steal the show (and green chicks)... I respect him too much to do that.

With Sisko, war is in the air - you get to bomb around on the Defiant and you get the sexiest mirror universe!

@FullbringIchigo As any kind of security guard, you'd be doomed on any ship, whether you're wearing a red shirt, yellow uniform or purple / blue jumpsuit! Be the first officer instead. You get to beam down to all the cool planets, but you're too important to get shot within the first five minutes.

@KALofKRYPTON Hey, it's Star Trek. Plenty of "green chicks" to go around, I'm sure.

Let alone distracting from a captain; one of the reasons I'd pick either Picard or Janeway is so that I'm not distracted by the captain.

@RogerRoger I'm sure day dreaming the Quantum Leap theme tune while watching Archer doing, well... anything would wear off eventually.

@KALofKRYPTON I very nearly said something about "serving under Archer" but this is a family forum.

@RogerRoger I feel like we're turning this in to some sort of 'racy' 'Carry On ' bit!

@RogerRoger @KALofKRYPTON

@KALofKRYPTON @FullbringIchigo I can picture it now...

Carry On Up the Jefferies Tube, featuring Captain Pickled, Mister Woof (to always be pronounced like Rik Mayall does in Blackadder) and Doctor Crush-on-Her as they boldly go where so many men have gone before, aboard the USS Enter-the-Prize.

It writes itself (which is why I'm stopping now, and never speaking of this again).

@RogerRoger wouldn't Enter-HER-Prize have been better?

i'm sorry i'll get my coat

EDIT: you forgot Commander Striker

@FullbringIchigo Agreed!

@RogerRoger
What about Counselor Menage a Trois, Tasha O'Arr and Command Her Data...

We really should stop, but what a film that would've been!

@RogerRoger @KALofKRYPTON Gerodi LaPork and Wendy Crushher

and lets not get on about Torpedoes and shield penetration