{"id":26807,"date":"2012-03-02T21:29:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T04:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/02\/so-what-should-we-watch-next.html"},"modified":"2013-06-04T08:44:58","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T14:44:58","slug":"so-what-should-we-watch-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/02\/so-what-should-we-watch-next.html","title":{"rendered":"So, what should we watch next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;ve been slowly moving through &quot;Star Trek&quot; (The Original Series) with my 11-year-old daughter (my wife in tow, rolling her eyes at the appropriate moments), in order to most properly inculcate her with geek cred &#8230; and, if nothing else, helping her recognize the source of so many of my day-to-day phrases and references.<\/p>\n<p>But we&#39;re steadily moving through the third season, and I need to look to the future. What should I start <s>forcing<\/s> <s>coercing<\/s> <s>requiring<\/s> setting the stage for her to be watching next?  Options that have been raised:<\/p>\n<p>1. The &quot;Star Trek&quot; movies &#8230; at least through #4. [won&#39;t last long]<br \/>2. &quot;Star Trek: The Next Generation&quot; [a bit lengthy, and with plenty of duds]<br \/>3. &quot;Babylon 5&quot;<br \/>4. &quot;Farscape&quot;<br \/>5. The James Bond movies.<\/p>\n<p>Other suggestions, or comments on the above?  #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fthumb%2F2%2F2d%2FST_TOS_Cast.jpg%2F250px-ST_TOS_Cast.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series'>Star Trek: The Original Series &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[edit] Creation and development. In 1964, Gene Roddenberry, a longtime fan of science fiction, drafted a proposal for a science-fiction television series that he called Star Trek. This was to be set o&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;ve been slowly moving through &quot;Star Trek&quot; (The Original Series) with my 11-year-old daughter (my wife in tow, rolling her eyes at the appropriate moments), in order to most properly inculcate her with geek cred &#8230; and, if nothing else, helping her recognize the source of so many of my day-to-day phrases and references. But &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/02\/so-what-should-we-watch-next.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;So, what should we watch next?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,362,23,360,40],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-26807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-tv-babylon-5","category-parenting","category-media-tv-star-trek","category-media-tv","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24367,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/08\/star-trek-vs-star-wars.html","url_meta":{"origin":26807,"position":0},"title":"Star Trek vs Star Wars","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 8-Dec-11 6:13pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Cracked (http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_19612_star-wars-vs-star-trek-objective-analysis.html) #ddtb","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26846,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/05\/victoria-star-trek-we-are-amused.html","url_meta":{"origin":26807,"position":1},"title":"Victoria Star Trek &#8211; we are amused","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 5-Mar-12 11:56am","format":false,"excerpt":"Some are better than others, but it's a lovely concept. #ddtb Embedded Link Victorian Star Trek","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":558,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/09\/19\/the_reason.html","url_meta":{"origin":26807,"position":2},"title":"The Reason","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 19-Sep-01 4:20pm","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Next on SciFi: At 6, Star Trek. 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