• Worst Star Trek Episode EVER?

    From Ubiquitous@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 9 18:42:54 2025
    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no one has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In this
    video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, the illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, cringe- worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you wonder how they ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready to blast off into the world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a tossup between The Empath and the Halloween ep.


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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jul 10 02:43:54 2025
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no one has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In this video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, the illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, cringe- worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you wonder how they
    ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready to blast off into the
    world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a tossup between The Empath and the Halloween ep.


    The empath is the clear hands-down worst episode winner. Accept no
    substitutes.



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  • From WolfFan@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jul 14 00:15:26 2025
    On Jul 9, 2025, anim8rfsk wrote
    (in
    article<1431816875.773771757.052997.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>):

    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no one has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In this video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, the illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, cringe- worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you wonder how they
    ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready to blast off into the
    world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a tossup between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    The empath is the clear hands-down worst episode winner. Accept no substitutes.

    No. The Empath is at worst #4. Below it would be Spock’s Brain (#1, by a wide margin) plus The Omega Glory in #2, just edging out Sub Rosa from TNG. The Empath is bad, but it’s not as bad as The Omega Glory or Sub Rosa and
    is miles ahead of Spock’s Brain.


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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jul 14 04:01:45 2025
    Verily, in article
    <0001HW.2E23F6FE029A8AC57000036D438F@news.supernews.com>, did akwolffan@zoho.com deliver unto us this message:
    No. The Empath is at worst #4. Below it would be Spock?s Brain (#1, by
    a
    wide margin) plus The Omega Glory in #2, just edging out Sub Rosa from TNG. The Empath is bad, but it?s not as bad as The Omega Glory or Sub Rosa and
    is miles ahead of Spock?s Brain.

    "Spock's Brain" may be the worst episode of any Star Trek series. I
    haven't seen every episode of every series, but I still suspect it is.

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jul 14 10:30:32 2025
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article
    <0001HW.2E23F6FE029A8AC57000036D438F@news.supernews.com>, did akwolffan@zoho.com deliver unto us this message:
    No. The Empath is at worst #4. Below it would be Spock?s Brain (#1, by
    a
    wide margin) plus The Omega Glory in #2, just edging out Sub Rosa from TNG. >> The Empath is bad, but it?s not as bad as The Omega Glory or Sub Rosa and >> is miles ahead of Spock?s Brain.

    "Spock's Brain" may be the worst episode of any Star Trek series. I
    haven't seen every episode of every series, but I still suspect it is.


    The writer intended it as a comedy and little Freddie Fryberger, the new producer who was trying to destroy the show declared arbitrarily that Star
    Trek didn’t do comedies (because he wouldn’t verse himself in the episode they already done) and had them shoot a comedy script as a drama.

    But at least it’s laughable. The Empath is simply stupid and cringe worthy. And I can think of a dozen worse episodes of TNG. Maybe not any of DS nine. Almost all of Voyager. Much of Enterprise. And all of new trek.

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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jul 14 18:30:48 2025
    akwolffan@zoho.com wrote:
    On Jul 9, 2025, anim8rfsk wrote
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no >>> one has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In
    this video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, >>> the illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script,
    cringe-worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you
    wonder how they ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready >>> to blast off into the world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a
    tossup between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    The empath is the clear hands-down worst episode winner. Accept no
    substitutes.

    No. The Empath is at worst #4. Below it would be Spock's Brain (#1, by a >wide margin) plus The Omega Glory in #2, just edging out Sub Rosa from TNG. >The Empath is bad, but it's not as bad as The Omega Glory or Sub Rosa and
    is miles ahead of Spock's Brain.


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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jul 14 18:30:48 2025
    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
    akwolffan@zoho.com wrote:

    No. The Empath is at worst #4. Below it would be Spock?s Brain (#1, by
    a wide margin) plus The Omega Glory in #2, just edging out Sub Rosa from
    TNG. The Empath is bad, but it?s not as bad as The Omega Glory or Sub
    Rosa and is miles ahead of Spock?s Brain.

    "Spock's Brain" may be the worst episode of any Star Trek series. I
    haven't seen every episode of every series, but I still suspect it is.

    It might be worse, but it's so bad that it's entertaining (funny).

    The Empath is stupid _and_ not entertaining.


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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 15 00:30:00 2025
    Verily, in article <55256506.774145636.855378.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    "Spock's Brain" may be the worst episode of any Star Trek series. I haven't seen every episode of every series, but I still suspect it
    is.

    The writer intended it as a comedy and little Freddie Fryberger, the new producer who was trying to destroy the show declared arbitrarily that Star Trek didn?t do comedies (because he wouldn?t verse himself in the episode they already done) and had them shoot a comedy script as a drama.

    I'm trying to imagine as a comedy. Hunh.

    But at least it?s laughable. The Empath is simply stupid and cringe worthy. And I can think of a dozen worse episodes of TNG. Maybe not any of DS nine. Almost all of Voyager. Much of Enterprise. And all of new trek.

    Really? What episodes of TNG would you say are worse than "Spock's
    Brain"?

    I guess there was that one where the bridge crew turned into children.
    That was an eyeroller. I'd still call "Spock's Brain" worse, though.

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 15 04:36:54 2025
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <55256506.774145636.855378.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    "Spock's Brain" may be the worst episode of any Star Trek series. I
    haven't seen every episode of every series, but I still suspect it
    is.

    The writer intended it as a comedy and little Freddie Fryberger, the new
    producer who was trying to destroy the show declared arbitrarily that Star >> Trek didn?t do comedies (because he wouldn?t verse himself in the episode
    they already done) and had them shoot a comedy script as a drama.

    I'm trying to imagine as a comedy. Hunh.

    But at least it?s laughable. The Empath is simply stupid and cringe worthy. >> And I can think of a dozen worse episodes of TNG. Maybe not any of DS nine. >> Almost all of Voyager. Much of Enterprise. And all of new trek.

    Really? What episodes of TNG would you say are worse than "Spock's
    Brain"?

    I guess there was that one where the bridge crew turned into children.
    That was an eyeroller. I'd still call "Spock's Brain" worse, though.


    The aforementioned sub rosa.

    That one towards the end where data turns into a Mayan.

    That one Gates McMuffin directed where everybody on the Enterprise devolves into a different species.

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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 15 07:38:52 2025
    Verily, in article <108810748.774208056.237663.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <55256506.774145636.855378.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    I guess there was that one where the bridge crew turned into children.

    The aforementioned sub rosa.

    That one towards the end where data turns into a Mayan.

    That one Gates McMuffin directed where everybody on the Enterprise devolves into a different species.

    LOL, I must have missed that one. Or repressed it.

    What about the one where Wesley turns into a Native American god? I
    think they'd stopped trying by that point.

    Judging by the list of bad episodes we've generated, I think they should
    stop turning the crew into things.

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 15 08:30:25 2025
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <108810748.774208056.237663.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <55256506.774145636.855378.anim8rfsk-
    cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this
    message:

    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    I guess there was that one where the bridge crew turned into children.

    The aforementioned sub rosa.

    That one towards the end where data turns into a Mayan.

    That one Gates McMuffin directed where everybody on the Enterprise devolves >> into a different species.

    LOL, I must have missed that one. Or repressed it.


    The best part is data’s cat Spot turns into an iguana. Because cats evolved from iguanas. How could anyone be stupid enough to write that? Two words: Brannon Braga.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708723/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk


    What about the one where Wesley turns into a Native American god? I
    think they'd stopped trying by that point.

    He still is the native American God in Picard.

    Although will Wheaton is so mentally ill at this point that he’s
    complaining about them not letting him appear in Picard even though he did appear as a native American God. He also complains about them not putting
    him in one of the movies that he’s clearly in at the wedding reception.

    You and I have tried to block him out but amazingly he’s actually blocked himself out.



    Judging by the list of bad episodes we've generated, I think they should stop turning the crew into things.


    Lol

    Certainly, they should stop trying to turn gates McMuffin into a Director.
    Or, for that matter, an actress.


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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 15 18:30:43 2025
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    "Spock's Brain" may be the worst episode of any Star Trek series. I
    haven't seen every episode of every series, but I still suspect it
    is.

    The writer intended it as a comedy and little Freddie Fryberger, the new >>> producer who was trying to destroy the show declared arbitrarily that
    Star Trek didn?t do comedies (because he wouldn?t verse himself in the
    episode they already done) and had them shoot a comedy script as a drama. >>
    I'm trying to imagine as a comedy. Hunh.

    But at least it?s laughable. The Empath is simply stupid and cringe
    worthy.And I can think of a dozen worse episodes of TNG. Maybe not any
    of DS nine.Almost all of Voyager. Much of Enterprise. And all of new
    trek.

    Really? What episodes of TNG would you say are worse than "Spock's
    Brain"?

    I guess there was that one where the bridge crew turned into children.
    That was an eyeroller. I'd still call "Spock's Brain" worse, though.

    The aforementioned sub rosa.

    That one towards the end where data turns into a Mayan.

    AKA, The Brent Spiner One-Man Acting Extraviganza!

    That one Gates McMuffin directed where everybody on the Enterprise devolves >into a different species.

    I hate magic DNA but I hate when they get the real stuff wrong. Geordi
    didn't "devolved" into a primate, Troi "devolved" into an arachnid, etc



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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 15 18:30:44 2025
    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    I guess there was that one where the bridge crew turned into children.

    The aforementioned sub rosa.

    That one towards the end where data turns into a Mayan.

    That one Gates McMuffin directed where everybody on the Enterprise
    devolves into a different species.

    LOL, I must have missed that one. Or repressed it.

    What about the one where Wesley turns into a Native American god? I
    think they'd stopped trying by that point.

    Chnage my mind: The Travel Agent is a space PDF File.


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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 16 02:46:32 2025
    Verily, in article <1055d5l$1h8s$3@dont-email.me>, did
    weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
    I hate magic DNA but I hate when they get the real stuff wrong. Geordi didn't "devolved" into a primate, Troi "devolved" into an arachnid, etc

    The idea of an interstellar hybrid is ridiculous on the face of it, so I
    guess they just picked one parent. Betazoids allegedly evolved from
    spiderlike creatures? That really don't seem likely.

    Why do we keep watching this franchise when it has so many dumb
    episodes? :0


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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 16 03:29:00 2025
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <1055d5l$1h8s$3@dont-email.me>, did
    weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
    I hate magic DNA but I hate when they get the real stuff wrong. Geordi
    didn't "devolved" into a primate, Troi "devolved" into an arachnid, etc

    The idea of an interstellar hybrid is ridiculous on the face of it, so I guess they just picked one parent. Betazoids allegedly evolved from spiderlike creatures? That really don't seem likely.

    Why do we keep watching this franchise when it has so many dumb
    episodes? :0

    I stopped a couple of iterations ago



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  • From Wouter Valentijn@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jul 17 00:50:04 2025
    Op 15-7-2025 om 10:30 schreef Ubiquitous:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    "Spock's Brain" may be the worst episode of any Star Trek series. I
    haven't seen every episode of every series, but I still suspect it
    is.

    The writer intended it as a comedy and little Freddie Fryberger, the new >>>> producer who was trying to destroy the show declared arbitrarily that
    Star Trek didn?t do comedies (because he wouldn?t verse himself in the >>>> episode they already done) and had them shoot a comedy script as a drama. >>>
    I'm trying to imagine as a comedy. Hunh.

    But at least it?s laughable. The Empath is simply stupid and cringe
    worthy.And I can think of a dozen worse episodes of TNG. Maybe not any >>>> of DS nine.Almost all of Voyager. Much of Enterprise. And all of new
    trek.

    Really? What episodes of TNG would you say are worse than "Spock's
    Brain"?

    I guess there was that one where the bridge crew turned into children.
    That was an eyeroller. I'd still call "Spock's Brain" worse, though.

    The aforementioned sub rosa.

    That one towards the end where data turns into a Mayan.

    AKA, The Brent Spiner One-Man Acting Extraviganza!

    That one Gates McMuffin directed where everybody on the Enterprise devolves >> into a different species.

    I hate magic DNA but I hate when they get the real stuff wrong. Geordi
    didn't "devolved" into a primate, Troi "devolved" into an arachnid, etc



    Troi was amphibious. Barclay was the spider.

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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jul 17 01:20:08 2025
    Verily, in article <mdpsgrFnt0dU1@mid.individual.net>, did liamreverse@valentijn.nu deliver unto us this message:

    Troi was amphibious. Barclay was the spider.

    How did someone from a primate species devolve into a spider? Or did
    they bother explaining that?

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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jul 17 07:15:48 2025
    Verily, in article <1214903527.774381144.104423.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    Because Brannon Braga is deeply stupid.

    He once said in an interview that he didn?t understand what tricorders did, but he was certain they used them way too often.


    You know, if I were going to revive a beloved franchise, I would choose
    a showrunner who liked the original material. It's amazing how few
    exectives seem to think of this.

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jul 17 12:02:01 2025
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <1214903527.774381144.104423.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    Because Brannon Braga is deeply stupid.

    He once said in an interview that he didn?t understand what tricorders did, >> but he was certain they used them way too often.


    You know, if I were going to revive a beloved franchise, I would choose
    a showrunner who liked the original material. It's amazing how few
    exectives seem to think of this.

    TNG couldn’t keep qualified writers or story editors because of the working environment much of which was Patrick Stewart’s bad behavior. About
    halfway through the series run having burned through everybody talented
    they had worked their way down to Braga.



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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jul 18 06:16:36 2025
    Verily, in article <1608275089.774410252.295664.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    TNG couldn?t keep qualified writers or story editors because of the working environment much of which was Patrick Stewart?s bad behavior. About
    halfway through the series run having burned through everybody talented
    they had worked their way down to Braga.

    Hunh. What was he doing?

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jul 18 10:38:19 2025
    On 7/17/2025 1:16 PM, Melissa Hollingsworth wrote:
    Verily, in article <1608275089.774410252.295664.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    TNG couldn?t keep qualified writers or story editors because of the working >> environment much of which was Patrick Stewart?s bad behavior. About
    halfway through the series run having burned through everybody talented
    they had worked their way down to Braga.

    Hunh. What was he doing?

    Producing IIRC.

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  • From Wouter Valentijn@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jul 18 16:01:43 2025
    Op 16-7-2025 om 19:54 schreef anim8rfsk:
    The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
    In article <mdpsgrFnt0dU1@mid.individual.net>,
    Wouter Valentijn <liamreverse@valentijn.nu> wrote:
    Op 15-7-2025 om 10:30 schreef Ubiquitous:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    "Spock's Brain" may be the worst episode of any Star Trek series. I >>>>>>>> haven't seen every episode of every series, but I still suspect it >>>>>>>> is.

    The writer intended it as a comedy and little Freddie Fryberger, the new
    producer who was trying to destroy the show declared arbitrarily that >>>>>>> Star Trek didn?t do comedies (because he wouldn?t verse himself in the >>>>>>> episode they already done) and had them shoot a comedy script as a drama.

    I'm trying to imagine as a comedy. Hunh.

    But at least it?s laughable. The Empath is simply stupid and cringe >>>>>>> worthy.And I can think of a dozen worse episodes of TNG. Maybe not any >>>>>>> of DS nine.Almost all of Voyager. Much of Enterprise. And all of new >>>>>>> trek.

    Really? What episodes of TNG would you say are worse than "Spock's >>>>>> Brain"?

    I guess there was that one where the bridge crew turned into children. >>>>>> That was an eyeroller. I'd still call "Spock's Brain" worse, though. >>>>>
    The aforementioned sub rosa.

    That one towards the end where data turns into a Mayan.

    AKA, The Brent Spiner One-Man Acting Extraviganza!

    That one Gates McMuffin directed where everybody on the Enterprise devolves
    into a different species.

    I hate magic DNA but I hate when they get the real stuff wrong. Geordi >>>> didn't "devolved" into a primate, Troi "devolved" into an arachnid, etc >>>>


    Troi was amphibious. Barclay was the spider.

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    Nice to see you again.

    Ditto!




    Thank you!

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  • From Wouter Valentijn@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jul 18 16:02:22 2025
    Op 16-7-2025 om 17:20 schreef Melissa Hollingsworth:
    Verily, in article <mdpsgrFnt0dU1@mid.individual.net>, did liamreverse@valentijn.nu deliver unto us this message:

    Troi was amphibious. Barclay was the spider.

    How did someone from a primate species devolve into a spider? Or did
    they bother explaining that?



    They did not.

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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jul 18 18:30:46 2025
    liamreverse@valentijn.nu wrote:
    Op 15-7-2025 om 10:30 schreef Ubiquitous:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Really? What episodes of TNG would you say are worse than "Spock's
    Brain"?

    I guess there was that one where the bridge crew turned into children. >>>> That was an eyeroller. I'd still call "Spock's Brain" worse, though.

    The aforementioned sub rosa.

    That one towards the end where data turns into a Mayan.

    AKA, The Brent Spiner One-Man Acting Extraviganza!

    That one Gates McMuffin directed where everybody on the Enterprise
    devolves into a different species.

    I hate magic DNA but I hate when they get the real stuff wrong. Geordi
    didn't "devolved" into a primate, Troi "devolved" into an arachnid, etc

    Troi was amphibious. Barclay was the spider.

    That's even worse in Barclay's case, because he's a human!

    Troi might be of space-French descent, however.


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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jul 18 18:30:47 2025
    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    TNG couldn?t keep qualified writers or story editors because of the
    working environment much of which was Patrick Stewart's bad behavior.
    About halfway through the series run having burned through everybody
    talented they had worked their way down to Braga.

    Hunh. What was he doing?

    Stewart was constantly demanding eps with Picard as a romantic action character.

    I remember around the first season, he had a tantrum because his cast-mates weren't "acting professional" enough and had toi tlak him out of his locked trailer.


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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jul 18 22:18:35 2025
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <1608275089.774410252.295664.anim8rfsk- cox.net@news.easynews.com>, did anim8rfsk@cox.net deliver unto us this message:

    TNG couldn?t keep qualified writers or story editors because of the working >> environment much of which was Patrick Stewart?s bad behavior. About
    halfway through the series run having burned through everybody talented
    they had worked their way down to Braga.

    Hunh. What was he doing?


    He was infamous for pulling childish crap, like if any visitor to the set,
    sat in the captains chair, which they all obviously would want to do he
    storm off the set in a hissy fit and not come back that day.

    As far as the writers went a couple of them talked about what a nightmare
    it was in an article in starlog and they said he would hand them script
    changes he wanted. But that’s not the chain of command. Actors don’t tell the writers to make changes. If they want them, they go to the producer or
    the story, editor or a showrunner. Can you imagine what a nightmare it
    would be if all the actors were constantly coming to the scriptwriter with changes? And it was bad enough they’d quit.

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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Jul 19 00:32:18 2025
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net delivered unto us this message:

    TNG couldn?t keep qualified writers or story editors because of the
    working environment much of which was Patrick Stewart?s bad behavior.
    About halfway through the series run having burned through everybody
    talented they had worked their way down to Braga.

    Hunh. What was he doing?

    He was infamous for pulling childish crap, like if any visitor to the set, >sat in the captains chair, which they all obviously would want to do he
    storm off the set in a hissy fit and not come back that day.

    I hadn't heard about that one before.

    As far as the writers went a couple of them talked about what a nightmare
    it was in an article in starlog and they said he would hand them script >changes he wanted. But that's not the chain of command. Actors don't tell
    the writers to make changes. If they want them, they go to the producer or >the story, editor or a showrunner. Can you imagine what a nightmare it
    would be if all the actors were constantly coming to the scriptwriter with >changes? And it was bad enough they'd quit.

    And his insistance of getting some romantic and action eps, hence whats-her- name on Risa and the Die Hard ripoff.



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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Jul 19 03:48:47 2025
    Verily, in article <105dlti$23hlj$5@dont-email.me>, did
    weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:

    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net delivered unto us this message:

    TNG couldn?t keep qualified writers or story editors because of the
    working environment much of which was Patrick Stewart?s bad behavior. >>> About halfway through the series run having burned through everybody
    talented they had worked their way down to Braga.

    Hunh. What was he doing?

    He was infamous for pulling childish crap, like if any visitor to the set, >sat in the captains chair, which they all obviously would want to do he >storm off the set in a hissy fit and not come back that day.

    I did a search on on-set tantrums from him, and I found one story from
    the first season which ends which everybody having a good laugh about it
    all. I knew immediately that it was a planted story to confuse the
    search results for things like "Patrick Stewart throws a fit." Since it
    was clearly planted, I figured there must have been a series of other
    tantrums to be concealed.

    The captain's chair, really? Part of the set? Was he going nuts and
    confusing himself with Picard? :D


    As far as the writers went a couple of them talked about what a
    nightmare
    it was in an article in starlog and they said he would hand them script >changes he wanted. But that's not the chain of command. Actors don't tell >the writers to make changes. If they want them, they go to the producer or >the story, editor or a showrunner. Can you imagine what a nightmare it >would be if all the actors were constantly coming to the scriptwriter with >changes? And it was bad enough they'd quit.

    And his insistance of getting some romantic and action eps, hence whats-her- name on Risa and the Die Hard ripoff.

    You know, I never understood why some people insisted Picard was sexy.


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  • From danny burstein@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Jul 19 04:09:40 2025
    In <MPG.42e428d6d6c83d5b98972e@news.eternal-september.org> Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> writes:

    [snip]

    You know, I never understood why some people insisted Picard was sexy.

    the Yul Brinner, Kojak, (some) Bruce Willis...

    there's a subset of people who consider baldness attractive.



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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Jul 19 06:01:19 2025
    danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
    In <MPG.42e428d6d6c83d5b98972e@news.eternal-september.org> Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> writes:

    [snip]

    You know, I never understood why some people insisted Picard was sexy.

    the Yul Brinner, Kojak, (some) Bruce Willis...


    Persis Khambatta

    there's a subset of people who consider baldness attractive.






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  • From Melissa Hollingsworth@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Jul 19 06:12:21 2025
    Verily, in article <105e2l4$gdg$1@reader1.panix.com>, did
    dannyb@panix.com deliver unto us this message:

    In <MPG.42e428d6d6c83d5b98972e@news.eternal-september.org> Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> writes:

    [snip]

    You know, I never understood why some people insisted Picard was sexy.

    the Yul Brinner, Kojak, (some) Bruce Willis...

    there's a subset of people who consider baldness attractive.

    Yes, and they're fairly loud about it, but I still wonder why they
    picked him. He's not handsome. He just isn't. I don't want to get into cataloging his faults, but come on.

    I suspect some people call others "sexy" when it's really something else
    they admire, thinking that sexiness is the highest possible compliment.
    Just a pet theory I have.



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  • From Wouter Valentijn@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Jul 20 18:55:44 2025
    Op 18-7-2025 om 10:30 schreef Ubiquitous:
    liamreverse@valentijn.nu wrote:
    Op 15-7-2025 om 10:30 schreef Ubiquitous:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:

    Really? What episodes of TNG would you say are worse than "Spock's
    Brain"?

    I guess there was that one where the bridge crew turned into children. >>>>> That was an eyeroller. I'd still call "Spock's Brain" worse, though.

    The aforementioned sub rosa.

    That one towards the end where data turns into a Mayan.

    AKA, The Brent Spiner One-Man Acting Extraviganza!

    That one Gates McMuffin directed where everybody on the Enterprise
    devolves into a different species.

    I hate magic DNA but I hate when they get the real stuff wrong. Geordi
    didn't "devolved" into a primate, Troi "devolved" into an arachnid, etc

    Troi was amphibious. Barclay was the spider.

    That's even worse in Barclay's case, because he's a human!

    Troi might be of space-French descent, however.



    Considering Betazoid libido.

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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 23 18:30:45 2025
    thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
    weberm@polaris.net delivered unto us this message:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Melissa Hollingsworth <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net delivered unto us this message:

    TNG couldn?t keep qualified writers or story editors because of the
    working environment much of which was Patrick Stewart?s bad behavior. >> >>> About halfway through the series run having burned through everybody
    talented they had worked their way down to Braga.

    Hunh. What was he doing?

    He was infamous for pulling childish crap, like if any visitor to the
    set, sat in the captains chair, which they all obviously would want to
    do he storm off the set in a hissy fit and not come back that day.

    I did a search on on-set tantrums from him, and I found one story from
    the first season which ends which everybody having a good laugh about it >all. I knew immediately that it was a planted story to confuse the
    search results for things like "Patrick Stewart throws a fit." Since it
    was clearly planted, I figured there must have been a series of other >tantrums to be concealed.

    The captain's chair, really? Part of the set? Was he going nuts and >confusing himself with Picard? :D


    As far as the writers went a couple of them talked about what a
    nightmare it was in an article in starlog and they said he would hand
    them script changes he wanted. But that's not the chain of command.
    Actors don't tell the writers to make changes. If they want them, they
    go to the producer or the story, editor or a showrunner. Can you imagine >> >what a nightmare it would be if all the actors were constantly coming to >> >the scriptwriter with changes? And it was bad enough they'd quit.

    And his insistance of getting some romantic and action eps, hence
    whats-her-name on Risa and the Die Hard ripoff.

    You know, I never understood why some people insisted Picard was sexy.

    Some people think Mr Clean is sexy.


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  • From Your Name@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jul 31 07:33:38 2025
    On 2025-07-30 00:29:46 +0000, <departamentodecobrancaregistrobr1686@ymbzd.institut451.org> said:
    In article <104lvu8$956v$7@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net wrote:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no one >> has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In this
    video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, the
    illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, cringe- >> worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you wonder
    how they ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready to
    blast off into the world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a tossup >> between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Oh man, the space hippies were far worse! Spock jamming on some goofy
    Vulcan guitar gizmo? "Like live long & prosper, space dude!" Ouch!

    Plus the ridiculous 'save the whales' movie. :-\


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  • From Daniel@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Aug 13 05:06:31 2025
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no one has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In this video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, the illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, cringe- worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you wonder how they
    ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready to blast off into the
    world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a tossup between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Catching up on all my favorite NG's and replying. This one is a heavy
    question. I will spend some leisure time over the next few days going
    over the episodes list, watching the ones I suspect qualify, and will
    reply. I am not reading the other replies to prevent the influence of
    other opinions.

    D

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Aug 13 10:18:18 2025
    Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no one >> has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In this
    video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, the
    illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, cringe- >> worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you wonder how they
    ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready to blast off into the
    world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a tossup >> between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Catching up on all my favorite NG's and replying. This one is a heavy question. I will spend some leisure time over the next few days going
    over the episodes list, watching the ones I suspect qualify, and will
    reply. I am not reading the other replies to prevent the influence of
    other opinions.

    D


    5.2? That’s not even a bad score. I wouldn’t give it more than a 2.5, and only that high to make room for several that are worse.

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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Aug 13 18:30:45 2025
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no >>> one has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In
    this video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, >>> the illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, >>> cringe-worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you
    wonder how they ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready >>> to blast off into the world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a
    tossup between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Catching up on all my favorite NG's and replying. This one is a heavy
    question. I will spend some leisure time over the next few days going
    over the episodes list, watching the ones I suspect qualify, and will
    reply. I am not reading the other replies to prevent the influence of
    other opinions.

    5.2? That's not even a bad score. I wouldn't give it more than a 2.5,
    and only that high to make room for several that are worse.

    I noticed a lot of the lowest scores are around 5 and 6. I was expecting
    most to be around 2 or 3.



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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Aug 14 00:04:26 2025
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> wrote:
    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no >>>> one has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In >>>> this video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, >>>> the illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, >>>> cringe-worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you
    wonder how they ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready >>>> to blast off into the world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a
    tossup between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Catching up on all my favorite NG's and replying. This one is a heavy
    question. I will spend some leisure time over the next few days going
    over the episodes list, watching the ones I suspect qualify, and will
    reply. I am not reading the other replies to prevent the influence of
    other opinions.

    5.2? That's not even a bad score. I wouldn't give it more than a 2.5,
    and only that high to make room for several that are worse.

    I noticed a lot of the lowest scores are around 5 and 6. I was expecting
    most to be around 2 or 3.

    Yep. If your worst episode scores in the top 50% you must be doing
    something right.



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  • From Daniel@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Aug 17 12:11:34 2025
    Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> writes:

    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no one >> has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In this
    video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, the
    illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, cringe- >> worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you wonder how they
    ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready to blast off into the
    world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a tossup >> between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Catching up on all my favorite NG's and replying. This one is a heavy question. I will spend some leisure time over the next few days going
    over the episodes list, watching the ones I suspect qualify, and will
    reply. I am not reading the other replies to prevent the influence of
    other opinions.

    D

    Shore Leave

    I loved this episode as a child. A local broadcast station has star trek
    every night, and it was playing one night some months ago. It started
    okay, but then the it turned dumb really fast. The acting wasn't too
    bad, tho. They did what they could for a budget saving episode.

    It is also obvious that many of the writers of that era served during
    the big war. Many stories are influenced by it.

    D

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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Aug 17 17:24:17 2025
    In article <87o6ser92h.fsf@rpi3>, me@sc1f1dan.com wrote:

    Shore Leave

    I loved this episode as a child. A local broadcast station has star trek >every night, and it was playing one night some months ago. It started
    okay, but then the it turned dumb really fast. The acting wasn't too
    bad, tho. They did what they could for a budget saving episode.

    It is also obvious that many of the writers of that era served during
    the big war. Many stories are influenced by it.

    I don't think the "War on Drugs" was a thing yet.

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  • From Wouter Valentijn@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Aug 17 18:21:42 2025
    Op 17-8-2025 om 04:11 schreef Daniel:
    Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> writes:

    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Star Trek: The Original Series....why?? Join me as I boldly go where no one >>> has gone before... to the depths af terrible Star Trek episode! In this
    video, I'll be exploring the worst of the worst, the cringe-worthy, the
    illogical, and the just plain bad. Was it a poorly written script, cringe- >>> worthy acting, I'll be diving into the episode that makes you wonder how they
    ever made it to air. So, grab your phaser and get ready to blast off into the
    world of bad Star Trek.

    https://youtu.be/NXSQV1MY5xI?si=DKXkRTenoFW396sG

    Just who does IBDM let vote? This is a middling one. For me, it's a tossup >>> between The Empath and the Halloween ep.

    Catching up on all my favorite NG's and replying. This one is a heavy
    question. I will spend some leisure time over the next few days going
    over the episodes list, watching the ones I suspect qualify, and will
    reply. I am not reading the other replies to prevent the influence of
    other opinions.

    D

    Shore Leave

    I loved this episode as a child. A local broadcast station has star trek every night, and it was playing one night some months ago. It started
    okay, but then the it turned dumb really fast. The acting wasn't too
    bad, tho. They did what they could for a budget saving episode.

    It is also obvious that many of the writers of that era served during
    the big war. Many stories are influenced by it.





    I always thought 'the big war' referred to the First World War.


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    Wouter Valentijn

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