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Ghostlight posted:Uhhhhhhhhhhhh Aliens in Sci-Fi are parables for interracial or intercultural interactions and when they're good they attempt to show us a better way. In TNG every time they interact with an Alien culture, or every time Worf comes into conflict with a human on the Enterprise the solution is for either the new planet or Worf to act more like the rest of the Enterprise or Federation. Racist is probably too strong of a term, but culturally imperialist definitely fits.
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Wow there's a lot to unpack there.
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Skwirl posted:Aliens in Sci-Fi are parables for interracial or intercultural interactions and when they're good they attempt to show us a better way. In TNG every time they interact with an Alien culture, or every time Worf comes into conflict with a human on the Enterprise the solution is for either the new planet or Worf to act more like the rest of the Enterprise or Federation. Racist is probably too strong of a term, but culturally imperialist definitely fits. Source your quotes man this guy sounds like a hilarious jackass.
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Ghostlight posted:Wow there's a lot to unpack there. Yeah, TNG has a huge number of issues with it. I don't think people who like it are assholes and I admit to liking the odd episode and it's got a charismatic cast. But as a whole it's incredibly problematic.
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He's not even the only alien on the bridge, let alone the show, and a key component of his character is that he's from the Federation.
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Ghostlight posted:He's not even the only alien on the bridge, let alone the show, and a key component of his character is that he's from the Federation. That's central to my point. He's part of the Federation but still often separate from them, much like the experience of a Black American.
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I often feel like Michael Eddington in DS9 was basically right about the Federation. You know, how in their own way, they're as bad as the Borg?  Anyway, as for Worf, it's not his fault for being from an inferior culture. He just needs the enlightened progressives to show him the way, just as poor people often need upper middle-class gauche caviar types to tell them what they really want and need from life (if only they would shut up about immigration and look at this bar chart which proves they're not badly off). Wheat Loaf fucked around with this message at 08:22 on Sep 27, 2016 |
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Sep 27, 2016 08:19
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no you're thinking of the space irish
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Of course it's O'Brien-era.
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TNG is like 1/3 good. The rest ranges from watchable but skippable to absolute dreck. That just happens to be a better ratio than most network SF.
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The only good Star Trek is Beyond.
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The best star trek is the one where they go back to the 80's to save some whales.
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Star Wars is way better than any Trek.
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Tng rules you dumb idiots
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I like Star Trek
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Deep Space Nine is the best Star Trek.
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This seemed a lot funnier 20 minutes ago but I figured I'd still share it. https://twitter.com/tweeterisawful/status/780829651107246081
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Star Trek is for neeeeeerrrrrddddsss!
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I posted in the gbs namechange thread, wish me luck
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Sep 28, 2016 00:48
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I'll miss seeing the Travis343 seal of quality!
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Gbs? E: oic its back now huh
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site posted:Gbs? Im not particularly happy about it but eh I always wanted to get in on a namechange thread
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Thanks for the notification, let's see what I get reincarnated as. In other news, I'm rewatching/actually finishing for the first time Jessica Jones because I'm so loving hyped for Luke Cage and even beyond my inherent loathing for how deeply the show mischaracterized Patsy Walker I really can't stand how poorly written Trish's plotlines are in JJ. None of the dialog feels naturalistic, it's all Trish/the policeman dude speaking at each other in extended monologues that feel super Tell-y and not Show-y.
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I really don't know why you guys want to change your #Brand
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Sep 28, 2016 02:56
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I have always kind of regretted putting my actual RL name on my forums account
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You account name changing jerks are jerks.
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Endless Mike posted:I really don't know why you guys want to change your #Brand At first there's the obvious reason for me, but it wouldn't take much for people to see past it right away anyway. Besides, I like the name WickedHate. It just sounds cool.
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Travis343 posted:I have always kind of regretted putting my actual RL name on my forums account You must hate your parents for naming you Threehundred Fortythree
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It's pronounced Three For Three.
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Ghostlight posted:It's pronounced Three For Three. Actually it's e-a-e, but you wouldn't get it if you aren't a code monkey cybermancer like me.
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WickedHate posted:Actually it's e-a-e, but you wouldn't get it if you aren't a code monkey cybermancer like me. I heard cyber is really tough.
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Wolverine killed Cyber.
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Rhyno posted:Wolverine killed Cyber. No wonder our country is doing so bad at cyber! Canada, they're not sending us their best. They're sending short, hairy mutants. Let's build a wall.
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Sep 28, 2016 03:28
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I think I'm going to have to join that name change thread. I am not the first Die Laughing, and need to rectify my identity theft.
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I'm not giving up this name until I can find appropriately hosed up art to support another handle.
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"Fat critical error" does have a certain appeal to it...
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Agents of SHIELD is really making me wish for a stand alone Ghost Rider series.
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Well, this is not great, is it. There were some good ones in that thread but I get stuck with this huh.
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You can always buy a new one.
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