TA's Star Trek Journey Explained

@7:17 I might add a disclaimer to your position on knowing things the characters don't know. Alfred Hitchcock's infamous 'Time Bomb Under the Table' scenario can build amazing tension, because the viewer does know the bomb is there, is ticking and can go off, but the characters don't. But that scenario has to be done extremely well for it to pay off. Pity they didn't use it better in 'Elaan of Troyius', but it could be very dramatic if done well..

I will always think of you guys as one of the highlights of my retirement. I enjoy spending time with friends and family, working my funky part time job in New York's West Village, yet I always get a little thrill when I get my notification that you've dropped another reaction. Even when I can't stand the episode, like the most recent Paradise, I enjoy hearing what you guys have to say and maybe appreciate things just a little bit more because of it. Here's to ya!

I was 10 in 1990 when my mum first got me into Star Trek, she'd loved it since she was a teenager when it was first on tv. TOS was just beginning another rerun on UK terrestial tv at the time. I actually saw The Cage first, before The Man Trap the following week. I gradually got into the later shows but not in order, first Voyager, then DS9, then TNG, and more recently the other shows.

When you made this last year who would have thought that you would by now know so much about Cardassians and Bajorans, two words you'd never even heard of at the time, well obviously us as fans we knew you would, but you couldn't have imagined it lol.

Read it as "TAS Star Trek Journey" and was wondering why we're back to The Animated Series again...

I came into this journey with you all in the third season of TNG, first on YT, then on Patreon (in the fourth season). I’m planning on going back and watching the reactions beginning with “The Man Trap” up to when I started watching the full reactions with you in TNG season 4. I’m a lifelong Trekkie since around 1974/1975 when I was in first grade and the Animated Series is on. So, it’s exciting to re-experience this entire journey again with you guys.

Sharing this journey with you has been quite an adventure. A little sliver on the yardstick of my life. Thank you so much for being there..

6 movies later

Would be great to know what your backstorys are. How you met? Do you have day jobs? How do you find time to watch all this stuff? Etc.... Just a thought 🤔

you guys are so great! i knew most of what you explained, but still found it enlightening and entertaining - in addition to your friendship, what i like best about your channel is your intelligent, coherent explanations and reviews - also your enthusiasm - and it doesn't hurt that i agree with you re Wrath of Kahn - lol - take care

I found it very interesting that a lot of people claim to not like Melora. A bit of me was thinking it was due to people hedging their bets and thinking you guys wouldn't enjoy it and preemptively jumping on the hate bandwagon. For me, this explains why people weren't saying what they hated about it. I'm with you guys, I think Melora was really good as a self-contained episodic TV show.

And you're still not even halfway through!