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Here's the thing, if changlings tried to blackmail me by threatening a loved one they claimed to have captive, I would assume it was a trick. Because changelings.
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Alchenar posted:Here's the thing, if changlings tried to blackmail me by threatening a loved one they claimed to have captive, I would assume it was a trick. Because changelings. Don’t trust them! Don’t believe them! Let them die!
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Mar 24, 2023 22:07
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Alchenar posted:Here's the thing, if changlings tried to blackmail me by threatening a loved one they claimed to have captive, I would assume it was a trick. Because changelings. i just assumed it was a trick
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Mar 24, 2023 22:20
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Same, I don’t think it’s Deanna at all.
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Mar 24, 2023 22:29
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Star Trek merging with the ViewAskewniverse
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Mar 24, 2023 22:31
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MillennialVulcan posted:Star Trek merging with the ViewAskewniverse "37! My wife hosed 37 Changelings!" "In a row?  "
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Mar 24, 2023 22:35
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Why did the USS New Jersey look like an upscaled version of the TOS Constitution class rather than the Disco/SNW version? Does this mean ST:Picard is in another timeline so it can safely be dumped in the trash bin and ignored like I already do with the JJ-verse?
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Mar 24, 2023 22:43
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What’s funny is, Deanna is the worst person to have kidnapped to try to trick Riker. They can literally communicate telepathically. So like, either the show will forget about that, or it’ll be an extremely empty threat.
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Mar 24, 2023 22:44
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YouTubeTekReviewer posted:Why did the USS New Jersey look like an upscaled version of the TOS Constitution class rather than the Disco/SNW version? Does this mean ST:Picard is in another timeline so it can safely be dumped in the trash bin and ignored like I already do with the JJ-verse? Oh definitely because the Constitution has never ever had a single refit that radically changed its exterior design
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Mar 24, 2023 22:56
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If you really are Deanna Troi, use your empathic powers to tell me how I'm feeling. I'm sensing a large amount of anger Oh poo poo, it is you!
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Mar 24, 2023 23:06
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Super Deuce posted:What’s funny is, Deanna is the worst person to have kidnapped to try to trick Riker. They can literally communicate telepathically. My speculation is that Riker is going to use "Imzadi" and changeling Deanna is gonna go huh?
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Mar 24, 2023 23:17
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The thing is there's no way to tell which direction of dumb the script will take.
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Alchenar posted:The thing is there's no way to tell which direction of dumb the script will take. We're also at the edge of the wild in terms of how big a turd the show finally shits out into the bed. Because this episode was the final one given out as part of the press screener pack to people. Terry's white supremacist buddies like Robert Meyer Burnett and Nerdrotic got the whole 10 episodes, but this is the last episode that Paramount felt comfortable with giving out to the normies for whatever reason  And if the pattern holds from last year, then poo poo goes off the rails turbo hard next week because they only released three episodes of Season 1 and 2 to the press and in both cases Episode 4 was where the show imploded. So get ready 
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Mar 24, 2023 23:42
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Oh definitely because the Constitution has never ever had a single refit that radically changed its exterior design I mean, maybe? But they've already used the Disco-prise in the first season of Picard. As seen in episode 2 it's prominently on display in the lobby of Starfleet HQ :  I'm willing to accept the difference between the TOS model and the modern re-imagining as simply the difference in production abilities in 1960s and now. But it would be nice if they were consistent in their own series.
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YouTubeTekReviewer posted:I mean, maybe? But they've already used the Disco-prise in the first season of Picard. As seen in episode 2 it's prominently on display in the lobby of Starfleet HQ : That post was meant as a joke and it’s pretty obvious now that the Discoprise, the TOS Connie, and the TMP are all considered various refits of the same class of ship in-universe. Which is totally fine. Even the TOS version had big changes from The Cage to WNMHGB to The Man Trap.
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Mar 24, 2023 23:48
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Plus they all look the same
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Khanstant posted:Why would it be extinct? It's something humans have done for probably nearly all of its history. Probably nobody smoking cancer sticks the same way, but burning and inhaling and exhaling stuff never goes out of fashion. Unless I’m misremembering, it’s a thing that gets referenced occasionally across the various series in that ‘look at what we got up to as big dumb idiots before world war 3’ kind of tone you’d get a lot, particularly in TNG
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Mar 25, 2023 00:24
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I love "it's AI!!!" being very impressive to dumb people in 2023 and also very impressive to smart people who have dealt with actual artificial intelligences in 2400
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John Wick of Dogs posted:If you really are Deanna Troi, use your empathic powers to tell me how I'm feeling. Also, if the teaser next week isn't Riker going "Bullshit, my wife wouldn't get caught by you assholes, it's a trick" then Terry can get right in the bin because he doesn't understand basic logic.
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Mar 25, 2023 01:41
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Seeing the original Connie and the s5 NX-01 were the only good things from this dump of an episode. The Discoprise looks like trash.
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I will never understand why they felt the need to mess with the Connie proportions with the discoprise. The vertical scale of Jefferies' design is so unique and adds so much dimension and character... why mess with that and try to flatten in?The Grumbles posted:Unless I’m misremembering, it’s a thing that gets referenced occasionally across the various series in that ‘look at what we got up to as big dumb idiots before world war 3’ kind of tone you’d get a lot, particularly in TNG "Curious... 21st Century humans ingested unhealthy quantities of a carbonated mixture of sweeteners derived from cornstarch and artificial chemical flavorings served in cancer causing plastic vessels." "Yes, but they mostly abandoned the practice by the early 22nd century..." *Takes drag from cigar and fills spaceship interior with exhaled smoke* Penitent fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Mar 25, 2023 |
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Mar 25, 2023 01:49
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stuart scott posted:I love "it's AI!!!" being very impressive to dumb people in 2023 and also very impressive to smart people who have dealt with actual artificial intelligences in 2400 lol that really bothered me too it's just lazy writing, again. AI is in vogue as both a marketing buzzword and a boogeyman today because people think loving chatGPT is going to gain self-awareness any day now and wipe out humanity or something, but those people are complete idiots
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Mar 25, 2023 01:54
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The AI makes me feel seen
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It's too bad there's not a character that's an ally to both Picard and Starfleet, couldn't possibly be a changeling, has direct ties to Daystrom, and could help someone unite many voices into one while merging flesh and cybernetics. That would be too easy.
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Mar 25, 2023 04:04
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I'm sure they actually did kidnap Deanna, because that's the easiest to write
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CaptainSkinny posted:It's too bad there's not a character that's an ally to both Picard and Starfleet, couldn't possibly be a changeling, has direct ties to Daystrom, and could help someone unite many voices into one while merging flesh and cybernetics. That would be too easy. Gonna be honest here, it took me a few minutes to realise you meant Jurati. I was thinking "Wait, the Doctor doesn't know Picard..."
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Gaz-L posted:Gonna be honest here, it took me a few minutes to realise you meant Jurati. I was thinking "Wait, the Doctor doesn't know Picard..." my mind went to AGIMUS despite the whole "ally to Starfleet" thing not making sense there, but still I want AGIMUS
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Gaz-L posted:Gonna be honest here, it took me a few minutes to realise you meant Jurati. I was thinking "Wait, the Doctor doesn't know Picard..." Neither did Seven
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CaptainSkinny posted:It's too bad there's not a character that's an ally to both Picard and Starfleet, couldn't possibly be a changeling, has direct ties to Daystrom, and could help someone unite many voices into one while merging flesh and cybernetics. That would be too easy. It really is a perfect scenario. It lends some "oh hey, while you were out, some guy came by and said he saw you throwing this monkey's paw out into the sea and thought it looked neat and you might like to keep it, so I put it on your desk" energy to trying to write her out
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The Borg should have assimilated the Federation after the end of Voyager, that way we still get SNW and Lower Decks but not Picard.
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Are there multiple Daystrom Institutes? I thought Agnes worked on earth. I remember it being brighter too.
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CaptainSkinny posted:Are there multiple Daystrom Institutes? I thought Agnes worked on earth. I remember it being brighter too. Yeah, there's Daystrom Institutes all over the Federation. The one in Okinawa was the Daystrom Institute of Advanced Robotics. It's where AGIMUS and Peanut Hamper got sent as well when they were put in Evil AI Jail.
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I was thinking Daystrom Station is like how universities have branch campuses. The University of Oregon plops most of its geology stuff in Bend instead of Eugene because that's where the volcanos are. Which can mean only one thing. The planet Daystrom Station is orbiting is sentient AI and will try to eat Earth at Frontier Day. Matalas was 11 when Unicron did it in the Transformers animated movie. Perfect age from which to crib ideas.
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Screeners are out for 7 and 8. The impressions are good?
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Mar 25, 2023 07:00
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Yeah those same people reported the eps we've seen as good too, so we know what their floor for what qualifies as "good" starts at "really lovely"
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Mar 25, 2023 07:29
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drat, they should follow me on Twitter
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Khanstant posted:Yeah those same people reported the eps we've seen as good too, so we know what their floor for what qualifies as "good" starts at "really lovely" Yea, they're clearly just letting it wash over them and not checking what's actually going on
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Yeah, I get that hope springs eternal, but it's not like there's some amazing new sci-fi story that will ultimately unfold or that there's some kind of poignant moral message being made here. We're watching garbage; it will continue to be garbage.
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Penitent posted:https://twitter.com/TerryMatalas/status/1638624529676390400 Anyway I just watched the episode. It was entertaining in spite of being awfully stupid constantly. One of the worst parts is the Titan hiding behind the Moon and then suddenly it's out in the open running away from the Daystrum facility. I mean, there's a lot of bad dumb things going on this episode but at least get the ship positioning right. Worst part that I actually love and want more of: Data/Lore/B4 hybrid. Just go all out, Spiner; I love it. DaveKap fucked around with this message at 10:00 on Mar 25, 2023 |
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I am pro-Spiner hamminess. I even like Masks. But they need to drop the Lore/more rhyme thing. It's not as profound as they think it sounds and defeats the purpose of Brent being able to portray each character distinctly enough that we can tell without being told explicitly
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