what are you watching?

I have no tv, since the last one died, but I stream stuff, now and then. It's enough, honestly.

Just coming to the end of Star Trek, Strange New Worlds, super impressed! Have really liked it. 

I have not watched the latest Fargo, seen the others, so probably will.

Endeavour was fantastic, one of my favourites  

And now I've discovered the fan-made series, 'Star Trek Continues' on YouTube. 

Very impressive. But then I thought, probably makes more sense if you've seen the original series, so... 

Yeah. I sense some Star Trek immersion coming on.

I liked Deep Space Nine, when young, but Enterprise I liked more. Voyager was rubbish, imo. 

interesting! I had a hard time sticking with DS9 and Enterprise, although I like Scott Baculla, but loved Janeway and her Voyager. Maybe it was the casting and the stories. So far this new one, SNW, will become my fav!

It was also a female/race issue - '60s 'n all.

Uhane said:

    Do you like history or creative writing. I am trying out writing sci fi stories, myself. Its exciting but also a bit frustrating as I dont really know the nuts and bolts.

History, yes. I am writing my 2nd book - which doesn't seem like a real thing to me, yet, there it is. 

I can't write fiction - amazed by people who can! 

Writing Sci-fi stories would be so cool! 

Uhane said:

I believe that in the original casting they had wanted to put Uhura as the captain but the network put the kibosh on it

Yeah, they weren't into that, by all accounts - I read that they thought it 'esoteric' to have a woman in a leadership role on the show. 

That was then, I guess. Uhura was still an amazing role model imo.

I very much like the new strange new worlds as it balances the tone of TOS and our new worldview, whihc is significantly different than the one TOS was spawned from. I believe that in the original casting they had wanted to put Uhura as the captain but the network put the kibosh on it but gave her as central a role as they dared: it was the middle of a violent civil rights movement in the US at the time. I like watching old shows like this for the window into what the dominant social values were and how they changed.

    Do you like history or creative writing. I am trying out writing sci fi stories, myself. Its exciting but also a bit frustrating as I dont really know the nuts and bolts.

they do look wonderful all prettied up!

Now watching TOS, I've seen some, but not all, before, now on S2. 

Digitally remastered, looks great. I'm aware of how influential it's been on the genre, and it's pretty awesome imo, sometimes funny, some outdated attitudes, but mostly, as I understand it, at the behest of the studio.

It would have been amazing to have a female No.2 from the beginning, as originally envisioned - I'm glad to see her back in SNW (and not turned into a nurse )

It was also a female/race issue - '60s 'n all.

Uhane said:

    Do you like history or creative writing. I am trying out writing sci fi stories, myself. Its exciting but also a bit frustrating as I dont really know the nuts and bolts.

History, yes. I am writing my 2nd book - which doesn't seem like a real thing to me, yet, there it is. 

I can't write fiction - amazed by people who can! 

Writing Sci-fi stories would be so cool! 

Uhane said:

I believe that in the original casting they had wanted to put Uhura as the captain but the network put the kibosh on it

Yeah, they weren't into that, by all accounts - I read that they thought it 'esoteric' to have a woman in a leadership role on the show. 

That was then, I guess. Uhura was still an amazing role model imo.

I very much like the new strange new worlds as it balances the tone of TOS and our new worldview, whihc is significantly different than the one TOS was spawned from. I believe that in the original casting they had wanted to put Uhura as the captain but the network put the kibosh on it but gave her as central a role as they dared: it was the middle of a violent civil rights movement in the US at the time. I like watching old shows like this for the window into what the dominant social values were and how they changed.

    Do you like history or creative writing. I am trying out writing sci fi stories, myself. Its exciting but also a bit frustrating as I dont really know the nuts and bolts.

they do look wonderful all prettied up!

Now watching TOS, I've seen some, but not all, before, now on S2. 

Digitally remastered, looks great. I'm aware of how influential it's been on the genre, and it's pretty awesome imo, sometimes funny, some outdated attitudes, but mostly, as I understand it, at the behest of the studio.

It would have been amazing to have a female No.2 from the beginning, as originally envisioned - I'm glad to see her back in SNW (and not turned into a nurse )