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Caretaker has that bit that looks like it was filmed in a mall  Also something about Neelix or Chakotay almost falling down a stairwell and dying
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Caretaker has that bit that looks like it was filmed in a mall If that’s the LA Convention Center, then there’s a likely chance that’s the very escalator Picard rides down after sheer loving hubris.
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Aug 12, 2020 06:00
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Caretaker has that bit that looks like it was filmed in a mall Don't forget the entire crew using tricorders while a redneck banjoes at them
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Aug 12, 2020 06:23
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I’m pretty sure anyone who says they’d watch Encounter at Farpoint over Emissary thinks Farpoint is all Q stuff. If it was that, fair, but it’s not.
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Aug 12, 2020 06:54
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HD DAD posted:If that’s the LA Convention Center, then there’s a likely chance that’s the very escalator Picard rides down after sheer loving hubris. According to Memory Alpha, yes it is the LA Convention Center. The page for the con center specifically doesn't mention anything about Picard though?
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Aug 12, 2020 07:05
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I really don’t remember anything about Farpoint aside from the Q bits. I know there’s something about a corrupt governor with a name that starts with Z building his colony on top of the space jellyfish and there’s a whole bunch of scenes where his office shakes itself to pieces but it’s all so loving dull that I can’t be bothered to rewatch it any of the times I’ve done a series rewatch. How could you forget Groppler Zorn? He's truly one of the defining tragic figures of Next Generation.
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Aug 12, 2020 10:04
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Encounter at Farpoint is a full TOS episode. The captain is captured by a godlike alien entity and given a riddle to solve otherwise there will be 'consequences'. The solution to the riddle involves a moral lesson.
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Aug 12, 2020 10:25
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WilWheaton posted:Emissary is great That's so weird. They set up the Cardassians stole all but one orb. Throughout the series one orb is buried on Tyree, one is given to them by the Cardassians as a gesture of good will, and turns out all the other ones they actually did just have lying around the whole time
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Aug 12, 2020 12:02
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Emissary features a man trying to explain linear time to non corporeal aliens who have trapped him in the moment of his wife's tragic death, also there's a brief space battle where the loving floor blows up DS9 owns
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Aug 12, 2020 12:13
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John Wick of Dogs posted:That's so weird. They set up the Cardassians stole all but one orb. Throughout the series one orb is buried on Tyree, one is given to them by the Cardassians as a gesture of good will, and turns out all the other ones they actually did just have lying around the whole time The Tyree one was the Orb of the Emissary and wasn't one of the known nine orbs, it was just a place for the Sarah prophet to live outside the wormhole so she could reopen the wormhole after the pah-wraiths collapsed it. Nonlinear planning. Of the 9: - Orb of Change was the one on Bajor at the start - Orb of Wisdom, the Cardassians sold to Nagus Zek, who then sold it to Bajor - Orb of Time they returned to Bajor in the Tribble episode - The Orb of Contemplation was shown in Season 6 but it's never said when that came back. They do mention a bunch of times that they're negotiating with the Cardassians to get them back, so maybe they succeeded in getting Contemplation at some point. Hell, maybe the Klingons took some Orbs when they occupied Cardassian space and then gave it back when they were on good terms with the Federation. Anyway we never hear about the other five or if they ever came back. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 12:41 on Aug 12, 2020 |
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Aug 12, 2020 12:32
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Cardassians are idiots handing back the orb of time. That's like the best one.
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Aug 12, 2020 12:39
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John Wick of Dogs posted:Cardassians are idiots handing back the orb of time. That's like the best one. To be fair I expect every time they opened the box they just got a 'gently caress you' in prophetese.
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Aug 12, 2020 12:39
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Vedek Bariel: Kira look at this orb, it's the orb of sexy vedek dreams Kira: Well that was something Vedek Bariel: Did you see me naked? Let's go meditate about this
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Aug 12, 2020 12:43
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Look at this orb. Uh, it's not an orb. It's more like an hourgla- FEDERATION INFIDEL!
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Aug 12, 2020 12:59
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Look at me! I'm talking on the appearance of your friends and family! Do you find this... SHOCKING? Are you SURPRISED and DISORIENTED?
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Aug 12, 2020 13:04
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Farpoint is better in memory than in actual viewing. It's sluggishly paced and does a terrible job introducing most of the characters. It doesn't make you want to see more. If you already like Star Trek you'll find reasons to like it, but it's a tall order. I wasn't seriously suggesting that "The Naked Now" is better, it's not. When I say "so bad it's good" I still mean it's bad. But it's not quite so boring.
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Aug 12, 2020 13:45
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Watched Galaxy Quest for the first time in ages last night. Still rules. Part of me wishes that we got a version with the Trek cast, and it only helps the film that Tim Allen has become incredibly unlikable in real life in the interim so his redemption arc hits harder. Also kinda wish that The Orville was just Galaxy Quest: The Journey Continues.
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Aug 12, 2020 13:52
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The Orb of Time seems like something that they would need to keep a tight hold on
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Aug 12, 2020 13:53
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I'm rewatching season 2 on TNG and enjoying it, I'm just over halfway and Where Silence Has Lease, A Matter of Honor, the Measure of a Man, the Royale and Time Squared are all good episodes.
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Aug 12, 2020 14:00
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"This woman has my permishun to use time orb, signed Ben jamming Sisko, the M-issary" Vedek: Well I don't read Terran very well but this appears to check out
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Aug 12, 2020 14:42
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putting my plan to partner up with the actual devil on hold to remind kira that i banged her mom
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Aug 12, 2020 15:47
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“Honestly, Gul, you just don’t put the effort into your schemes that you used to...”
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Aug 12, 2020 18:05
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John Wick of Dogs posted:Cardassians are idiots handing back the orb of time. That's like the best one. The furthest back the Cardassians can go is that one time they were drinking in a bar with O'Brien, so they got tired of it.
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Aug 12, 2020 19:18
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tbf, I think dukat had the same drunken late-night conversation with more-or-less everybody in his glittery future rolodex
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Aug 12, 2020 19:29
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oh but seriously I posted:putting my plan to partner up with the actual devil on hold to remind kira that i banged her mom Wasn't he also a loving fugitive at the time? SlothfulCobra posted:The furthest back the Cardassians can go is that one time they were drinking in a bar with O'Brien, so they got tired of it. https://twitter.com/dada78641/status/1179462125636509703?s=19
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8one6 posted:Wasn't he also a loving fugitive at the time? It must smell so bad.
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I must be the only person to really like Encounter at Farpoint. I mean it is stilted in places and poorly shot, but I think it sets up the long term premise of TNG very well. The trial is really well done and I enjoyed the overall mystery. Going back you could cut out a few things to make it better, but its not an episode I ever skip.
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Aug 12, 2020 20:23
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Voyager should've had Chakotay's backstory include that he used to serve in Starfleet on a ship with Janeway. Two command track officers competing for higher rank. Bam, you've instantly got tension and something to talk about in every episode.
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Aug 12, 2020 20:40
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Animal-Mother posted:Voyager should've had Chakotay's backstory include that he used to serve in Starfleet on a ship with Janeway. Two command track officers competing for higher rank. Bam, you've instantly got tension and something to talk about in every episode. They already had plenty of setup for tension. They just decided not to use it.
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Aug 12, 2020 20:41
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Picard is such a raging rear end in a top hat to Riker when he gets to the ship. “Oh hey you have been here for 5 minutes, now please execute a manual saucer reintegration because I said so”
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Aug 12, 2020 20:41
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MikeJF posted:They already had plenty of setup for tension. They just decided not to use it. Also sexual tension. They both acted like they were a split second away from boning down with each other.
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Aug 12, 2020 20:47
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Orbspeak: I always like how Kira masters how to use the orb of time at the end of that episode. I know it was meant to be hand-wavey but still, pretty funny: "Captains log, stardat: whatever. Major Kira has returned us to our present time using the orb of time..." and it just shows her closing the box and smiling. Seems like it may have helped them win the war just a tiny bit.
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Aug 12, 2020 20:50
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8one6 posted:Wasn't he also a loving fugitive at the time? You'll find that your average Cardassian soldier wears Type 83 "Zajugek" body armor. It carries the Starfleet reporting name of CART-112 GYM-MAT.
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Aug 12, 2020 20:57
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Didn't they retcon those uniforms out completely? In every flashback set during the Occupation on DS9, the Cardassians are wearing the same uniforms they do in the present. (Actually, now that I dredge my memory, I remember some behind-the-scenes material complaining about how the initial Cardassian uniforms were a bastard to put together and they only fit guys like Marc Alaimo who had 0% body fat.)
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Aug 12, 2020 21:04
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the old cardy uniforms tied in nicely with the ship designs. leather dads + spacefaring egyptian monoliths never quite sat right with me
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Aug 12, 2020 21:37
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Sir Lemming posted:Farpoint is better in memory than in actual viewing. It's sluggishly paced and does a terrible job introducing most of the characters. It doesn't make you want to see more. If you already like Star Trek you'll find reasons to like it, but it's a tall order.
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Aug 12, 2020 21:46
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FlamingLiberal posted:Picard is such a raging rear end in a top hat to Riker when he gets to the ship. “Oh hey you have been here for 5 minutes, now please execute a manual saucer reintegration because I said so” That was clearly a nod to Star Trek II.
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GenSpecific posted:I must be the only person to really like Encounter at Farpoint. I mean it is stilted in places and poorly shot, but I think it sets up the long term premise of TNG very well. The trial is really well done and I enjoyed the overall mystery. Going back you could cut out a few things to make it better, but its not an episode I ever skip. I wouldn't say I love it, but I also thought Farpoint was a decent episode and sets up TNG quite nicely. Sure it's janky, but that's not exactly uncommon with pilots.
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jeeves posted:Orbspeak: Well, Orb visions are caused by the Prophets, who aren't necessarily concerned with corporeal beings and their "wars". Maybe if the Sisko asked nicely.....
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MikeJF posted:To be fair I expect every time they opened the box they just got a 'gently caress you' in prophetese. Every time you open the box you go forward in time and experience your own death. ... Or a really boring meeting from your past. Or that really embarrassing thing that happened in highschool.
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