User:Fundamendicus

''Hi! My name is Simon and I've been a trekkie (TOS fan) for years, but it wasn't until the late 90s that I actually became a trekker (TNG, VOY, DS9 & ENT fan). I've never usually held to remakes of past glories so I didn't even attempt to watch any of them. However, what I liked about TOS was the scope for escapism when burying myself deep into one of their episodes. So all it really took me was a couple of episodes each of the later series (plural) each and guess what, I was hooked again. Also, with film technology being so much more superior in the later series, the scope for escapism was even more pronounced. Unfortunately, that is so to such a degree that TOS appears so antiquated nowadays, although I still enjoy them just as much, but probably for different reasons.

''I'm a composer by trade, so I also find it interesting that the fashionable film music style of the sixties was much more angular and almost non-tonal to a degree, and that it should sound actually more modern than the music accompanying the later series. But there again recording technology has also advanced considerably so from another viewpoint the sort of music that accompanies the later series (and accompanying films) does illuminate the credibility of the future quite successfully. I guess the nature of tonality will never leave us, which can only be a good thing.''

''I like each series for different reasons. It's my opinion that "Deep Space 9" is the one that really strikes me, purely for the strength of the characters. What makes this all the more blatant is the difference in character of Worf and Chief O'Brien from when they were previously on "The Next Generation". There's something a lot more 'human(oid)' about their mannerisms and posture. And I absolutely love Quark and his fellow Ferengis. Whosoever invented the Ferengi race was a genius.''

''When it comes to TNG and VOY, there are some episodes that really stick out. You know, the sort of show that has one thinking about for days afterwards. With "TNG", it would have to be "Parallels" where Worf travels through a series of parallel universes; a great idea and brilliantly executed. The same can said for the VOY episode "In the Blink of an Eye", whereby the ship is stuck in the atmosphere of a planet where time is passing at a hugely faster rate than on the ship itself. Another wonderful idea and also brilliantly executed.

Anyway guys, I look forward to hooking up with you and joining in on some the discussions you have going.

Cheers,

Simon