Is there any equivalent to the Star Trek viewing party sub yet? I’m watching through Next Gen right now and reading through each episode’s thread afterwards is pretty enjoyable. There isn’t enough love for TOS on that sub though

  • crazycanadianloon@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I feel like with this instance being this small right now, it would probably not be best use of resources to create a community just for a handful of people that would do it. It might work if you can guarantee like 30 people will engage during the 40-ish minutes of an episode. For now, wouldn’t it be better to test interest by creating your own viewing party posts in the main !startrek community and go from there?

    • kd637_mi@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      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

      • crazycanadianloon@startrek.websiteEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I don’t think you can go wrong with either one! I love TNG and rewatch it constantly. You’re right that TOS has fewer takers but I’m sure there will be some who will want to re-watch to refresh their memories on the details of the episodes. My partner and I rewatched Balance of Terror, the Cage, Arena, and Space Seed because of SNW. I’m sure others wouldn’t be here if we weren’t down to discuss any Trek in some way.

        • kd637_mi@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
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          1 year ago

          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.