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Bruce from DC

In Reply to: Still miss DS9 posted by padreken on May 30, 2002 at 18:27:14:

The cable network "TNN" (formerly "The Nashville Network" now re-positioned as "The National Network") is stripping TNG except Saturdays, I believe. The usual time is 10:00 or 11:00 p.m. Eastern.
I had a hard time connecting with DS9 -- it seemed like each actor was trying to outdo the other in the intensity of his/her display of "attitude" starting with Avery Brooks. As for "Voyager," it reminded me of nothing so much as "Ding Dong School" (an educational TV program I remember from the mid 1950s) in a spaceship. First we had spaceship captain as swashbuckler (Capt. Kirk); then we had spaceship captain as Renaissance man (Capt. Picard) and with Voyager we had spaceship captain as Elementary School Principal (Capt. Janeway). Yech!
I stumbled into "Enterprise" the other night. It was ok and, if I surfed into it again, I would watch it. I kind of like Scott Bakula. (I'm well past the time when I am willing, or, in most cases able, to schedule my time for any television program. One of these days, I'll pop for a Replay TV or a Tivo machine so I always have something decent to watch when the mood strikes me.)

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Re: Still miss DS9 - padreken 11:59:41 05/31/02 (1)
The videophile in me is very dissapointed in TNG on TNN-it could be my local cable feed, but the picture is very grainy. The cropped picture to fit in the TNN logo & crawl at the bottom of the screen bugs me, too.
I agree with your comments about Avery Brooks-I almost gave up on DS9 about halfway through the 1st season. I think the series found its legs by the 3rd season, with the addition of TNG characters like Worf and Ensign O'Brien.
I'll have to give Enterprise another go. Love the Janeway/school principal comparison!
- Re: I wouldn't know, Ken - Bruce from DC 15:23:24 05/31/02 (0)
  I'm still watching through 27" NEC set that is, I think about 13 or 14 years old (I forget). Great set though. One of these days it will die (the picture tube gradually is producing less output). Having looked at replacements, my wife and I have decided that plasma screen is the only way to go for a large format set. The other are either too bulky, don't look good, except at precise angles (RPTVs) or both. Of course, the plasmas come in at about $7K, so you can see why we're postponing.
  Not ready to weigh in in favor of Enterprise; but, unlike Voyager, the first viewing was not an immediate turn-off.

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