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Recent discovery for me: Clarence Williams III played Sampson Simpson in Half Baked and Omet'iklan in S4E22 in DS9:
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The MUMPSorceress posted:The humanoid typhoon? probably referring to the looter that Picard falls for 
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Jan 12, 2020 00:50
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kidkissinger posted:with that in mind, is there a truncated episode list anyone would recommend for s01? Ep 9 The Battle Ep 13 Datalore Ep 15 11001001 Ep 19 Coming of Age Ep 20 Heart of Glory Ep 21 Arsenal of Freedom Ep 25 Conspiracy Ep 26 The Neutral Zone
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Jan 12, 2020 01:24
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Season 1 is overall weak and boring as hell, plus most characters haven't really come into their own yet. Picard is weirdly assholeish and Riker is just smug and not all that charming yet. poo poo starts getting genuinely decent in season 2 and properly good in season 3. I don't regret having seen season 1, mind you, it's not bad the way Voyager or Enterprise are, but it still ranges from just kinda lame to outright offensive so be prepared for that.
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Jan 12, 2020 01:28
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I'd recommend the following season one episodes in a very specific order: The Naked Now The Naked Now The Naked Now The Naked Now
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Jan 12, 2020 01:31
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If you don't like The Naked Now you just don't actually like Star Trek or fun.
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Jan 12, 2020 01:32
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The one thing I never understand about The Naked Now is that somehow Data is affected by that virus despite not being a living organism. They handwave away that with some line about him having certain parts of his body that simulate a human anatomy, but this isn't really the case in future episodes where he can exist in environments without oxygen and other things.
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Jan 12, 2020 01:38
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:If you don't like The Naked Now you just don't actually like Star Trek or fun. Would you say the episode was ... fully functional?
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Jan 12, 2020 01:39
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FlamingLiberal posted:The one thing I never understand about The Naked Now is that somehow Data is affected by that virus despite not being a living organism. They handwave away that with some line about him having certain parts of his body that simulate a human anatomy, but this isn't really the case in future episodes where he can exist in environments without oxygen and other things. I suspect that Data was not originally envisioned as being purely mechanical and this may have been a lingering vestige of that.
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Jan 12, 2020 01:41
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:I suspect that Data was not originally envisioned as being purely mechanical and this may have been a lingering vestige of that.
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Jan 12, 2020 02:22
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FlamingLiberal posted:It's weird because there is another episode later on where Data gets possessed by those aliens that are on a prison planet and take over O'Brien, Troi, and Data, but that doesn't make a lot of sense Explanations take up time when they could be using it to move the plot along, also nobody really wants explanations they just want to whine about things. Everything in star wars 7 and 8 could be explained really easily but nobody cares because they just want something to bitch about, same here. Like do we really want to know what Q and Guinan's thing was? It wouldn't be as satisfying if we knew, I guarantee you.
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Jan 12, 2020 02:39
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It’s a little more important with a main cast member I agree that things like the Guinan/Q backstory are better left mysterious, which they thankfully did
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Jan 12, 2020 02:58
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sweet geek swag posted:I have watched Code of Honor twice. The first time was so bad I blotted all memory of it from my head. I watched it last year because I couldn't remember it and it couldn't be that bad right? I had almost this exact same experience, right down to seeing it for the first time decades ago, then again last year after avoiding it for all those years in the interim. It really was still that bad. Though it was interesting seeing the only other martial arts training program we've ever had in the holodeck besides Worf's 'fighting monster dudes'.
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Jan 12, 2020 03:39
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Watching The Naked Now right now. Definitely gonna be a Roddenberry sex pervert situation eh? I agree with the poster who said Data was conceived as more organic early on. "I'm referenced in several bio-mechanical textbooks". edit: this is deeply weird. Yara is coming onto Data an talking about being abandoned at age five, learning to "avoid the rape gangs" etc. I feel like Dr. Crusher hosed up pretty bad allowing this to spread to everyone. punishedkissinger fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Jan 12, 2020 |
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Jan 12, 2020 05:01
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i just cannot believe this was the episode that immediately follows the pilot how the hell
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Jan 12, 2020 05:33
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I feel strange, but also good!
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Jan 12, 2020 05:38
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kidkissinger posted:i just cannot believe this was the episode that immediately follows the pilot how the hell The preproduction, and production, of the first season was a gigantic shitshow. They did The Naked Now because they didn't have any other stories ready in time. The first season burned through 35 writers. Also I'm going to be pedantic and point out that Farpoint was not a pilot. A pilot is not necessarily the first episode of a show; it is an episode that is produced to sell a show, to convince a network to pay for series production. TNG didn't need a pilot, because Paramount wasn't selling the show to a big network, they were just selling it direct to various local TV stations.
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Jan 12, 2020 05:44
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season 1 can be fun and it isn't unwatchable or anything but it didn't fit the moment and feels more like a weird tos fan fiction
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Jan 12, 2020 05:49
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From the Wikipedia entry-quote:"The Naked Now" is based on an incomplete teleplay by Roddenberry for The Next Generation, titled "Revelations." The first few scenes remained largely similar, but in "Revelations" La Forge infected Yar while making unsuccessful sexual advances toward her. Original Series writer D.C. Fontana wrote a new draft of the teleplay with several further changes that failed to make it into the final installment. These included Data turning down Yar's sexual advances, Troi's lack of privacy due to empathic abilities, Picard's concern for the families on the ship, and Riker's fear of becoming a lonely starship captain.[2] 
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Jan 12, 2020 05:51
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Odd that The Naked Now came up because we just watched First Contact tonight and the borg queen asks data how long it's been since he's hosed. His answer is down to the second.
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Jan 12, 2020 05:54
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FlamingLiberal posted:From the Wikipedia entry- DC Fontana tried to make it good, at least. Ah well.
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Jan 12, 2020 05:56
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HD DAD posted:DC Fontana tried to make it good, at least. Ah well. Especially since this is the episode where they talk about her backstory of being at the mercy of 'rape gangs'
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Jan 12, 2020 05:59
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McSpanky posted:I feel strange, but also good! See there's plenty of The Naked Now that isn't weird Yar and Data stuff!
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Jan 12, 2020 06:06
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Erisian Automata posted:Odd that The Naked Now came up because we just watched First Contact tonight and the borg queen asks data how long it's been since he's hosed. His answer is down to the second. So did the Borg graft organic skin onto Data's ding-dong in order to seduce him?
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Jan 12, 2020 06:11
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Season 1 is a lot better in HD- the lighting really works now and some of it is really great to look at. that said there’s no reason to watch code of honor or that atrocious episode with that young guy in some of the worst old man makeup I’ve ever seen. That was some cringey poo poo.
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Jan 12, 2020 06:18
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Where No One Has Gone Before is legit good
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Jan 12, 2020 06:22
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Drink-Mix Man posted:So did the Borg graft organic skin onto Data's ding-dong in order to seduce him? If they did, he would have tired in a second. I'd join the Borg right now if they gave me a super penis.
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Jan 12, 2020 06:25
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Delthalaz posted:Season 1 is a lot better in HD- the lighting really works now and some of it is really great to look at. that said there’s no reason to watch code of honor or that atrocious episode with that young guy in some of the worst old man makeup I’ve ever seen. That was some cringey poo poo.
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Jan 12, 2020 06:36
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Drink-Mix Man posted:So did the Borg graft organic skin onto Data's ding-dong in order to seduce him? We may never know. But the borg queen did blow air across the skin she grafted on his arm and he got real excited so...I dunno, if I was the queen I'd hold off a bit before the super-dong.
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Jan 12, 2020 06:57
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Ritznit posted:Season 1 is overall weak and boring as hell, plus most characters haven't really come into their own yet. Picard is weirdly assholeish and Riker is just smug and not all that charming yet. poo poo starts getting genuinely decent in season 2 and properly good in season 3. I don't regret having seen season 1, mind you, it's not bad the way Voyager or Enterprise are, but it still ranges from just kinda lame to outright offensive so be prepared for that. It's weird how in the first 1 or 2 seasons, whenever meeting an unconventional person or anomaly, everyone's got a look of concern or disapproval, but Riker's giving it a wide-eyed grin. You can see straight into his mind where he's just ticking off another box, "oh yeah, I am in to this."
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Jan 12, 2020 08:34
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what little round machines do you think data had in his scrote?
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Jan 12, 2020 12:00
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Disco balls.
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Jan 12, 2020 12:59
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nanites are stored in the balls
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Nefarious 2.0 posted:what little round machines do you think data had in his scrote? High-volume oil pumps
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Jan 12, 2020 14:02
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just a fuckton of tapioca pudding
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Jan 12, 2020 15:13
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Erisian Automata posted:We may never know. But the borg queen did blow air across the skin she grafted on his arm and he got real excited so...I dunno, if I was the queen I'd hold off a bit before the super-dong. Can Data ahegao
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Jan 12, 2020 15:43
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If we reboot this thread like the announcement suggests, does that mean it can only be about the Kelvinverse?
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Jan 12, 2020 16:01
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A Very Sexy Baby posted:If we reboot this thread like the announcement suggests, does that mean it can only be about the Kelvinverse? I kinda like this thread as is, but if you can get criscodisco to post many posts in the new one so it feels like this one I'm cool with whatever you like. The DS9 ep where kira listens to an old man make up stories to seem wise is done, we're on the the fukken rumpelstiltskin episode and I could not be happier.
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Jan 12, 2020 16:24
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star trek threads should last 1701 pages
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Son of Sam-I-Am posted:star trek threads should last 1701 pages Dangerous precedent. A Voyager thread would get 74656 pages. (And oh, those poor Enterprise threads...)
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