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BioEnchanted posted:I kind of like Eddison in Deep Space 9, the mid-series Security Chief for the Federation (alongside Odo as chief of Bajoran security), because he's just there as some guy. No major subplots so far or drama, he just does his job and goes home. It's an amusing contrast to everyone else having some kind of major personal stakes in every situation. lol E: this snipe brought to you by my avatar, I guess.
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Something I'm finding fun with DS9 is the recurring arc of other races dealing with the Federation, as all the more cynical ones like the Cardassians and Ferenghi both assume another shoe will drop and that the Federation are going to be two-faced, like Quark assuming that Rom will be mistreated in his role as engineer and that they'll just push the poo poo jobs onto him, only to be proven wrong as Rom's talents are noticed and appreciated - they are so personally annoyed that the Federation promises the world, and then SO frustrated when they go and deliver it. Also the conversation between Worf and O'Brian where it's like "This space station is poo poo" "I know, isn't it great!?"
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May 28, 2023 21:51
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8one6 posted:New thread for old Trek: food argument Also Eddington having the absolute white-guy energy to say that to Ben "peeled potatoes for my dad's restaurant as a kid" Sisko
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May 28, 2023 22:03
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Also can we get a link to the previous thread edited into the OP because sometimes it's nice to go back and look up a post or something
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May 28, 2023 22:04
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:Also can we get a link to the previous thread edited into the OP because sometimes it's nice to go back and look up a post or something I will add it in now.
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May 28, 2023 22:09
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this is my one post for this thread about nearly dying in the icu and being very strongly convinced on ketamine that the theme song to enterprise contained the secrets to everything and texting my mother a lot telling her to listen to it
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May 28, 2023 22:52
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that may be the most convincing argument against drugs I’ve ever seen
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I think overall my favourite moments in TV shows are when characters go delirious with laughter in an otherwise stressful situation, like when Quark and the merchant are defusing the torpedo and they just start talking about the Irony.quote:Quark: I thought you people never sold substandard merchandise? I also loved the bit where Dukat and Kira are in the cave together and Dukat sits on a spike, and Kira starts giggling at him trying to heal his butt, and he starts seeing the funny side especially upon realising that he's forgotten to turn the device on.
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May 28, 2023 22:54
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Beeftweeter posted:"planty of latters lift in teh albavet" - nine-gear crow This better lead to a call/response post when this thread goes off the rails of: "Crow, blow up the goddamn thread!"  or I'm going to be very mad.
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holefoods posted:that may be the most convincing argument against drugs I’ve ever seen i'll tell you what i wouldn't have had that idea if i had been cortically stimulated!!! @BioEnchanted: I don't want to spoil it in case you or others haven't seen it, but Babylon 5 has the best "trapped in a crisis situation and laughing moment" with G'Kar in the elevator.
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May 28, 2023 22:58
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I also like the Prophets because whatever they are trying to do it seems that they aren't TRYING to cause problems, they just have trouble with the concept of linear time, and so make mistakes. When asked questions directly, they are surprisingly forthcoming, you just need to know how to connect with them. They're mysterious but not in the way of being total assholes, the mystery is just a lack of communication. At least so far, I am only halfway done with the series.
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May 28, 2023 23:08
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holefoods posted:that may be the most convincing argument against drugs I’ve ever seen That's the thing about being on ketamine in the ICU: you don't really get the choice in the matter. I was convinced that I was jumping into a different reality every time I went to sleep and woke up like I was on Sliders or something and that someone had stolen one of my Let's Play as was updating it without my permission while I was incapacitated when it happened to me. Hospital drugs are a loving mind-rending trip, I'll tell you what
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The Prophets were seriously warned by Q about giving timeline spoilers but they still have trouble with the concept
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nine-gear crow posted:That's the thing about being on ketamine in the ICU: you don't really get the choice in the matter. I was convinced that I was jumping into a different reality every time I went to sleep and woke up like I was on Sliders or something and that someone had stolen one of my Let's Play as was updating it without my permission while I was incapacitated when it happened to me. I was sure Optimus Primal was standing in the corner of the ICU room, nodding at me reassuringly
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May 28, 2023 23:11
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I loved their frustration in the pilot where they cannot understand that Sisko didn't understand what they meant by "But why do you exist HERE?!". Then that moment of Sisko admitting that for him at that point, his perception of time was not linear at all. It was a cool way of exploring grief and hyper-fixating on the thing that caused it.
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nine-gear crow posted:That's the thing about being on ketamine in the ICU: you don't really get the choice in the matter. I was convinced that I was jumping into a different reality every time I went to sleep and woke up like I was on Sliders or something and that someone had stolen one of my Let's Play as was updating it without my permission while I was incapacitated when it happened to me. luckily i was mostly okay, i just needed to be kept calm while i was on the vent. i just sent some weird messages and stuff like the enterprise theme song thing, i knew where i was and what was going on.
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BioEnchanted posted:I also like the Prophets because whatever they are trying to do it seems that they aren't TRYING to cause problems, they just have trouble with the concept of linear time, and so make mistakes. When asked questions directly, they are surprisingly forthcoming, you just need to know how to connect with them. They're mysterious but not in the way of being total assholes, the mystery is just a lack of communication. At least so far, I am only halfway done with the series. *dukat-ishly* the prophets were completely full of poo poo they understand linear time just fine, how else do you explain (end of series spoiler) sisko's whole arc? they basically possess his mom in order for him to be born, indicating a thorough understanding of how that would affect the future
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Arivia posted:luckily i was mostly okay, i just needed to be kept calm while i was on the vent. i just sent some weird messages and stuff like the enterprise theme song thing, i knew where i was and what was going on. sounds like a long road, getting from there to here
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Tighclops posted:I was sure Optimus Primal was standing in the corner of the ICU room, nodding at me reassuringly Well that's just prime
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Beeftweeter posted:*dukat-ishly* the prophets were completely full of poo poo AH! But did they understand linear time at that point, or did that happen after Sisko taught them about linear time? All time exists at once for them after all, so maybe they altered that event in the past after Sisko spoke to them in the present. I accidentally saw the spoiler making this post, but it was worth it. 
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Arivia posted:@BioEnchanted: I don't want to spoil it in case you or others haven't seen it, but Babylon 5 has the best "trapped in a crisis situation and laughing moment" with G'Kar in the elevator. Also a DS9 spoiler but there's another memorable moment like this significantly later in the series. Very last episode actually, when Kira's party is really close to breaking into the Dominion HQ but Garak's explosives aren't strong enough to blow up the door. BioEnchanted posted:I loved their frustration in the pilot where they cannot understand that Sisko didn't understand what they meant by "But why do you exist HERE?!". Then that moment of Sisko admitting that for him at that point, his perception of time was not linear at all. It was a cool way of exploring grief and hyper-fixating on the thing that caused it. It's not a perfect episode, drags a little at times, but it's definitely aged well. I feel like that moment in particular would have people all over Twitter posting threads about how it's such a great portrayal of grief.
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BioEnchanted posted:AH! But did they understand linear time at that point, or did that happen after Sisko taught them about linear time? All time exists at once for them after all, so maybe they altered that event in the past after Sisko spoke to them in the present. i don't see how that would work. this is giving a pretty significant chunk of plot away so i'll be careful: joe sisko has memories of her being basically (to borrow an episode title) his perfect mate (because the prophets needed sarah sisko and joe sisko to conceive ben sisko, who because of this is also part-prophet, apparently). she eventually snaps out of being possessed by a prophet and leaves him, and then later dies. he's got an old photo of her, which is how (ben) sisko identifies her in the first place. he doesn't remember her at all — he was raised by his stepmom, something his dad didn't ever tell him about until the episode in question (season 7's "image in the sand", if you're curious). but basically if it were something the prophets had modified after meeting sisko then they'd probably be like "uh, who the hell was that?" Beeftweeter fucked around with this message at 23:33 on May 28, 2023 |
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I think it's obvious, but my post there was a joke, making fun of how confusing things get. Or to quote both Miles' O'Brians: I hate temporal mechanics.
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BioEnchanted posted:I think it's obvious, but my post there was a joke, making fun of how confusing things get. Or to quote both Miles' O'Brians: I hate temporal mechanics. lol, some people truly don't get it anyway. it is pretty confusing!
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When I'm Trekked up, that's the real me When I'm Trekked up, that's the real me, babe
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nine-gear crow posted:That's the thing about being on ketamine in the ICU: you don't really get the choice in the matter. I was convinced that I was jumping into a different reality every time I went to sleep and woke up like I was on Sliders or something and that someone had stolen one of my Let's Play as was updating it without my permission while I was incapacitated when it happened to me. Before my pancreatic surgery two years ago, I had three separate stays in the hospital during which they put me on a 72-hour ketamine drip to deal with the pain. I sent some *weird* messages to the woman I was dating at the time.
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Beeftweeter posted:*dukat-ishly* the prophets were completely full of poo poo the pah wraiths were imprisoned purely because they were a different color than the other wormhole aliens, the interest in bajor is primarily in order to keep people from freeing their political prisoners
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Gaz-L posted:Well that's just prime 
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Tunicate posted:the pah wraiths were imprisoned purely because they were a different color than the other wormhole aliens, the interest in bajor is primarily in order to keep people from freeing their political prisoners the prophets are the true wormhole fascists
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I'm still mad they recast Primal for the new movie. If you're gonna drag 80 year old Peter Cullen to a booth for these movies every drat time, get Gary Chalk in for Primal.
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dr_rat posted:It should be noted that the Animated series is the only series to be officially considered cannon. Consuming poison in a breakfast is... not logical. Great OP nine-gear crow!
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dr_rat posted:It should be noted that the Animated series is the only series to be officially considered cannon. lmao jesus christ quote:At the time of its introduction in the early 1950s, Sugar Smacks had the highest sugar content in the US cereal market (55% per weight), surpassing Sugar Crisp (later renamed "Golden Crisp") by competitor Post Cereal which had debuted with what The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets would later call "an astonishing sugar content of 51 percent". highly illogical
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So I'm thinking about the aphasia episode and there's that whole subplot with the space freighter alien and his cargo. I can't tell if it's hilarious or dark or both. Dude really needed to go before his goods spoiled, but O'Brien was too busy to fix his ship, then everyone got put into quarantine, then the dude tried to leave on his own but the docking clamps were in place, then his whole ship detonated. The guy was absolutely ruined because O'Brien was overworked.
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BioEnchanted posted:I also loved the bit where Dukat and Kira are in the cave together and Dukat sits on a spike, and Kira starts giggling at him trying to heal his butt, and he starts seeing the funny side especially upon realising that he's forgotten to turn the device on. Nana Visitor hated episodes that paired Kira and Dukat because it was like a Mossad major having to go on a road trip with Adolf Eichmann. She didn't think Kira could ever warm to Dukat. And I agree. Kira was never dumb enough or relaxed enough for Dukat's superficial charm to work on her like it worked on other characters.
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Gaz-L posted:I'm still mad they recast Primal for the new movie. If you're gonna drag 80 year old Peter Cullen to a booth for these movies every drat time, get Gary Chalk in for Primal. I love Ron Perlman but the circumstances that made Beast Wars unique were rare even in the 90's and I don't expect any movie adaptation to measure up Chalk got to be in Stargate a little bit at least
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Beeftweeter posted:lmao jesus christ That's 55% space energy by weight. I think we've untapped the ZPM of cereals, here.
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Tighclops posted:I love Ron Perlman but the circumstances that made Beast Wars unique were rare even in the 90's and I don't expect any movie adaptation to measure up It sucked rear end that they not only killed off his character on Stargate but they did it in a very sloppy "wait, did he actually die?" way and then he just never shows up again after that.
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Atlas Hugged posted:So I'm thinking about the aphasia episode and there's that whole subplot with the space freighter alien and his cargo. and he got the aphasia virus anyway, lol
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nine-gear crow posted:It sucked rear end that they not only killed off his character on Stargate but they did it in a very sloppy "wait, did he actually die?" way and then he just never shows up again after that. Didn't he die when the Russian ship got blown up? I remember seeing him at a con when I was in high school he said that he learned all of his lines in Russian and then like a day before shooting they switched all of his dialogue to English Actually now that I think about it I think he was in Star Trek as well as a Pakled
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