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I assume we have Star Trek fans here and it's ok to post opinions.
I've been slowly rewatching Star Trek: Voyager this year after finishing (and loving) DS9. 
I did watch Voyager during it's original TV run.  My opinion of the show was always negative.  My original opinion of DS9 was "good but not great", but after a modern re-watch, I moved it into a solid "great".  So I figured that Voyager needed a re-evaluation.  Maybe my opinion was clouded by the fact that I had newborn babies back then, and fatigue and the hectic nature of life clouded my feelings.
I've made it to season 3.  So far, the show is actually worse than I remember.  I have no complaints about the actors or characters.  They all seem fine.  Props to Tim Russ, who really does an excellent job with the difficult task of portraying a Vulcan.  Robert Picardo as the holographic doctor is also a stand-out.  Essentially, it's the writing that I don't like.  It's so lazy and predictable.  They are trying to get home, yet they constantly meander all over the place for various nonsensical reasons.
To go a little deeper, last night I watched the cliffhanger/conclusion episodes "Basics part 1 and 2".  They were OK.  Kind of interesting.  But there are HUGE wasted opportunities.  <SPOILER ALERTS>. 
Suder dies.  Why?  He just became a very interesting character.  Imagine them keeping him as their "fixer" for future episodes where some heavy handed violence is needed.  Wasted opportunity.  Chakotay's baby - Surprise!  It's not his baby!  Why not?  Imagine the opportunities to explore that storyline of raising that child on the ship.  The spirit of Chakotay's father made a compelling argument for that baby...and then they just drop it????  Lazy writing. Seska just drops dead.  What?  There's no comeuppance there at all.  Don't we deserve better? Sadly, I can nitpick most of the episodes in a similar fashion up to this point.  In many cases, it's almost a "Gilligan's Island" syndrome where they stupidly waste an opportunity to get home for some ridiculous reason.  Example, that episode with the trapped Q.  RickR's suggested dialogue:  "Before I render my verdict, I request that one or both of you send us home or at least closer to home."   I mean, honestly...the minute a Q shows up, I don't care what you have to do...beg...borrow...steal...just get the Q to snap you home. 

No worries, I'm going to keep watching knowing that it does improve.  And I still love the Star Trek franchise in all it's incarnations.
What do you guys think of Voyager?
 

I recall being super excited for the 2 hour premier on UPN...and then being super let down. I never really watched it after that.
Interestingly, in recent years my wife and I both watched TOS & TNG and my opinions on both flipped. I used to like TNG more, but after re-watching both, I found myself enjoy TOS more. Don't get me wrong. TNG is a fine series with some great episodes, but also a lot of mediocre episodes.
So Rick, how would you rank TOS, TNG and DS9. I didn't get into DS9 originally, but might give it a go later on.

I think that it is one of the better series, post-TOS. You get to feeling for these unfortunate folks that get stranded in the Delta Quadrant, 75 years from home. TOS is still the best series. I also like Enterprise. Those three and the animated 1970s series are the best in the bunch, in my opinion. :O)

Thank you guys, I value your opinions.  There are no wrong answers!
Leaving the modern series out for now (I like those very much as well), here's my ranking:
TOS - I grew up with this, and it still stands up.  I think the character of "Spock" as portrayed by Leonard Nimoy is one of the best characters in all of TV fiction history. DS9 - When it first aired, I hated the religious aspects of this show.  As an older adult, I think it's a lot deeper and more meaningful than I considered.  Avery Brooks as Ben Sisko is absolutely outstanding.  One of my favorite characters in all of Trek.  The father/son relationship of Ben/Jake is subtle but powerful.  The other thing I'll say is that DS9 is consistently good start to finish.  There are a few stinker episodes, of course.  But overall, it's good in every season. TNG - Season 1 is unwatchable IMO.  Things get a lot better after that.  Really good acting.  But there are so many mediocre episodes. TAS - Good stories, but horrendous animation. VOY - As mentioned in my first post.  I will leave Enterprise off for now as it deserves a rewatch too.  Using just my memory of it's initial run, I'll rank it 4.5.
 

OMG, The Visitor has to be the best Star Trek episode ever.  The music for that episode was played with some scenes playing in the background when I went to the Star Trek Ultimate Voyage concert.  I can tell you that I don't think there was a person in that entire theater who didn't at least have wet eyes.  You could hear sobbing as the orchestra played this one.

More on DS9 just because.
My absolute favorite episode of Star Trek (any series) is "The Visitor" (season 4).  It stands alone - you can watch this episode if you've skipped the rest and you won't get lost.  Highly, highly, highly recommended. "In the Pale Moonlight" (Season 6) is another great one.  It's a lot darker than anything on any other series, which was something DS9 could get away with.  "Slippery slope" is the theme, and it's so well done.  But you need to be familiar with what's come before to really enjoy this episode. "Trials and Tribbleations" (season 5).  I can't emphasize this enough -- if you haven't seen this episode GO WATCH IT NOW!  You don't need any background other than TOS, which I assume everyone has.  Klingons!  The Klingons were really fleshed out in DS9.  Worf, Gowron, General Martok.  You'll see the return of Kor/Kang/Koloth (with the same TOS actors!)  Come for the Starfleet, but STAY for the Klingons. Ferengi! TNG invented the Ferengi, but made them silly and ridiculous.  DS9 fleshed them out.  A sign of excellent writing.  If the scene of Quark comparing "hoomans" to root beer doesn't make you stop and think, you aren't paying attention.  
 

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Scramble is a good one, as is Thetris.  Check them out!
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Are you kidding?  I wear these things to be fashionable!
I lied.  I have a pair that I use when emulating the Virtual Boy.  But it doesn't work quite right yet.  I don't think my LCD TV does the colors just right and I need to adjust it somehow. 
These 3D images are pretty fun!  Thanks for posting.
 
 

Took this just now after retrieving from the Drawer beside me. 
 

 
Did a video about my love of 3D way back 11 years ago, early on my Youtube Channel as well. Obviously any info or links are subject to have changed since then. 
 

Well, in that case...
 

 
 
 
 

I thought I'd start a thread for high quality 3D images.  If you would like to see more, please let me know, otherwise this first one will be the last.
 

I thought I'd start a thread for high quality 3D images.  If you would like to see more, please let me know, otherwise this first one will be the last.
 

Well, in that case...
 

 
 
 
 

Well, in that case...
 

 
 
 
 

I thought I'd start a thread for high quality 3D images.  If you would like to see more, please let me know, otherwise this first one will be the last.
 

Well, in that case...
 

 
 
 
 

I thought I'd start a thread for high quality 3D images.  If you would like to see more, please let me know, otherwise this first one will be the last.
 

Like the anaglyph. It just so happens that, ironically, I have a pair of 3D glasses. Nice image. :O)

A poll for TI'ers...

I fully intend to do that. The way we create new Sub Forums is to incubate them inside broader forums until there are enough topics to move over to a new Sub Forum. In this case TI-99/4A topics are posted under "Classic Computing" until there is enough to break them off into their own Sub Forum. 
I like that a lot! Let me work on this and you'll see a new Texas Instruments Sub Forum appear within the next few days.

After giving this more thought, what would be nice would be if the TI-99/4A had it's own heading (not under Classic Computing).  I'm not sure you would be willing to do that though with so little traffic at first.  But IF you did that, It would also be cool to see two pinned threads at the top, "TI GOODIES" and "User's Systems".  For "GOODIES" I would spend the next few weeks (as time allows) populating the section with cool stuff.  I have a vision...

After giving this more thought, what would be nice would be if the TI-99/4A had it's own heading (not under Classic Computing).  I'm not sure you would be willing to do that though with so little traffic at first.  But IF you did that, It would also be cool to see two pinned threads at the top, "TI GOODIES" and "User's Systems".  For "GOODIES" I would spend the next few weeks (as time allows) populating the section with cool stuff.  I have a vision...

My favorite 5200 game is Berzerk.  Second place is Realsports Baseball. 
I haven't had an opportunity to try many homebrews for 5200.  The only one I own is "Tempest", which is excellent.  You let me know if there are any free homebrews out there I should add to my 5200 multi-cart.
 

If you're into the 5200 and like "Homebrews", there is a good chance you have a Multi-Cart or Wafer-Drive (same thing long story), but out of all those games at your fingertips, what is your favorite game?  Can you choose one?
 

Below is a link to my site.   Let me know what you would like to see in a video on, I just might make it!
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