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bryans7 09/15/20 2:10:44 AM #102:	Morn also Star Trek: Beyond --- https://imgur.com/g8JFMhA <cite>bryans7 posted [p:944621723] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Morn also Star Trek: Beyond </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ranagrande 09/15/20 8:16:57 AM #103:	the Webster series finale <cite>ranagrande posted [p:944626611] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>the Webster series finale </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PerfectChaosZ 09/15/20 11:22:44 AM #104:	Best Version of the Enterprise from all the series <cite>PerfectChaosZ posted [p:944631702] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Best Version of the Enterprise from all the series </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Not_an_Owl 09/15/20 11:24:07 AM #105:	That alternate future version of the Enterprise that had 3 warp nacelles --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. <cite>Not_an_Owl posted [p:944631752] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>That alternate future version of the Enterprise that had 3 warp nacelles </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anagram 09/15/20 11:25:34 AM #106:	The Picard Maneuver Assuming this is the FTL maneuver, and not pulling on his shirt, this is fine. It's cool to establish that Picard isn't just a diplomat, can is indeed capable of kicking ass by outsmarting people. It's a shame this comes up in basically one episode and never again, because it is a clever and interesting use of FTL in a space combat scenario. In fact, it's so clever that it's impossible to believe it was invented by Picard and not someone centuries before him, but okay. Bajor I wonder why Bajor was chosen for DS9's setting. That's a lie, I know -- it's because Bajorans have easy makeup for the thousands of extras. As a setting, Bajor is okay. It's fine. It's easily the least interesting of the planets and races that got a lot of attention. I mean, when you think of the major Star Trek races, it's Vulcans, Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians, Ferengi, Bajorans, and... Orions? Andorians? My point is that there's a very clear line between the races that got a lot of attention from the writers and the races that didn't, and of the former category, Bajorans are the least interesting. Even the planet is basically just a nice-looking planet. You don't have the Vulcans' stark temples, the Klingons' warrior aesthetic, the Romulans' sharp angles, the Cardassians' fascism, or the Ferengis' domes and constant rain. This is part of why I was shocked when LD put a Bajoran as one of its main characters. I was like, "Woah, they know enough about Star Trek to remember Bajorans?" Worf's Baldric Worf's baldric comes up twice in the series. The first time it's when the crew loses its memories and everyone assumes Worf is in charge because he has a fancy sash, and when they learn the truth, Worf has to apologize to Picard while acting extremely embarrassed. That's a good moment and a good episode. The second time is when Riker rides Ro's ass for wearing a Bajoran religious earring against regulations, and she's like DUDE WORF'S THINGY and Riker has no real comeback for that. What makes the baldric weird is that it's supposed to be a symbol of Worf's noble house. By itself, that's fine. But no other Klingon ever wears a baldric, including his brother! Very bizarre. Gargoyles I have only watched a tiny bit of Gargoyles, but I know that Johnathon Frakes and Marina Sirtis are on it. The only episode I've seen is the one where the bad guys turn a city to stone so they can steal one day from everyone's lives and become immortal. From what I remember, Frakes is the human mastermind villain and Sirtis is like a crazy gargoyle chick who's survived thousands of years and wants to wipe out humanity, right? Gargoyles always came across to me like a B-tier cartoon. It was never on the popularity level of something like Batman: TAS. Morn A brilliant addition to DS9. DS9 is very good about having a lot of memorable side characters, and Morn is one of them. He's always there in the bar, doing nothing, never really interacting with the plot (except that one time he does). His very existence implies that he has his own stories and that there are plenty of other alcoholics in the galaxy, and his design as an alien is fantastic. Webster Series Finale I will watch this later and make a writeup based on it. I hadn't heard of this until now. ---------------- Make it So Captain Jean-luc Picard of the USS Enterprise The Beginning of Wisdom The Mirror Universe The Neutral Zone The Rules of Acquisition Data & Picard The Doctor Geordie's Epic Maneuver Transporters Assimilate This Galaxy Quest Q Morn Combadges Tribbles TNG Warp Core Sound The Riker Lean Frequency of Uniform Changes in Starfleet Chain of Command Torture Sequence Kirk is a Jerk Shirt Timescape The Chase Where No Fan Has Gone Before Duet Children of Time Ambassador-class Starship Wolf in the Fold Live Long and Prosper Enterprise s3 Escape Pods Gowron Worf's Baldric TOS Klingons Technobabble Gargoyles RedLetterMedia's Picard Re:Views Holodeck Episodes Mike and Rich's Top 5 TNG episodes Brent Spiner The Picard Maneuver Anagram Raemes T. Quirk Sanctuary Districts Highly Illogical Star Trek: Lower Decks Star Trek: The Animated Series Bajor STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association Prune Juice For the Uniform Sisko's Beard The Rock's Appearance on Voyager It's a Faaaaaaaaake! Naomi Wildman Valiant (DS9) Sisko Punching Q DS9/Babylon 5 Similarities Get the Cheese to Sickbay Harry Kim Rom Wil Wheaton ENT's Reason for Klingon Forehead Ridges Night Terrors Flaunting Danger Clip Beardless Riker Star Trek Online Wadi This is the Power of Math, People Riker's Pizza Warp 10 The Outcast God Aliens Not Respecting Consent Climax of Into Darkness Jennier Lien's Descent into Madness The Rape Gangs of Turkana IV Data x Borg Queen [robo][tf][buzzsaw] --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:944631803] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>The Picard Maneuver Assuming this is the FTL maneuver, and not pulling on his shirt, this is fine. It's cool to establish that Picard isn't just a diplomat, can is indeed capable of kicking ass by outsmarting people. It's a shame this comes up in basically one episode and never again, because it is a clever and interesting use of FTL in a space combat scenario. In fact, it's so clever that it's impossible to believe it was invented by Picard and not someone centuries before him, but okay. Bajor I wonder why Bajor was chosen for DS9's setting. That's a lie, I know -- it's because Bajorans have easy makeup for the thousands of extras. As a setting, Bajor is okay. It's fine. It's easily the least interesting of the planets and races that got a lot of attention. I mean, when you think of the major Star Trek races, it's Vulcans, Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians, Ferengi, Bajorans, and... Orions? Andorians? My point is that there's a very clear line between the races that got a lot of attention from the writers and the races that didn't, and of the former category, Bajorans are the least interesting. Even the planet is basically just a nice-looking planet. You don't have the Vulcans' stark temples, the Klingons' warrior aesthetic, the Romulans' sharp angles, the Cardassians' fascism, or the Ferengis' domes and constant rain. This is part of why I was shocked when LD put a Bajoran as one of its main characters. I was like, "Woah, they know enough about Star Trek to remember Bajorans?" Worf's Baldric Worf's baldric comes up twice in the series. The first time it's when the crew loses its memories and everyone assumes Worf is in charge because he has a fancy sash, and when they learn the truth, Worf has to apologize to Picard while acting extremely embarrassed. That's a good moment and a good episode. The second time is when Riker rides Ro's ass for wearing a Bajoran religious earring against regulations, and she's like DUDE WORF'S THINGY and Riker has no real comeback for that. What makes the baldric weird is that it's supposed to be a symbol of Worf's noble house. By itself, that's fine. But no other Klingon ever wears a baldric, including his brother! Very bizarre. Gargoyles I have only watched a tiny bit of Gargoyles, but I know that Johnathon Frakes and Marina Sirtis are on it. The only episode I've seen is the one where the bad guys turn a city to stone so they can steal one day from everyone's lives and become immortal. From what I remember, Frakes is the human mastermind villain and Sirtis is like a crazy gargoyle chick who's survived thousands of years and wants to wipe out humanity, right? Gargoyles always came across to me like a B-tier cartoon. It was never on the popularity level of something like Batman: TAS. Morn A brilliant addition to DS9. DS9 is very good about having a lot of memorable side characters, and Morn is one of them. He's always there in the bar, doing nothing, never really interacting with the plot (except that one time he does). His very existence implies that he has his own stories and that there are plenty of other alcoholics in the galaxy, and his design as an alien is fantastic. Webster Series Finale I will watch this later and make a writeup based on it. I hadn't heard of this until now. ---------------- Make it So Captain Jean-luc Picard of the USS Enterprise The Beginning of Wisdom The Mirror Universe The Neutral Zone The Rules of Acquisition Data & Picard The Doctor Geordie's Epic Maneuver Transporters Assimilate This Galaxy Quest Q Morn Combadges Tribbles TNG Warp Core Sound The Riker Lean Frequency of Uniform Changes in Starfleet Chain of Command Torture Sequence Kirk is a Jerk Shirt Timescape The Chase Where No Fan Has Gone Before Duet Children of Time Ambassador-class Starship Wolf in the Fold Live Long and Prosper Enterprise s3 Escape Pods Gowron Worf's Baldric TOS Klingons Technobabble Gargoyles RedLetterMedia's Picard Re:Views Holodeck Episodes Mike and Rich's Top 5 TNG episodes Brent Spiner The Picard Maneuver Anagram Raemes T. Quirk Sanctuary Districts Highly Illogical Star Trek: Lower Decks Star Trek: The Animated Series Bajor STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association Prune Juice For the Uniform Sisko's Beard The Rock's Appearance on Voyager It's a Faaaaaaaaake! Naomi Wildman Valiant (DS9) Sisko Punching Q DS9/Babylon 5 Similarities Get the Cheese to Sickbay Harry Kim Rom Wil Wheaton ENT's Reason for Klingon Forehead Ridges Night Terrors Flaunting Danger Clip Beardless Riker Star Trek Online Wadi This is the Power of Math, People Riker's Pizza Warp 10 The Outcast God Aliens Not Respecting Consent Climax of Into Darkness Jennier Lien's Descent into Madness The Rape Gangs of Turkana IV Data x Borg Queen [robo][tf][buzzsaw] </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lolo_Guru 09/15/20 11:35:54 AM #107:	Cardassia --- Lolo <cite>Lolo_Guru posted [p:944632138] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Cardassia</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
redrocket 09/15/20 11:36:12 AM #108:	Its too bad you didnt watch more Gargoyles, you missed out on literal Coldsteel the cyborg gargoyle, voiced by Micheal Dorn. --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest <cite>redrocket posted [p:944632152] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Its too bad you didnt watch more Gargoyles, you missed out on literal Coldsteel the cyborg gargoyle, voiced by Micheal Dorn. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mega Mana 09/15/20 11:53:29 AM #109:	The TOS SNL skit with John Belushi as Kirk --- "In my headcanon, some staffer saw Trump pull out his phone and start typing so they just Terry Tate Office Linebacker'd him out of his shoes." - FFD <cite>Mega Mana posted [p:944632730] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>The TOS SNL skit with John Belushi as Kirk </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CoolCly 09/15/20 11:57:21 AM #110:	I never really thought about how basic the Bajoran's are. Their primary features are being oppressed and their religion. The religion is alright, but not super memorable I guess that mostly was the point - they were just a normal average race that got picked on by an actual chad Star Trek race (the Cardassians) and the Federation is just doing their thing helping these losers pick their shit back up and join the fold. Giving them some more memorable features would have made DS9 even better though. --- The batman villians all seem to be one big joke that batman refuses to laugh at - SantaRPG <cite>CoolCly posted [p:944632867] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>I never really thought about how basic the Bajoran's are. Their primary features are being oppressed and their religion. The religion is alright, but not super memorable I guess that mostly was the point - they were just a normal average race that got picked on by an actual chad Star Trek race (the Cardassians) and the Federation is just doing their thing helping these losers pick their shit back up and join the fold. Giving them some more memorable features would have made DS9 even better though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PerfectChaosZ 09/15/20 12:53:06 PM #111:	The Maquis <cite>PerfectChaosZ posted [p:944634691] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>The Maquis </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MarkS222222222222222 09/15/20 12:59:51 PM #112:	Replicators --- This is quite a username I have here. <cite>MarkS222222222222222 posted [p:944634918] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Replicators </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jesse_Custer 09/15/20 1:04:42 PM #113:	Wesley Crusher <cite>Jesse_Custer posted [p:944635082] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Wesley Crusher </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
redrocket 09/15/20 1:13:34 PM #114:	That one matte painting per planet that gets reused over and over and over to represent recurring alien worlds. --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest <cite>redrocket posted [p:944635421] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>That one matte painting per planet that gets reused over and over and over to represent recurring alien worlds. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ranagrande 09/15/20 1:31:18 PM #115:	The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins <cite>ranagrande posted [p:944636008] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VengefulKaelee 09/15/20 2:18:30 PM #116:	Tom Paris' "Captain Proton" holonovels <cite>VengefulKaelee posted [p:944637670] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Tom Paris' "Captain Proton" holonovels </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
yellowwolley 09/15/20 2:47:01 PM #117:	Tasha Yar --- FC: SW-2565-5813-5018. 2DS-3239-3621-4530. Ign/TSV. UM Bruno/1041. Sun Amy/1856. X Kevin/1740. AS Krystal/1520. Shiny list:http://tinyurl.com/yellowwolleypokes <cite>yellowwolley posted [p:944638728] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Tasha Yar </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Not_an_Owl 09/15/20 3:06:17 PM #118:	These three you skipped over in previous updates: Not_an_Owl posted... That alternate future version of the Enterprise that had 3 warp nacelles Not_an_Owl posted... Riker swinging his leg over the back of a chair en route to sitting down Not_an_Owl posted... Worf and Dax's relationship --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. <cite>Not_an_Owl posted [p:944639485] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>These three you skipped over in previous updates: Not_an_Owl posted... </cite> <quote>That alternate future version of the Enterprise that had 3 warp nacelles</quote> Not_an_Owl posted... </cite> <quote>Riker swinging his leg over the back of a chair en route to sitting down</quote> Not_an_Owl posted... </cite> <quote>Worf and Dax's relationship</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anagram 09/15/20 3:37:38 PM #119:	Webtrek I've watched quite a few TV shows in my time, but my experience with non-ironic generic family comedies is limited to Home Improvement and things that were on Nick at Night. I'd never even heard of Webster. It's about a precocious backtalking black kid who was adopted by a white family, but he's played by an adult with a medical problem that makes him look like he's permanently six? ... I thought that was just Different Strokes, I didn't realize it was an entire genre. It took me a second to even find this episode. The site I found said this episode isn't available commercially as of the upload four years ago, so I decided to check if it is now. Amazon only has seasons 1-4 on DVD. I have to believe that no one on Earth is willing to spend forty dollars on a Webster season 4 DVD, holy hell, how is this real? The plot of this episode, the final episode of Webster, is that Webster is playing a video game, he presses the joystick too far forward, and this transports him to the bridge of the Enterprise three-hundred years in the future, captained by Worf. No other main TNG characters appear besides extras. Worf asks Webster questions about 1980s Earth culture to better understand the human concept of 'fun,' and Webster explains using flashbacks to other Webster episodes where he dances in a theater, plays baseball, and takes a short helicopter ride. Not only is this a TNG crossover episode, it's also a clipshow?! There's only about six minutes of non-flashback footage in this 21-minute episode. I was going to treat this episode like a complete Star Trek work and make jokes about it that way, but really, I can't believe this. I have to believe that the family sitcom audience has almost no overlap with the space opera audience, right? If I was a Webster superfan in 1989, this would have to be the biggest betrayal of all time. None of the other main characters appear except in flashbacks, nothing is resolved as far as Webster's dynamic with his adopted parents goes, and they didn't even get Picard. They got Worf. This is like in Generations where DeForest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy refused to be in the movie, so Kirk shows up with his best friends Scotty and Chekov. Aw hell, I lied, I'm going to criticize this like a serious Star Trek episode anyway. So Worf tells Webster that they cycle through the bridge crew on shifts, and everyone else is asleep right now, leaving him as the ranking officer. That makes sense, that's good. But when a small child from the 1980s teleports onto the bridge, Worf doesn't wake up Picard, doesn't ask Data for help, doesn't tell Troi to come up and make sure the kid is just a normal kid, doesn't do any of that? Data doesn't even sleep, dude. Worf also doesn't confiscate this clearly powerful and dangerous joystick from Webster, you'd think that a time travel device in the hands of a six year-old is only going to cause problems. Worf then just allows Webster to stay on the bridge while they travel through a space thingy, and tells Webster the way to return home is just to press the joystick forward again. How does he know that? Tell me, Worf! Why are you giving information about the future to this time-traveled kid you plan to send back to the past? And at 14:30, an engineer calls Worf to say the ship is safe, and it's clearly just some guy saying that, not a trained Starfleet engineer, you can just tell by the bad acting, it's different from Star Trek bad acting. Worf also criticizes Webster's clothing, saying "You look like an Earthling, but your style of dress is puzzling," but dude, even by 24th century standards, this is pretty unremarkable, Webster is just wearing a zebra-striped shirt, give him a break. Overall, Worf is shockingly irresponsible in this episode and needs to have, at minimum, a serious report lodged against him. ... and honestly, was "Webtrek" really the best they could do? Not "Live Long and Webster?" Not "Beam Me Up, Webby?" Not "Set Websters to stun?" Webtrek was the best they could do? I also need to specifically criticize the helicopter flashback, where Webster and his parents fly over San Francisco and talk about what they see. It's literally just two minutes of stock aerial footage of the Golden Gate bridge while the characters talk over it. And since that's a flashback, that means it happened in a previous episode! The Webster producers made their fans watch this lengthy footage of the Golden Gate bridge while three characters narrate over it twice. That's four minutes of life wasted. As a Star Trek fan, I'm appalled at Worf's reckless behavior, and as a Webster fan, I can't believe the series finale is a clip show with six minutes of actually new footage, in which Webster's family, the other main characters of the show, play no part. ---------------- Make it So Captain Jean-luc Picard of the USS Enterprise The Beginning of Wisdom The Mirror Universe The Neutral Zone The Rules of Acquisition Data & Picard The Doctor Geordie's Epic Maneuver Transporters Assimilate This Galaxy Quest Q Morn Combadges Tribbles TNG Warp Core Sound The Riker Lean Frequency of Uniform Changes in Starfleet Chain of Command Torture Sequence Kirk is a Jerk Shirt Timescape The Chase Where No Fan Has Gone Before Duet Children of Time Ambassador-class Starship Wolf in the Fold Live Long and Prosper Enterprise s3 Escape Pods Gowron Worf's Baldric TOS Klingons Technobabble Gargoyles RedLetterMedia's Picard Re:Views Holodeck Episodes Mike and Rich's Top 5 TNG episodes Brent Spiner The Picard Maneuver Anagram Raemes T. Quirk Sanctuary Districts Highly Illogical Star Trek: Lower Decks Star Trek: The Animated Series Bajor STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association Prune Juice For the Uniform Sisko's Beard The Rock's Appearance on Voyager It's a Faaaaaaaaake! Naomi Wildman Valiant (DS9) Sisko Punching Q DS9/Babylon 5 Similarities Get the Cheese to Sickbay Harry Kim Rom Wil Wheaton ENT's Reason for Klingon Forehead Ridges Night Terrors Flaunting Danger Clip Beardless Riker Star Trek Online Webtrek Wadi This is the Power of Math, People Riker's Pizza Warp 10 The Outcast God Aliens Not Respecting Consent Climax of Into Darkness Jennier Lien's Descent into Madness The Rape Gangs of Turkana IV Data x Borg Queen [robo][tf][buzzsaw] --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:944640699] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Webtrek I've watched quite a few TV shows in my time, but my experience with non-ironic generic family comedies is limited to Home Improvement and things that were on Nick at Night. I'd never even heard of Webster. It's about a precocious backtalking black kid who was adopted by a white family, but he's played by an adult with a medical problem that makes him look like he's permanently six? ... I thought that was just Different Strokes, I didn't realize it was an entire genre. It took me a second to even find this episode. The site I found said this episode isn't available commercially as of the upload four years ago, so I decided to check if it is now. Amazon only has seasons 1-4 on DVD. I have to believe that no one on Earth is willing to spend forty dollars on a Webster season 4 DVD, holy hell, how is this real? The plot of this episode, the final episode of Webster, is that Webster is playing a video game, he presses the joystick too far forward, and this transports him to the bridge of the Enterprise three-hundred years in the future, captained by Worf. No other main TNG characters appear besides extras. Worf asks Webster questions about 1980s Earth culture to better understand the human concept of 'fun,' and Webster explains using flashbacks to other Webster episodes where he dances in a theater, plays baseball, and takes a short helicopter ride. Not only is this a TNG crossover episode, it's also a clipshow?! There's only about six minutes of non-flashback footage in this 21-minute episode. I was going to treat this episode like a complete Star Trek work and make jokes about it that way, but really, I can't believe this. I have to believe that the family sitcom audience has almost no overlap with the space opera audience, right? If I was a Webster superfan in 1989, this would have to be the biggest betrayal of all time. None of the other main characters appear except in flashbacks, nothing is resolved as far as Webster's dynamic with his adopted parents goes, and they didn't even get Picard. They got Worf. This is like in Generations where DeForest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy refused to be in the movie, so Kirk shows up with his best friends Scotty and Chekov. Aw hell, I lied, I'm going to criticize this like a serious Star Trek episode anyway. So Worf tells Webster that they cycle through the bridge crew on shifts, and everyone else is asleep right now, leaving him as the ranking officer. That makes sense, that's good. But when a small child from the 1980s teleports onto the bridge, Worf doesn't wake up Picard, doesn't ask Data for help, doesn't tell Troi to come up and make sure the kid is just a normal kid, doesn't do any of that? Data doesn't even sleep, dude. Worf also doesn't confiscate this clearly powerful and dangerous joystick from Webster, you'd think that a time travel device in the hands of a six year-old is only going to cause problems. Worf then just allows Webster to stay on the bridge while they travel through a space thingy, and tells Webster the way to return home is just to press the joystick forward again. How does he know that? Tell me, Worf! Why are you giving information about the future to this time-traveled kid you plan to send back to the past? And at 14:30, an engineer calls Worf to say the ship is safe, and it's clearly just some guy saying that, not a trained Starfleet engineer, you can just tell by the bad acting, it's different from Star Trek bad acting. Worf also criticizes Webster's clothing, saying "You look like an Earthling, but your style of dress is puzzling," but dude, even by 24th century standards, this is pretty unremarkable, Webster is just wearing a zebra-striped shirt, give him a break. Overall, Worf is shockingly irresponsible in this episode and needs to have, at minimum, a serious report lodged against him. ... and honestly, was "Webtrek" really the best they could do? Not "Live Long and Webster?" Not "Beam Me Up, Webby?" Not "Set Websters to stun?" Webtrek was the best they could do? I also need to specifically criticize the helicopter flashback, where Webster and his parents fly over San Francisco and talk about what they see. It's literally just two minutes of stock aerial footage of the Golden Gate bridge while the characters talk over it. And since that's a flashback, that means it happened in a previous episode! The Webster producers made their fans watch this lengthy footage of the Golden Gate bridge while three characters narrate over it twice. That's four minutes of life wasted. As a Star Trek fan, I'm appalled at Worf's reckless behavior, and as a Webster fan, I can't believe the series finale is a clip show with six minutes of actually new footage, in which Webster's family, the other main characters of the show, play no part. ---------------- Make it So Captain Jean-luc Picard of the USS Enterprise The Beginning of Wisdom The Mirror Universe The Neutral Zone The Rules of Acquisition Data & Picard The Doctor Geordie's Epic Maneuver Transporters Assimilate This Galaxy Quest Q Morn Combadges Tribbles TNG Warp Core Sound The Riker Lean Frequency of Uniform Changes in Starfleet Chain of Command Torture Sequence Kirk is a Jerk Shirt Timescape The Chase Where No Fan Has Gone Before Duet Children of Time Ambassador-class Starship Wolf in the Fold Live Long and Prosper Enterprise s3 Escape Pods Gowron Worf's Baldric TOS Klingons Technobabble Gargoyles RedLetterMedia's Picard Re:Views Holodeck Episodes Mike and Rich's Top 5 TNG episodes Brent Spiner The Picard Maneuver Anagram Raemes T. Quirk Sanctuary Districts Highly Illogical Star Trek: Lower Decks Star Trek: The Animated Series Bajor STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association Prune Juice For the Uniform Sisko's Beard The Rock's Appearance on Voyager It's a Faaaaaaaaake! Naomi Wildman Valiant (DS9) Sisko Punching Q DS9/Babylon 5 Similarities Get the Cheese to Sickbay Harry Kim Rom Wil Wheaton ENT's Reason for Klingon Forehead Ridges Night Terrors Flaunting Danger Clip Beardless Riker Star Trek Online Webtrek Wadi This is the Power of Math, People Riker's Pizza Warp 10 The Outcast God Aliens Not Respecting Consent Climax of Into Darkness Jennier Lien's Descent into Madness The Rape Gangs of Turkana IV Data x Borg Queen [robo][tf][buzzsaw] </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anagram 09/15/20 5:26:18 PM #120:	Star Trek: Beyond It attempts to be about a real sci-fi idea, isn't entirely about violence, and there are some genuine character-building scenes with Kirk, which is good. But the movie has things like a Beastie Boys song destroying the enemy fleet, it's difficult to even remember what Idris Elba's plan is (by the way, he's wasted in that role under all the makeup), the action scenes are pretty dumb, and it's just overall not a fun movie. Weird side note: George Takei maintained for decades that although he was gay, Sulu was straight. But someone wanted one of the main characters in this franchise to be gay, so Sulu has a one-second scene with his husband. How annoyed are you about this if you're George Takei? Cardassia Prime Probably my favorite planet in Star Trek; I wish we'd seen more of it. The brutal fascist aesthetics, the complete lack of freedom and creativity, the haughty attitude of the people, it's all great. It has my favorite detail of any Star Trek faction, which is how trials aren't about proving guilt or innocence, only about showing how you committed a crime and allowing you to beg the state for mercy. It tells you so much about their culture. If DS9 was made today, I'm sure they'd also have social credit scores. The TOS SNL skit with John Belushi as Kirk Haven't seen this; will watch it later and rank it. The Maquis I'm going to assume this is the group, and not the episode named after the group. The Maquis are born of a fun concept: what happens when the Federation's desire for peace runs up against its desire to treat its citizens on the frontier fairly? What happens when people can't rely on their government to protect them? The Maquis explore that, and then the moment their purpose is done, the Dominion casually destroys them all. Poor Ensign Ro, did you ever choose the wrong horse to back. Replicators I actually thought you meant the Stargate spiders until I remembered. Replicators are fine. They let the heroes have access to whatever minor objects the plot requires them to have and establish how advanced we are. As a plot device, they're not as interesting or special as the transporter or holodeck, though. It's also kind of funny that we're edging closer and closer to them becoming reality with 3D printing. Wesley Crusher He's bad, but not even in the bottom 3 Star Trek characters. If you include DIS and PIC, he might not even be in the bottom 8. That one matte painting per planet that gets reused over and over and over to represent recurring alien worlds I know exactly the one you mean; it's kind of purple and red. Captain Proton Holonovels On the one hand, I have a hard time believing anyone in the future would care about a 1920s vision of their time. On the other hand, fine. There are a couple of fun episodes set here, like the one where Janeway dresses up as an evil empress and the one with the photonic aliens who assume all organic life is fake. Tasha Yar I can't rightly blame Denise Crosby for ditching the show; she couldn't have known it would blow up like that. But man, it leaves Yar with nothing. She comes back for one last great episode, where she sacrifices herself to stop some Romulans and save the future. Then it's revealed that she was raped in a concentration camp, gave birth to a daughter who betrayed her, and died off-screen. That gave us some good episodes with the daughter, but man, Yar as a character just could not catch a break. Best Version of the Enterprise from all the Series I looked up all of the versions of the Enterprise on Memory-Alpha for this. I'm giving this one to the D. The Enterprise-E was a downgrade as far as I'm concerned. Alternate Future 3-Nacelle Enterprise I'm assuming you mean the Enterprise-J, even though it only has two warp nacelles. The best thing about it is the TOTALLY REAL hallway set that they TOTALLY BUILT. https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/8/8c/USS_Enterprise-J_corridor.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20051219190549&path-prefix=en Riker Chair Maneuver Absolute power move. This is a major benefit in negotiations with uppity aliens who aren't tall enough to pull this off. Worf x Dax To be honest, I never completely bought it. I know Dax has the experience of being a friend to the Klingons and a great warrior, and Terry Farrell is 6'0", but she's clearly not hanging with Worf in a fight. I always imagined Worf as settling down with another giant Klingon woman like himself. Add to that that Dax's primary interest is science (which, I might have to call Dax the worst of the science officers, it's between her and T'Pol), which Worf clearly has zero interest in, and ehhhh. I'll accept this, but I was never completely into it. ---------------- Make it So Captain Jean-luc Picard of the USS Enterprise The Beginning of Wisdom The Mirror Universe Enterprise-D Cardassia Prime The Neutral Zone The Rules of Acquisition Riker Chair Maneuver Data & Picard The Doctor Geordie's Epic Maneuver Transporters Assimilate This Galaxy Quest Q Morn Combadges Tribbles TNG Warp Core Sound The Riker Lean Frequency of Uniform Changes in Starfleet Chain of Command Torture Sequence Kirk is a Jerk Shirt Timescape The Chase That One Matte Painting Where No Fan Has Gone Before Duet Children of Time Ambassador-class Starship Wolf in the Fold Live Long and Prosper Enterprise s3 Replicators Escape Pods Gowron Worf's Baldric TOS Klingons Technobabble The Maquis Gargoyles RedLetterMedia's Picard Re:Views Holodeck Episodes Mike and Rich's Top 5 TNG episodes Brent Spiner The Picard Maneuver Anagram Raemes T. Quirk Sanctuary Districts Highly Illogical Captain Proton Holonovel Star Trek: Lower Decks Star Trek: The Animated Series Enterprise-J Bajor STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association Prune Juice For the Uniform Sisko's Beard Tasha Yar The Rock's Appearance on Voyager It's a Faaaaaaaaake! Naomi Wildman Valiant (DS9) Sisko Punching Q DS9/Babylon 5 Similarities Get the Cheese to Sickbay Worf x Dax Harry Kim Wesley Crusher Rom Star Trek: Beyond Wil Wheaton ENT's Reason for Klingon Forehead Ridges Night Terrors Flaunting Danger Clip Beardless Riker Star Trek Online Webtrek Wadi This is the Power of Math, People Riker's Pizza Warp 10 The Outcast God Aliens Not Respecting Consent Climax of Into Darkness Jennier Lien's Descent into Madness The Rape Gangs of Turkana IV Data x Borg Queen [robo][tf][buzzsaw] --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:944644534] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Star Trek: Beyond It attempts to be about a real sci-fi idea, isn't entirely about violence, and there are some genuine character-building scenes with Kirk, which is good. But the movie has things like a Beastie Boys song destroying the enemy fleet, it's difficult to even remember what Idris Elba's plan is (by the way, he's wasted in that role under all the makeup), the action scenes are pretty dumb, and it's just overall not a fun movie. Weird side note: George Takei maintained for decades that although he was gay, Sulu was straight. But someone wanted one of the main characters in this franchise to be gay, so Sulu has a one-second scene with his husband. How annoyed are you about this if you're George Takei? Cardassia Prime Probably my favorite planet in Star Trek; I wish we'd seen more of it. The brutal fascist aesthetics, the complete lack of freedom and creativity, the haughty attitude of the people, it's all great. It has my favorite detail of any Star Trek faction, which is how trials aren't about proving guilt or innocence, only about showing how you committed a crime and allowing you to beg the state for mercy. It tells you so much about their culture. If DS9 was made today, I'm sure they'd also have social credit scores. The TOS SNL skit with John Belushi as Kirk Haven't seen this; will watch it later and rank it. The Maquis I'm going to assume this is the group, and not the episode named after the group. The Maquis are born of a fun concept: what happens when the Federation's desire for peace runs up against its desire to treat its citizens on the frontier fairly? What happens when people can't rely on their government to protect them? The Maquis explore that, and then the moment their purpose is done, the Dominion casually destroys them all. Poor Ensign Ro, did you ever choose the wrong horse to back. Replicators I actually thought you meant the Stargate spiders until I remembered. Replicators are fine. They let the heroes have access to whatever minor objects the plot requires them to have and establish how advanced we are. As a plot device, they're not as interesting or special as the transporter or holodeck, though. It's also kind of funny that we're edging closer and closer to them becoming reality with 3D printing. Wesley Crusher He's bad, but not even in the bottom 3 Star Trek characters. If you include DIS and PIC, he might not even be in the bottom 8. That one matte painting per planet that gets reused over and over and over to represent recurring alien worlds I know exactly the one you mean; it's kind of purple and red. Captain Proton Holonovels On the one hand, I have a hard time believing anyone in the future would care about a 1920s vision of their time. On the other hand, fine. There are a couple of fun episodes set here, like the one where Janeway dresses up as an evil empress and the one with the photonic aliens who assume all organic life is fake. Tasha Yar I can't rightly blame Denise Crosby for ditching the show; she couldn't have known it would blow up like that. But man, it leaves Yar with nothing. She comes back for one last great episode, where she sacrifices herself to stop some Romulans and save the future. Then it's revealed that she was raped in a concentration camp, gave birth to a daughter who betrayed her, and died off-screen. That gave us some good episodes with the daughter, but man, Yar as a character just could not catch a break. Best Version of the Enterprise from all the Series I looked up all of the versions of the Enterprise on Memory-Alpha for this. I'm giving this one to the D. The Enterprise-E was a downgrade as far as I'm concerned. Alternate Future 3-Nacelle Enterprise I'm assuming you mean the Enterprise-J, even though it only has two warp nacelles. The best thing about it is the TOTALLY REAL hallway set that they TOTALLY BUILT. https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/8/8c/USS_Enterprise-J_corridor.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20051219190549&path-prefix=en Riker Chair Maneuver Absolute power move. This is a major benefit in negotiations with uppity aliens who aren't tall enough to pull this off. Worf x Dax To be honest, I never completely bought it. I know Dax has the experience of being a friend to the Klingons and a great warrior, and Terry Farrell is 6'0", but she's clearly not hanging with Worf in a fight. I always imagined Worf as settling down with another giant Klingon woman like himself. Add to that that Dax's primary interest is science (which, I might have to call Dax the worst of the science officers, it's between her and T'Pol), which Worf clearly has zero interest in, and ehhhh. I'll accept this, but I was never completely into it. ---------------- Make it So Captain Jean-luc Picard of the USS Enterprise The Beginning of Wisdom The Mirror Universe Enterprise-D Cardassia Prime The Neutral Zone The Rules of Acquisition Riker Chair Maneuver Data & Picard The Doctor Geordie's Epic Maneuver Transporters Assimilate This Galaxy Quest Q Morn Combadges Tribbles TNG Warp Core Sound The Riker Lean Frequency of Uniform Changes in Starfleet Chain of Command Torture Sequence Kirk is a Jerk Shirt Timescape The Chase That One Matte Painting Where No Fan Has Gone Before Duet Children of Time Ambassador-class Starship Wolf in the Fold Live Long and Prosper Enterprise s3 Replicators Escape Pods Gowron Worf's Baldric TOS Klingons Technobabble The Maquis Gargoyles RedLetterMedia's Picard Re:Views Holodeck Episodes Mike and Rich's Top 5 TNG episodes Brent Spiner The Picard Maneuver Anagram Raemes T. Quirk Sanctuary Districts Highly Illogical Captain Proton Holonovel Star Trek: Lower Decks Star Trek: The Animated Series Enterprise-J Bajor STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association Prune Juice For the Uniform Sisko's Beard Tasha Yar The Rock's Appearance on Voyager It's a Faaaaaaaaake! Naomi Wildman Valiant (DS9) Sisko Punching Q DS9/Babylon 5 Similarities Get the Cheese to Sickbay Worf x Dax Harry Kim Wesley Crusher Rom Star Trek: Beyond Wil Wheaton ENT's Reason for Klingon Forehead Ridges Night Terrors Flaunting Danger Clip Beardless Riker Star Trek Online Webtrek Wadi This is the Power of Math, People Riker's Pizza Warp 10 The Outcast God Aliens Not Respecting Consent Climax of Into Darkness Jennier Lien's Descent into Madness The Rape Gangs of Turkana IV Data x Borg Queen [robo][tf][buzzsaw] </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anagram 09/15/20 5:26:43 PM #121:	Not_an_Owl posted... These three you skipped over in previous updates: Thanks for this, by the way. --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:944644547] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Not_an_Owl posted... </cite> <quote>These three you skipped over in previous updates:</quote>Thanks for this, by the way. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Not_an_Owl 09/15/20 5:41:39 PM #122:	Anagram posted... Alternate Future 3-Nacelle Enterprise I'm assuming you mean the Enterprise-J, even though it only has two warp nacelles. I was actually thinking of this one, which I looked up to make sure I wasn't inventing its existence: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701-D)?file=USS_Enterprise-D%2C_anti-time_future.jpg --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. <cite>Not_an_Owl posted [p:944645163] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Anagram posted... </cite> <quote>Alternate Future 3-Nacelle Enterprise I'm assuming you mean the Enterprise-J, even though it only has two warp nacelles.</quote>I was actually thinking of this one, which I looked up to make sure I wasn't inventing its existence: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701-D)?file=USS_Enterprise-D%2C_anti-time_future.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PerfectChaosZ 09/15/20 5:46:05 PM #123:	The concept of Tuvix <cite>PerfectChaosZ posted [p:944645336] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>The concept of Tuvix </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lolo_Guru 09/15/20 5:49:58 PM #124:	Earth. --- Lolo <cite>Lolo_Guru posted [p:944645490] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Earth.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Eddv 09/15/20 6:03:48 PM #125:	Fungus power engines --- Board 8's Voice of Reason https://imgur.com/AWY4xHy <cite>Eddv posted [p:944646031] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Fungus power engines </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
redrocket 09/15/20 6:37:46 PM #126:	The Cage --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest <cite>redrocket posted [p:944647292] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>The Cage </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cybat 09/15/20 6:45:35 PM #127:	Lwaxana Troi --- Is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is? <cite>Cybat posted [p:944647569] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Lwaxana Troi </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bryans7 09/15/20 7:03:04 PM #128:	Miles O'Brien. ~~And while the comedy in Lower Decks was hit and miss, the Miles joke was perfect.~~ --- https://imgur.com/g8JFMhA <cite>bryans7 posted [p:944648192] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Miles O'Brien. And while the comedy in Lower Decks was hit and miss, the Miles joke was perfect. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bryans7 09/15/20 7:04:52 PM #129:	Also, Karl Urban's Dr. McCoy --- https://imgur.com/g8JFMhA <cite>bryans7 posted [p:944648254] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Also, Karl Urban's Dr. McCoy </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hbthebattle 09/15/20 7:22:47 PM #130:	Zapp Brannigan --- Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD Guru! <cite>Hbthebattle posted [p:944648839] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Zapp Brannigan</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anagram 09/15/20 7:36:50 PM #131:	Not_an_Owl posted... I was actually thinking of this one, which I looked up to make sure I wasn't inventing its existence: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701-D)?file=USS_Enterprise-D%2C_anti-time_future.jpg Oh man, I didn't remember this at all. Antitime Future Enterprise-D This is one ugly ship. I completely understand the idea of showing the ship refit, since it's established that happens occasionally, but the Federation's aesthetic only works with even-numbered nacelles, I'm sorry. Tuvix Another transporter accident, eh? Because the nomination specifies "the concept of Tuvix," I'll limit my writeup to that instead of Janeway's psychopathic response to Tuvix. Basically, it's one of the more interesting ideas VOY has. What if two people merge, but instead of just being a dude with all of their knowledge, he has a unique personality, desires, needs, and uniform? ... They probably should've gotten rid of the uniform, though. Poor Tuvix. He's a cool idea, but the only thing people remember him for is begging Janeway not to kill him. Earth The galaxy's most boring planet, which is how it should be. Earth works best as the perfect utopia the heroes talk about but that we don't really see much of. The Mycelial Network This might be the single plot element in Discovery I hate the most. I hate everything in Discovery, of course, and I could rant about it for a while, but the Mycelial Network is on a whole different level. Here's the thing: it's the Force. It's the Force, but they added a science word to make it sound less stupid. "Interdimensional mushrooms connect all life and existence" is pretty stupid, of course, but then you get to its usage. Teleporting ships are just the start. They resurrect the doctor somehow, don't ask me how it happens, they allow travel to different dimensions, and Mirror Stametz creates a machine that will blow up "the multiverse" (the exact words used) if the heroes don't stop it. They have the power to do anything, is what I'm saying. And why? Why has no other civilization ever discovered the secrets of interdimensional mushrooms? I want to emphasize the mushroom aspect, by the way. There is no reason for it to be mushrooms specifically. Nothing is done with that concept. They just wanted to use a science word. The Cage Ah, the original pilot. Honestly, it's good, but it was a wise choice to make a new one. The Cage is very slow and pondering. It's not as bad as something like Space: 1999, which bores me to tears even as a guy who likes boring space stuff, but making TOS slightly more action-y worked to its advantage. It's hard to expand on The Cage without talking about DIS, and I made a conscious decision not to talk about it unless someone brings it up through a nomination, so I'll end it there. Lwaxana Troi Does literally anyone like her? Are there Lwaxana Troi fanboys out there I don't know about? I know she's written to be annoying, because all of the characters groan whenever she shows up, but give me a break, that means you still know she's annoying. The only good thing that she ever added was the scene where Picard looks relieved when someone tells him she's getting married. Miles O'Brien O'Brien is the most 'normal guy' of any Star Trek, at least of the characters who are actually characters (hello, Mayweather). He works as your down-to-earth mechanic guy in a way that isn't grating, as opposed to that one mechanic on Discodammit. Like with Harry Kim, they paired him up with a more interesting character: Bashir. Unlike with Harry Kim, they managed to still make O'Brien interesting in his own right. Poor guy is still married to a Japanese hate ghost, though. O'Brien doesn't have a lot of epic dramatic decisions to make. He leaves that to the officers and just focuses on his job as a mechanic and occasionally shooting at Cardassians. To me, the defining Miles O'Brien moment is Best of Both Worlds. In part 2, LeVar Burton had to drop out of the filming, which is why he only appears for five seconds. They gave his part of "Guy who reads a computer that analyzes the captured Borg-Picard" to O'Brien, since he was the next most tech-y guy besides Data (who already had a part). So O'Brien is reading the computer, telling Data and Crusher about what's going on in Picard's borgified brain, when Picard goes nuts and tries to kill them all. The heroes have to stop him, and O'Brien just looks over, then looks back to the computer. "Not my job," you can read it on his face. I love it. Leonard McCoy (Abramsverse) By far the best of the Abramsverse versions, McCoy is the only one who I would say is as good as the original and manages to capture the original's spirit. Spock is wildly inferior to the original, Kirk, Scotty, and Chekov are parodies of themselves, Uhura is a completely different character, and Sulu... Actually, okay, Sulu is as good as the original, too, for whatever that's worth. Karl Urban manages to play a cantankerous doctor as well as DeForest Kelley. He's trying and failing to carry those movies, and I respect that. ---------------- Make it So Captain Jean-luc Picard of the USS Enterprise The Beginning of Wisdom The Mirror Universe Enterprise-D Cardassia Prime The Neutral Zone The Rules of Acquisition Riker Chair Maneuver Data & Picard The Doctor Geordie's Epic Maneuver Transporters Assimilate This Galaxy Quest Q Leonard McCoy (Abramsverse) Morn Combadges Tribbles TNG Warp Core Sound Tuvix The Riker Lean Frequency of Uniform Changes in Starfleet Chain of Command Torture Sequence Kirk is a Jerk Shirt Timescape The Chase That One Matte Painting Where No Fan Has Gone Before Miles O'Brien Duet Children of Time Ambassador-class Starship Wolf in the Fold Live Long and Prosper Enterprise s3 Replicators Escape Pods Gowron The Cage Earth Worf's Baldric TOS Klingons Technobabble The Maquis Gargoyles RedLetterMedia's Picard Re:Views Holodeck Episodes Mike and Rich's Top 5 TNG episodes Brent Spiner The Picard Maneuver Anagram Raemes T. Quirk Sanctuary Districts Highly Illogical Captain Proton Holonovel Star Trek: Lower Decks Star Trek: The Animated Series Enterprise-J Bajor STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association Prune Juice For the Uniform Sisko's Beard Tasha Yar The Rock's Appearance on Voyager It's a Faaaaaaaaake! Naomi Wildman Valiant (DS9) Sisko Punching Q DS9/Babylon 5 Similarities Get the Cheese to Sickbay Worf x Dax Harry Kim Wesley Crusher Rom Star Trek: Beyond Antitime Future Enterprise-D Wil Wheaton ENT's Reason for Klingon Forehead Ridges Night Terrors Flaunting Danger Clip Beardless Riker Star Trek Online Webtrek Wadi This is the Power of Math, People Lwaxana Troi Riker's Pizza Warp 10 The Outcast God Aliens Not Respecting Consent Climax of Into Darkness Jennier Lien's Descent into Madness The Rape Gangs of Turkana IV Data x Borg Queen [robo][tf][buzzsaw] The Mycelial Network --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:944649300] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Not_an_Owl posted... </cite> <quote>I was actually thinking of this one, which I looked up to make sure I wasn't inventing its existence: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701-D)?file=USS_Enterprise-D%2C_anti-time_future.jpg</quote>Oh man, I didn't remember this at all. Antitime Future Enterprise-D This is one ugly ship. I completely understand the idea of showing the ship refit, since it's established that happens occasionally, but the Federation's aesthetic only works with even-numbered nacelles, I'm sorry. Tuvix Another transporter accident, eh? Because the nomination specifies "the concept of Tuvix," I'll limit my writeup to that instead of Janeway's psychopathic response to Tuvix. Basically, it's one of the more interesting ideas VOY has. What if two people merge, but instead of just being a dude with all of their knowledge, he has a unique personality, desires, needs, and uniform? ... They probably should've gotten rid of the uniform, though. Poor Tuvix. He's a cool idea, but the only thing people remember him for is begging Janeway not to kill him. Earth The galaxy's most boring planet, which is how it should be. Earth works best as the perfect utopia the heroes talk about but that we don't really see much of. The Mycelial Network This might be the single plot element in Discovery I hate the most. I hate everything in Discovery, of course, and I could rant about it for a while, but the Mycelial Network is on a whole different level. Here's the thing: it's the Force. It's the Force, but they added a science word to make it sound less stupid. "Interdimensional mushrooms connect all life and existence" is pretty stupid, of course, but then you get to its usage. Teleporting ships are just the start. They resurrect the doctor somehow, don't ask me how it happens, they allow travel to different dimensions, and Mirror Stametz creates a machine that will blow up "the multiverse" (the exact words used) if the heroes don't stop it. They have the power to do anything, is what I'm saying. And why? Why has no other civilization ever discovered the secrets of interdimensional mushrooms? I want to emphasize the mushroom aspect, by the way. There is no reason for it to be mushrooms specifically. Nothing is done with that concept. They just wanted to use a science word. The Cage Ah, the original pilot. Honestly, it's good, but it was a wise choice to make a new one. The Cage is very slow and pondering. It's not as bad as something like Space: 1999, which bores me to tears even as a guy who likes boring space stuff, but making TOS slightly more action-y worked to its advantage. It's hard to expand on The Cage without talking about DIS, and I made a conscious decision not to talk about it unless someone brings it up through a nomination, so I'll end it there. Lwaxana Troi Does literally anyone like her? Are there Lwaxana Troi fanboys out there I don't know about? I know she's written to be annoying, because all of the characters groan whenever she shows up, but give me a break, that means you still know she's annoying. The only good thing that she ever added was the scene where Picard looks relieved when someone tells him she's getting married. Miles O'Brien O'Brien is the most 'normal guy' of any Star Trek, at least of the characters who are actually characters (hello, Mayweather). He works as your down-to-earth mechanic guy in a way that isn't grating, as opposed to that one mechanic on Discodammit. Like with Harry Kim, they paired him up with a more interesting character: Bashir. Unlike with Harry Kim, they managed to still make O'Brien interesting in his own right. Poor guy is still married to a Japanese hate ghost, though. O'Brien doesn't have a lot of epic dramatic decisions to make. He leaves that to the officers and just focuses on his job as a mechanic and occasionally shooting at Cardassians. To me, the defining Miles O'Brien moment is Best of Both Worlds. In part 2, LeVar Burton had to drop out of the filming, which is why he only appears for five seconds. They gave his part of "Guy who reads a computer that analyzes the captured Borg-Picard" to O'Brien, since he was the next most tech-y guy besides Data (who already had a part). So O'Brien is reading the computer, telling Data and Crusher about what's going on in Picard's borgified brain, when Picard goes nuts and tries to kill them all. The heroes have to stop him, and O'Brien just looks over, then looks back to the computer. "Not my job," you can read it on his face. I love it. Leonard McCoy (Abramsverse) By far the best of the Abramsverse versions, McCoy is the only one who I would say is as good as the original and manages to capture the original's spirit. Spock is wildly inferior to the original, Kirk, Scotty, and Chekov are parodies of themselves, Uhura is a completely different character, and Sulu... Actually, okay, Sulu is as good as the original, too, for whatever that's worth. Karl Urban manages to play a cantankerous doctor as well as DeForest Kelley. He's trying and failing to carry those movies, and I respect that. ---------------- Make it So Captain Jean-luc Picard of the USS Enterprise The Beginning of Wisdom The Mirror Universe Enterprise-D Cardassia Prime The Neutral Zone The Rules of Acquisition Riker Chair Maneuver Data & Picard The Doctor Geordie's Epic Maneuver Transporters Assimilate This Galaxy Quest Q Leonard McCoy (Abramsverse) Morn Combadges Tribbles TNG Warp Core Sound Tuvix The Riker Lean Frequency of Uniform Changes in Starfleet Chain of Command Torture Sequence Kirk is a Jerk Shirt Timescape The Chase That One Matte Painting Where No Fan Has Gone Before Miles O'Brien Duet Children of Time Ambassador-class Starship Wolf in the Fold Live Long and Prosper Enterprise s3 Replicators Escape Pods Gowron The Cage Earth Worf's Baldric TOS Klingons Technobabble The Maquis Gargoyles RedLetterMedia's Picard Re:Views Holodeck Episodes Mike and Rich's Top 5 TNG episodes Brent Spiner The Picard Maneuver Anagram Raemes T. Quirk Sanctuary Districts Highly Illogical Captain Proton Holonovel Star Trek: Lower Decks Star Trek: The Animated Series Enterprise-J Bajor STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association Prune Juice For the Uniform Sisko's Beard Tasha Yar The Rock's Appearance on Voyager It's a Faaaaaaaaake! Naomi Wildman Valiant (DS9) Sisko Punching Q DS9/Babylon 5 Similarities Get the Cheese to Sickbay Worf x Dax Harry Kim Wesley Crusher Rom Star Trek: Beyond Antitime Future Enterprise-D Wil Wheaton ENT's Reason for Klingon Forehead Ridges Night Terrors Flaunting Danger Clip Beardless Riker Star Trek Online Webtrek Wadi This is the Power of Math, People Lwaxana Troi Riker's Pizza Warp 10 The Outcast God Aliens Not Respecting Consent Climax of Into Darkness Jennier Lien's Descent into Madness The Rape Gangs of Turkana IV Data x Borg Queen [robo][tf][buzzsaw] The Mycelial Network </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Murphiroth 09/15/20 7:38:49 PM #132:	Admiral Helena Cain This one's a bit of a stretch admittedly but it's vaguely connected! --- https://card.psnprofiles.com/1/Murphiroth.png <cite>Murphiroth posted [p:944649378] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Admiral Helena Cain This one's a bit of a stretch admittedly but it's vaguely connected! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bryans7 09/15/20 7:54:51 PM #133:	This is fun. Sorry most of mine are characters. Uhura Star Trek V: The Final Frontier --- https://imgur.com/g8JFMhA <cite>bryans7 posted [p:944650042] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>This is fun. Sorry most of mine are characters. Uhura Star Trek V: The Final Frontier </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SovietOmega 09/15/20 8:06:35 PM #134:	Miles O'Brien --- There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out <cite>SovietOmega posted [p:944650444] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Miles O'Brien </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Seginustemple 09/15/20 8:14:59 PM #135:	I want to emphasize the mushroom aspect, by the way. There is no reason for it to be mushrooms specifically. Nothing is done with that concept. They just wanted to use a science word. Ehh I think they did weave in a layer of it being a psychedelic head trip on top of a technobabble plot device. The spore drive augments Stamets' attitudes and behavior, abuse of it takes everyone on a bad trip to the mirror universe. Thematically the concept is about microdosing, hence the blatant reference to Paul Stamets. --- You bow to no one, azuarc <cite>Seginustemple posted [p:944650760] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote><quote>I want to emphasize the mushroom aspect, by the way. There is no reason for it to be mushrooms specifically. Nothing is done with that concept. They just wanted to use a science word.</quote> Ehh I think they did weave in a layer of it being a psychedelic head trip on top of a technobabble plot device. The spore drive augments Stamets' attitudes and behavior, abuse of it takes everyone on a bad trip to the mirror universe. Thematically the concept is about microdosing, hence the blatant reference to Paul Stamets.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Not_an_Owl 09/15/20 8:17:12 PM #136:	USS Defiant (NX-74205) --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. <cite>Not_an_Owl posted [p:944650847] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>USS Defiant (NX-74205) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anagram 09/15/20 8:18:07 PM #137:	Murphiroth posted... This one's a bit of a stretch admittedly but it's vaguely connected! I'll allow it. bryans7 posted... Sorry most of mine are characters. Don't mind at all. Seginustemple posted... Ehh I think they did weave in a layer of it being a psychedelic head trip on top of a technobabble plot device. The spore drive augments Stamets' attitudes and behavior, abuse of it takes everyone on a bad trip to the mirror universe. Thematically the concept is about microdosing, hence the blatant reference to Paul Stamets. I... guess I can accept that, although I still don't like the idea. --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:944650878] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Murphiroth posted... </cite> <quote> This one's a bit of a stretch admittedly but it's vaguely connected!</quote>I'll allow it. bryans7 posted... </cite> <quote>Sorry most of mine are characters.</quote>Don't mind at all. Seginustemple posted... </cite> <quote>Ehh I think they did weave in a layer of it being a psychedelic head trip on top of a technobabble plot device. The spore drive augments Stamets' attitudes and behavior, abuse of it takes everyone on a bad trip to the mirror universe. Thematically the concept is about microdosing, hence the blatant reference to Paul Stamets.</quote>I... guess I can accept that, although I still don't like the idea. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PerfectChaosZ 09/15/20 9:33:44 PM #138:	Admiral Katherine Janeway <cite>PerfectChaosZ posted [p:944653498] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Admiral Katherine Janeway </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
redrocket 09/15/20 9:46:47 PM #139:	Caitians --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest <cite>redrocket posted [p:944654030] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Caitians </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lolo_Guru 09/15/20 10:06:06 PM #140:	Elnor (Picard) --- Lolo <cite>Lolo_Guru posted [p:944654749] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Elnor (Picard) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mac Arrowny 09/15/20 10:22:02 PM #141:	The Picard Song --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. <cite>Mac Arrowny posted [p:944655390] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>The Picard Song</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SovietOmega 09/15/20 10:54:49 PM #142:	Ah, shoot...missed a refresh wherein page 3 happened and that Miles was already selected XD Alright then, howabout Andorians. --- There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out <cite>SovietOmega posted [p:944656586] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Ah, shoot...missed a refresh wherein page 3 happened and that Miles was already selected XD Alright then, howabout Andorians. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anagram 09/15/20 10:56:54 PM #143:	Its amazing you happened to choose the same character at all. --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:944656651] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Its amazing you happened to choose the same character at all. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bryans7 09/15/20 11:04:45 PM #144:	Miles is that great. Also: The Host (TNG Episode) --- https://imgur.com/g8JFMhA <cite>bryans7 posted [p:944656915] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Miles is that great. Also: The Host (TNG Episode) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ZenOfThunder 09/15/20 11:18:04 PM #145:	redrocket posted... This show actually is in continuity! Wrap your brain around that! i got irrationally upset when i googled something about the show plus "memory beta" assuming all Lower Decks info would be contained there and boy was i fucking surprised when i got memory alpha pages describing the events of the episodes as canon which really reframes how i view the show now, i know it's a nerdy thing to complain about but it definitely irks me when shit like Badgey happens and I'm thinking "this is the same universe where picard was interrogated for an entire two parter" then again i guess this is also canon: https://i.imgur.com/XtPqELV.gif please rank the above gif --- (\|\| ' ' \|\|) "Your First Thought" - A (sometimes) Daily Topic Series 'Bout Thinkin': . /\|_\|\ https://bit.ly/YFTB8 [azuarc] <cite>ZenOfThunder posted [p:944657410] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>redrocket posted... </cite> <quote>This show actually is in continuity! Wrap your brain around that!</quote> i got irrationally upset when i googled something about the show plus "memory beta" assuming all Lower Decks info would be contained there and boy was i fucking surprised when i got memory alpha pages describing the events of the episodes as canon which really reframes how i view the show now, i know it's a nerdy thing to complain about but it definitely irks me when shit like Badgey happens and I'm thinking "this is the same universe where picard was interrogated for an entire two parter" then again i guess this is also canon: https://i.imgur.com/XtPqELV.gif please rank the above gif </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Eddv 09/15/20 11:35:27 PM #146:	Mudd --- Board 8's Voice of Reason https://imgur.com/AWY4xHy <cite>Eddv posted [p:944658113] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Mudd </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
redrocket 09/16/20 12:32:07 AM #147:	ZenOfThunder posted... i got irrationally upset when i googled something about the show plus "memory beta" assuming all Lower Decks info would be contained there and boy was i fucking surprised when i got memory alpha pages describing the events of the episodes as canon which really reframes how i view the show now, i know it's a nerdy thing to complain about but it definitely irks me when shit like Badgey happens and I'm thinking "this is the same universe where picard was interrogated for an entire two parter" then again i guess this is also canon: https://i.imgur.com/XtPqELV.gif please rank the above gif I mean, Spocks Brain is canon, so lets not pretend that Star Trek is above this kind of stuff. --- It's like paying for bubble wrap. -transience on Final Fantasy: All the Bravest <cite>redrocket posted [p:944659764] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>ZenOfThunder posted... </cite> <quote>i got irrationally upset when i googled something about the show plus "memory beta" assuming all Lower Decks info would be contained there and boy was i fucking surprised when i got memory alpha pages describing the events of the episodes as canon which really reframes how i view the show now, i know it's a nerdy thing to complain about but it definitely irks me when shit like Badgey happens and I'm thinking "this is the same universe where picard was interrogated for an entire two parter" then again i guess this is also canon: https://i.imgur.com/XtPqELV.gif please rank the above gif</quote> I mean, Spocks Brain is canon, so lets not pretend that Star Trek is above this kind of stuff. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anagram 09/16/20 12:38:27 AM #148:	ZenOfThunder posted... i got irrationally upset when i googled something about the show plus "memory beta" assuming all Lower Decks info would be contained there and boy was i f*ing surprised when i got memory alpha pages describing the events of the episodes as canon which really reframes how i view the show now, i know it's a nerdy thing to complain about but it definitely irks me when s* like Badgey happens and I'm thinking "this is the same universe where picard was interrogated for an entire two parter" Badgey being canon doesn't really bother me that much. It bothers me more how not Star Trek-y everyone behaves in that show. I really feel that the 'no one in Star Trek curses' thing was part of just how humans act in the future, and that Data screaming s* in Genesis is clearly just a joke. Of course, I can't blame LD for this, this is something that DIS and PIC are also extremely guilty of. I forgot that Mariner is literally introduced getting drunk on the job and stabbing a guy with a sword, but the show presents her like her rulebreaking is a good thing. --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:944659857] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>ZenOfThunder posted... </cite> <quote>i got irrationally upset when i googled something about the show plus "memory beta" assuming all Lower Decks info would be contained there and boy was i fing surprised when i got memory alpha pages describing the events of the episodes as canon which really reframes how i view the show now, i know it's a nerdy thing to complain about but it definitely irks me when s like Badgey happens and I'm thinking "this is the same universe where picard was interrogated for an entire two parter"</quote>Badgey being canon doesn't really bother me that much. It bothers me more how not Star Trek-y everyone behaves in that show. I really feel that the 'no one in Star Trek curses' thing was part of just how humans act in the future, and that Data screaming s* in Genesis is clearly just a joke. Of course, I can't blame LD for this, this is something that DIS and PIC are also extremely guilty of. I forgot that Mariner is literally introduced getting drunk on the job and stabbing a guy with a sword, but the show presents her like her rulebreaking is a good thing. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MarkS222222222222222 09/16/20 1:10:41 AM #149:	Changelings --- This is quite a username I have here. <cite>MarkS222222222222222 posted [p:944660703] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Changelings </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anagram 09/16/20 1:33:09 AM #152:	Ah hell, I'll do another round before watching the SNL thing. Helena Cain A great way to shake things up in BSG and pay tribute to the original series. I've watched both BSGs, and like most things, the remake does it better. She plays a good role as Adama's foil: both captain warships that survive the Cylon attack and find a fleet of civilian ships, but where Adama decides the war is lost and tries to rescue people, Cain sacrifices all of the people she could have saved in order to keep fighting. She's unreasonable without being crazy, and it's completely understandable why Adama would almost assassinate her before deciding against it. It also gives us one of the best scenes in the show, where Adama just directly and casually tells Starbuck to kill her when he gives the code word, and then when he decides not to, she's incredibly relieved. Oh, and the actress played Ensign Ro, I guess. Uhura Look, I know Uhura is important as a cultural icon, as one of the first black women on American TV who wasn't a maid or something, but as an actual character, she's a complete non-entity. Even Nurse Chapel at least pined over Spock. What does Uhura have? She has the fact that she occasionally sings and that her ideal man is a buff dude speaking Swahili. This is one thing I can't really fault the Abramsverse for. Changing Uhura to be a completely different person was basically necessary. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier I admit that from an objective standpoint, this is the worst Star Trek movie. But it has weird ideas, it has the heroes approaching problems without violence, it has a three-breasted cat hooker defeated by throwing her into water, it has a gag about a planet of peace being forgotten about and all of the worst diplomats being sent there to get rid of them, it has a god alien shooting lightning bolts out of its eyes, and it has a 60 year-old woman doing a striptease. It's terrible, but it has some amount of soul, you know? I don't hate it. I don't hate it. USS Defiant Perfectly designed. It is completely believable that this is the Federation's version of a warship, right down to classifying it as not technically a warship. They also really got all the mileage possible out of the cloaking device. Its introduction marks when the show stops being about the space station and starts being more about the upcoming war. One of my favorite DS9 things is how when the ship is introduced, they make a big deal out of having to have a Romulan attache, and then she never shows up again. Katherine Janeway The problem with Janeway is twofold. First, she's very clearly 'the female captain.' Sisko was never 'the black captain,' but Janeway is absolutely 'the female captain.' They wanted Janeway to be strong and empowered and also to not have to worry about romance, so they establish that she's engaged to some boring guy in episode 1 who will not be in the rest of the series so that she'll have a reason to never look at another man. One of the best VOY moments is after she learns he left her for another woman (in his defense, he thought she was dead), she starts a holodeck program and falls in love with the lead hologram, but he already has a wife, so the camera pans in on her face and she deadpan says "Computer... Delete the wife." That's ***ing hilarious. Second, Janeway is also supposed to be a scientist. Kirk is an adventurer, Picard is a diplomat, Sisko is a warrior, and Janeway is supposedly* a scientist. The problem is that the writers have no idea how to write a scientist. The way to write a scientist is to have them puzzle through possibilities until they arrive at an explanation for whatever wacky space shenanigans are happening. It's basically the same as writing a detective, which is why Spock fits so easily into the role of a murder detective in TUC. Third, and I lied there are three things wrong with her, her ethics are extremely inconsistent. Kate Mulgrew eventually admitted that she played Janeway as schizophrenic because there was no other way to explain her actions. Caitians A perfectly serviceable race of cat aliens. There's nothing to really say about them because no one has ever expanded upon them in any way. They don't even behave particularly cattish. What's with cat people, anyway? Someone get Japan in here to explain. I was going to say that they have an inconsistent appearance and post all of the Caitians who have shown up in Star Trek, only to look at them and realize that if you assume they have as much diversity as, say, breeds of house cats or types of big cats, then they're actually pretty consistent. I was shocked. Score for Lower Decks, I suppose. https://i.imgur.com/pvVosY5.png Elnor "Okay, Mr. Kurtzman, so far our main characters are Picard, a magical teenage girl genius who's the key to saving or destroying the universe whom he must adopt, a woman who's poor and lives in a trailer on Earth, a planet where poverty doesn't exist, a roboticist woman who's too stupid to be a roboticist, and a Latino guy, whose character is that he speaks Spanish sometimes. We have room in the budget for one more character." "NINJA" "But sir--" "NINJA WHO SAYS BADASS LINES BEFORE HE KILLS YOU" Honestly, did Kurtzman think "Please, friend, choose to live" is a badass threat to make before fighting you? I also oppose the Romulans laughing at him and calling him "Ladyman" for being raised by nuns, they have never displayed sexism in the past. But honestly, if we're being real here? Elnor is probably the most pleasant person in the show. He's the only character who doesn't have a dark and tragic backstory, and he's the only one who approaches things with an optimistic attitude. I still don't think he's a proper Star Trek character, but he's better than the others. --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:944661188] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Ah hell, I'll do another round before watching the SNL thing. Helena Cain A great way to shake things up in BSG and pay tribute to the original series. I've watched both BSGs, and like most things, the remake does it better. She plays a good role as Adama's foil: both captain warships that survive the Cylon attack and find a fleet of civilian ships, but where Adama decides the war is lost and tries to rescue people, Cain sacrifices all of the people she could have saved in order to keep fighting. She's unreasonable without being crazy, and it's completely understandable why Adama would almost assassinate her before deciding against it. It also gives us one of the best scenes in the show, where Adama just directly and casually tells Starbuck to kill her when he gives the code word, and then when he decides not to, she's incredibly relieved. Oh, and the actress played Ensign Ro, I guess. Uhura Look, I know Uhura is important as a cultural icon, as one of the first black women on American TV who wasn't a maid or something, but as an actual character, she's a complete non-entity. Even Nurse Chapel at least pined over Spock. What does Uhura have? She has the fact that she occasionally sings and that her ideal man is a buff dude speaking Swahili. This is one thing I can't really fault the Abramsverse for. Changing Uhura to be a completely different person was basically necessary. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier I admit that from an objective standpoint, this is the worst Star Trek movie. But it has weird ideas, it has the heroes approaching problems without violence, it has a three-breasted cat hooker defeated by throwing her into water, it has a gag about a planet of peace being forgotten about and all of the worst diplomats being sent there to get rid of them, it has a god alien shooting lightning bolts out of its eyes, and it has a 60 year-old woman doing a striptease. It's terrible, but it has some amount of soul, you know? I don't hate it. I don't hate it. USS Defiant Perfectly designed. It is completely believable that this is the Federation's version of a warship, right down to classifying it as not technically a warship. They also really got all the mileage possible out of the cloaking device. Its introduction marks when the show stops being about the space station and starts being more about the upcoming war. One of my favorite DS9 things is how when the ship is introduced, they make a big deal out of having to have a Romulan attache, and then she never shows up again. Katherine Janeway The problem with Janeway is twofold. First, she's very clearly 'the female captain.' Sisko was never 'the black captain,' but Janeway is absolutely 'the female captain.' They wanted Janeway to be strong and empowered and also to not have to worry about romance, so they establish that she's engaged to some boring guy in episode 1 who will not be in the rest of the series so that she'll have a reason to never look at another man. One of the best VOY moments is after she learns he left her for another woman (in his defense, he thought she was dead), she starts a holodeck program and falls in love with the lead hologram, but he already has a wife, so the camera pans in on her face and she deadpan says "Computer... Delete the wife." That's ****ing hilarious. Second, Janeway is also supposed to be a scientist. Kirk is an adventurer, Picard is a diplomat, Sisko is a warrior, and Janeway is supposedly a scientist. The problem is that the writers have no idea how to write a scientist. The way to write a scientist is to have them puzzle through possibilities until they arrive at an explanation for whatever wacky space shenanigans are happening. It's basically the same as writing a detective, which is why Spock fits so easily into the role of a murder detective in TUC. Third, and I lied there are three things wrong with her, her ethics are extremely inconsistent. Kate Mulgrew eventually admitted that she played Janeway as schizophrenic because there was no other way to explain her actions. Caitians A perfectly serviceable race of cat aliens. There's nothing to really say about them because no one has ever expanded upon them in any way. They don't even behave particularly cattish. What's with cat people, anyway? Someone get Japan in here to explain. I was going to say that they have an inconsistent appearance and post all of the Caitians who have shown up in Star Trek, only to look at them and realize that if you assume they have as much diversity as, say, breeds of house cats or types of big cats, then they're actually pretty consistent. I was shocked. Score for Lower Decks, I suppose. https://i.imgur.com/pvVosY5.png Elnor "Okay, Mr. Kurtzman, so far our main characters are Picard, a magical teenage girl genius who's the key to saving or destroying the universe whom he must adopt, a woman who's poor and lives in a trailer on Earth, a planet where poverty doesn't exist, a roboticist woman who's too stupid to be a roboticist, and a Latino guy, whose character is that he speaks Spanish sometimes. We have room in the budget for one more character." "NINJA" "But sir--" "NINJA WHO SAYS BADASS LINES BEFORE HE KILLS YOU" Honestly, did Kurtzman think "Please, friend, choose to live" is a badass threat to make before fighting you? I also oppose the Romulans laughing at him and calling him "Ladyman" for being raised by nuns, they have never displayed sexism in the past. But honestly, if we're being real here? Elnor is probably the most pleasant person in the show. He's the only character who doesn't have a dark and tragic backstory, and he's the only one who approaches things with an optimistic attitude. I still don't think he's a proper Star Trek character, but he's better than the others. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anagram 09/16/20 1:33:14 AM #153:	Picard Song Here's to the finest crew in STARFLEET Engage. I played Xenogears while listening to a podcast that uses the Picard Song as its intro and outro, so whenever I hear this song, I now think of Xenogears, which is unfortunate. Andorians Did you know Andorians were banned from TNG, DS9, and VOY for being too silly-looking? Only one appears for like three seconds in a holodeck during one episode of TNG. One of ENT s1's only good decisions was bringing them back and expanding on them. They're also sort of an iconic Star Trek alien despite their sparse appearances. They're not on the level of Vulcans or anything, but they're a solid "Oh, it's that guy" sort of alien. I'm sad that their culture is so boring, though. ENT could have done anything with them, and it gives them a really boring warrior culture. Ah well, it's something. The Host Who nominated this? I'm too lazy to check. Why would you waste a nomination on this of all things? I'm judging you harshly, mystery person. So the premise of this episode is that the trill are a species of humanoids who can bond for life with a symbiont who mind controls them for the rest of their lives and there is no benefit to agreeing, but they always agree. Crusher falls in love with one, but its host dies, so it has to be implanted in Riker to survive until a new trill can show up. Crusher is weirded out by symbiont!Riker being interested in her, but she's even more weirded out when the new host shows up and it's a lady. Honestly, I can't really judge Crusher for not being interested in this anymore. I can't blame her for being straight, that's fine, and I super can't blame her for pushing the escape button on a relationship where her boyfriend had three different bodies in a week. DS9 made basically every decision correctly about the trill. Change it so they merge minds instead of taking over, change it so they have sexy spots instead of wacky foreheads, change basically everything except the basic premise. That's how you expand on a preestablished race, ENT. We don't need Andorian generic warrior cultures and Orion slave auctions where a guy fondles T'Pol's boobs. I can't believe that's canon. Q's Mariachi Band One of the classic 4chan Star Trek images, alongside Picard's facepalm. It's cringey in the context of the episode, but it makes for a great reaction image. Harry Mudd God, another character ruined by DIS. I'm sorry, I'm genuinely trying, but give me a break here, he's on DIS, there's nothing I can do about it. In TOS, Mudd is just a rogue. He shows up twice, he has wacky plans to make money by doing slightly evil things, but he's not a murderous psychopath with the power to destroy the Federation. In DIS, though? He's introduced in a Klingon prison and betrays the other humans. They escape, but leave him to be tortured to death. Now, we don't know this at the time, but those humans are really a Mirror Universe human and an undercover Klingon agent, so I can actually accept for once that they'd act like no Federation human would ever act. I'm okay with that. But then Mudd shows up again, reveals that he has a magical time travel crystal (why he didn't use it to escape the Klingons is left unexplained), and he plans to use it to steal Discovery and sell it to the Klingons to destroy the Federation with, all to make money and get revenge for leaving him behind. So there's a Groundhog Day episode where Stametz is the only one besides Mudd who can see what's going on, but the episode still manages to be about Burnham's relationship with Ash (barf), and when they defeat Mudd, they wackily contact his ex-girlfriend and she's like OH IT'S MUDD I LOVE YOU MUDD PLEASE HAVE SEX WITH ME and everyone smiles and laughs like haha we outwitted Mudd, now he's forced to marry the beautiful princess of a planet (because the Federation has royalty now) for the crimes of trying to destroy the Federation and uncountable murders. I take it back, Spock is not the TOS character most ruined by DIS, it's Harry Mudd. The most shocking thing in all of Discovery to me, and this will sound like a joke but it's not, is that Mudd's girlfriend in that episode has the same name as his wife in TOS. I couldn't believe it. I could not believe that someone had actually googled his wife's name and used it correctly. I'm still amazed. Make it So Captain Jean-luc Picard of the USS Enterprise The Beginning of Wisdom The Mirror Universe Enterprise-D Cardassia Prime The Neutral Zone The Rules of Acquisition USS Defiant Riker Chair Maneuver Data & Picard The Doctor Geordie's Epic Maneuver Transporters Picard Song Assimilate This Galaxy Quest Q Leonard McCoy (Abramsverse) Morn Combadges Tribbles TNG Warp Core Sound Tuvix The Riker Lean Frequency of Uniform Changes in Starfleet Chain of Command Torture Sequence Kirk is a Jerk Shirt Timescape The Chase That One Matte Painting Where No Fan Has Gone Before Miles O'Brien Duet Children of Time Ambassador-class Starship Wolf in the Fold Live Long and Prosper Q's Mariachi Band Enterprise s3 Replicators Escape Pods Gowron The Cage Earth Worf's Baldric TOS Klingons Technobabble The Maquis Gargoyles RedLetterMedia's Picard Re:Views Holodeck Episodes Mike and Rich's Top 5 TNG episodes Andorians Brent Spiner The Picard Maneuver Anagram Raemes T. Quirk Helena Cain Sanctuary Districts Caitians Highly Illogical Captain Proton Holonovel Star Trek: Lower Decks Star Trek: The Animated Series Enterprise-J Bajor STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association Prune Juice For the Uniform Sisko's Beard Uhura Tasha Yar The Rock's Appearance on Voyager It's a Faaaaaaaaake! Naomi Wildman Valiant (DS9) Sisko Punching Q DS9/Babylon 5 Similarities Get the Cheese to Sickbay Worf x Dax Harry Kim Wesley Crusher Elnor Rom Star Trek: Beyond Antitime Future Enterprise-D Wil Wheaton ENT's Reason for Klingon Forehead Ridges Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Night Terrors Flaunting Danger Clip Beardless Riker Katherine Janeway The Host Star Trek Online Webtrek Wadi This is the Power of Math, People Lwaxana Troi Riker's Pizza Warp 10 The Outcast Harry Mudd God Aliens Not Respecting Consent Climax of Into Darkness The Mycelial Network Jennier Lien's Descent into Madness The Rape Gangs of Turkana IV Data x Borg Queen [robo][tf][buzzsaw] --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:944661189] in Anagram ra... [t:78971322]...</cite> <quote>Picard Song Here's to the finest crew in STARFLEET Engage. I played Xenogears while listening to a podcast that uses the Picard Song as its intro and outro, so whenever I hear this song, I now think of Xenogears, which is unfortunate. Andorians Did you know Andorians were banned from TNG, DS9, and VOY for being too silly-looking? Only one appears for like three seconds in a holodeck during one episode of TNG. One of ENT s1's only good decisions was bringing them back and expanding on them. They're also sort of an iconic Star Trek alien despite their sparse appearances. They're not on the level of Vulcans or anything, but they're a solid "Oh, it's that guy" sort of alien. I'm sad that their culture is so boring, though. ENT could have done anything with them, and it gives them a really boring warrior culture. Ah well, it's something. The Host Who nominated this? I'm too lazy to check. Why would you waste a nomination on this of all things? I'm judging you harshly, mystery person. So the premise of this episode is that the trill are a species of humanoids who can bond for life with a symbiont who mind controls them for the rest of their lives and there is no benefit to agreeing, but they always agree. Crusher falls in love with one, but its host dies, so it has to be implanted in Riker to survive until a new trill can show up. Crusher is weirded out by symbiont!Riker being interested in her, but she's even more weirded out when the new host shows up and it's a lady. Honestly, I can't really judge Crusher for not being interested in this anymore. I can't blame her for being straight, that's fine, and I super can't blame her for pushing the escape button on a relationship where her boyfriend had three different bodies in a week. DS9 made basically every decision correctly about the trill. Change it so they merge minds instead of taking over, change it so they have sexy spots instead of wacky foreheads, change basically everything except the basic premise. That's how you expand on a preestablished race, ENT. We don't need Andorian generic warrior cultures and Orion slave auctions where a guy fondles T'Pol's boobs. I can't believe that's canon. Q's Mariachi Band One of the classic 4chan Star Trek images, alongside Picard's facepalm. It's cringey in the context of the episode, but it makes for a great reaction image. Harry Mudd God, another character ruined by DIS. I'm sorry, I'm genuinely trying, but give me a break here, he's on DIS, there's nothing I can do about it. In TOS, Mudd is just a rogue. He shows up twice, he has wacky plans to make money by doing slightly evil things, but he's not a murderous psychopath with the power to destroy the Federation. In DIS, though? He's introduced in a Klingon prison and betrays the other humans. They escape, but leave him to be tortured to death. Now, we don't know this at the time, but those humans are really a Mirror Universe human and an undercover Klingon agent, so I can actually accept for once that they'd act like no Federation human would ever act. I'm okay with that. But then Mudd shows up again, reveals that he has a magical time travel crystal (why he didn't use it to escape the Klingons is left unexplained), and he plans to use it to steal Discovery and sell it to the Klingons to destroy the Federation with, all to make money and get revenge for leaving him behind. So there's a Groundhog Day episode where Stametz is the only one besides Mudd who can see what's going on, but the episode still manages to be about Burnham's relationship with Ash (barf), and when they defeat Mudd, they wackily contact his ex-girlfriend and she's like OH IT'S MUDD I LOVE YOU MUDD PLEASE HAVE SEX WITH ME and everyone smiles and laughs like haha we outwitted Mudd, now he's forced to marry the beautiful princess of a planet (because the Federation has royalty now) for the crimes of trying to destroy the Federation and uncountable murders. I take it back, Spock is not the TOS character most ruined by DIS, it's Harry Mudd. The most shocking thing in all of Discovery to me, and this will sound like a joke but it's not, is that Mudd's girlfriend in that episode has the same name as his wife in TOS. I couldn't believe it. I could not believe that someone had actually googled his wife's name and used it correctly. I'm still amazed. Make it So Captain Jean-luc Picard of the USS Enterprise The Beginning of Wisdom The Mirror Universe Enterprise-D Cardassia Prime The Neutral Zone The Rules of Acquisition USS Defiant Riker Chair Maneuver Data & Picard The Doctor Geordie's Epic Maneuver Transporters Picard Song Assimilate This Galaxy Quest Q Leonard McCoy (Abramsverse) Morn Combadges Tribbles TNG Warp Core Sound Tuvix The Riker Lean Frequency of Uniform Changes in Starfleet Chain of Command Torture Sequence Kirk is a Jerk Shirt Timescape The Chase That One Matte Painting Where No Fan Has Gone Before Miles O'Brien Duet Children of Time Ambassador-class Starship Wolf in the Fold Live Long and Prosper Q's Mariachi Band Enterprise s3 Replicators Escape Pods Gowron The Cage Earth Worf's Baldric TOS Klingons Technobabble The Maquis Gargoyles RedLetterMedia's Picard Re:Views Holodeck Episodes Mike and Rich's Top 5 TNG episodes Andorians Brent Spiner The Picard Maneuver Anagram Raemes T. Quirk Helena Cain Sanctuary Districts Caitians Highly Illogical Captain Proton Holonovel Star Trek: Lower Decks Star Trek: The Animated Series Enterprise-J Bajor STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association Prune Juice For the Uniform Sisko's Beard Uhura Tasha Yar The Rock's Appearance on Voyager It's a Faaaaaaaaake! Naomi Wildman Valiant (DS9) Sisko Punching Q DS9/Babylon 5 Similarities Get the Cheese to Sickbay Worf x Dax Harry Kim Wesley Crusher Elnor Rom Star Trek: Beyond Antitime Future Enterprise-D Wil Wheaton ENT's Reason for Klingon Forehead Ridges Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Night Terrors Flaunting Danger Clip Beardless Riker Katherine Janeway The Host Star Trek Online Webtrek Wadi This is the Power of Math, People Lwaxana Troi Riker's Pizza Warp 10 The Outcast Harry Mudd God Aliens Not Respecting Consent Climax of Into Darkness The Mycelial Network Jennier Lien's Descent into Madness The Rape Gangs of Turkana IV Data x Borg Queen [robo][tf][buzzsaw] </quote> ... 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