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Burning_Monk posted:WHAT? And miss out on Michael Ironside being a dick to everyone? Bad advice, very bad advice. Michael Ironside being awesome doesn't make up for how terrible 2032 was (and it was somehow worse than the second season).
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FredMSloniker posted:So, since more Star Trek is evidently not coming out soon, if ever, what other shows might scratch the TOS itch for me? And by that, I don't mean aping the appearance of a 60s TV show, but something where exploring space is an adventure, not (for instance) a desperate struggle for survival or just another way to make a buck. The whole 'boldly go' mission statement. It doesn't necessarily have to be airing right now, or even recently, and web content is also acceptable. If you can deal with highly stylized anime, consider the older Captain Harlock series. The animation can be a bit rough sometimes, but on the other hand it doesn't have the annoying fanservice bullshit of newer series and the soundtrack is seriously boss.
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Timby posted:Michael Ironside being awesome doesn't make up for how terrible 2032 was (and it was somehow worse than the second season). That series finale was also shockingly racist. If that was a sign of where they were taking the show then it really deserved to get put down.
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:That series finale was also shockingly racist. If that was a sign of where they were taking the show then it really deserved to get put down. Details? Was it to do with the super strong autist?
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Apr 10, 2017 20:59
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Seaquest is one of those shows I remember liking when I was young, but I am afraid to watch again for fear it will ruin my fragile, dumbly innocent memories of it.
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Rhyno posted:Details? Was it to do with the super strong autist? Basically it goes full-out Tom Clancy with Japan Panic.
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Apr 10, 2017 21:23
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Rhyno posted:Details? Was it to do with the super strong autist? No, it was the new antagonist confederation that was comprised entirely of SE Asians and were all depicted with terrible Orientalist stereotypes. At least, that's what I remember, it's been several years since I subjected myself to 2032.
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:No, it was the new antagonist confederation that was comprised entirely of SE Asians and were all depicted with terrible Orientalist stereotypes. At least, that's what I remember, it's been several years since I subjected myself to 2032. Wasn't the whole thing run by Michael York? Guess you have to have your British bad guy, it was the 90's after all.
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Apr 10, 2017 21:50
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No he was the leader of Evil Australia.
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Burning_Monk posted:Wasn't the whole thing run by Michael York? Guess you have to have your British bad guy, it was the 90's after all. Token Posh-Sounding British Guy was an indispensable component of every 90s genre show (e.g. Stewart in TNG, Siddig in DS9, John Rhys-Davies in Sliders, Giles in Buffy etc.) but seaQuest gave things an unusual twist by having Token Posh-Sounding British Girl (Stephanie Beacham). Remember when seaQuest had Mark Hamill as a blind astronomer who was actually a fugitive from an alien world? Me neither.
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Wheat Loaf posted:Token Posh-Sounding British Guy was an indispensable component of every 90s genre show (e.g. Stewart in TNG, Siddig in DS9, John Rhys-Davies in Sliders, Giles in Buffy etc.) but seaQuest gave things an unusual twist by having Token Posh-Sounding British Girl (Stephanie Beacham). Oh man, that's an old crush. I also remember a British AI they used with a wall of steam? Man, that show was trippy-er than I thought.
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Alright guys, I'm bored and I've decided I'm going to do a Star Trek: Birth of the Federation Let's Play thread. I included a Poll so that anyone who cares to can determine which race I play as. There will be other votes in the future as well. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3816663 So get in there and vote, if you care to.
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Q_res posted:Alright guys, I'm bored and I've decided I'm going to do a Star Trek: Birth of the Federation Let's Play thread. I included a Poll so that anyone who cares to can determine which race I play as. There will be other votes in the future as well. Cool, I've never seen the Cardassians in a play through of that so I've voting Spoonhead.
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Apr 10, 2017 23:54
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Michael Dorn is going to guest star in Discovery! 
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He'll end up in some terrible situation in a space battle and say "THAT'S IT, IF I HAVE A SON HE'LL BE A LAWYER, NOT A WARRIOR!"
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Nearly done with the 2nd book of 50 Year Mission, and was it common knowledge that Shatner almost ended up guesting on Enterprise as Mirror Kirk? I don't remember hearing that. Apparently the original plan for the Enterprise Mirror Universe episode was to have the actual NX-01 from our universe end up in a pocket universe where apparently the Tantalus Field from 'Mirror, Mirror' sent people when they seemingly died. So Mirror Kirk is there and he tries to take over the NX-01 and escape. Shatner was onboard but wanted to get paid, and the studio didn't see the point of spending what Shatner wanted when the show was already wrapping up its run.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Nearly done with the 2nd book of 50 Year Mission, and was it common knowledge that Shatner almost ended up guesting on Enterprise as Mirror Kirk? I don't remember hearing that. I wonder how much extra career Shatner has Shatner'ed his way out of at this point?
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Apr 11, 2017 00:23
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Burning_Monk posted:Cool, I've never seen the Cardassians in a play through of that so I've voting Spoonhead. Well, good news, they're currently beating the Ferengi 6 to 5 in the vote. The other 3 races have 2 votes each. The Cardassians are my least played race, and suit my playstyle the least, so they'll be interesting for me too. Even if I'm not making all the decisions.
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OK, so given that Worf was a colonel by the time of Star Trek VI, he'll probably be fresh out of Klingon law school or something during this series.
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Apr 11, 2017 02:09
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Why can't Worf just go away? If there's "My son has no honor, he spends his days studying laws instead of the ways of Kahless" in Discovery, I'm done. He's the Hillary Clinton of Star Trek.
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Do we know Dorn is going to play Worf or anyone related to him? Maybe he'll play a Ferengi or something.
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I was going to tell you to just look it up but looks like it's not happening.
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DirtyRobot posted:You know bad stuff is going down if the Bajoran being spoken sounds like this: Actually Sisko should have known bad stuff was going down because he has a universal translator in his ear and it should have sounded like this: "Glory be to the Pah Wraiths! May the Pah-Wraiths bless this sacrifice as I stab you in the fuckin throat and feed them the Emissary's Pah." We hear ancient Bajoran on the station all the time. A hundred years ago the translator was able to figure out the language of a horny cloud entity with no brain and a biology totally unlike our own in like 5 minutes, but seven years of church-Bajoran spoken on the station every Sunday morning and nothing?
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Speaking of: here's my counter-infiltration plan for Star Trek. How about you have the computer tell you the source language when your translator is activated. You call up the bridge to talk to the Vorta in charge of the ship: if the answer comes back in Bajoran, maybe a little pop-up should appear saying "This message was translated from an unexpected language: Bajoran. Language expected was Dominionese. Press to dismiss."  That would solve so many problems.
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Star Trek technology security is basically installing deadbolts on linen closets. Yes, the towels are much safer, what about the horrifying eight foot death worm that wants to eat the children?
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VitalSigns posted:Actually Sisko should have known bad stuff was going down because he has a universal translator in his ear and it should have sounded like this: Orv posted:Star Trek technology security is basically installing deadbolts on linen closets. Yes, the towels are much safer, what about the horrifying eight foot death worm that wants to eat the children? 
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That's just Texas.
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VitalSigns posted:Speaking of: here's my counter-infiltration plan for Star Trek. How about you have the computer tell you the source language when your translator is activated. Nana Visitor is super fine in the Starfleet uniform.
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Orv posted:That's just Texas.
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Lord Hydronium posted:Is Ted Cruz really eight feet? If you're asking if he's some sort of spider creature, then yes.
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Cojawfee posted:If you're asking if he's some sort of spider creature, then yes.
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Rhyno posted:Nana Visitor is super fine in the Starfleet uniform. Seriously. I like that the explanation for it was "well we don't want to offend the Cardassians so you should represent the Federation, not the Bajoran militia" instead of "hey how the gently caress are you going to skulk around and do hit-and-run resistancy things in those heels?" And speaking of actresses looking better in uniform, Jeri Ryan  I don't understand the embarrassing catsuit-n-high-heels fetish of Star Trek producers. Visitor, Ryan, and Sirtis all looked better in the Starfleet uniform and it was way way less stupid.
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The decon chamber was at least honest about being porn. And stupid as it was, it made more sense than the Kira traipsing through the wilderness in military-issue high heels whenever she decides to join the
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VitalSigns posted:Speaking of: here's my counter-infiltration plan for Star Trek. How about you have the computer tell you the source language when your translator is activated. There was a DS9 novel, I really don't remember which one as it's been 10+ years since I read any of them, where they found out the self-destruct code for Jem'Hadar ships was simply "self destruct". But you had to say it in the Jem'Hadar native language, which no outsider ever heard because they're engineered to just learn and use the languages of whatever aliens they interact with.
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So Linda Park was the guest on the JV Club podcast last week. Not a ton of Trekchat, but she's a lot more interesting than Hoshi.
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VitalSigns posted:The decon chamber was at least honest about being porn. I just wish they'd had Starfleet excursion uniforms. One thing Enterprise did right: they had a regular away mission uniform, a desert variant, an arctic variant...
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