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10 months agoNo, you’re retro! runs away sobbing
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61·1 year agoFor those who forget where this is from:
Fun fact. The Picard theme was inspired by Inner Light. Not the main theme, but the theme his son plays.
S5E25: The Inner Light.
I won’t spoil it if you haven’t watched it yet.
Enterprise was arguably hornier with all the decon chamber raisin smuggling and massages.
So bubbly and cloying, and happy… just like the Federation. If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it.
Here’s the clip. It’s from the morning after they’ve had sex:
It did. Quality also improved drastically, but it was too late to avoid the axe. Finale wasn’t great though.
Statistically red shirts are less likely to die than blue or yellow shirts, as there are significantly more red shirts on board a ship which means a lower percentage of red shirts die, so this joke is illogical.
Exactly what I was thinking.
The problem, I think, is that people think Neelix is this vapid obnoxiously happy character.
Once you’re a bit older or if you’ve been through shit, you realise he’s suffering from severe trauma and mental illness, and that the whole jovial extroversion thing is often a coping mechanism. He’s been through a lot, so he doesn’t want others to be sad.
Far more complex than you initially think.
As someone with relatives who survived the holocaust, I recognise the type.
Force must be applied without apology. It’s the Starfleet way.
I don’t like her either, but I would say that’s not because Muldaur is a bad actress, or because she was a bad character.
For example, her being a dick to Data really helped his character growth. She was abrasive but it really helped TNG grow its beard.
Like that Kings of Leon song, that cunt was on fire and she was consumed with what’d just transpired.
Sorry to necro this thread, but I continued watching and although the show was interesting for a while, it then declined sharply and arguably went off the rails again. A lot of drama and stuff like that. Don’t think you’ll enjoy it if you’re a fan of the original books and read them recently.
There’s a non-zero probability that Riker’s fucked a chair, that’s for sure.
The klingon/human dichotomy is fascinating.
In many ways humans and klingons are quite similar, it’s just that what klingons think of as strengths, humans often think of as weaknesses, and vice versa.
A klingon will brag of how many people they have killed, but be too ashamed to admit to avoiding war.
In the star trek universe, humans are proud of solving problems non-violently through diplomacy, and are often ashamed of having to use violence.
Leads to a lot of misunderstandings and conflict. It’s only with time that the klingons learn that humans (and the federation) are capable warriors and far less weak/meek than they initially appeared. Once they realise this, it’s inevitable that the relationship between the two thaws, as they learn to respect each other.
It gets much better, IMHO. The first episodes were a bit annoying, agreed.
Without giving too many spoilers, I suspect some of the dreams are misleading and certain characters are already being manipulated. I also suspect the latest episodes already featured the Mule and he’s not like in the dream, but I’m not sure.
Also, I think certain characters simply don’t know things. For example, in that vision of the future, the Mule learns the location of the second foundation is Ignis, homeworld of the mentalics. But if you’ve read the books, you know that’s not the location of the second foundation at all. Neither is Helicon for that matter. In the books the true location of the second foundation is hidden from the first foundation.
Also, the whole Demerzel being Daneel thing, and how she’s been manipulating Empire, is interesting. Increasingly Game of Thrones like.
TLDR yes, it’s worth watching a few more episodes.
Caveat: it’s been years since I read the books, so I’m not that bothered about the show being its own thing.
It’s shocking to realise how much of capitalism is just irrational bullshit tulip mania nonsense.
Sure, AI’s going to change the world, but some of the valuations are absurd.