I liked this one. Zapp always gives me a laugh. So far this and the Christmas ones have been my favourites, the rest being meh to ok.

But it wasn’t so often the central theme of the episode. We’ve had 4 out of 5 stories based purely around current events.

It had some pretty funny moments, and the universe being trapped in an ever expanding warehouse is pretty Futurama, but I was pretty disheartened when I saw the name of the episode and when I saw it was just about Amazon. I hope not all of them are current event things.

I would rather it have ended on a high note as it did before the reboot if all the episodes are going to be kind of meh. New episodes for the sake of new episodes don’t do it for me. I’m hoping it picks up though

TAS really drops after the brilliant second episode Yesteryear.

Fair enough, I wasn’t trying to be harsh, just to let them know. I think the board game when I hear terraforming mars but I have seen it on plenty of sales on steam so I can understand

Yeah that’s the main issue I have too, as well as my general inability to play well.

Excellent take! Also if you haven’t you should look into Shogi, Xiangqi, and Weiqi/Go/Baduk. Shogi and Xiangqi are chess variants, or more accurately are derived from the same ancestor game. Shogi has pieces being able to be dropped back on the board when captured by the enemy. Xiangqi has some really interesting piece restrictions with a river in the middle of the board and some pieces unable to cross. Weiqi/Go/Baduk is its own game and is insane, it has only a few rules but the way it works leads to insanely complicated games. A good Weiqi set looks amazing as well.

Might be good, but this is about board games.

Probably The Crew or Race for the Galaxy. Neither are big games, but that helps rather than hinders. Everyone is always up for a go in between or before other games, and often they become the main event once everyone gets into them.

Good game, but this is a board games community.

Great write up! I have to do my standard TOS defence though, it often gets a bad wrap based on what people think they know about it. A lot of the time that is based on things out of context like the Gorn in Arena, although there are a lot of genuine issues modern viewers could have.

I think if there was a TOS “modern” season of ten of the best or most relevant episodes, or even if you reduce the three seasons to one classic trek season, almost everyone could get some appreciation for it. The Kirk, Spock, Bones dynamic is too good to miss, and the tension in something like The Corbomite Maneuver or Balance of Terror is great. There are some morally grey episodes as well like A Private Little War which, while divisive, I feel deserve to be in such a condensed season.

Definitely skip Star Trek V though.

I feel that TNG is getting pretty dated too, it’s older now than TOS was when it aired. It also has some pretty rough spots early on. Very good show and generally a good start for new viewers, but I feel a curated list of the best TOS episodes would also make a good start.

There’s this weird cultural norm that says TOS is extremely cheesy, Shatner hams up every episode, the sets are all terrible, and it isn’t worth watching. It’s sad because TOS is my favourite and it has so many interesting stories, and Kirk is such a cool captain. Even TAS is worth a watch, especially the episode Yesteryear!

It’s a real shame TOS got shafted by season 3, and we never got more of its peak due to diminishing budget. That’s what networks love doing though, they can never appreciate a good thing until it’s been off the air for decades and people are clamouring for more.

I would highly recommend anyone starting off with a collection of some of the best or most relevant episodes of TOS, as well as some of the poor ones like Spock’s Brain. I’ve found at least the bad TOS ones are interesting, but bad TNG ones can be just boring.

My poor TOS :'(

Hmm that’s not promising news for me. I’ve found Futurama works best when it’s handling things not directly related to current events. I’ve been concerned about this season in general since I heard about it, more so after seeing the trailer, and even more so now.

TOS or OG movies for me. They are just too iconic and cool. I am also a sucker for retro-futurism so I love to see those chunky computers paired with unbelievably high tech spaceships. Plus Kirk’s charisma somehow improves the ships too, at least in TOS.

All absolute banger episodes 🤌 I think TOS gets a bad rap because people see the clip from Arena taken out of context, and imagine that Zapp Brannigan is one-to-one Captain Kirk, but there is some great stuff in there. And when you watch it knowing the context of its era it really shows how ahead of its time it is.

That’s a fair point, although the original sub wasn’t about interacting during the episode. It was more like a book report format, but done chronologically throughout the series. So they would have a set day where the thread for each episode would go up, people could watch it in their own time, then talk with other people who also had it fresh in their minds.

You are right though, might as well start it in the main community. I am a big TOS guy but I wonder if it would be better to start with that or TNG

Oh none of this was a criticism of how this community is being run. I just like talking Trek and this is by far the best place for general Trek talking.