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Originally Posted by Astra

Nothing ever happens I hear they go to planets but I never see any.

That was always something that bothered me about Star Trek in general, and why it took so long for it to catch on. The action was sparse, stiff and poorly-chreographed. That's what I suspected the original to be like, but if you say that's not the case, then? I'm open to it! As I said, I really loved the movies. (except the fifth one) And even the more recent J.J. Abrams stuff. I used to think those would alienate the purists with their many adrenaline-fueled sequences, nice to see someone with a level head about it. What about Discovery, then? That show's budget is enormous, it's gorgeous to look at, loaded with all of that wonderful future-y theoretical science, and they don't shy away from violence at all. They rack up quite a body count, actually. It's probably not quite as whimsical as I imagine the original series to be, but they go to places and do some pretty wild stuff. Things really pick up and it's a ride.

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You bought the figures single, without any bricks? My figures came with the sets and they all have the same grabbing hands so they can hold phaser and communicator. No salute hand.

There aren't too many singles, right now just Kirk, Spock, Picard, and Data. Oh, and a Borg Drone. I'd like to see them put out more sets in general, but Mega distributes their stuff a bit more slowly than Lego. I think the Spock figures are mostly identical, here's my salute one for reference:





Civility rarely survives first contact with the Covenant, good thing they brought a red shirt!

And yes, we started with the Doctor's RTD run, Eccleston and Tennant. Things picked up for me once Matt Smith showed up being all eccentric and amusing, when the budget kicked in. But I enjoyed Tennant's run, as well. Twitch is streaming a seven week marathon for the entire series right now, but they're still on the early stuff. Bleh.

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Originally Posted by Astra

Oh boy, now you're putting pressure on me! Of course I have favorites but I'm a girl, you're a guy, they may not appeal to you?

Pffffft, horsefeathers and poppycock! Good stories transcend gender interests. My female friends mostly connect to the same science fiction stories and games that I do. Our relative comfort in trading perspectives on who we banged in Mass Effect is how I knew that my girlfriend was the one for me.
Give me the good stuff, my favorite narratives are all the ones that engage me emotionally. I'm fun like that.
Sorry this is all so lengthy, didn't mean to hijack the thread but they give us like no room in our forum PM boxes.