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Nessus: Dec 22, 2003; After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!

The General posted:

TAS is Trek condensed down to twenty some odd minutes and works because of it. Also we learn that Satan is a pretty cool guy.

I did appreciate the strong implication there that the vast majority of Earth mythology and experience of supernatural beings was in fact due to some assholes who eventually wandered off several hundred years before the modern day, which would simultaneously justify hew-mons having special seasoning compared to some aliens, and completely obliterates most major religious movements.

Then again that seems to be true of other religious groups, doesn't it. The Vulcans have their logic disciplines but those are closer to Buddhism than anything; the Klingons claim to have killed their gods; the Bajorans were in fact connected to strange acausal wormhole entities. And they had that poo poo on network TV!

# ? Aug 6, 2016 22:36

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# ? May 9, 2024 22:43

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

WickedHate posted:

There's stuff sold in Japan you'll love.

Apparently the used panty vending machines are gone.

# ? Aug 6, 2016 22:36

Gaz-L: Jan 28, 2009

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

Apparently the used panty vending machines are gone.

Duh, we have the internet now.

# ? Aug 6, 2016 23:45

egon_beeblebrox: Mar 1, 2008; WILL AMOUNT TO NOTHING IN LIFE.

wait, the 'Trip is Pregnant' episode of "Enterprise" is the FOURTH episode, AND it has a holodeck? Good God.

I do like "Enterprise" but this is loving ridiculous.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 00:30

Naz al-Ghul: Mar 23, 2014; Honorarily Japanese

I usually hate the "evil twin episode" a lot of Western shows like to have. It's rarely done well and it's so tiring when they do it. However, I didn't actually hate this episode. I liked learning about Data's background. It was cool knowing that his creation was inspired by Asiimov. I also have a feeling that we'll see Lore again. I hope he sports a moustache.

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# ? Aug 7, 2016 00:40

Gaz-L: Jan 28, 2009

egon_beeblebrox posted:

wait, the 'Trip is Pregnant' episode of "Enterprise" is the FOURTH episode, AND it has a holodeck? Good God.

I do like "Enterprise" but this is loving ridiculous.

Aw, that's cute, pretending like the first 2 seasons of Enterprise consisted of original material and not old VOY and TNG scripts with the names scratched out and replaced.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 00:44

Apollodorus: Feb 13, 2010; TEST YOUR MIGHT

I think the more problematic part of that episode is that one of the crew got raped and everyone treats it like a joke.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 00:52

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

It's funny when men are raped, duh.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 00:53

Apollodorus: Feb 13, 2010; TEST YOUR MIGHT

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

It's funny when men are raped, duh.

I know, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxQ1GlTPvtg

Hi-larious.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 00:57

Fister Roboto: Feb 21, 2008

Nazareth posted:

I usually hate the "evil twin episode" a lot of Western shows like to have. It's rarely done well and it's so tiring when they do it. However, I didn't actually hate this episode. I liked learning about Data's background. It was cool knowing that his creation was inspired by Asiimov. I also have a feeling that we'll see Lore again. I hope he sports a moustache.

I have good news for you.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 01:19

Naz al-Ghul: Mar 23, 2014; Honorarily Japanese

Fister Roboto posted:

I have good news for you.

Is that actually Lore?

I laughed my rear end off anyways.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 01:31

After The War: Apr 12, 2005; to all of my Architects
let me be traitor

Nazareth posted:

I usually hate the "evil twin episode" a lot of Western shows like to have. It's rarely done well and it's so tiring when they do it. However, I didn't actually hate this episode. I liked learning about Data's background. It was cool knowing that his creation was inspired by Asiimov. I also have a feeling that we'll see Lore again. I hope he sports a moustache.

Getting Brent Spiner to do different voices is pretty much the driving force behind TNG.

_{Ya varmint.}

# ? Aug 7, 2016 01:56

Tunicate: May 15, 2012

Gaz-L posted:

Aw, that's cute, pretending like the first 2 seasons of Enterprise consisted of original material and not old VOY and TNG scripts with the names scratched out and replaced.

and VOY scripts were rejected TNG scripts, so it's double-rejected

# ? Aug 7, 2016 02:10

Astroman: Apr 8, 2001

So if TNG scripts were rejected Phase II scripts and ENT scripts were rejected TNG and VOY scripts, then STD will be...rejected ENT scripts? :aaaaa:

# ? Aug 7, 2016 02:24

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My bad star trek opinion is neelix rocks

# ? Aug 7, 2016 02:30

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

Astroman posted:

So if TNG scripts were rejected Phase II scripts and ENT scripts were rejected TNG and VOY scripts, then STD will be...rejected ENT scripts?

No, rejected Final Frontier scripts.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 02:34

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

Astroman posted:

So if TNG scripts were rejected Phase II scripts and ENT scripts were rejected TNG and VOY scripts, then STD will be...rejected ENT scripts?

Weren't all the Phase II scripts rejected?

# ? Aug 7, 2016 02:37

Ogmius815: Aug 25, 2005; centrism is a hell of a drug

I too have a terrible Star Trek opinion.

I don't think A Night in Sickbay is that bad an episode.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 02:39

Naz al-Ghul: Mar 23, 2014; Honorarily Japanese

I don't know if this is a terrible Star Trek opinion, but I view every holodeck episode as filler and I skip it entirely.
Though I'm not skipping the one with Data in the stache.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 02:45

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Ogmius815 posted:

I too have a terrible Star Trek opinion.

I don't think A Night in Sickbay is that bad an episode.

This is a good opinion. It is good because there's a prosthetic Porthos. More Porthos, better.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 02:51

Arglebargle III: Feb 21, 2006

Nazareth posted:

I don't know if this is a terrible Star Trek opinion, but I view every holodeck episode as filler and I skip it entirely.
Though I'm not skipping the one with Data in the stache.

The Moriarty ones were p good

# ? Aug 7, 2016 02:55

WampaLord: Jan 14, 2010

Arglebargle III posted:

The Moriarty ones were p good

The Barcley ones are good too, though arguably they aren't really "holodeck episodes" since the main plot occurs outside the holodeck.

E: VVV I thought Pulaski was the one who bitched about Data not "playing Holodeck right."

WampaLord fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Aug 7, 2016

# ? Aug 7, 2016 03:00

Paradoxish: Dec 19, 2003; Will you stop going crazy in there?

The first Moriarty episode is great because it has Pulaski owning and Geordi throwing an autism fit over Data not playing holodeck right

# ? Aug 7, 2016 03:00

The Dark One: Aug 19, 2005; I'm your friend and I'm not going to just stand by and let you do this!

Nazareth posted:

I usually hate the "evil twin episode" a lot of Western shows like to have. It's rarely done well and it's so tiring when they do it. However, I didn't actually hate this episode. I liked learning about Data's background. It was cool knowing that his creation was inspired by Asiimov. I also have a feeling that we'll see Lore again. I hope he sports a moustache.

The Dark One fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Aug 7, 2016

# ? Aug 7, 2016 03:38

Naz al-Ghul: Mar 23, 2014; Honorarily Japanese

The Dark One posted:

https://media.giphy.com/media/EYC73ow3K21LG/giphy.mp4

http://giphy.com/gifs/star-trek-image-beard-EYC73ow3K21LG

Jesus Christ he looks like what Osama Bin Laden could've been if he aspired to be an elementary school vice principal. :stare:

# ? Aug 7, 2016 03:41

Ogmius815: Aug 25, 2005; centrism is a hell of a drug

It is a beard Geordi. A fine, full, dignified beard.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 03:49

Winifred Madgers: Feb 12, 2002

Nessus posted:

That's a bit of a fun idea isn't it, the worst Star Trek opinions. Unfortunately mine is that TAS is astonishing and beautiful, and I'm pretty sure that's more "objectively correct"

Final Frontier is better than Voyage Home.

Generations is better than First Contact, but neither of them is as good as any TOS movie.

The giant space amoeba is good.

There is only one actually bad episode of TOS.

Into Darkness, while not as good as 2K9 and Beyond, is still good, and the Enterprise looks great in these movies.

How'm I doing so far?

# ? Aug 7, 2016 03:51

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

EX-GAIJIN AT LAST posted:

There is only one actually bad episode of TOS.

Guessing game time! Turnabout intruder?

# ? Aug 7, 2016 03:53

thexerox123: Aug 17, 2007

Catspaw?

# ? Aug 7, 2016 03:53

Naz al-Ghul: Mar 23, 2014; Honorarily Japanese

Certainly can't be the episode where Kirk and Spock had to dress up as Nazis.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 03:58

Winifred Madgers: Feb 12, 2002

Haha, Turnabout Intruder is great for Shatner's performance alone.

No, it's And the Children Shall Lead.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 04:05

thexerox123: Aug 17, 2007

EX-GAIJIN AT LAST posted:

Haha, Turnabout Intruder is great for Shatner's performance alone.

No, it's And the Children Shall Lead.

So you're claiming that Catspaw is not bad.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 04:17

Winifred Madgers: Feb 12, 2002

You heard me. :colbert:

# ? Aug 7, 2016 04:18

Farmer Crack-Ass: Jan 2, 2001; this is me posting irl

How is The Lights of Zetar not bad?!

# ? Aug 7, 2016 04:22

After The War: Apr 12, 2005; to all of my Architects
let me be traitor

And none of those had the underlying message of "get off my ~~lawn~~ ship, space hippies!"

# ? Aug 7, 2016 04:25

Farmer Crack-Ass: Jan 2, 2001; this is me posting irl

Oh, my bad Trek opinion is that TNG seasons 1 and 2 are better than seasons 6 and 7.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 04:25

Winifred Madgers: Feb 12, 2002

Sounds like I'm winning the bad Star Trek opinions crown. Any comers? :toughguy:

# ? Aug 7, 2016 04:26

WickedHate: Aug 1, 2013; by Lowtax

EX-GAIJIN AT LAST posted:

Sounds like I'm winning the bad Star Trek opinions crown. Any comers?

Enterprise has the best ship design.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 04:28

Gonz: Dec 22, 2009; "Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"

WickedHate posted:

Enterprise has the best ship design.

*slashes your face with a letter opener*

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Winifred Madgers: Feb 12, 2002

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

Oh, my bad Trek opinion is that TNG seasons 1 and 2 are better than seasons 6 and 7.

TNG S6 and S7, and DS9, and Undiscovered Country while I'm at it, are when Trek turned the corner and became more about hanging around in the Alpha Quadrant than exploring, and hence began to decline.

# ? Aug 7, 2016 04:30

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