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Randallteal posted:I like Vic, but he's almost fourth wall breaking between being able to control the holosuite and access the station comm system, and no one seems to care much. It makes you wonder where in the hell Bashir actually bought him.
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mind the walrus posted:He's one of those weird immersion breakers that remind you the show is a bunch of Californian entertainers. Yes it's a time honored tradition from the Sherlock bullshit to TOS using any old props and settings lying unused on the backlot, but Vic was the bridge too far. At no point did I buy that the DS9 crew would have wanted a program like Vic. It doesn't help that lounge entertainers are the most insufferable entertainers this side of mimes. I hate Vic but would have been fine if they just had a casino or whatever with a recurring resident lounge entertainer instead of making him a special super program. Pretty much all my problems with him is the stupid importance the writing puts on him as something unusual, like it's a fanfic shilling the self insert.
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mind the walrus posted:He's one of those weird immersion breakers that remind you the show is a bunch of Californian entertainers. Yes it's a time honored tradition from the Sherlock bullshit to TOS using any old props and settings lying unused on the backlot, but Vic was the bridge too far. At no point did I buy that the DS9 crew would have wanted a program like Vic. It doesn't help that lounge entertainers are the most insufferable entertainers this side of mimes. It kinda worked as a progression from Bashir's 60s spy program.
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Gonz posted:I'ma go get the Beyond Bluray tonight and watch it because it's cool and good. gently caress, now I have to go to wal-mart. I hate wal-mart, but love little star trek ships.
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MrJacobs posted:gently caress, now I have to go to wal-mart. I hate wal-mart, but love little star trek ships. The Amazon exclusive also features a Lil' Ship, but it's not quite as Lil' as the Wal-Mart ones: 
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The Dark One posted:She had to be kept in the shade as much as possible during location shoots because she basically explodes when exposed to natural sunlight.
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Nessus posted:Is she a vampire Salt vampire or normal vampire?
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Baronjutter posted:What I'm really getting from reading all this ds9 cast and crew stuff is that they might not have been best huggy friends like the TNG cast, they were extremely professional, supportive, and loyal and everyone from writer to actor to producer were all very much on the same team. They eventually got an "us against the world" sort of attitude where they didn't care what the network or fans wanted, they just wanted to make the best TV they could, based on what they all agreed was good, and they're all very (rightfully) proud of what they made. Is there any truth at all to that rumor about Avery Brooks requiring everyone to call him "Mr. Brooks", even fellow cast members? Or is that just some exaggeration that just happens to fit the eccentric character he's sorta built up around himself?
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Nessus posted:Is she a vampire The secret lies in her surname
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Gonz posted:The Amazon exclusive also features a Lil' Ship, but it's not quite as Lil' as the Wal-Mart ones: Those are some real derpy nacelles.
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It's a chibi Franklin.
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Hah, I think those are just leftover drink toppers from when the movie was in theaters.
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I don't know about the 3-pack, but the Amazon version is from QMx. They do good quality stuff.
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So I'm doing my first TNG watchthrough since like... And Jesus gently caress what an episode it is. This trash belongs as part of some TOS Season 1 bullshit that would have aired in the 60s. Early TNG borrows a lot of TOS's style in terms of writing/cinematography/especially music, but Christ almighty this thing should not exist. I now know why Patrick Stewart famously refused to unpack his suitcase after landing the job. Like, I am now actively embarrassed to be a Star Trek fan in ways I haven't been for a long long time. Drone fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Nov 1, 2016 |
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Timby posted:Hah, I think those are just leftover drink toppers from when the movie was in theaters. Apparently, yes they are.
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Drone posted:Code of Honor. Whenever someone refuses to do something I'm half tempted to break out the "Then you shall have no vaccine" line.
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Are those the actual proportions of nu-trek ships? The nacels look so top-heavy or the supports so spindly. There's something about all the designs in nu-trek like they looked up some ancient secret geometry on how to make things look terrible through bad and unnatural proportions.
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Baronjutter posted:Are those the actual proportions of nu-trek ships? The nacels look so top-heavy or the supports so spindly. There's something about all the designs in nu-trek like they looked up some ancient secret geometry on how to make things look terrible through bad and unnatural proportions. Sometimes I get the feeling that whoever designed JJTrek's ships is the same person who did character design for Kingdom Hearts.
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Timby posted:Hah, I think those are just leftover drink toppers from when the movie was in theaters. man, what the gently caress happened to Paramount merchandising? Drone posted:So I'm doing my first TNG watchthrough since like... oh boo-hoo, the episode's almost thirty years old now and nobody but turbo-nerds ever watches it any more the final episode of TOS climaxes with a woman failing to successfully possess Captain Kirk because she succumbs to shrieking hysteria Galaxy's Child features a man shouting at a woman because she's legitimately angry that he literally created a hostile workplace and by the end of the episode she's apologizing to him Voyager and Enterprise both regressed to sticking women in tight catsuits for no good reason I'm sure there's other examples I'm forgetting.
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Baronjutter posted:Are those the actual proportions of nu-trek ships? The nacels look so top-heavy or the supports so spindly. There's something about all the designs in nu-trek like they looked up some ancient secret geometry on how to make things look terrible through bad and unnatural proportions. Spaceships are spindly. Real spaceships are kind of neat with these weird butterfly unfolding from blunt cylinders to long fragile trusses and panels and antennae.
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:oh boo-hoo, the episode's almost thirty years old now and nobody but turbo-nerds ever watches it any more Except a fuckton of people have access to Netflix and if they are even remotely interested in Trek will generally start with TNG first. And it's the third episode.
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Amazon prime has the Blu ray versions with updated visuals. Unfortunately for me, my VPN recently stopped working with prime 
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:man, what the gently caress happened to Paramount merchandising? The last big push was for Star Trek 09 and after that failed the TNG remasters. After that I think they just silently gave up.
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Baronjutter posted:Are those the actual proportions of nu-trek ships? The nacels look so top-heavy or the supports so spindly. There's something about all the designs in nu-trek like they looked up some ancient secret geometry on how to make things look terrible through bad and unnatural proportions. I get the impression that the JJ ships were never meant to look good as conventional models because the filmmakers never really wanted to do the beauty shot thing with them to begin with. They're meant to have super-exaggerated features that pop out at you like a cartoon when you shoot them from crazy angles and I think they serve that purpose really well. It's just when you get a good look at the whole ship from a flat angle that it looks like a turd.
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:Voyager and Enterprise both regressed to sticking women in tight catsuits for no good reason Ratings. And it worked, at least for Voyager.
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I wish the brand would die for 20 years or something but I bet it'll kept getting re animated like a zombie over and over again because people can't just *let the gently caress go and move on Y'all best be watching The Expanse when it comes back *loool says the rear end in a top hat who thinks in pop sci fi references
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Drink-Mix Man posted:I get the impression that the JJ ships were never meant to look good as conventional models because the filmmakers never really wanted to do the beauty shot thing with them to begin with. They're meant to have super-exaggerated features that pop out at you like a cartoon when you shoot them from crazy angles and I think they serve that purpose really well. It's just when you get a good look at the whole ship from a flat angle that it looks like a turd. It's kinda like how cartoon or CG people will often tend to have hands and feet the size of their heads.
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Drink-Mix Man posted:I get the impression that the JJ ships were never meant to look good as conventional models because the filmmakers never really wanted to do the beauty shot thing with them to begin with. They're meant to have super-exaggerated features that pop out at you like a cartoon when you shoot them from crazy angles and I think they serve that purpose really well. It's just when you get a good look at the whole ship from a flat angle that it looks like a turd.
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MikeJF posted:It's kinda like how cartoon or CG people will often tend to have hands and feet the size of their heads. Or why on the cover of any of his movies, Jackie Chan's feet and hands are bigger than his face.
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Evek posted:The last big push was for Star Trek 09 and after that failed the TNG remasters. After that I think they just silently gave up. I think it's pretty embarrassing that Paramount or CBS or whoever it is won't license any ST games beyond that god-awful 3rd person shooter a few years ago, and other than that a couple of phone games. It's a far cry from the early 2000s when they were putting out something like 6 full games a year. I guess I shouldn't be surprised considering how badly CBS has mismanaged the Discovery thing.
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A Star Trek version of FTL with more events and less combat focus would be dope as hell.
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I want Trek: Telltale.
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Pwnstar posted:A Star Trek version of FTL with more events and less combat focus would be dope as hell. yes
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Honestly, the total conversion mods of high-quality games are probably better than actual Trek games would ever be. I hear Stellaris Trek is coming along well. Armada 3 kicks arse. Best case scenario would be if they contracted the people who are making Endless Space 2 to make Birth of the Federation 2 after it's done. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 06:13 on Nov 2, 2016 |
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I want Trek Effect, except no Space Squids or Space Magic. Just a fun RPG/shooter game where you get to interact with interesting characters and stuff. A Hitman-esque game with Section 31 would also be cool I think.
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MikeJF posted:I want Trek: Telltale.  Lord knows it would be easy to get so many former cast members on board since so many of them are already doing VO work
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It will never happen but I would stab the Pope for a LEGO Star Trek video game.
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In my fantasy world Telltale acquires the completed voice acting files for Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury.Firebert posted:
What I'd do would be have a six-episode game which is one overall arc but each game takes place during a different series and then finishes up with a team-up episode set post-nemesis using TNG/DS9/VOY/Spock/Scotty. It would be 100% wank and the best thing ever. For bonus points, have a movie mode where you can just watch the entire plot. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 06:46 on Nov 2, 2016 |
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