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Analysing the Star Trek: TNG episode Tapestry

7 points by coderdude 16y ago

bartonfink 16y ago
I always thought TNG was really first-rate television, and episodes like this still choke me up a bit. This is probably because I was just an impressionable kid when these aired live (I was born in the early '80's), but TNG did a tremendous amount to shape what I wanted to be when I grew up and the sort of world I wanted to live in. The Inner Life was another great episode, and I tried really hard to write a research paper on Darmok for a linguistics course in college (professor wouldn't go for it). This may very well have been Patrick Stewart's finest work, and I wish there were TV shows that dealt with ideas today in the same way TNG did 20 years ago.
- coderdude 16y ago
  >TNG did a tremendous amount to shape what I wanted to be when I grew up and the sort of world I wanted to live in. Same here. I still watch TNG episodes nearly every single day. You can learn a lot from them and I try to expose others to the "teachings" that can be gleaned from the show. Always like to see another huge fan who feels the same way I do. By the way, it's The Inner Light. Sorry, huge TNG fan that just couldn't resist. :)
  - bartonfink 16y ago
    You're right - sorry. Been up for two days taking care of a sick puppy...
thristian 16y ago
A friend recently introduced me to Star Trek: TNG, after decades of it being mysterious pop-culture in the periphery of my experience. Rather than watch the whole seven seasons, he picked out about one season's worth of episodes from across the entire run: http://wiki.thorx.net/wiki/TNG:Condensed I haven't watched them all yet, but Tapestry is very definitely one of the highlights.
- coderdude 16y ago
  If you want to watch them with convenience check out: http://www.youtube.com/user/bluesmoon#p/p http://www.youtube.com/user/bluesmoon#p/p Seasons 1-3 got deleted but 4-7 are still there. Happy watching.
  - thwarted 16y ago
    I believe http://www.allstepisodes.com/ http://www.allstepisodes.com/ is pretty comprehensive, and has all episodes.
- thwarted 16y ago
  That's a damn good list. Chain of Command is also one of my favorites, as is The Drumhead. I find it interesting how much of the political and social issues portrayed in TNG still seem to be talking about today, not just 20 years ago.

7 points by coderdude 16y ago

I always thought TNG was really first-rate television, and episodes like this still choke me up a bit. This is probably because I was just an impressionable kid when these aired live (I was born in the early '80's), but TNG did a tremendous amount to shape what I wanted to be when I grew up and the sort of world I wanted to live in. The Inner Life was another great episode, and I tried really hard to write a research paper on Darmok for a linguistics course in college (professor wouldn't go for it). This may very well have been Patrick Stewart's finest work, and I wish there were TV shows that dealt with ideas today in the same way TNG did 20 years ago.

coderdude 16y ago
>TNG did a tremendous amount to shape what I wanted to be when I grew up and the sort of world I wanted to live in. Same here. I still watch TNG episodes nearly every single day. You can learn a lot from them and I try to expose others to the "teachings" that can be gleaned from the show. Always like to see another huge fan who feels the same way I do. By the way, it's The Inner Light. Sorry, huge TNG fan that just couldn't resist. :)
- bartonfink 16y ago
  You're right - sorry. Been up for two days taking care of a sick puppy...

thristian 16y ago

A friend recently introduced me to Star Trek: TNG, after decades of it being mysterious pop-culture in the periphery of my experience. Rather than watch the whole seven seasons, he picked out about one season's worth of episodes from across the entire run: http://wiki.thorx.net/wiki/TNG:Condensed I haven't watched them all yet, but Tapestry is very definitely one of the highlights.

coderdude 16y ago
If you want to watch them with convenience check out: http://www.youtube.com/user/bluesmoon#p/p http://www.youtube.com/user/bluesmoon#p/p Seasons 1-3 got deleted but 4-7 are still there. Happy watching.
- thwarted 16y ago
  I believe http://www.allstepisodes.com/ http://www.allstepisodes.com/ is pretty comprehensive, and has all episodes.
thwarted 16y ago
That's a damn good list. Chain of Command is also one of my favorites, as is The Drumhead. I find it interesting how much of the political and social issues portrayed in TNG still seem to be talking about today, not just 20 years ago.