A fond TBBS memory...

[Volpone]

Don't know if anyone else remembers this, but back when "Enterprise" was on TV TBBS poster Ptrope came up with an idea for an April Fool's Day prank. They had a rerun for April 1 so he gathered up a handful of confederates to do "live running commentary" on an unexpected (and totally fake) new episode, introducing the Romulans. He called the episode "The Interregnum" and it was a great deal of fun. I even came of with a sketch of the captured Romulan's uniform (it was part TOS Romulan, part Boba Fett, with a Judge Dredd style helmet thrown in for good measure). It was a lot of fun and annoyed the crap out of a fair number of people, who were frantically trying to tune in for a Romulan story that was far cooler than anything Berman and Braga could every have come up with.

It was also a lot of fun "livestreaming" "reactions." Very improv. Someone would say something and someone else would expand on it. I wonder if the thread is still there. It was a much better episode than any other Enterprise episode.

 

[Aquehonga]

@Volpone , they're ALL humorless closet boys on TrekBBS!

I think@this point TrekBBSers aren't simply living in their parents' basements , but are VERY HAPPILY living in the CRAWL SPACE in their parents' basements.

 

[Parallaxis]

Is that thread not there anymore? Is it on Wayback?

I remember that I used to have a giant C-Band satellite dish and I'd get Enterprise episodes early. (You could watch the episodes they'd beam to local TV stations for recording.) And it was a race to see which C-Band user could post their review first. I think Dennis Bailey was another one posting early C-Band reviews.