kpowers said:

djThunderfunk said:

I didn't keep them.

Bet you had a lot. Also depends what mode you recorded it in. Yeah once you got the dvd's you threw them away and had so much more space I bet.

I taped so many shows in the 90s, all the Star Treks, X-Files, Sliders, Quantum Leap, Batman TAS, Superman TAS, X-Men & Spider-Man, Young Indiana Jones, old series on Sci-Fi that I hadn't seen since I was a kind in the 70s like Galactica, Buck Rogers, Six Million Dollar Man & Bionic Woman, Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman etc... Point is, I was taping so much, often setting the timer for many different things in one day, that I didn't have the luxury of sorting shows on different tapes or using SP speed. It was all SLP/EP and it was all mixed up.

But, I was such a nerd, I kept a list, typed out, and updated regularly, of everything I had so I could cross reference which tape (by #) it was on. So, if I wanted to watch DS9, Beyond The Farthest Star, I'd find it on the list, get the tape #, pull the tape, then FF & watch. And yes, all with commercials.

I had hundreds of those tapes when I started buying DVDs and recording to DVDR. I slowly gave them away as I upgraded, might still have a box or two, not sure. Now I don't even have many of the DVDRs. Just about everything got a release in the 00s, and most of it at affordable prices.

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djThunderfunk said:

kpowers said:

Bet you had a lot. Also depends what mode you recorded it in. Yeah once you got the dvd's you threw them away and had so much more space I bet.

I taped so many shows in the 90s, all the Star Treks, X-Files, Sliders, Quantum Leap, Batman TAS, Superman TAS, X-Men & Spider-Man, Young Indiana Jones, old series on Sci-Fi that I hadn't seen since I was a kind in the 70s like Galactica, Buck Rogers, Six Million Dollar Man & Bionic Woman, Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman etc... Point is, I was taping so much, often setting the timer for many different things in one day, that I didn't have the luxury of sorting shows on different tapes or using SP speed. It was all SLP/EP and it was all mixed up.

But, I was such a nerd, I kept a list, typed out, and updated regularly, of everything I had so I could cross reference which tape (by #) it was on. So, if I wanted to watch DS9, Beyond The Farthest Star, I'd find it on the list, get the tape #, pull the tape, then FF & watch. And yes, all with commercials.

I had hundreds of those tapes when I started buying DVDs and recording to DVDR. I slowly gave them away as I upgraded, might still have a box or two, not sure. Now I don't even have many of the DVDRs. Just about everything got a release in the 00s, and most of it at affordable prices.

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Love all those shows you mentioned. Any love for Space 1999? My local tv station played it in repeats in the late 80's. I taped all of them because that was like my first favorite tv show. I too threw them away once I got the dvd box set

kpowers said:

djThunderfunk said:

I taped so many shows in the 90s, all the Star Treks, X-Files, Sliders, Quantum Leap, Batman TAS, Superman TAS, X-Men & Spider-Man, Young Indiana Jones, old series on Sci-Fi that I hadn't seen since I was a kind in the 70s like Galactica, Buck Rogers, Six Million Dollar Man & Bionic Woman, Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman etc... Point is, I was taping so much, often setting the timer for many different things in one day, that I didn't have the luxury of sorting shows on different tapes or using SP speed. It was all SLP/EP and it was all mixed up.

But, I was such a nerd, I kept a list, typed out, and updated regularly, of everything I had so I could cross reference which tape (by #) it was on. So, if I wanted to watch DS9, Beyond The Farthest Star, I'd find it on the list, get the tape #, pull the tape, then FF & watch. And yes, all with commercials.

I had hundreds of those tapes when I started buying DVDs and recording to DVDR. I slowly gave them away as I upgraded, might still have a box or two, not sure. Now I don't even have many of the DVDRs. Just about everything got a release in the 00s, and most of it at affordable prices.

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Love all those shows you mentioned. Any love for Space 1999? My local tv station played it in repeats in the late 80's. I taped all of them because that was like my first favorite tv show. I too threw them away once I got the dvd box set

The list of "genre" franchises I don't like is shorter than the ones I love. But, sorry, Space 1999 is on that short list. I watched it alot when I was a kid because I loved sci-fi and wanted to love it too, but, it never took. Kinda like Dr. Who. I tried, but, no...

EmmaMcG said:

Is Tarantino still doing a Star Trek movie or was it just his usual bullshit like The Vega Brothers, Kill Bill 3, Bond movie, etc.

Yes, it's one of two movies being developed.

kpowers said:

djThunderfunk said:

I taped so many shows in the 90s, all the Star Treks, X-Files, Sliders, Quantum Leap, Batman TAS, Superman TAS, X-Men & Spider-Man, Young Indiana Jones, old series on Sci-Fi that I hadn't seen since I was a kind in the 70s like Galactica, Buck Rogers, Six Million Dollar Man & Bionic Woman, Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman etc... Point is, I was taping so much, often setting the timer for many different things in one day, that I didn't have the luxury of sorting shows on different tapes or using SP speed. It was all SLP/EP and it was all mixed up.

But, I was such a nerd, I kept a list, typed out, and updated regularly, of everything I had so I could cross reference which tape (by #) it was on. So, if I wanted to watch DS9, Beyond The Farthest Star, I'd find it on the list, get the tape #, pull the tape, then FF & watch. And yes, all with commercials.

I had hundreds of those tapes when I started buying DVDs and recording to DVDR. I slowly gave them away as I upgraded, might still have a box or two, not sure. Now I don't even have many of the DVDRs. Just about everything got a release in the 00s, and most of it at affordable prices.

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Love all those shows you mentioned. Any love for Space 1999? My local tv station played it in repeats in the late 80's. I taped all of them because that was like my first favorite tv show. I too threw them away once I got the dvd box set

I've still got Space 1999 copied on DVDs--gonna have to pull them out and watch again!

Ok just finished season 1 of Voyager. Very good and better than TNG, DS9, and Enterprise. Once again my only complaint is that the last episode "Episode 15 - Learning Curve " In which Tuvok was in charge of training Maquis was kind of a let down for the last episode. They should of put learning curve as episode 10 and put "Episode 10 - State of Flux" as the last episode. State of Flux is when we find out Seska was a Cardassian agent and ends up teaming up with the Kazon. Defiantly a way better ending of season 1 and a better transition into season 2.

Learning Curve

State of Flux

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djThunderfunk said:

kpowers said:

Love all those shows you mentioned. Any love for Space 1999? My local tv station played it in repeats in the late 80's. I taped all of them because that was like my first favorite tv show. I too threw them away once I got the dvd box set

The list of "genre" franchises I don't like is shorter than the ones I love. But, sorry, Space 1999 is on that short list. I watched it alot when I was a kid because I loved sci-fi and wanted to love it too, but, it never took. Kinda like Dr. Who. I tried, but, no...

oh wow. How can you be a kid from the 70's who loves sfi-fi and not love Space 1999

djThunderfunk said:

kpowers said:

Love all those shows you mentioned. Any love for Space 1999? My local tv station played it in repeats in the late 80's. I taped all of them because that was like my first favorite tv show. I too threw them away once I got the dvd box set

The list of "genre" franchises I don't like is shorter than the ones I love. But, sorry, Space 1999 is on that short list. I watched it alot when I was a kid because I loved sci-fi and wanted to love it too, but, it never took. Kinda like Dr. Who. I tried, but, no...

I never seen any of the shows from the 60's-80's/90's episodes. Been watching the "2000's" series and really like the show. However I know they made the Doctor into a woman (because, you know ) and probably will stop watching once I get to that part.

kpowers said:

djThunderfunk said:

The list of "genre" franchises I don't like is shorter than the ones I love. But, sorry, Space 1999 is on that short list. I watched it alot when I was a kid because I loved sci-fi and wanted to love it too, but, it never took. Kinda like Dr. Who. I tried, but, no...

oh wow. How can you be a kid from the 70's who loves sfi-fi and not love Space 1999

I really wanted to like it (that ship is COOL), but just found it boring. Sorry. Most of the stuff in that picture is great, though. Even some of it that objectively "sucks".

Didn't know that Nog also guest starred on Voyager

djThunderfunk said:

kpowers said:

oh wow. How can you be a kid from the 70's who loves sfi-fi and not love Space 1999

I really wanted to like it (that ship is COOL), but just found it boring. Sorry. Most of the stuff in that picture is great, though. Even some of it that objectively "sucks".

Boring????

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I saw George Taki and he had a cool story about Space 1999. He said back in the day Star trek shot right next door to the mission impossible set. Cast members of both shows would visit each other sets. Barbara Bain thought the set of Star trek was cool and said she wouldn't mind doing a TV show like Star Trek.

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kpowers said:

djThunderfunk said:

I really wanted to like it (that ship is COOL), but just found it boring. Sorry. Most of the stuff in that picture is great, though. Even some of it that objectively "sucks".

Boring????

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Don't know what to tell ya, man. The ship is cool looking.

djThunderfunk said:

kpowers said:

Boring????

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Don't know what to tell ya, man. The ship is cool looking.

Yeah they were

kpowers said:

djThunderfunk said:

Don't know what to tell ya, man. The ship is cool looking.

Yeah they were

I love that design. Am I remembering correctly, did that ship have a came in the fleet in Galactica (reboot)?

djThunderfunk said:

kpowers said:

Yeah they were

I love that design. Am I remembering correctly, did that ship have a came in the fleet in Galactica (reboot)?

was the Enterprise

kpowers said:

djThunderfunk said:

I love that design. Am I remembering correctly, did that ship have a came in the fleet in Galactica (reboot)?

was the Enterprise

Forgot about that one, thought there were several. The ship from Silent Running maybe?

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djThunderfunk said:

kpowers said:

was the Enterprise

Forgot about that one, thought there were several. The ship from Silent Running maybe?

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Didn't some of the ships in Silent Running looked a lot like the Original Battlestar Galactica

kpowers said:

djThunderfunk said:

Forgot about that one, thought there were several. The ship from Silent Running maybe?

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Didn't some of the ships in Silent Running looked a lot like the Original Battlestar Galactica

I think the original arboretum ship, ahem, "borrowed" quite alot from it, yes.

djThunderfunk said:

kpowers said:

Yeah they were

I love that design. Am I remembering correctly, did that ship have a came in the fleet in Galactica (reboot)?

I heard they are based off an insect

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Zachary Quinto you are not Leonard Nimoy

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kpowers said:

Zachary Quinto you are not Leonard Nimoy

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Maybe not, but I quite liked his performance as Spock in the first Star Trek reboot movie. Like you, the one thing I didn't like was the destruction of Vulcan. But, more importantly, Leonard Nimoy liked Quinto's performance. What made the film for me was including Leonard Nimoy... After that, it should have been shut down. I didn't expect to like it and went to see it with my late friend who passed...and we were both surpised with how much we liked it (and I'm talking about two hardcore Trek fans from the old days...).

Here's an interesting vid I came across. I didn't realize the split between CBS/Paramount and the new rules surrounding the Star Trek licenses that came from it had so much to do with all the changes we've seen with JJ's movies and with the new TV shows. Very informative, while also a bit depressing.

"Paramount's Star Trek MUST differ visually and tonally from CBS' Star Trek"

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Tonight I'm watching the Star Trek Fan Collective: Captain's Log set. As I already own all the seasons of all the series, the Fan Collective sets are not something I would normally have purchased if I had not come across them for $5-6 a piece at Big Lots a few years ago. I'm glad I did, they're really cool collections. The Time Travel set alone is great for making the case that the premise of JJ's movies creating an alternate timelime separate from the original is BS... In Star Trek, altering the past ERASES the timeline.

djThunderfunk said:

Tonight I'm watching the Star Trek Fan Collective: Captain's Log set. As I already own all the seasons of all the series, the Fan Collective sets are not something I would normally have purchased if I had not come across them for $5-6 a piece at Big Lots a few years ago. I'm glad I did, they're really cool collections. The Time Travel set alone is great for making the case that the premise of JJ's movies creating an alternate timelime separate from the original is BS... In Star Trek, altering the past ERASES the timeline.

Damn, you must own the biggest Funk and Star Trek Collective of anyone I have ever known...

djThunderfunk said:

Tonight I'm watching the Star Trek Fan Collective: Captain's Log set. As I already own all the seasons of all the series, the Fan Collective sets are not something I would normally have purchased if I had not come across them for $5-6 a piece at Big Lots a few years ago. I'm glad I did, they're really cool collections. The Time Travel set alone is great for making the case that the premise of JJ's movies creating an alternate timelime separate from the original is BS... In Star Trek, altering the past ERASES the timeline.

Each episodes are time travel

Captain Kirk and Torres stared together in a 1988 TV movie called Broken Angel, never saw it.

One of my favorite episodes of the New Twilight Zone from the 80's had Tom Paris in it

Message from Charity

Puritan Charity Payne in the year 1700 and modern teenage boy, residents of the same Massachusetts town, are psychically connected due to delirium induced by a bacterial infection, and can see the world through each others eyes.

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