# Kids have started watching Star Trek TOS and like it **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732 "2012-06-10T15:28:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/101 "2012-06-22T17:29:45Z")
It is implied that there is some sort of subspace telepathy with Vulcans. Remember that Spock “felt” when the spaceship of Vulcans was eaten. (The Immunity Syndrome) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/102 "2012-06-22T19:08:01Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Remember that Spock “felt” when the spaceship of Vulcans was eaten. Not _eaten_, Johnny. _Consumed._ For their _energy._😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/103 "2012-06-22T19:21:08Z")
That counts as eaten. By a giant space amoeba. Named Phil. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/104 "2012-06-22T20:45:14Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > What, just because he no longer has a wife, you think he can’t get any? Part of Spock’s backstory is that human women at the academy were essentially throwing themselves at him, as he was so hard to get, and that creates a challenge. (And, in the new continuity, apparently Uhura succeeded.) > > In other words, Spock only went back to Vulcan because he was married and didn’t want to commit adultery. > > Voyager even adds a bit to the story, showing an unmarried Vulcan (not Tuvok) who, because he was going through pon farr, wound up mind melding with a human-klingon hybrid and putting her in a temporary pon farr. Enterprise kinda messes with this though, as T’Pal has a pon farr, too, so apparently it’s not always induced. Maybe they just induce to synchronize, but that means that Spock’s wife was not chosen because their pon farr coincided. Voyager is as non-canonical as Enterprise, which is as non-canonical as the porn I wrote in 9th grade making Uhura and Sulu lesbian lovers. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/105 "2012-06-22T21:13:53Z")
It’s awesome that the next generation is enjoying the original. I am starting to fill in the gaps in my ST viewing. I never saw the last two seasons of TNG, or the last few seasons of Voyager, or any of DS9. I’ve seen all of TOS and Enterprise. Netflix has all the series on instant watch, so I’ve started TNG from the beginning, and I’ll start DS9 at some point. Then I may have to finish out Voyager, because I’ve become a completist. Oh, and there’s the animated series, too… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/106 "2012-06-22T21:45:16Z")
Last two seasons of TNG have some of their best. And some of their worst. You must watch all of every Trek. Take notes. Drink heavily. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/107 "2012-06-23T02:33:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Voyager is as non-canonical as Enterprise, which is as non-canonical as the porn I wrote in 9th grade making Uhura and Sulu lesbian lovers. Wait, weren’t you just saying in another thread that “female lesbians” was redundant? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/108 "2012-06-23T03:19:51Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Drink heavily. That’s the important part. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/109 "2012-06-23T04:58:32Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Drink heavily. I have seen the ST:Voyager episode, Threshold, so I’m aware of how bad things can get. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/110 "2012-06-23T13:08:08Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I have seen the ST:Voyager episode, Threshold, so I’m aware of how bad things can get. Pretend you’ve already seen it, and drank so heavily that you don’t remember. It is for the best. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/111 "2012-06-23T16:48:14Z")
“Is that a salamander in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? Maximum thrusters, Mr Paris!” “Oh Captain, my captain!” ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/112 "2012-06-23T16:57:57Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > “Is that a salamander in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? Maximum thrusters, Mr Paris!” > > “Oh Captain, my captain!” Finally! This is the episode where we learn of the Fannish mating ritual. I am ready to dock, open the bay doors wide. Full forward thrusters Firing photon torpedos in 3…2…1 KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! Have a clean up crew come to holodeck 3. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/113 "2012-06-23T18:17:16Z")
I remember seeing “Threshold” for the first time last winter. My immediate reaction was, “WTF was _that_ all about?!?” :dubious: 😕 After reading the page devoted to it at Memory Alpha, I realize now it was even more bizarre than I imagined. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/114 "2012-06-23T19:25:45Z")
I preferred the animated ep where Kirk & Co. were turned into newts. [The Ambergris Element](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/The_Ambergris_Element) They got better. yes, I know, not newts, rather “water breathers.” But it works as a joke for geeks because of Monty Python and Trekkie-ism. Trekker -ists are an odd lot ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732/115 "2012-06-24T03:40:29Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I preferred the animated ep where Kirk & Co. were turned into newts. [The Ambergris Element](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/The_Ambergris_Element) I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-started-watching-star-trek-tos-and-like-it/624732.md?page=5)