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Groundhog Day

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Groundhog Day

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Hahaha. I'm now thinking of my question in that context and it makes this whole thing so much funnier.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Source, please?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Agreed. I'd say that Nemesis theme with Blue Skies is a close second. "A New Ending"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Now I have the ahhh ahhh in my head again. I like the OG opening, but hate the choral part.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Hear, hear!!

I realize I'm not adding much value by saying this, but... I still wanted to support this with a comment and not just an upvote.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

So very true. Such a great episode!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

This is beautiful! I love data and I'm delighted you were inspired by my post to gather the data.

Thank you for doing this!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I'm not sure. Perhaps "Captain and Crew Test" isn't the right way to look at it either. ST:LD seems to do a good job of not focusing too much on one story or character per episode, so it avoids failure even if every character is "the captain".

There would have to be some way of reworking the criteria to evaluate overall balance (as mentioned elsewhere in this thread) rather than just Captain and Crew, I guess.

Regardless, that's a really good question. Hmmmm

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I like that idea. It measures the depth/breadth of the world-building that way too.

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You've heard of the "Bechdel-Wallace test" and its potential value to some people in measuring various media in a given context.

I propose a measure we'll call the "Captain and Crew Test"....

I was enduring -- yes, that's the word I'll choose -- an episode of a certain Trek show and found myself thinking that I seem to enjoy Star Trek shows where the captain isn't the center of attention for the continued story, rather the crew as a whole (including the captain as professionally and relatively required) works together on the story of the day or is portrayed in multiple dimensions without the commanding officer present.

So, here's my attempt at codifying this "Captain and Crew Test":

  • The episode/show has to have at least two crew members (i.e. not the captain) essential to the story,
  • who interact with each other without the captain,
  • about the story without specific direction from the captain

I think these "rules" could use some adjustment and addition, but I think you get what I'm proposing/suggesting/inciting.

UPDATE 2024-07-04 04:35:34 UTC: Check out the quick and amazing work by @[email protected] to compile a subset of the percentage of lines for each character in a few Star Trek shows.

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Happy First Contact Day! (startrek.website)
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Happy First Contact Day!

LLAP

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