|
Why cookie Rocket posted:Are you seriously saying that Star Trek: A Bouquet of Diagnosed but Treatable Mental Illnesses isn't a totally poo poo premise for a tv show? Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I guess if you wrote it boring and lovely, which you seem dead set on. I think that's kind of a weird decision based upon character pitches alone, but that's why I suggested you'd be a bit lacking as a screenwriter. I don't see how it's so much different from Geordi. Most of the time, he's a normal guy with an aptitude for engineering. Sometimes his VISOR is a strength. Sometimes his blindess is a detriment. See, when I think of it, I think of a paraplegic captain who spent half his life confined to a wheelchair. Now he has a chance to prove himself. I see an astrophysicist who thought they'd only ever see the stars through a telescope in a hospital window, traversing distant stars. I see situations in which their disabilities become strengths, or weaknesses. Most of the time, though, it's as important as Uhura being black. I don't remember being bored by exploring any of the other characters' motivations.
|
#
¿
Oct 5, 2016 22:31
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 13, 2024 19:05 |
|
|
nerdman42 posted:I'm still only in season 5 and it sounds like Ezri was the better character, but why did Jadzia's actress leave the show anyway? I think for Becker.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 5, 2016 22:48
|
|
|
Y'know, I always thought Geordi seemed a little irritable. Maybe that was just LeVar.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 5, 2016 23:18
|
|
|
That's why I qualified it as nearer future. A bridge between now and that reality. Humanity in the course of striving to overcome its limitations, both physical and planetary. Perhaps not even trek.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 6, 2016 00:33
|
|
|
*clears throat*. ... Well. *gathers papers and knocks them against the table to align them* I'd like to, uh, thank you all for your notes, and I look forward to possibly working with you on this or another project in the future. Don't let them see you cry, brawny. You tried.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 6, 2016 00:53
|
|
|
Duckbag posted:Comfort was never anything close to a consideration in Berman Trek. The original TNG uniforms were made a couple sizes too small so they wouldn't crease and were apparently made of some space age super fabric (OK, spandex) that breathed about as well as a rain poncho and was impossible to clean. Supposedly, the actors reeked of sweat at basically all times. Patrick Stewart claims to have gotten them replaced after he threatened to sue over back problems they were causing him. Later uniforms were a little looser (sometimes even the right size!) and easier to clean, but were designed to look great when people were standing with no consideration of what would happen when they sat down, which was apparently especially hard on the male cast. Also, wearing multiple layers of tight-fitting wool for hours on end while standing under studio lights must have been the loving worst, and that's not even getting into all the latex, makeup, and padding the aliens had to wear. I can't even imagine how smelly that was. Theatrical productions I've been in in larger auditorium settings still smelled like sweat-drenched cloth and cheap makeup. A cramped indoor set must have been nauseating.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 6, 2016 05:07
|
|
|
Railing Kill posted:Watched a bunch of ENT the other day. Supposedly the crater and wreckage were from an explosion while the Enterprise was trying to dock with a "Tesnian" ship.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 13, 2016 18:08
|
|
Did I miss something? It feels like I really should be missing something here. Besides that, it felt like they fried to hard, too early to set Reed and Trip at odds in the shuttlepod. I get how that could be interesting to see how they break down, get at each other, and find common ground over the course of their ordeal, but as it is Trip jumps down Reed's throat at the word go. It's like the show gave us this good premise for a character piece and used up all the tension in the first five minutes of the plot. Eh.
|
Darwin senses *creak* danger!!!
|
|
#
¿
Oct 26, 2016 19:09
|
|
|
That just makes me think of Simon Greenall as a frantically incomprehensible engineer and Steve Coogan as captain.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 3, 2016 11:31
|
|
|
Somehow I unbookmarked this thread unknowingly. I feel like the Enterprise C just cruising back into the present randomly
|
|
#
¿
Feb 28, 2017 21:50
|
|
|
And they can't seem to create characters that aren't the center of the universe. Which means they have setting-changing events happening around characters who--in in-universe chronology--disappear without a mention, with no lasting ramifications from anything they did. For some reason, they seem really reluctant to flesh out events that have been canonically mentioned, which would sidestep the problem entirely.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 3, 2017 19:03
|
|
|
socialsecurity posted:And only during the "day" shift when all the important people are working. The night-shift get the nightmare and spooky-themed things because the day-shift is sleeping. It's super not fair, but them's the breaks.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 16, 2017 02:03
|
|
|
Pakled posted:Ferengi as envisioned by Gene had huge dicks and were renowned as the galaxy's greatest lovers. You might be on to something here. That's just Ferengi marketing at work. In reality, the greatest lovers in all the galaxy are easily--as you are clearly already aware--the Pakled.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 16, 2017 03:09
|
|
|
Angry Salami posted:I sometimes wonder when Crusher sleeps. She's head doctor, she goes on away missions, she commands the bridge, she's running a drat theater company in her off-time... Like, Data comes across as a total slacker in comparison. Shoulda had a special episode about her stimulant addiction. A scene in a dimly-lit medlab injecting a hypospray of Orion xenoamphetamines... she shakes her head, it isn't enough to shake off the fatigue. Better load another ampule...
|
|
#
¿
Mar 16, 2017 04:03
|
|
|
Frake's Red Hot
|
|
#
¿
Mar 16, 2017 19:11
|
|
|
DON'T GET BETWEEN ME AND THE BLOOD WIIIIINE!
|
|
#
¿
Mar 20, 2017 21:27
|
|
|
Bucswabe posted:I've always wanted to sit in on the meeting at star fleet, where the decision was made to go from the TOS movie uniforms, to the TNG pyjama uniforms in seasons 1 and 2. 
|
|
#
¿
Mar 26, 2017 16:17
|
|
|
WampaLord posted:This one is just objectively wrong. Seriously, they weren't even allowed to act on VOY, how could the acting be better?
|
|
#
¿
Mar 27, 2017 17:36
|
|
|
I like its little belly
|
|
#
¿
Mar 30, 2017 19:46
|
|
|
Timby posted:That was all on Berman and Braga. They wanted to straight-up re-use the Akira, rationalizing that because it had only had background appearances in First Contact and in DS9, no one would really notice or care. Drexler was basically forced into the basic shape, but succeeded in pushing through some structural changes to make it look like a much older design (or at least as much as he could). drat, these people don't know their audience at ALL.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 30, 2017 20:25
|
|
|
The best ships are smooth and matte light-grey.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 30, 2017 22:52
|
|
|
Timby posted:Two minutes in Photoshop. Now do the film!
|
|
#
¿
Mar 30, 2017 23:07
|
|
|
Orv posted:I was always a Warbird guy. Definitely. Such a sexy design. That two-hulled thing coming together to a big ominous beak... mmm... I love the idea of just being able to pretty much uncloak SURROUNDING a smaller ship, like what the gently caress are they gonna do with that situation?
|
|
#
¿
Mar 31, 2017 01:57
|
|
|
I remember I had the Voyager micro-machine and the nacelles snapped on to the body so you could move them up and down. In practice, they just got loose and you ended up with castrated Voyager.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 31, 2017 02:34
|
|
|
Nessus posted:Shoot your way out or go to warp? Possibly after informing your home government that the Romulans have declared war on your people. I have this feeling like the Romulans actually suck but have been able to manage their reputation so they SEEM like badasses. I had assumed a hostile situation, so no sneaky cold-war stuff just classic pounce and smash. I feel like being literally surrounded by an enemy's vessel is a strategically poor time to begin firing weapons, but I'm not a starship captain. Edit: Can a shield bubble stop a ship? skasion posted:Seems appropriate, that's basically what happened to the plot 
|
|
#
¿
Mar 31, 2017 02:47
|
|
|
What perfect casting. Now I wish Dwight were on the crew.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 31, 2017 18:38
|
|
|
Mike the TV posted:The Equinox is actually the coolest ship in 'recent' Star Trek. Actually it's pretty crazy how much of an impact that tiny touch has. It makes the ship feel more like a ship, and also more human. Do any other Star Trek vessels have that feature?
|
|
#
¿
Mar 31, 2017 19:59
|
|
|
vermin posted:Beep Beep Smooth and matte light-grey, checks out.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 31, 2017 20:04
|
|
|
Cat Hatter posted:Romulan warbird stuff Would be neat if they had some sort of special dampening field that basically shut down the electronics of anything inside the denial zone between the hulls. That way, they'd be able to sneak up on smaller ships and sort of just go "Hi you're ours now". Then they can take prisoners, then falsify the ship's logs to say whatever you want, then leave the empty ship there to induce an interplanetary incident. Especially effective if nobody knows you can do this poo poo. Y'know, Just Romulan Things. I like Romulans, I guess I may be fantasizing a bit much.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 31, 2017 20:59
|
|
|
Nessus posted:It would make total sense for the Romulans to build a ship or two that could do what you're describing. It would not make sense to build your entire naval strategy around it. Eventually people would start wising up - "Hm, that's weird, this is the sixth mysteriously abandoned freighter/science ship that's had logs strongly suggesting malfeasance from a local group who are in negotiations with the Romulan Star Empire. Probably a coincidence." 
|
|
#
¿
Apr 1, 2017 04:19
|
|
|
Zesty Crab Legs posted:Yeah. They all have it. Wow. Sokath, his eyes uncovered!
|
|
#
¿
Apr 1, 2017 23:13
|
|
|
Michael's just gonna be the future's Ashley or Beverly, once a man's name but now either unisex or feminine.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 4, 2017 21:11
|
|
|
Zurui posted:I found it, the photo that explains all of TNG: And yet not a single alien race or Starfleet colony with neo-denim outfits.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 7, 2017 23:26
|
|
|
I think it would be great if eventually Fed ships were just big bridge bubbles in the middle of a wide saucer, with no visible engines. A bright transporter-ray would deposit away-teams onto the surface, to take specimens from local livestock and rural inhabitants for examination onboard.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 8, 2017 21:57
|
|
|
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?
|
|
#
¿
Apr 11, 2017 00:23
|
|
|
There's something very Robert California about Phlox.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 13, 2017 01:27
|
|
|
Kingtheninja posted:Wow, even my pillows outrank me. Guess it's time to do some laundry then!
|
|
#
¿
Apr 13, 2017 16:09
|
|
|
Thwomp posted:Is it really kept secret? Don't they change it around a bunch so that any given simulation scenario could become the kobayashi maru right at the end?
|
|
#
¿
Apr 21, 2017 18:56
|
|
|
spincube posted:Nah not Kobayashi Maru - isn't that for those en-route to the captain's chair? - that one Wesley Crusher took where he could only save one person and had to leave another die (because that's how his father died). Oh, right, that one. My B!
|
|
#
¿
Apr 21, 2017 20:03
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 13, 2024 19:05 |
|
|
The Bloop posted:First episode The whole season is a paper-thin framing device wrapped around footage from earlier shows and films, cut footage, and CGI manipulations of old footage, etc.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 26, 2017 01:59
|
|