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Epicurius posted:This clip has subtle hints as to where Worf's family is from. I'm not sure I'm picking up on it, drat Trek's subtle writing and my obvious attention to detail and good memory
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 03:15 |
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# ? Apr 19, 2024 00:13 |
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MINSK.
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 04:15 |
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That last offscreen one got me good.
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 04:18 |
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sexpig by night posted:wait I thought Worf's family were like, uber Greek Rozhenko is a Ukrainian name.
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 13:46 |
The_Doctor posted:I really like this one. Ah this one's brilliant
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 15:55 |
You think there are any other planets in the Klingon or Romulan Empires or the federation that are like the organians? "Okay, we're changing the rules! Now we're tripling your taxes! ha ha ha ha!" "Okay. Let me just check the vault." *leaves room, boings the needed money into existence.* " Here's everything you wanted." "W-uh okay. Yeah. Don't gently caress with the Klingons!" "We most certainly won't sir. "
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 03:12 |
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Worf yelling about Minsk off-screen is one of my favorite DS9 bits. My absolute favorite is when they get the Sao Paolo and Bashir mutters to O'Brien "I hate the carpet. I do."
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 03:35 |
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Catching up on TOS- Day of the Dove (rewatch)- The first thing I will say about TOS Klingons is you can really see the caked on heavy makeup in HD, which is a problem. The episode is good overall but they really mess with Chekov here, having him controlled by the entity and attempting to rape Kang's wife at one point which was a bit much. This does feel a little derivative of other TOS episodes that emphasize peace over fighting, but it's one of the better ones. Michael Ansara as Kang is a good casting choice and you can see why he was brought back later for two episodes of later Trek series. For The World Is Hollow, And I Can Touch The Sky- The general story of this episode is good, but the execution is terrible. It's more of a Dr. McCoy episode because of the whole B plot of him having a year to live due to some disease, which is very conveniently cured in the last minute or so of the episode. The costuming of the Yonadans is just awful in every way. The concept of a generational ship heading to a planet after leaving a dying solar system is a good idea but the episode gets bogged down in the totally not believable relationship between Dr. McCoy and the main female lead for this episode. It's also yet another episode where a computer is controlling some kind of alien civilization and doing them harm until Kirk shows up to break it. These kinds of episodes make up like 10% of TOS. They also never explain why the Yonadan society was set up for them to worship this idol thing and also not really use any of the knowledge stored in the computer's memory banks. They never say if it was just malfunctioning or what the deal was. The way the show drops the episode title in a scene with the dying old man is very awkward and doesn't work in my opinion.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 06:16 |
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'For The World Is Hollow...' is the episode I have the earliest childhood memory of, from its original BBC broadcast circa 1970. I had a vivid image of people coming out of giant cylinders, but had no idea where it came from. When I saw it again years, possibly decades later, it was a total "whoa!" moment.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 09:11 |
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I don't really remember the contents of the episode anymore but drat what a good title that World is Hollow is. It makes me want to go and watch it again even though you just said it was bad, purely because of how enticing that title is. edit: correction: I was wrong and FlamingLiberal would not say it is a bad episode piratepilates fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Aug 2, 2020 |
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TOS has some really drat good titles in general. Episode itself aside, The City on the Edge of Forever might be my favourite title of any piece of fiction. It's just so drat evocative.
MikeJF fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Aug 2, 2020 |
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piratepilates posted:I don't really remember the contents of the episode anymore but drat what a good title that World is Hollow is. It makes me want to go and watch it again even though you just said it was bad, purely because of how enticing that title is.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 20:15 |
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Like a lot of season three episodes, For The World Is Hollow would be better if it didn't seem like they rushed through the story. After five minutes on the planet, Natira falls in love with Bones and he's ready to spend the rest of his life with her. Then, about half a day into his time on this "planet", Bones violates the Yonadan law (who could have seen that coming?) and has to be rescued. The plot zips from one thing to the next without allowing any time to establish any emotional connection. The only halfway believable romantic subplot in season three is Zarabeth/Spock.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 20:22 |
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The_Doctor posted:I really like this one. This one is extra great because I can absolutely picture the characters doing that as part of a normal day.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 22:31 |
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Roadie posted:This one is extra great because I can absolutely picture the characters doing that as part of a normal day. This one and Geordi and Worf hi-fiving are the best for that reason, yeah.
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# ? Aug 3, 2020 01:59 |
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A not great title from TOS is ‘What Are Little Girls Made Of?’
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# ? Aug 3, 2020 02:49 |
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus, mainly. Next.
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# ? Aug 3, 2020 03:00 |
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Think carefully, captain. Your crew's life depends on it. Now that Ensign Pan has been dematerialized in our matter stream, is she mostly oxygen by mass, by mole, or by volume?
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# ? Aug 3, 2020 03:08 |
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Like a lot of season three episodes, For The World Is Hollow would be better if it didn't seem like they rushed through the story. After five minutes on the planet, Natira falls in love with Bones and he's ready to spend the rest of his life with her. Then, about half a day into his time on this "planet", Bones violates the Yonadan law (who could have seen that coming?) and has to be rescued. The plot zips from one thing to the next without allowing any time to establish any emotional connection.
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# ? Aug 3, 2020 03:18 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:I thought it was really strange that they never explain why The Oracle basically just made the Yonadans worship it and do nothing else. At no point did they say 'oh, it's malfunctioning'. So somebody built that for that purpose? I don't know. It's never explained. Why explain boring poo poo like that when we can have Deforest Kelley mackin on a hot chick?
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# ? Aug 3, 2020 03:24 |
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MikeJF posted:Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus, mainly. Next. MikeJF posted:TOS has some really drat good titles in general. Episode itself aside, The City on the Edge of Forever might be my favourite title of any piece of fiction. It's just so drat evocative. I'll give DISCO credit, they really try to evoke TOS with their titles.
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# ? Aug 3, 2020 03:24 |
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It's by mass. Humans are 65% oxygen by mass, but by mole humans are mostly hydrogen.
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# ? Aug 3, 2020 04:44 |
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MikeJF posted:Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus, mainly. Next. CHONCaP
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# ? Aug 3, 2020 04:50 |
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Technowolf posted:Why explain boring poo poo like that when we can have Deforest Kelley mackin on a hot chick?
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# ? Aug 3, 2020 04:57 |
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Astroman posted:
But this invokes questions, as if they can do good titles, why can't they do a good writing, storyline or concepts (The magic to make the sanest man go mad is perfect tho ngl)
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# ? Aug 3, 2020 10:50 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:I thought it was really strange that they never explain why The Oracle basically just made the Yonadans worship it and do nothing else. At no point did they say 'oh, it's malfunctioning'. So somebody built that for that purpose? I don't know. It's never explained. It’s not the Federation's problem to fix a civilizations broken and malfunctioning gods. Starfleet encounters a new culture with some goofy dysfunctional, religion every week and they just roll with it. Kirk, on the other hand, has contaminated and wrecked countless cultures by not leaving well enough alone. Automatic Slim fucked around with this message at 12:53 on Aug 3, 2020 |
# ? Aug 3, 2020 12:28 |
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sponges posted:A not great title from TOS is ‘What Are Little Girls Made Of?’ It kind of works. It references the poem, and the episode is about a mad scientist making android copies of people to try to take over.
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# ? Aug 3, 2020 14:10 |
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Astroman posted:I'll give DISCO credit, they really try to evoke TOS with their titles. It’s a shame you never actually see the title unless you’re looking them up online, but these days you never seem to get on-screen episode titles.
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# ? Aug 4, 2020 03:47 |
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FYI, over in CineD there's now a Star Trek movie thread.
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# ? Aug 4, 2020 14:26 |
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A CinD movie thread? Let me guess: all the good movies are bad and all the bad movies are good actually.
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# ? Aug 4, 2020 14:40 |
SA's putting out new Trek threads at about the same pace CBS is doing with TV series. Put a Trek thread in every subforum, I say. Games: Allamarain - how the gently caress do you get past third shap? Drone fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Aug 4, 2020 |
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# ? Aug 4, 2020 14:41 |
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You're required to learn as you play, OP
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# ? Aug 4, 2020 14:45 |
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Just colonize the early fps thread to be about Elite Force, Klingon Honor Guard, and TekWar.
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# ? Aug 4, 2020 14:46 |
The Great Outdoors: Go climb a rock - my camping buddy won't stop calling them "marshmallons"
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# ? Aug 4, 2020 14:48 |
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Okay, which one of you wrote this?
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# ? Aug 4, 2020 15:57 |
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Points lost for not calling the Will Riker / Tom Riker blend ‘Hyperriker’
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# ? Aug 4, 2020 16:10 |
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I want a McSpock with large fries and a diet coke.
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# ? Aug 4, 2020 20:49 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-hGLHOzvgs pretty fun discussion tbh
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# ? Aug 4, 2020 21:41 |
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Ramadu posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-hGLHOzvgs I enjoyed it! Only part one, too. The part with the gaffes you only notice with the improved quality of the blu-ray was very nice.
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# ? Aug 4, 2020 21:48 |
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8one6 posted:A CinD movie thread? Let me guess: all the good movies are bad and all the bad movies are good actually. Why not? The TVIV Star Trek thread hardly does anything except complain about how terrible Star Trek is and always has been.
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# ? Aug 4, 2020 23:43 |