thanks muchly, Midnite! i appreciate your comments, and i've started another thread for us to get to know each other, and to tell you more about my board.
Josette, i think those sites and this one must be set up very differently from the ones i use at EZboard, and i think the terminology we're using is not the same. Vindicator, the EZop (our term for owner) of AllSpark Classic, is well versed in both your type of board and the EZboards, he's a real brain and a heck of a nice guy too, but me? i don't have much experience with the independently operated boards like this one, so forgive me if i give you the wrong info sometimes...
more on that in my thread/topic with Midnite!
i guess the first season of a new show is most difficult, they have to establish so much! after all, it's a whole new world... and when it's a world the viewers are already aware of, like with all the Trekkers out there, the new shows receive even more scrutiny. Hey, we have what, 30 years worth of fans and MANY shows that came before. any new ST show really has to hit the ground running!
i especially like that they are just discovering so many technical ideas and pieces of advanced equipment that we already know about, it adds a nice twist to the stories. but you're right, many of the characters could be stronger and more fleshed out by now, and the stories could be stronger too. it's like they're 3/4 of what i had hoped for, and it's good, but you still know something is missing... maybe by the second season they'll take off. as i remember, when i first saw the "Farpoint" episode that began ST:The Next Generation, i didn't think it was all that great. now that i go back and view it, knowing the characters, the meanings behind what they were doing, etc, i seems great! one of my favorites!
hey, if you guys started out on the scifi boards, how did you end up specifically as DS fans on a separate board? you tell me your story, and i'll tell you mine!
