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Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

I'm glad I'm not number one in posts in the thread anymore.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 04:37

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 01:54

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

I think it's been used before, which is why I was hoping for something better.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 21:36

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

That's dumb because why wouldn't the Borg just go straight to Earth to start assimilating people?

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 02:29

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Did Shatner actually write those books or did he just come up with an idea and have that husband and wife write it?

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 02:35

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Does CBS even have the rights to the events of the Kelvin Universe? They don't even have to say what time line it is in. They could just set it whenever they want and say "shut up nerd" when on of the captain's rib's is struck twice like xylophone yet plays two different tones.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 14:28

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

That was my thought. There's no point in paying Paramount to license the Kelvin Universe when it seems like they don't want the show to be related to any other Star Trek content except in name.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 15:42

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Spalec posted:

Is there any reason to watch TNG/DS9/VOY in air order rather then just watch each series and then move on to the next? Were there much in the way of crossovers?

I know Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel had a few where you had to bounce back and forth between the shows to get the most out of the story, anything like that on Star Trek?

When DS9 starts, there's a quick crossover episode for each. On TNG they go to DS9 and do whatever. On DS9, Picard shows up and Sisko is all "You killed my wife." A thing happens for Voyager too I think. Each is self contained and you don't need to do simultaneous watches or anything.

# ¿ Jul 5, 2016 04:55

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

As a doctor, wouldn't she have been an expert on what is alive? They had that robot guy testifying, I'd figure they'd have some kind of doctor as well.

# ¿ Jul 5, 2016 14:48

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Trent posted:

That is a question of philosophy, or perhaps psychology (since Data's sapience was more important than his merely being alive) not physiology. The "not alive" side could have had an MD on as a stunt witness pretty much, but it was a given that he wasn't an evolved biological life form so what more would she say?

I guess that's more of a question for the Lal episode.

# ¿ Jul 5, 2016 16:33

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

It's like the Sims. You pick a career field and then you start at the bottom. First you're a busboy, then you're a waiter, then you're a cook, then you own a restaurant, then you're the president. But most of the time you are standing in your standard issue living cubicle, pissing yourself.

Cojawfee fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Jul 5, 2016

# ¿ Jul 5, 2016 21:49

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

After a couple centuries of existence, Data's entire life would be meeting a person and then immediately watching them age and die.

# ¿ Jul 5, 2016 21:54

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Starfleet pays the crew a stipend so they can go to alien worlds and buy things. They have no need for it on a starship or on a Federation planet.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2016 02:18

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

You don't really even need cities for social gathering. With cargo transporters and endless energy, you could have a pop-up bar or restaurant anywhere in the world.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2016 04:50

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Wasn't the point that over time the other girl's memories would take over and that's what happened?

# ¿ Jul 6, 2016 06:46

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

So gene was a complete rear end in a top hat.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2016 00:28

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Chaos on the bridge is a good watch to see how much Gene really hosed up early TNG.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2016 01:12

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Star Man posted:

Weird.

Instead, we got that one lady to play the role in "The Naked Now" and she was never seen again.

And Gene liked Frakes's beard that he grew between seasons one and two and told him to keep it because it made him look more nautical. I'm okay with that decision.

Didn't Frakes have the beard before the show? They made him shave it off for Star Trek and then he grew it back for the second season.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2016 03:24

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

"This character is super hot with giant boobs and she's always naked and she likes to have sex with me all the time. Also I, Gene Rodenberry, am a character in the show. I teach all the women how to love." Mail this to the studio, Leonard.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2016 03:31

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

If they didn't have a Saucer Sep� in the pilot, there would have never been a saucer separation because it would be too expensive to film later.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2016 17:26

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Star Man posted:

You have discovered the literary term "aliteration" and this gold star.

I don't think you know what alliteration means.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2016 01:42

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

They should make Kirk be gay.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2016 03:42

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

https://twitter.com/JohnTheCho/status/751254241885364226

# ¿ Jul 8, 2016 05:20

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Lt. Sassy is a Gaybaloid, a race that's entirely gay. *winks at camera*

# ¿ Jul 8, 2016 14:37

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Maybe Asian parents are still the same in 300 years.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2016 15:25

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Mister Kingdom posted:

Just watched "Relics" and how the hell were they able to just let Scotty go like that? Starfleet Command would poo poo themselves to get their hands on him.

Why? While he was gone for 75 years it's not like that was long enough that he'd have crazy information for them. After all. McCoy was still alive at the beginning of TNG.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2016 00:35

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Baka-nin posted:

Social Justice, point scoring? Ha ha not even close, its called scrutiny. I'm saying Treks constant for decades trumpeting of its own achievements doesn't stand up to it. Which you've just confirmed with your bitter white knighting (see I can use hip net slang too), so no I'm not being disingenuous at all, I'm being accurate, so thanks for the validation I guess. Seriously pointing out that they had to go with a take because of the sabotage of the actors doesn't help your point at all, it undermines it.
I don't care if a franchise chooses to play it safe for the sake of its business, I take issue when a franchise plays it safe then spends years patting itself on the back for how bold and willing to take risks etc. Because that is being disingenuous, had the Trek team been honest and said, "we took some risks with our casting and pushed the envelope out on some episodes, but due to the attitudes of TV markets we unfortunately had to spike a few more interesting ideas, or change them up a bit", I'd be fine with it.

Oh and get some perspective, mate, receiving hatemail and angry phone calls isn't impressive (should we praise the Brady Bunch for Cousin Oliver?), neither is the risk of losing ad revenue from the American South East, especially not when your comparing it to the actual struggles and there dangers that Trek timidly trailed.

I don't know how you can be so obtuse. It's not like the script gods send a script down from heaven and all the bigoted white people said "Oh darn, we have to make this script where a controversial thing happens. We can't get around this, we are forced to do this thing we hate." They still did the things in the first place. They could have just made a safe show within the rules of TV at the time and no one would have cared but they decided to push the boundaries even if the boundaries still had to be within the rules. To our minds today, it seems tame and not a big deal, but it was huge when they aired.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2016 15:34

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Nessus posted:

I heard they got fewer furious letters over Kirk and Uhura than they expected. I think the only one that got reported was some Southern guy saying "I do not approve of the mixing of the races... however when a red blooded American like Kirk ends up with a woman who looks like Uhura in his arms, this response of his is only natural."

"I don't like the blacks but I sure would like to have sex with one."

# ¿ Jul 9, 2016 19:43

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

I think it was a great example of heroes not living up to their expectations. In later years, he's more formal because he's making public appearances. In that instance, he's just some guy building a space rocket in a post-war wasteland.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2016 16:44

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Platonicsolid posted:

Paramount wanted a pile of

Pretty much. CBS got their turn, time to squeeze out what's left.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2016 14:06

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

Why did the TOS crew get movies, and why wouldn't that reason also have applied to TNG?

Star wars came out. A sci-fi movie can make lots of money so they brought back star trek. They continued with TNG because they still had sets and costumes and people still went to star trek movies.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2016 15:47

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Well he's dead now, no one can stand Shatner, and none of the living actors had big enough characters to warrant showing up in a movie.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2016 01:38

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Timby posted:

WHAT THE gently caress IS AN AFT NACELLE

# ¿ Jul 12, 2016 01:52

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Hyperriker posted:

I always lose my poo poo about how good Picard's quarters looked with the Amargosa sunlight flooding through the windows. Absolutely terrific. Guinan's room as well.

Plus,

They had money for these 19th century uniforms but needed to borrow DS9's Star Trek uniforms.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2016 13:47

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Geordi actually died and they replicated a new one.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2016 01:20

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

MikeJF posted:

So pyjamas, right?

Depends. The pajamas were half polyester and half nylon. In the summer, it was sometimes better to wear grandpa's suit than the non-breathing pajamas.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2016 14:27

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

If my clone was more successful than me, I'd murder him.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2016 20:53

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

What if the "clones" were the real crew members who were sedated and the other ones were the clones thinking they were the originals and they choose to kill what they think are clones.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2016 22:00

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Rhyno posted:

Man I love DS9 but these Ferenghi centric episodes are pretty dire.

Is this some sort of new slang the kids are using for cool like "man that's so dire."

# ¿ Jul 14, 2016 03:06

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

"I'm with Starfleet, we don't lie."

"We did a yeager loop and Josh was a bitch rear end pussy and killed himself."

# ¿ Jul 14, 2016 05:33

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 01:54

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Worf is a Russian guy who read about honor and glory in a book and got it wrong.

# ¿ Jul 14, 2016 17:34

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