General Star Trek thread

Rawr

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

https://www.irishpost.com/news/star-trek-the-next-generation-united-ireland-2024-169961

Irish Post wrote:

"Any possible hint of nuance was lost in teleportation."

That's where I fell out of that article. I don't get the impression that the author has much of a grasp of Star Trek.

Also I think that a good chunk of the reporting was just wrong. I know well that I watched "The High Ground" during the 90's. Sky even made a big thing about airing this episode back then. (They did it out of sequence and after the watershed if memory serves)

I'm also pretty sure Data's line saying that "Ireland was united in 2024 'cause of the 'RA....sir" was not omitted (at least not that time).

Stop moaning ffs

Wonder how much the instant news and knowing of things ahead of time, changes how we consume or enjoy things. Here in Star Trek as with Star Wars and Disney.

In another time we wouldnt have a clue that some other company bought the rights and were making new series. And definitely wouldn’t know what producers or writers were involved.

We’d just be happy we were getting more. Without the target of some evil producer or corporations to blame.

It’s odd.

pixelburp

It's oddly, passingly gratifying to know that for all its utopian ideals, Trek got one aspect of Irish peace wrong; it came from diplomacy and sane heads sitting down to discuss a non violent solution. Brexit may be doing its best to erode that diplomacy but if Irish unity happens I'd still reckon it'd be the ballot box.

Stop moaning ffs

pixelburp wrote: »

It's oddly, passingly gratifying to know that for all its utopian ideals, Trek got one aspect of Irish peace wrong; it came from diplomacy and sane heads sitting down to discuss a non violent solution. Brexit may be doing its best to erode that diplomacy but if Irish unity happens I'd still reckon it'd be the ballot box.

You haven’t read the news Today then

Stark

Stop moaning ffs wrote: »

You haven’t read the news Today then

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Stop moaning ffs

Stark wrote: »

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Bomb planted in attempt to kill psni members. Also a chap shot in the head and left for police to find.
It’s hopefully not going to kick off up there but 6 attempts on PSNI members lives this past year.
Back on track though

IvySlayer

Today I learned that Lucille Ball saved Star Trek not once, but twice. She owned the production company Desilu Productions which was then bought by CBS.

She approved the production and development of the first Star Trek pilot, even though her board of directors rejected it. After it got very negative reviews, she helped finance the second pilot with her own money!

Thank you Lucy!

Stop moaning ffs

IvySlayer wrote: »

Today I learned that Lucille Ball saved Star Trek not once, but twice. She owned the production company Desilu Productions which was then bought by CBS.

She approved the production and development of the first Star Trek pilot, even though her board of directors rejected it. After it got very negative reviews, she helped finance the second pilot with her own money!

Thank you Lucy!

That’s brilliant! thanks for that. She was a bit of a space cadet in her own way but that’s some serious show of faith on her part.

Stop moaning ffs

Rory O Neill is in Picard? What exactly does Jean Luc get up to off shift?
Is ten forward an early version of pantibar?

Stark

Okay it's time for this again:

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Would be fantastic if they were able to make Samarian Sunsets in Pantibar though (or anywhere for that matter).

Stop moaning ffs

Insert cocktail jokes here

Does the appearance matter more than the taste? You can make loads of cocktails with any kind of colour. I’d say they could do it.

Stark

It's the effect of going from perfectly clear to multicolored with a tap that I'd love to see.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/5/5c/SamarianSunset.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170709214128&path-prefix=en

I'm sure there are chemicals you could use that would do that, but the resulting concoction would be quite poisonous I'm sure. Could end up with Weyoun as your only customer

Stop moaning ffs

Stark wrote: »

It's the effect of going from perfectly clear to multicolored with a tap that I'd love to see.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/5/5c/SamarianSunset.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170709214128&path-prefix=en

I'm sure there are chemicals you could use that would do that, but the resulting concoction would be quite poisonous I'm sure. Could end up with Weyoun as your only customer

Loads and loads of spirits IRL you can do that with. Something to do with different alcohol content and qualities and ingredients. Leads it to float and blend

I’m intrigued and baffled nobody hasn’t tried it already

Inviere

Set your haych dee detectors to level jaysis

odyssey06

Inviere wrote: »

Set your haych dee detectors to level jaysis

It still hurts :eek:

Inviere

odyssey06 wrote: »

It still hurts :eek:

Doubly so for you I'd say

Rawr

Inviere wrote: »

Set your haych dee detectors to level jaysis

Captain Declan Keogh (to Dax): Ha! Your poky little Runabouts are no match for the dangerous crap over there! Nothing compared to my USS Kitbash!

(Loses USS Kitbash and all hands, while poky Runabouts survive)

AMKC

Rawr wrote: »

Captain Declan Keogh (to Dax): Ha! Your poky little Runabouts are no match for the dangerous crap over there! Nothing compared to my USS Kitbash!

(Loses USS Kitbash and all hands, while poky Runabouts survive)

It was not a Kitbash do. It was a Galaxy class ship and a sister ship to the Enterprise-D. The only good thing was it only had a skeleton crew on it. Imagine if it had of had a full crew and all there family's on it when the Dominion ship rammed it that would have been 10 times worse.

Rawr

AMKC wrote: »

It was not a Kitbash do. It was a Galaxy class ship and a sister ship to the Enterprise-D. The only good thing was it only had a skeleton crew on it. Imagine if it had of had a full crew and all there family's on it when the Dominion ship rammed it that would have been 10 times worse.

My bad, I wrote USS Kitbash, but should have said USS Re-badge

Now I’m getting flashbacks of the Yamato exploding. Is it just me or does a Galaxy Class destruction just feel far more dramatic than the loss of other ships (ST III excluded)

Mini kitbash, it had the nacelle phaser strips from the "All Good Things" refit Enterprise (just back to front)

Inviere

A new Shinzon...

https://io9.gizmodo.com/what-if-captain-picards-star-trek-nemesis-clone-was-ju-1838051493/amp

TheValeyard

Inviere wrote: »

A new Shinzon...

https://io9.gizmodo.com/what-if-captain-picards-star-trek-nemesis-clone-was-ju-1838051493/amp

Could not have made that film any worse.

Cookie_Monster

TheValeyard wrote: »

Could not have made that film any worse.

Never say that, they could have shoehorned Neelix into it....

368100

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Never say that, they could have shoehorned Neelix into it....

That'd make anything hateful

Rawr

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Never say that, they could have shoehorned Neelix into it....

Admiral Janeway: Jean Luc you are hearby ordered to Romulus to find out what is happening.

Picard: Yes sir!

Admiral Janeway: I will also send along an "Ambassador" to help with negotiations.

Picard: Is this person a specialist on diplomacy with Romulus?

Admiral Janeway: He's.......well......look; just take him with you alright? Take him on a trip. A nice long...deep space....far away from me ...trip....

Oh and Jean Luc?

Picard: Yes?

Admiral Janeway: If you yet again feel the sudden need for "Unsafe Velocities!"...his seatbelt is optional.

Picard: Are his species hardened against injury?

Admiral Janeway: .....sure....let's say "Yes" to that...

TheValeyard

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Never say that, they could have shoehorned Neelix into it....

His galactic cousin?

368100

Have been re-watching a few random Voyager episodes lately and gonna have a bit of a ramble on.....

Neelix is as annoying as I remember, maybe even more so now.....why they gave him any level of responsibility is beyond me. The 2 parter where the Kazon steal Voyager and strand the crew on a planet and they all split up into 4 teams....and he just assumes a team leader role alongside the most senior staff.....makes no sense.

Also, these "variable geometry" nacelles on Voyager......they just seemed to stick them in as a novelty.....they were either up or down.... no in between, different geometry for different situations or speeds....they should have just kept them up all the times, the ship looks better that way.

Evade

368100 wrote: »

The 2 parter where the Kazon steal Voyager and strand the crew on a planet and they all split up into 4 teams....and he just assumes a team leader role alongside the most senior staff.....makes no sense.

But he's a survival expert, just don't ask him to find water in a solar system.

The best worst Neelix moment is in that episode too. Neelix picks up a bone and gestures around with it waffling on to Hogan about all the useful things you can do with bones and then drops it back in the pile and tells Hogan to gather them up.

Rawr

368100 wrote: »

Also, these "variable geometry" nacelles on Voyager......they just seemed to stick them in as a novelty.....they were either up or down.... no in between, different geometry for different situations or speeds....they should have just kept them up all the times, the ship looks better that way.

I once had the Revell Voyager model kit back in the 90's. When building it, you could dicide to fix the nacells in the up or down position (and then that would be permanent when you had glued it together.)

I think I opted for the "up" position as it did look a lot more like a regular Starfleet vessel in that configuration.

(Revell did a really nice job on their Voyager models. Much nicer than the AMT models I was used to)

Sonics2k

Bit of sad news today as Aron Eisenberg, the actor who played Nog, has passed away at age 50.

https://intl.startrek.com/news/aron-eisenberg-obituary-star-trek

He only had a brief period of time on What We Left Behind, but you could tell he really missed the show.