Star Trek Episodes That PISSED OFF Other Franchises

[@CoolPaDuke]

James Bond: Star Trek stole our idea! Casablanca: Star Trek stole our idea! Sherlock Holmes: Star Trek stole our idea! Jurassic Park: Why won't Star Trek steal our idea?

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

_“It’s an LCARS system… I know this!”_

[@jorgepeterbarton]

Cheers: Star Trek stole our idea! But Morn was an exceptional character so we dont mind

[@claytonberg721]

Also they've done... two seven samurai episodes. One on DS9 and one on Enterprise.

[@daveroche6522]

Paramount: "We offer them peace AND THEY BLATENTLY DEFILE THAT PEACE"...

[@stevearmstrong9213]

I wish they could have got him to shut up, though. When Morn was around, nobody could get a word in edgeways.

[@brianartillery]

I can still remember the huge cheer that went up in the cinema, when the EMH popped up in 'Star Trek: First Contact'.

[@dompuma9620]

Same here. Good times.

[@imranbecks]

"I'm a doctor. Not a doorstop."

[@joelellis7035]

Bill Mumy was also on the DS-9 rival show, Babylon 5, at the same time

[@angryretailbanker5103]

@@joelellis7035 Oh that's right! As Lennier!

[@alm2187]

And Chekov and Bester have the same...what was it again, @@angryretailbanker5103? Oh, right! They're both Walter Koenig! :-D And WK said the growing B5 fandom was the biggest he'd seen since Star Trek. And JMS said the reason both are so popular must be Walter! ;-P

[@bradameerbeg2154]

It’s funny whenever you mention an episode that was apparently “not a fan fav” my immediate response is always “ I liked that episode.”

[@kpowers]

Exactly. It's like these people create these videos and just ask their 5 friends opinions

[@wildkarma]

"Someone said something vaguely not good about this episode one time and others kept repeating what he said, so I guess......"

[@jessegaspard]

Same. 😆

[@p1ssedoffchristof48]

Every episode is gold

[@dogwalker666]

Indeed

[@artembentsionov]

Fun fact: Peter Jurasik (the actor playing Londo on Babylon 5) wrote a book in 1998 called Diplomatic Act. It has aliens kidnapping an actor believing him to be the character he plays on screen. The movie Galaxy Quest came out a year later. As far as I know, Jurasik didn’t try to sue the studio

[@DavidLee-df888]

I have that book somewhere in my stash

[@alphanerd7221]

You can't sue for that. You can't copyright a generic concept. Are the writers fort the Three Amigos going to sue Peter Jusarik after he wins?

[@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy]

@@alphanerd7221 exactly why “ideas are not able to be protected under copyright law.”

[@artembentsionov]

@@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy I guess it depends on how close the plot is to the original

[@KarakTo]

They'll still never name a park after him

[@1leggeddog]

I like Babylon 5 and Star Trek seperately and accept them for what they are

[@AllYouHaveToDoIsBeHonest]

Same, the comment section has descended into madness. It doesn't have to be a competition, lol.

[@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy]

Two great shows with great crossover actors.

[@StockportJambo]

I like that it didn't descend into court battles, because that would have killed both shows. As it was, we got the two greatest scifi shows ever to appear on TV (in my humble opinion, and certainly up to that point). Win. And any similarities were cursory at best. They were completely different in story, style, scope and execution.

[@pllpsy665]

The 2 best SF shows ever.

[@uraharakisuke4131]

@@pllpsy665 The only difference being that B5 was never revisited, Trek habitually is one form or another. Although maybe B5 was following the Vision model and wasn't supposed to last, but I dunno.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Yeah, TNG also copied Enemy Mine when Geordi and a Romulan were stranded.

[@VocalClassics]

They certainly weren't being subtle about it, either--they called the episode The Enemy! :)

[@krane15]

Then again, there was Kirk and the Gorn.

[@johntabler349]

Hell in the Pacific 1968, noone is being completely original here

[@tobyclayton2597]

Doesn't Enemy Mine take its plot from Robinson Crusoe?

[@markevans2294]

There's also the UFO episode "Survival" from 1970.

[@batgurrl]

First Contact was a truly weak case. Trek had been using that term for years. So glad Paramount won. You told him about the statue was a line I still love.

[@LucyLynette]

"You told him about the statue" is great. My favorite line from First Contact is "Something called tequila."

[@sgt.tackleberry8752]

Fist Contact sounds like an adult parody. :D

[@minicle426]

Fist Contact? Isn't that also known as 'The Sisko Maneuver?" :P

[@batgurrl]

@@LucyLynette 😂Deanna got SO drunk.

[@RichO1701e]

@@LucyLynette "This is no time to argue about time! We don't have the TIME!" - passes out

[@georgehill8285]

What about that Babylon 5 blooper where Sheridan asks “Where’s General Hague” and Bruce McGill says “General Hague is doing Deep Space 9?”

[@robertnett9793]

Those are the little stories, that make those shows so interesting. Well - wasn't there a time, when Odo lost his power to shapeshift at will? And didn't this story-arc conveniently overlap with a time when DS9 had some financial struggles and couldn't afford expensive CGI-effects?

[@Sovek86]

Oh yeah, that was him in Paradise Lost isnt it?

[@evenmoor]

@@Sovek86 As, ironically, a military flag officer trying to effect a coup against the civilian government with paranoia and xenophobia at play. And in Stargate: SG-1, Robert Foxworth played the civilian leader who was almost overthrown by a military coup! And in Star Trek: Enterprise, he played a Vulcan leader who was trying to subvert the Vulcan government on behalf of the Romulans by starting a war with the Andorians!

[@eschnabel.4665]

Hello there. I have never been bothered by the DS9/B5 controversy. As a viewer, I was fortunate enough to be able to enjoy not one, but two splendid series. As an added bonus, Ronald Moore went from DS9, to Battlestar Galactica. So as a result, I saw three tremendous series. Have a good day.

[@chriszweipunktnull9071]

100 % agreed!

[@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain]

Majel Barrett was classy about it though doing that guest appearance

[@soulcrew1000]

@@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain quite a few trek people in B5.

[@Professor_sckinnctn]

@@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain Majel Barrett was just super classy period!

[@bonghunezhou5051]

@@KCKingdomCreateGreatTrekAgain Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, anyone else?

[@sparrow420500]

"Our man Bashir" was SUCH a good episode!! Totally underrated! But, I think I could say the same for most DS9 episodes

[@JD5DAD]

You mean Babylon 5 LOL

[@alphanerd7221]

Bashir made that show watchable.

[@gothix5868]

@@alphanerd7221 O'Brian made the show watchable. Bashir was just the comic relief. lol

[@uraharakisuke4131]

@@alphanerd7221 Then he aged into a mostly underutilized Ra's

[@alphanerd7221]

@@gothix5868 Impressively backward.

[@jtkirkfan2002]

TNG did an episode that was also very similar to “Enemy Mine” with Geordi and a Romulan trapped on a planet and having to work together to survive.

[@bradfordhatch5085]

True, but imo the differences between that one and Enemy Mine were enough to make that considerably less obvious. With the DS9 episode, it's almost as if they wanted to club the viewer over the head with the similarities.

[@danielcostanza1029]

The Enemy which was a great episode. I really wish they would have followed up on that Centurion Bacra what ever happened to him

[@hansvandermeulen5515]

Darmok, also TNG, is another Enemy Mine episode.

[@JohnDlugosz]

And BattleStar Galactica did it earlier, with Apollo and a Cylon stranded on a planet with an infant human. Episode 6, aired in 1978.

[@jckelly2498]

@@JohnDlugosz and that Cylon was played by Patrick Stewart.

[@AvroBellow]

Wow, I didn't realise that Bill Mumy had such a huge Sci-Fi acting resume. I always knew him as the Minbari named Lennier from Babylon 5.

[@teemusid]

Fish heads, fish heads, roly-poly fish heads......

[@krane15]

Did you notice his cameos in the terrible Lost In Space remakes? The movie and the series.

[@willvgo2950]

The Minbari never tell you the whole story.

[@ala5530]

He was also in the 1990 Captain America film, and the original Twilight Zone

[@jeebuschristos8423]

@@ala5530 He was also in the Twilight Zone reboot (not the most recent one) reprising his original character with his ACTUAL daughter playing his more-powerful daughter...

[@sethmaki1333]

The last time I was this early, the Iconians were still conquering Iccobar.

[@xenorac]

I Understood That Reference.

[@InkySquid17]

@@xenorac Thanks, cap.

[@jamessullivan4391]

You missed the part where your Mom was early.

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

Distant Origin is clearly The Silurians who escaped Earth before the asteroid struck & Jon Pertwee as The Doctor met them in the 1970's!

[@saintofselhurst]

I would've loved more Julian Bashir, Secret Agent and Elim Garak. That's would've been great!

[@quuaaarrrk8056]

Yeah. Honestly, Our Man Bashir is my favourite "Bond movie".

[@StarFleet_Tech1701]

Ah, HoneyBare

[@Dancestar1981]

Definitely

[@jamessullivan4391]

Greatness was your Mom. We all agree.

[@Professor_sckinnctn]

B5 and DS9 were both great shows, loved them both. F the Holmes foundation for their greed.

[@barrymccaulkiner7092]

Convergent evolution is when 2 completely unrelated species develop similar characteristics that do the same function. When Lawyers get involved someone ends up being blamed for copying the other. Lawsuits galore!

[@stevencollins8348]

See Puffins and Penguins

[@nuck97]

"Distant Origin" might just be my favorite Voyager episode.

[@jamessullivan4391]

Fucking congratulations 🎊 !

[@druunderwood5602]

Stargate Atlantis; Pretty sure that was a T-rex!

[@aerisgainsborough2141]

I always enjoyed Displaced...dunno why it just seems like a typical survival episode...

[@jacara1981]

Do you know when Sheridan and Londo first met? They had a layover in Tron lol

[@omf4ever]

Bill Mumy also was Lennier on Babylon 5

[@gilliandrysdale5306]

and Walter Koenig was also in a few DS9 episodes and Michael Ansarra (Kang)

[@omf4ever]

@@gilliandrysdale5306 I think you meant babylon 5

[@gilliandrysdale5306]

@@omf4ever yes I did sorry

[@omf4ever]

@@gilliandrysdale5306 I remember Walter Koenig was Bester in B5 and Michael Ansara was a Tecnomage

[@StockportJambo]

@@omf4ever Bester was the best role Koenig ever had. He was brilliant at it.

[@walterwhitejr.445]

Never felt compelled to re-binge the entirety of DS9. An episode here or there. Re-binging the entirety of Babylon 5, however, happens at least once every two years.

[@JohnnyMcMuff1]

I somewhat remembered "Enemy Mine" back in the days and was confused after watching the TNG Episode "Darmok". It felt so similar that I thought I forgot "Enemy Mine" was just another TNG Episode in the first place.

[@alm2187]

When they were still developing film 8, I read that a story pitch discarded the title Star Trek: Resurrection to allay possible confusion with Alien: Resurrection. (Ready for the irony?) After it came out, I told someone I'd go see First Contact. She asked "is that the one with that chick?" It took a bit to work out she thought I meant Jodi F in the film Contact.

[@Rpu4]

Seeing images from Babylon 5 brought me back to the time when it aired in 1998 in my country. The marketing ploy was: “Another Star trek TV Show.”

[@nitehawk86]

facepalm.jpg

[@krane15]

Without ST TOS there would be no Babylon 5.

[@Rpu4]

True

[@danaripley1200]

Hard to choose. Love both Deep Space 9 and Babylon 5. Watched them religiously back in the day.

[@krane15]

No contest for me. DS-9 by a mile. Then there's Cmdr. Tomalak vs G'kar (Andreas Katsulas)...and Billy Mumy too.

[@CaseyOntiveros]

It was Distant Origin Theory. Not evolution from mammals, but had their origins from a different planet.

[@Tamamo-no-Bae]

Honestly the episode was pretty good, the biggest problem with it was it's depiction of Evolution as being in a straight line, and how one could extrapolate how a being would continue to evolve if it didn't go extinct. That's not how evolution works. Other than that, strong story.

[@joehealy6376]

Babylon 5 is the one that beat First Contact for their SECOND Hugo. Given differences in budget that is a huge achievement. It also was the first to do season and series long story arcs. Season 2 is great, season 3 and 4 are roller coasters rides.

[@Mormielo]

Had B5 been filmed on a higher budget or at a later time it would have been a timeless classic. How it is now, it is just a timeless classic with some cringey aspects to it. DS9 is good, and in reality at the same level, but it was much closer to its maximum potential.

[@Wenchework]

The only onse that won in the DS9 and B5 fight was in realety fans as they got two great shows

[@alphanerd7221]

What shows? Those two suck.

[@Wenchework]

@@alphanerd7221 Well if you don’t like em don’t watch them

[@ottokite]

I think that in the end we were lucky to get both B5 and DS9 - I like them both.

[@alonespirit9923]

Truth. 😊

[@kewlztertc5386]

#5, was also a BattleStar Galactica (1978) plot. Apollo, and a Cylon were stranded on a planet.

[@RichO1701e]

Didn't they redo that episode in the 2004 series where Starbuck cuts into the Cylon ship and pilots it?

[@kewlztertc5386]

@@RichO1701e yes and no. In the 2004, the Cylon was no longer alive or sentient. So they didn't work together, she just salvaged his parts/body.

[@JohnDlugosz]

"Marooned on a frontier planet, *Apollo* befriends a young widow and her son, rallying a town against "Red Eye"- a likewise marooned, yet memory-damaged, Cylon centurion gunslinger. "

[@kewlztertc5386]

@@JohnDlugosz right, it was Apollo!

[@lamueldagon7618]

@@JohnDlugosz I remember that.

[@LearnEnglishCanada]

I am amazed Lost in Space was more popular than Star Trek.

[@filippofittipaldi8050]

Depending on whose count you believe, there are about 36 story plots in literature. It's like a combination lock. Your lock will have some numbers the same as another lock. Supposedly Picasso said bad artist borrow, good artist steal. Everyone gets ideas from somebody else.

[@Primalxbeast]

Enemies ending up forced to work together to survive seems like it would be a common theme.

[@jonesfamily4326]

Depending on whose count you believe, there are about 36 story plots in literature. It's like a combination lock. Your lock will have some numbers the same as another lock. Supposedly Picasso said bad artist borrow, good artist steal. Everyone gets ideas from somebody else.

[@StarFleet_Tech1701]

I like both Babylon 5 and DS9. DS9 doesn't have Shadows or Mr. Morden.

[@nathanielhellerstein5871]

I loves me some Gul Dukat, but Mr. Morden would have him for lunch. Mr. Morden: What do you want? Gul Dukat: Egoboost! Morden to his 'associates': We have our pigeon.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

👋

[@Stingmon21]

Weyoun was Morden, the Dominion was the Shadows.

[@missyprime8198]

"What do you want?"

[@christophhenninger6440]

@@missyprime8198 "Who are you?"

[@VulpesChama]

Which one is better, B5 or DS9? I would say, both are better than the counterpart. Like really, why not simply enjoy both, they are both very, very good. No reason to put one above the other.

[@CommanderM117]

agreed

[@peteryoung4957]

It's amazing the topics you keep coming up with. Love them all .

[@ChevronQ]

this was a wonderful video! I have found a funny correlation in seáns trek culture episodes: the ones where you are on screen are slower pased than the ones where you just narrate :D

[@QuantumRift]

OH yea, when I saw "Dawn", I realized IMMEDIATLY that it was a blatant rip-off of "Enemy Mine"...and thought 1) how could somebody get away with it and 2) why would the Star Trek franchise sanction such a rip off. But then, I remembered the original series episode "Balance of Terror" (1:14) and the submarine movies "Run Silent, Run Deep" and "The Enemy Below" movies.....

[@DemonicBolt66]

Number 5 - the stranded people that have to survive together Star Trek did that like 5+ times before, why was it only an issue now? TNG had it happen TWICE (once with Picard and Dathon, and then with Geordi and a romulan) Voyager had it happen at least once (Chakotey and the kazon teen), DS9 had an episode with that plot (can't remember the details, sorry), and I'm certain TOS had it happen too. Why is that episode the only problem?

[@silvermanemilard]

Absolutely.. The Geordi/Romulan episode in particular, I think.

[@CJ52986]

There was the DS9 episode, "The Ascent", where Quark and Odo crashed on an inhospitable world and had to work together to survive. Not exactly enemies, but we know how Odo and Quark always were towards one another. Plus, there was the episode, "The Waltz" where Sisko and Dukat crash on a world and Dukat loses his mind.

[@willmfrank]

I wonder how the Robert Louis Stevenson estate felt about Star Trek's "Captain Jekyll and Captain Hyde" episode "The Enemy Within."

[@alphanerd7221]

It was already public domain but since they let the Hulk slide I'm sure they were fine with it.

[@glenndjubilee]

I watched B5 and DS9 and liked both. Very similar but they each had nuances that made them unique. Thank you!

[@stevesloan7132]

These were all loving and respectful homages to the original source material. Another would be Voyager's homage to the Flash Gorden and Rocket Man 1930s movie house serials. You know, the monochromatic holo-deck episodes with the primitive robot and the purple "death rays."

[@JohnJ469]

Those were great episodes. Imagine being an actor in a relatively serious show and being given the opportunity to overact like that.

[@phil9947]

It's funny to see a US Court rule on vernacular that would apply to encounters with extraterrestrials.

[@BibleLosophR]

6:00 Distant Origin aired April 30 1997. The novel First Frontier written by Diane Carey and Dr. James I. Kirkland which has a similar premise came out in 1995. Jurassic Park the movie came out in 1993, while the Jurassic Park novel came out 1990.

[@worldwarwitt2760]

I don't remember any shapeshifters in B5, 8:57. I watched the whole series 5 times. Am I forgetting something?

[@doublez3ta]

I was scratching my head about that too. Maybe it was a reference to the Vorlons?

[@lmoore3567]

The B5/DS9 thing is deeper than that.... one should read up on the joint network effort between Paramount and Warner Brothers, and how Berman and the DS9 producers managed to keep a copy of the show bible for B5. It's not a coincidence that Sisko and Sinclair both were chosen ones.

[@SHADOW1414]

Enemy mine is clearly based on Hell in the Pacific, so they can't complain too much.

[@fastd63]

The two enemies trapped and having to work together is one of the oldest tropes in TV.

[@adaptabledisease]

I loved Our man Bashir, ended PERFECTLY. Always wanted to see Bond say, fuck it, just kill em.

[@impossibleego]

“Take a hike “The Notebook”….” I’m dead

[@Keonyn]

Wasn't there also a TNG episode where a Romulan and Geordi are trapped on a planet together and have to help each other? I always felt Dawn was closer to that than Darmok.

[@mfrazer2598]

I just watched Distant Origin Theory an hour before seeing this! It is a great Voyager episode.

[@masere]

How come Paramount weren't sued over the TNG episode "First Contact"?

[@CathrineMacNiel]

probably wasn't big enough for the potential plantiff.

[@RunnerX13]

Episode and movie titles are different. You’re not marketing and selling a single episode name.

[@antoniomastroianni2706]

There are more franchises in Voyager. I remember an episode in two parts, a sort of Back to the future remake (starring Ed Begley jr. as Biff Tannen). Another episode is related to "IT" by Stephen King, where a horryfing clown is taking control of the hologram bridge. Last one, an episode was inspired by "A nightmare on Elm's street", where an alien kills people in their dreams, aliens are very similar ti Freddy. I think there are more.

[@ryansta]

Babylon 5 wins by a mile, so good that DS9 stands above and beyond all the other Star Treks barring the original

[@bradfordhatch5085]

8:55 - I don't remember a shape-changing character appearing on Babylon 5! Who is the narrator talking about?

[@missyprime8198]

He's talking about the pilot episode "The Gathering", the Minbari that tries to assassinate Kosh in the pilot episode was using a changeling net

[@bradfordhatch5085]

@@missyprime8198 Ah. Okay. I was thinking recurring character, and it's been so many years since I've watched Babylon Five that I've all but forgotten that particular episode. Thanks.

[@bradameerbeg2154]

Did no one at Paramount think to remind MGM that they did it own the Spy genre, just James Bond? No? Huh.

[@Dayta]

taking about babylon 5 here is a question open for everyone to jump in ... for me the sound track (music during the episodes) of babylon 5 was a bit too loude all the way through .. thinking about the fact that each episode got its sound track written especiay for this episode i kinde get it they wanted it to stand out but after a while my taste tells me the music is too loude compared to sound effects and vocal channel .. there for does anyone know if the seperate audio lines are available somehow so one might be able to have a lower music volume mixdown ?

[@willvgo2950]

Good luck, Captain, I think you're about to go where everyone has gone before.

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

That means way more than you think it does.

[@willvgo2950]

@@DoremiFasolatido1979 I know exactly what it means.

[@Avigorus]

2:39 ahem one of my favorite jokes is to imply that TNG's season 4, episode 15, titled "First Contact" and revolving around a civilization whose scientists have just barely developed warp tech and the Enterprise is reaching out to those scientists and their top politicians quietly while Riker is trapped in a hospital is secretly a documentary of Earth's real first contact, where it was us that simply were not ready. Yes, First Contact was the name of an episode, even if not the specific story you're referring to lol

[@zxKAOS1]

For those using mouseover on the track to find the entries, #4 is at 4:45

[@garygcrook]

Well I guess the BBC never sent Paramount any angry letters for stealing Cybermen (The Borg), Silurians (The Voth), or Arnold Rimmer (the Doctor from Voyager), as well as a few other possible ideas.

[@NEMISES1701]

Babylon 5 Is definitely a better written, acted and diverse show. Just wish they would do a proper cg update. Not that HBO joke.

[@minicle426]

Never got the fuss about DS9 frankly. Especially after I tried out B5 upon hearing about the 'similarities'.

[@TheAdam159]

Love both B5 and Star Trek

[@pacifistattack]

Andreas katsulas, the actor played Jkar in Babylon 5 had multiple roles in Star Trek, including a reoccurring romulan that appeared in the STTNG finale all good things.

[@colinfew6570]

Doyle's estate sucks. They sue everyone that even hints at Holmes.

[@tigerbread78]

Isn't it in the public domain yet?

[@iansmith8747]

8:57 "both feature characters who could change their shape"? What reoccurring character on B5 can change their shape? (and not just "this human is crouched in the shape of a ball, and now standing tall in the shape of a pillar")

[@v-doc5230]

Fun Fact: There is also a TNG episode called "First Contact" (totally unrelated to the movie).

[@KB0OTY]

Dawn borrowed a lot from Enemy Mine which in turn borrowed a lot from Hell In The Pacific, except Toshirō Mifune didn't have a baby.

[@Mumblix]

Babylon 5 and DS9 both had characters named "Dukhat".

[@jb888888888]

It's been a while since I've seen B5. What shapeshifter character is in that show? I don't remember one. Closest is the Vorlons, who IIRC don't "change shape" so much as different beings see them differently according to their own cultural backstory -- humans see them as angels, etc.

[@thomashill6347]

Hi Sean, I always give TrekCulture a thumbs up and I have been subscribed the first time I watch a review from Adam, Good job.

[@kurtsnyder4752]

Bond people should be GRATEFUL in that they were showing that the Bond franchise was still influencing into the 20whatevers when holoprogrammers were constructing that program. Thinking maybe 2290 maybe.(Maybe Bond would have FINALLY been played by an English actor.)

[@bostonblackie9503]

They say there are only about 7 or 8 stories in the world and they just keep being regurgitated.

[@ruprecht8520]

The Enemy Mine one is interesting as it is based on the same plot-line as Hell in the Pacific (1968).

[@krissimonis3604]

Actually a little addition, on the plot for 'enemy mine'. This same plot device was also used in the original battlestar galactica series, with I believe starbuck crashing on a planet along with a cyclon.

[@JohnDlugosz]

It was Apollo. Episode 6.

[@DanDennisDFW]

"We'll Always Have Paris" is a line from Casablanca as well. Warner Bros. was ok with that apparently.

[@michaelbrannon8796]

A pleasantly not as they got a stern letter from MGM lawyers. Its in this video!

[@johntabler349]

Enemy Mine was far too similar to be coincidence to 1968s "Hell in the Pacific " to be coincidence and I am sure even older stories are based on the same troupe

[@danmarsh5949]

"Elementary, Dear Data" -- the producers wrote that Doyle's estate scared them off doing Holmes stories for a long time, until they actually enquired about the cost to license the characters. It wasn't actually that much, so Holmes references started popping up again in the late seasons of TNG.

[@tstahler5420]

I really liked the Enterprise episode with Trip stuck on that planet with the alien. I think these comparisons are weak at best.

[@michaelbrannon8796]

Well yes & no. Yes the similarities are there , but its almost like comparing one Western to another. The western would have cowboy hats , horses ,drunks ,fist fights , gun fights ,etc., etc.,etc., but the details made each slightly unique .

[@RichJonesRealHeroFilms]

You forgot (or it didn’t make the cut) TNG Best of Both Worlds vs Captain Power & The Soldiers of the Future. Locutus looks exactly like the main antagonist In Captain Power, Lord Dread. They went into big details about it from the creator of Captain Power on the bonus features of the complete series DVD.

[@devcybiko]

I always thought ST:TNG's "Darmok" was more like "Enemy Mine" than others.

[@nicholasgibbons]

Don't forget that B5 and DS9 both had characters called Dukat and Leeta!

[@dclarke007]

I see that DS9's "The Magnificent Ferengi" did not make this list. It must not have upset anyone from "The Magnificent Seven".

[@JanetDax]

Which of course originated from Kurosawa's "Seven Samauri"

[@nathanielhellerstein5871]

Nobody, but nobody, had scarier ships than the Shadows. And they were doing all that terrorizing *_for our own good._*

[@sandybfox2446]

"If you go to Za'Ha'Dum, you will die..."

[@ThePeacemaker848]

I would have watched Babylon 5 if it had a timeslot on non-cable TV

[@KatriceMetaluna]

It did up to season four.

[@Aliandrin]

I don't see how Jurassic Park fits in here unless they think they own all references to dinosaurs.

[@jefferyroddy6354]

I know Odo from DS9 could change shape, but what regular on B5 was a shape changer? I don't remember one?

[@erictaylor5462]

8:00 I actually really liked the TNG episode Ship in a Bottle. I especially enjoyed the resolution, though it was a bit predictable.

[@dragonofmordor]

Meanwhile, Babylon 5 and DS9 are probably both tied for my top favorite tv shows. They started out similar and then branched out, and both were really amazing.

[@christophhenninger6440]

I prefer Babylon 5 over DS9. Because it had a long-going story-arc which I missed at DS9. But I am not so sure if I prefer B5 over TNG... depends on how you look at it.

[@shoesncheese]

Babylon 5 vs. Deep Space Nine - that brings back memories.

[@GerberNX01]

Our man Bashir was a great episode! I really loved it to watch!

[@sct913]

When Lost in Space first premired, it had the potential to become a really good si-fi series that could rival Star Trek. Unfortunately, because they decided to target it to kids early on, it became really goofy and implausible (remember the episode with the giant vegetables?). That's the reason that Star Trek ultimately won out.

[@Alteringrealitystudios]

Bill Mumy was also in that other Star Trek like show. Babylon 5. As an alien. His character was pretty cool from what I remember. Lol

[@MrMikellsof88]

Yeah I'm split in my love for both B5 and DS9 and think they were both amazing. Am looking forward to the B5 reboot also.

[@TheDudeAbidesChristianMusic]

Don’t forget about the Borg episodes vs. Captain Power & the Soldiers of the Future (Lord Dread specifically)

[@RRW359]

"Star Trek: First Contact isn't an episode" *Angry Malcorian Noises*

[@jameskiely3093]

If Warner brothers were unhappy with "Profit and Loss" I really hope they made a fuss over "The Outer Limits" (1995 series) episode "Starcrossed"

[@brentsvideojournal6161]

Personally I enjoyed both DS9 and Babylon 5.

[@greyhawk4898]

I've been a trekkie since I was a kid. Spock and Scott were idols in my house. That said I honestly admit I never saw Bab 5 and DS9 the same. Til now. I'm also a Bab5 fan. Love Claudia Christian as Susan Ivanova. I'd have to saw Kos is my favorite alien. Though I like them all for different reasons. Mmmmm who was Kos equivalent on DS9? 🤔

[@brainblessed5814]

Wormhole aliens. Always talking in riddles.

[@johnbergstrom2931]

Nana Visitor was hot AF back in the day...