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Xenocides posted:I like the Picard show.
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you idiot. you dolt. you utter moron
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Feb 25, 2020 12:13
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mango sentinel posted:No, she said the stress and lack of sleep caused by the shooting schedule and prosthetics made her kidneys bleed. She is now into crystals, meditation, and naturopathy. wow, her kidneys really must have bled if she's into that stuff now, golly 
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Feb 25, 2020 14:11
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1x21 - Arsenal of Freedom
1x22 - Symbiosis
1x23 - Skin of Evil
1x24 - We'll Always Have Paris
Honestly its strange, I can waffle on about just about every other episode I watched if I wanted to, but I'm encountering a complete block with that last one. Maybe its just not for me.
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Feb 25, 2020 16:49
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You missed Tasha waving in the background of Symbiosis, as it was shot after Skin ps I always pause at this moment when rewatching
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Feb 25, 2020 17:52
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Lord Ludikrous posted:1x24 - We'll Always Have Paris The real meat of the story is Picard running into his long-lost love, which if I remember right was really contentious at the time.
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Feb 25, 2020 18:07
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The only thing that sticks out for me in that episode is that all the holograms speak with stereotypical French accents while Picard and the ex don't. So it makes you think that the holodeck was programmed that way.
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Feb 25, 2020 18:12
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I watched Profit and Loss the other day and the standout moment for me is when Garak just vaporizes a dude. Not just shoots, not just murders, vaporizes leaving no evidence. Something about there being no body left behind makes it so much creepier to me.
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Feb 25, 2020 18:22
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Yeah, little bit of pain never hurt anybody. If you know what I mean. Also, I think knives are a good idea. Big, gently caress-off shiny ones. Ones that look like they could skin a crocodile. Knives are good, because they don't make any noise, and the less noise they make, the more likely we are to use them. poo poo 'em right up. Makes it look like we're serious. Guns for show, knives for a pro.
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Feb 25, 2020 18:26
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piratepilates posted:I watched Profit and Loss the other day and the standout moment for me is when Garak just vaporizes a dude. He's tidy
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Feb 25, 2020 18:44
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There's also Prophet and Loss where Quark harasses the wormhole aliens for ruining Grand Nagus Zek and Profit and Lace where he gets a sex change to close a deal for a cola brand.
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Feb 25, 2020 18:50
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deep space 9!
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infernal machines posted:Wait, which awful racial stereotype were they meant to be? We know what they ended up looking like a caricature of but what did Roddenberry want them to be? quote:One influence on the Ferengi was what Herb Wright described as Gene Roddenberry's "sex fetish." In early first season discussions between them about developing the Ferengi, Roddenberry let Wright know it was his intention to make the species well-endowed. "He wanted to put a gigantic codpiece on the Ferengi," Wright stated. "He spent 25 minutes explaining to me all the sexual positions the Ferengi could go through. I finally said, 'Gene, this is a family show, on at 7:00 on Saturdays. He finally said, 'Okay, you're right.'"
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Feb 25, 2020 18:54
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piratepilates posted:I watched Profit and Loss the other day and the standout moment for me is when Garak just vaporizes a dude. The Northridge earthquake hit during the filming of this episode forcing Armin Shimmerman to return home in full Quark make up. He said he got some interesting looks from other drivers.
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Feb 25, 2020 18:57
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Lord Ludikrous posted:I'm fortunate that I've never had to interact with an addict suffering from withdrawal symptoms, but if there is anyone here who has I'd appreciate their opinion on how realistic the behaviour in this story is. I know a Trek fan who's a self-described recovering alcoholic, and she said she figured out what was really going on the instant those two characters started jonesing for their "medicine". So at the very least, it was recognizable addict behavior.
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Feb 25, 2020 19:00
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Fabulousity posted:The Northridge earthquake hit during the filming of this episode forcing Armin Shimmerman to return home in full Quark make up. He said he got some interesting looks from other drivers. Yes! This is the event that caused the Nana Visitor thing I mentioned, I think, where her doctor freaked because he'd thought her nose (actually her ridge makeup) had been squashed.
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Feb 25, 2020 20:56
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Pick posted:Oh my god it's not loving affirmative action, Ferengi are canonically math geniuses. It's nepotism. Nog's teacher's husband is the chief of engineering and his best friend's dad is commander of the station and a rising star in Starfleet.
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how did i wuss out with only 12 episodes and... wait, 3 TV movies left?! jesus. who is doing the spinoff show? not it! b05s05e11 ❣️ i ran out of emojis it is almost kinda a red vorlon if u squint ❣️ IN SPACE bester is briefing the space fash ❣️ it is all going to kick off with byron's group ❣️ BLOODHOUND UNITS are pursuing the rogues ❣️ the core is mother ❣️ new ivanova and bester talk realpolitik. one of his dudes got got ❣️ HOLE IN YOUR MIND ENCOUNTER SUITED rear end GIANTS IN THE PLAYGROUND ❣️ goatee sheridan and delenn chat with byron and leeta.. they both want the killing to stop ❣️ bester fucks up the negotiations. he and byron have a secret past ❣️ garibaldi holds bester at gunpoint and demands he confess how he hosed him over. bester calls his bluff and demands he shoot him ❣️ bester has psychically programmed garibaldi to be unable to kill him using asimov's 3 laws of robotics, which are referenced by name ❣️ neat ❣️ also horrible. you bad, bester. more like the worster ❣️ oh yeah, bester has that janked up hand ❣️ garibaldi is displeased by this turn of events ❣️ byron is being all emo. he divulges his terrible secret ❣️ he was bester's space fash protege. bester forced him to do a war crime so lovely he had to peace out and swear off all violence ❣️ space pews pews. dissapointed this isn't more MIND WAR ❣️ garibaldi goes to see the doc. they are almost immediately taken hostage by the rebels ❣️ byron is against it and not great at acting. he plans to sneak into med lab ❣️ zack is at large doing god knows what. he and his men are assailed by telekinetic projectiles ❣️ telekinetic lad is not doing so hot ❣️ bester acts like a prick, big shock ❣️ lot of camera moves in this, surprised frakes did not direct ❣️ leeta and byron sneak into med lab ❣️ garibaldi's pleas for peace. sheridan refuses to negotiate ❣️ byron saves garibaldi's rear end... with deadly force ❣️  SINCLAIR namedrop❣️ byron sues for peace. psycore are totally going to gently caress this all up ❣️ bester acts like a prick, slight return ❣️ sinclair outplays bester ❣️ byron has a jesus moment ❣️ bester sends byron a psychic communique. he tries to tempt him into turning himself over to psycore ❣️ quote:psycore are totally going to gently caress this all up ❣️ byron prepares to space suicide. ❣️ his dying speech is laaaaaaaaaame. his romance with leeta is laaaaaaaaame ❣️ oh it is a mass suicide jfc ❣️ bester gets whimsically space racist ❣️ dr. steve is after garibaldi. sherry has not seen him ❣️ leeta addresses the surviving refugees. she urges them to remember byron ❣️ i rather would not ❣️ garibaldi watches cnn. he is back on the sauce  in piss byron your entire arc was absolute dogshit
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how long did that take to write
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mediaphage posted:how long did that take to write however long the episode was + correcting two typos edit; also i had to find of picture of bester as i cannot "prntscrn" on account of my keyboard being broken Trying fucked around with this message at 04:23 on Feb 26, 2020 |
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Feb 26, 2020 04:19
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Is Admiral Nakamura the only non evil or compromised Admiral in Starfleet?
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There was that one admiral in that episode with the crazy inquisitor lady trying to arrest the half romulan guy, he had no lines but he had the best look of disgust I've ever seen E: Seriously look at this guy, I WISH I could convey that much disgust with just an expression 
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Feb 26, 2020 04:50
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The Measure of a Man might have some wonky court procedure (that can be handwaved by future courts) but it is a drat good character piece that would never be made in the era of Nu-Trek.
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Arcsquad12 posted:Is Admiral Nakamura the only non evil or compromised Admiral in Starfleet? Go through the list, I’m too tired https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Starfleet_flag_officers
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The academy admiral who tried to expel Wesley and
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Arcsquad12 posted:Is Admiral Nakamura the only non evil or compromised Admiral in Starfleet? I guess it depends on if stealing an entire starship from Spacedock and then blowing it up (but all for a good cause, with the needs of the one outweighing the needs of the many and all that) makes an Admiral evil/compromised in your book. (Serious answer, Admiral Ross seemed pretty cool.)
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Powered Descent posted:I know a Trek fan who's a self-described recovering alcoholic, and she said she figured out what was really going on the instant those two characters started jonesing for their "medicine". So at the very least, it was recognizable addict behavior. The episode is more eerily reminiscent of the modern opioid epidemic if anything, given it apparently started out as medical treatment but then became far too profitable to stop. As always, the real villain is capitalism.
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Just an FYI, the moment the Telepaths burn themselves is the EXACT moment Season 5 kicks into high gear and gets loving amazing again. Also you're behind on the B5 movies; Thirdspace is set somewhere around mid-S4. It's also the only B5 movie that's half-decent.
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Feb 26, 2020 08:49
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nothing wrong with skipping the movies entirely. they aren't good.
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Pick posted:deep space 9! 
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Feb 26, 2020 09:09
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The only Babylon 5 movie I felt better for having watched than not was the one with Londo telling some kids about the Earth Minbari War. Which I'm pretty sure they've already watched, so.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:
For a person who only remembers B5 on tv as a kid and never watched it (thou I do remember minbari and weird head/hairpieces, also a minbari woman becoming a human?!?!?!wtf) seriously - is it worth it now? On scale of threshold - BoBW - ds9 - godlike where is B5?
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I’m only on episode 10 of B5 but so far it’s like someone reached into an alternate universe and brought back their version of DS9. Its good and it’s one million percent more Trek than every Trek thing post-ds9. Unfortunately everyone I know avoided watching it at the time because of, yeah, the dumb headpieces
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AntherUslessPoster posted:For a person who only remembers B5 on tv as a kid and never watched it (thou I do remember minbari and weird head/hairpieces, also a minbari woman becoming a human?!?!?!wtf) seriously - is it worth it now? Like a lot of scifi shows the first season is kind of rough though.
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Parts Kit posted:Aside from the stupid telepath arch in season 5 I'd say B5 is better than DS9. Not like by miles, but yeah better. Season 1 is very much Star Trek Lite in places, especially the clearly episode-of-the-week stories, but it's still critical to watch because B5 does not let plot threads go to waste and it lays down a lot of them throughout the first season. Neddy Seagoon fucked around with this message at 13:12 on Feb 26, 2020 |
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Feb 26, 2020 13:07
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Yeah definitely don't skip season 1, just be aware it's not as awesome as the rest.
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Paramount ripped off B5 big time with DS9. JMS went shopping around with his bible to get someone to bankroll B5. Paramount was interested, but suddenly dropped with no explanation. And then: JMS posted:We almost didn't get there because after we shot the pilot, I got a call from Walter Koenig—who played Chekov on Star Trek [and who would later play Bester on Babylon 5]—who was having lunch with a guy at Paramount. He said, "I wanted you to know they're doing a show based on a space station [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine], a diplomatic outpost, jumpgate [wormhole, in Trek lingo] nearby, commander with a sort of a mystical history and destiny [Benjamin Sisko], female second in command [Kira Nerys] and a changeling [Odo], which you have in your movie. They're trying to subvert what you're doing and co-opt it."
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It's a shame the execution with Byron was so poor, because I like the idea. A desperate underclass rallying under the banner of a charismatic cult leader who shifts their movement to be about himself could have been a decent story.
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AntherUslessPoster posted:For a person who only remembers B5 on tv as a kid and never watched it (thou I do remember minbari and weird head/hairpieces, also a minbari woman becoming a human?!?!?!wtf) seriously - is it worth it now? threshold - BoBW - ds9 - godlike - B5
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mossyfisk posted:It's a shame the execution with Byron was so poor, because I like the idea. A desperate underclass rallying under the banner of a charismatic cult leader who shifts their movement to be about himself could have been a decent story. That sounds kinda like Cult Leader Dukat, though that episode is even more of a farce in retrospect.
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