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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:"Beta Z = "Beta Zed" She's telepathic. Cassandra of Troy also had mind superpowers. Troi's sister's called KEStra Her dad was Ian ANDREw KESANDRE TROI
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Does "Klingon" have some painfully obvious root?
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Brawnfire posted:Does "Klingon" have some painfully obvious root? poop
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Brawnfire posted:Does "Klingon" have some painfully obvious root? Memory Alpha posted:After Gene Coon conceived the Klingons, a name for the species did not immediately come to mind. He took inspiration from a name which came into earshot, that of Lieutenant Wilbur Clingan – a friend of Gene Roddenberry who served with him in the Los Angeles Police Department. (Star Trek: The Original Series 365, p. 141; Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry, p. 131) Even when retired years later, Clingan was still proud to introduce himself as the first Klingon. Commented Robert Justman, "The question remains whether Gene named these creatures out of homage or revenge. I've heard it both ways." (Star Trek: Communicator issue 114, pp. 22-23) In the first episode they appeared in, they were pronounced both "Klingon" and "Klingan."
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Brawnfire posted:Does "Klingon" have some painfully obvious root? The 'Klingons' that surround Uranus.
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Jan 24, 2019 01:54
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Scrape 'em off, Jim!
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Scrape 'em off, Jim! The best way to combat Klingons is to pick em off one-by-one.
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Jan 24, 2019 01:59
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As Roddenberry was in WW2, I always figured it was a pretty off the cuff racism of CHING-ons. Especially since the early makeup was basically borderline yellowface.
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jeeves posted:As Roddenberry was in WW2, I always figured it was a pretty off the cuff racism of CHING-ons. Especially since the early makeup was basically borderline yellowface. Roddenberry didn't invent Klingons! Gene Coon did. He was a Korean war vet as I recall.
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jeeves posted:As Roddenberry was in WW2, I always figured it was a pretty off the cuff racism of CHING-ons. Especially since the early makeup was basically borderline yellowface. I was definitely braced for Sinophobia, so it wouldn't surprise.
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Jan 24, 2019 02:16
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Why would being a WW2 vet make you hate American ally China?
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Scrape 'em off, Jim! In my head, I heard McCoy saying this, followed by "If you wanna save somebody... save yourself."
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Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a proctolo- ... oh.
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Grand Fromage posted:Why would being a WW2 vet make you hate American ally China? A lot of guys that actually spent time in China during and immediately after the war felt pretty betrayed about the communist government fighting the US just a few short years later in Korea. They were allies with the Nationalists anyhow.
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So about the Betazoids = Greek thing...Farmer Crack-rear end posted:"Beta Z = "Beta Zed" Maybe it's stretching but: http://www.startrek.com/article/9-things-you-should-know-about-marina-sirtis quote:Born in London to Greek parents
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AceOfFlames posted:Hilariously, they did that exact scene in the latest The Good Place ep. There's this targ sandwich that if you eat it, it means you hate J'naii. And it's delicious.
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I just watched the first two Discovery Shorts, "Runaway", and "Calypso" and they were really loving good. They were extremely Star Trek.
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Jan 24, 2019 08:20
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The Brightest Star and the Escape Artist were good too. What the hell, CBS? Why do we have crazy high stakes season long arcs and not something more episodic and good like these?
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Jan 24, 2019 09:03
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To be fair, the season two opener all but beats you over the head with "We're not going to be like Season One!". You literally have a character say they're going to be having more fun. So maybe there is going to be a shift towards something more episodic and classic-Trek style.
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I thought Betazoids were meant to be more space hippies. Possibly Eurotrash.
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Angry Salami posted:To be fair, the season two opener all but beats you over the head with "We're not going to be like Season One!". You literally have a character say they're going to be having more fun. So maybe there is going to be a shift towards something more episodic and classic-Trek style. They also take a literal timeout to introduce the bridge crew that they never let audiences get to know in season one.
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It's like when the failing restaurant I worked at changed managers, planted an herb garden in the dining room, added menu items, then hosed off to let it fail all over again. It's closed now
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MillennialVulcan posted:They also take a literal timeout to introduce the bridge crew that they never let audiences get to know in season one. That was hilarious and not exactly in a good way Ok, roll call for the
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Jan 24, 2019 15:18
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We saw some of those people more towards the end of S1 once Lorca was gone I hope they do more with them this season though
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The Bloop's avatar is now making me picture Inklings in Star Trek. Might actually be interesting to see a species whose dominant culture isn't even so much capitalism as consumerism and showing off, enthusiastic about fashion and competition. Likely to take interest in the Federation for its variety and depth of cultures and fashions. It's always rather fun to go into the diversity within alien cultures and societies, and how they react to human culture.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:The Bloop's avatar is now making me picture Inklings in Star Trek. In a post scarcity situation, they'd never have to work for Mr Grizz But I would love to see it. Make a good Orville episode, probably
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Might actually be interesting to see a species whose dominant culture isn't even so much capitalism as consumerism and showing off, enthusiastic about fashion and competition. I mean let's be honest that's a more likely outcome for a post-scarcity human race than Star Trek.
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MikeJF posted:I mean let's be honest that's a more likely outcome for a post-scarcity human race than Star Trek. In the future, everyone is an influencer.
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MikeJF posted:I mean let's be honest that's a more likely outcome for a post-scarcity human race than Star Trek. *money stops existing, replicators are invented* But but but how do i show how better i am than everyone else?? *arts flourish, but somehow "wall street dickhead" personality starts appearing in sports, fashion and the theatre*
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:*arts flourish, but somehow "wall street dickhead" personality starts appearing in sports, fashion and the theatre* Those personality types are already rampant in those industries. Same poo poo, different suit.
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MikeJF posted:I mean let's be honest that's a more likely outcome for a post-scarcity human race than Star Trek. Basically the Capitol in Hunger Games
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MillennialVulcan posted:They also take a literal timeout to introduce the bridge crew that they never let audiences get to know in season one. I kinda liked that despite it probably being in there just for the purpose of actually introducing everyone to the audience. It fits that he was the brand new guy on the ship and just wanted to know who everyone was. The whole episode has an air of basically relaunching things.
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Nullsmack posted:I kinda liked that despite it probably being in there just for the purpose of actually introducing everyone to the audience. It fits that he was the brand new guy on the ship and just wanted to know who everyone was. The whole episode has an air of basically relaunching things. It was definitely needed and I appreciated it actually. But it was also goofy.
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The Orville used a throwaway pee joke from the pilot and used that as the base concept for introducing their new and improved second season.
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Kibayasu posted:The Orville used a throwaway pee joke from the pilot and used that as the base concept for introducing their new and improved second season. That's so Venture Bros.
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Kibayasu posted:The Orville used a throwaway pee joke from the pilot and used that as the base concept for introducing their new and improved second season. Third season's going to begin with Bortus and Mercer as captain and first mate on a Master and Commander style frigate, sailing oceans of piss. Orville is now the Peepee Show.
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So I had watched through most of Disco on release and I remember not being impressed with it because *nerd voice* was not "trek". But I went back and did a refresher watch on S1 so I can be prepped for S2 and god drat it was way better the second time around. I am on the fence about the added jokes and levity added in S2 because I already have Orville for that, just keep giving me the same Trek you gave me in S1 and I will be happy. I like the balance we have right now with Disco and Orville airing at the same time. I am optimistic about Disco S2 though.
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"New Eden" was probably the best Prime Directive episode since TOS.
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:*money stops existing, replicators are invented* HD DAD posted:Those personality types are already rampant in those industries. Same poo poo, different suit. Sash! posted:Basically the Capitol in Hunger Games That's basically where the 'hipster' stereotype comes from, people just enough (or sometimes way too much) money to be comfortable desperately chasing trends and attempting to buy popularity while making it look like they're not putting in any effort. (and failing) And becoming absolutely insufferable as a result even without the gentrification and horrible faux-progressive politics.
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One thing I like about the new episode of Discovery is the idea that Discovery spore-driving around the Galaxy could show us Gamma and Delta quadrant species. I just hope they don't write anything silly like accidentally creating the Borg or some nonsense.Technowolf posted:"New Eden" was probably the best Prime Directive episode
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