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Big Mean Jerk posted:I’ve always figured the Prophets were the original inhabitants of Bajor millennia ago, evolved into immortal non-corporeal beings, and made the wormhole their home. They help the modern Bajorans because they feel a kinship/parental thing for them.
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They'd have to forget quite a bit. Keep in mind that the Prophets pre-Sisko had no loving idea what a humanoid was or the general nature of life in the outside universe; the Orbs were just probes sent out to explore the universe and investigate various different properties. They didn't even know they'd contacted any sentient lifeforms with them. The Prophets and Pah-Wraiths got more involved with Bajor and its destiny after Sisko's contact (after from their point of view, thousands of years ago by regular time)
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May 9, 2018 11:54
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Watched this episode with the Harvesters and holy poo poo these are the dumbest loving aliens. At the end they are sub Pakled Attack and destroy a federation vessel Guy: finally it's over Girl: let's get the other runabout Guy: that's weird, it's gone Girl: you know what else is weird? I'm detecting a warp signature Guy: that's weird Girl: is it possible that they transferred to the other runabout and escaped somehow? And set the other one to pilot by remote? Guy: no, we watched them die! Girl: hmm. Still, one has to wonder Guy: nope!
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:Watched this episode with the Harvesters and holy poo poo these are the dumbest loving aliens.! I like how they were willing to risk war with the Federation to eliminate a bioweapon that from what we were shown onscreen didn’t look any worse than a particularly severe case of the flu.
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May 9, 2018 12:33
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I have to assume as soon as Sisko makes his report, Starfleet sent over one Yamato class ship to their system to destroy every warp capable ship they have.
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:I have to assume as soon as Sisko makes his report, Starfleet sent over one Yamato class ship to their system to destroy every warp capable ship they have. It's the Federation. They sent the Enterprise, Picard had a stern talk with them, and they sent a formal apology letter to DS9. They were later wiped out by the Dominion.
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May 9, 2018 13:26
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I did love that Keiko saved OBrien through her familiarity with him and being unable to accept his death. He doesn't drink coffee in the afternoons, that tape is altered! And then at the end he says "What are yo talking about? I drink coffee in the afternoon all the time!"
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:I did love that Keiko saved OBrien through her familiarity with him and being unable to accept his death. He doesn't drink coffee in the afternoons, that tape is altered! That's such a great moment
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8one6 posted:It's the Federation. They sent the Enterprise, Picard had a stern talk with them, and they sent a formal apology letter to DS9. And before they appropriated their hairstyles, too! Man, I would have loved to see some Vorta rocking these: 
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May 9, 2018 18:21
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Is that lady Cheryl from Curb Your Enthusiasm? She looked really familiar the whole time.
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:I did love that Keiko saved OBrien through her familiarity with him and being unable to accept his death. He doesn't drink coffee in the afternoons, that tape is altered! That was probably Keiko's best episode in the whole series.
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May 9, 2018 18:36
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I thought she was really good in Disaster And in the Scopes Bajoran trial she was great at low key telling then-Vedek Winn to go gently caress herself. It's off screen but I love her reaction to Vedrk Winn crashing her class was to teach a lesson about the Catholic Church murdering Copernicus the next day. John Wick of Dogs fucked around with this message at 18:41 on May 9, 2018 |
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I’ve always figured the Prophets were the original inhabitants of Bajor millennia ago, evolved into immortal non-corporeal beings, and made the wormhole their home. They help the modern Bajorans because they feel a kinship/parental thing for them. They're actually the bajorans, but from the FUTURE. Living OUTSIDE OF TIME. They are of bajor.
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I've been rewatching TNG from season 1 on Netflix and I have a question I'm supposed to like Picard and hate Wesley, right? That's the prevailing opinion? It's not actually the opposite and Picard isn't a raging rear end in a top hat that seems like a totally different character from later seasons right?
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Season 1 Picard is definitely a huge arrogant rear end in a top hat, it’s not just you.
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I mean, I think you are supposed to like all of the crew I'm not sure it's normal to "like" Wesley, either. He's ok.
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:Is that lady Cheryl from Curb Your Enthusiasm? She looked really familiar the whole time. She was played by Darleen Carr, who had a bunch of roles on TV over the years. She stopped acting in 2001, so no Curb.
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May 9, 2018 19:27
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The Bloop posted:I mean, I think you are supposed to like all of the crew I have no positive or negative opinions of him. He's mostly harmless in a season that's very uneven.
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:I thought she was really good in Disaster 
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May 9, 2018 19:33
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Fine, Galileo, and "put under house arrest". Basically the same thing/guy
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May 9, 2018 19:39
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When the Greek Orthodox Church murdered Socrates.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Shaka, When the Greek Orthodox Church murdered Socrates. Ftfy
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A.I. Borgland Corp posted:Fine, Galileo, and "put under house arrest". Galileo was guilty of being a prick.
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So-crates, his questions open!
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Giordano Bruno might have been a better example.
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The way Tamarian works in my head is that the actual language they use to say the phrases is the language of their unconscious, they've got words for things like "arms", "open" etc but the part of their brain that understands language is unconscious and higher reasoning requires the metaphors for everything
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Their language is the ultimate evolution of meme culture. Wolf, his advice ill-advised.
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May 9, 2018 21:20
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Well if nuclear weapons make you safe then every country having nuclear weapons would be the safest possible world. Also it would have a Nuclear Pope.
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May 9, 2018 21:38
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Wrong thread but I invite you to consider Star Trek's strong anti-nuke messages and how they support or contradict its support for the balance of power theory.
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May 9, 2018 21:40
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Balance of Power is a great episode, that’s not just some theory.
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TheCenturion posted:Giordano Bruno might have been a better example. Bruno wasn't executed because of science. He was entirely over theological reasons. Only way the analogy works would be the Kai calling them wormhole aliens instead of Prophets.
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Star Trek: Bridge Crew is getting a significant update.quote:On May 22, Star Trek: The Next Generation is coming to the Star Trek: Bridge Crew game, and it's not only the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D that's up for grabs. According to the PlayStation Blog, the expansion will also include the Romulans, a Borg cube, androids modeled after Lt. Commander Data, and new mechanics for shield modulation and precision phaser fire.
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May 9, 2018 23:12
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Welp. Time to ask Gamefly for that game back.
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bull3964 posted:Star Trek: Bridge Crew is getting a significant update. Apparently it will also have a new game mode that apes FTL where you're being chased by a borg cube while trying to upgrade your ship to eventually fight it. They're also adding a new ops system merged with the engineering station. I am extremely excited for this.
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The_Doctor posted:Balance of Power is a great episode, that’s not just some theory. That was Balance of Terror.
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@nuclearpope is a good twitter handle
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McNally posted:That was Balance of Terror. Pfff, shows what you know!   From the Hugo and Nebula-nominated co-author of the first four Doom novels! (He wasn't nominated for those.) 
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MikeJF posted:They'd have to forget quite a bit.
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Shibawanko posted:The way Tamarian works in my head is that the actual language they use to say the phrases is the language of their unconscious, they've got words for things like "arms", "open" etc but the part of their brain that understands language is unconscious and higher reasoning requires the metaphors for everything They may have also been playing it up because that was apparently the entire purpose of their mission, and "actual" Tamarians would have been more "that plate of food. Temra, with generosity." "Your mother: Warzog, the sire of thousands." etc. - but that would have been much harder to render in a dramatic episode.
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I wonder how Dr. Soong would feel about how the holodeck seems to just randomly generate fully self aware artificial intelligences if you just ask it the right questions.
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