r/startrek: The Next Generation
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I mean, I get it. For bingewatching to be effective such option must exist. But I just can't imagine to skip Star Trek intros. It's part of the anticipation, the joy, the ritual. What about you? Do you skip intros?
Only so I don't have to turn down the volume, and turn it back up when the episode starts.
It was fun to watch the Lower Decks intro gradually change over time, especially that shootout that the Cerritos runs away form.
TOS always, the others it depends.
Yeah, I often fall asleep to a TNG playlist where I've selected all the most cozy episodes (e.g., no Borg or "4 lights!" because those are amazing but stressful) but being jolted wide awake by that jarringly loud intro music is less fun than nodding off to Picard romancing Lwaxana with Shakespeare quotes.
It depends. I have a ritual of watching a Star Trek series start to finish with my kids when they're around 10-12. Currently watching Voyager season 5 with my 10 year old and we do savour that intro occasionally but not always. I'd say maybe one in five times we'll watch it.
It's a long intro at nearly two minutes but it's such a good one. Great music, great graphics, super setting.
SPACE . . .
🎶🎶 It's been a long road... 🎶🎶
If it’s Enterprise? Definitely. Or I mute it.
I will watch the intro once.
Only Enterprise lol
I was just complaining that ds9 has a 90+ second intro.. it's just too much
even when binging I watch the voyager intro every few episodes, I love the music too much
Usually, but I love the optimistic fanfare of the TNG intro, and it has a habit of drawing me in.
You don't skip the Enterprise intro?
It's been a long time...
What have I done
Rarely. A good intro gives me a moment to set aside real-life worries and get into the right mindset to enjoy the show. TNG, DS9, VOY, and SNW are all bangers.
For binge-watching yes. If I'm in the mood and it's the one off occasion that I'm re-watching some old episode (or the newest one of the week), then of course not 😅
Yes. Almost every time.