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?

    • Sisko Urso
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      2125 days ago

      Really? But it’s been a long road gettin from there to here….

    • @[email protected]
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      524 days ago

      I love it.

      It’s absolutely NOT Star Trek, and whoever decided that it would match a series of Star Trek is a moron…but for a standard sci-fi show it’s a good song choice.

      • @[email protected]
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        022 days ago

        I tried Enterprise back when it came out and I was out after a couple episides. I just couldn’t do it

        • @[email protected]
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          022 days ago

          Oh, Enterprise is pretty poor. There were some solid ideas, but at the time it was just too big a departure from Star Trek for it to be taken seriously.

          Now, if Enterprise were the lead-up to First Contact, the intro would make sense as it would be an early prequel to everything…

      • Sisko Urso
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        425 days ago

        The end credits song were originally suppose to be the intro song but was changed last minute.

        • @[email protected]
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          124 days ago

          [citation needed]

          I’ve read the exact opposite, that they always wanted a pop song for the credits, but nearly waffled on it just before it aired.

    • Corgana
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      324 days ago

      It’s vile.

      …bubbly and cloying and happy.

    • @[email protected]
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      24 days ago

      I can understand not vibing with the song, but the montage and what it represents is peak Trek to me. I love it to death.

    • Stepos Venzny
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      225 days ago

      There is something about my hatred for the Enterprise intro which compels me to endure it.

      • @[email protected]
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        725 days ago

        Is it a weird guilt thing?

        I hated that song when the programme was new, but now I feel guilty about it, because someone was trying their best, and they wrote, re-wrote, edited and worked on that song and for every instrument and vocal, someone practised and practised and performed, and even if it wasn’t quite to my taste, it doesn’t mean it was bad, and I picture them still crying themselves to sleep at night, twenty years later, going “everyone hates the song I did for Star Trek Enterprise and now I hate myself”, so I make sure to watch the full intro so I don’t hurt their feelings.

        That’s what everyone else does too, right?

        • @[email protected]
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          225 days ago

          I watched the intro during the first season of every series. After that I generally skipped the intro. I found out they actually re-recorded/remixed the Enterprise intro somewhere late in the series when I was late to click the skip intro button. It still sucks and I hate it.

    • @[email protected]
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      25 days ago

      That song actually has three full verses, only the first is used for the intro credits

    • @[email protected]
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      224 days ago

      Yeah, I actually MISS intros on shows that don’t have them. I forget when in the 2000’s or 2010’s they started that, but it aggravated me almost as much as the cutback from 20+ episodes a season to fewer.

  • originalucifer
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    1225 days ago

    I was just complaining that ds9 has a 90+ second intro… it’s just too much

    • @[email protected]
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      625 days ago

      It’s a snooze-fest! Slow panning shots for 75 seconds until the wormhole opens briefly. Low-tempo, gentle music. You ride a slow moving elevator to arrive at the show’s content matter.

    • Corgana
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      424 days ago

      Yes I actually think DS9 has the best intro overall… but it is also the one I skip most often for the reason you give.

      • originalucifer
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        324 days ago

        ya know, youre absolutely right. when im in the mood it is absolutely beautiful.

        • Corgana
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          424 days ago

          I just love when the station appears on screen so small, alone in deep space with the lone french horn playing… then suddenly it flashes up close! And we see a flurry of activity! It reminds me of a whale fall or some other deep sea island of life.

  • @[email protected]
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    825 days ago

    Even skipped it back in the days when we were recording TNG episodes on tape. Fast forward and a magical chant of ‘Gene, Gene, Gene…’ to ensure stopping at Gene Roddenberry’s name as it indicated the end of the intro

  • hendrik
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    825 days ago

    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 😅

  • @[email protected]
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    725 days ago

    When streaming I do because I’m binging, but regardless of how I’m watching I will NEVER skip TNG intros. My god what a masterpiece, even the end credits are just a capstone to perfection.

  • The Picard Maneuver
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    725 days ago

    Usually, but I love the optimistic fanfare of the TNG intro, and it has a habit of drawing me in.

  • String
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    625 days ago

    even when binging I watch the voyager intro every few episodes, I love the music too much

  • katy ✨
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    524 days ago

    never skip the ds9 intro; i’m too busy crying and grandly humming along.

  • Skull giver
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    525 days ago

    I watch every intro/outro about three times every binge session before I get sick of it and skip them. Yes, that includes Enterprise;the intro is fine, haters gonna hate.

    • @[email protected]
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      Same except the Enterprise intro, which is objectively terrible, and you know it in your heart of hearts