Star trek: the animated series has cool aliens (the blakeyrat is watching star trek thread)
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I'm not sure if you're clear on the meaning of the word "ok" here.
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You need to be less obvious when trolling for whoosh badges.
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You need to be less obvious when trolling for whoosh badges.
I'll remember than when I do so. I was mocking the misuse of an overused stock formulation.
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With an overused stock mock formulation?
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With an overused stock mock formulation?
Sure, I try to avoid a particular hobgoblin of small minds.
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Sure, I try to avoid a particular hobgoblin of small minds.
So does blakey, but the PRNG keeps fucking with him.
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I just can't say anything without FrostCat swooping in from nowhere to find a flaw in it. Usually with a microscope.
Its funny when the "flaw" he finds is the result of his own 3rd grade reading level. It's irritating as shit otherwise.
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He likes you :)
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I just can't say anything without FrostCat swooping in from nowhere to find a flaw in it.
IMPOSSIBRU! You're never wrong.
You've got some pretty thin skin, is all I can say. Got "can dish it out but can't take it" syndrome?
Edit: It's no rankling, but apparently he's irritated. MAKE A PEARL, BLAKEY!
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See what I mean?
Definitely an unhealthy obsession.
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I notice he's using one of the avatars you provided too. Definitely something going on there
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It's only a minor step from that to wearing Blakeyrat's skin as a suit.
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Now you're making me nervous.
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It probably says something that the TNG USS Enterprise has a psychologist on its bridge crew.
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Makes sense when you think about it though. They learned way back in the Kirk/Spock era that you can get by with a whole ship full of raving lunatics, but when your command crew goes over the edge you need to do something about it fast.
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, but when your command crew goes over the edge you need to do something about it fast.
Yeah, but what happens if the psychologist has the same problem, because she's sitting next to the captain?
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Just don't give her control of the helm while you're doing an emergency landing of the saucer section, and you'll be fine.
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Just don't give her control of the helm while you're doing an emergency landing of the saucer section, and you'll be fine.
Was Troi the one that wrecked the Enterprise-D in Generations?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpgyrIlhoyw
Riker was in the captain's seat, but Troi was at the helm.
It's actually a pretty good effect except for 2 things:
- it follows directly after Generations literally stole a ship explosion effect from Star Trek VI, come on Paramount, how fucking cheap can you be!
And 2) that one brief shot where the transparent aluminum windows shatter like glass.
(And to steal another gag from Red Letter Media, what's the deal with the flashlights? They aren't even done crashing yet, and they take the time to pull out like 5 emergency flashlights? WTF.)
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Did you know that middle-aged woman who runs one of the transporter rooms on the TNG Enterprise is actually a named character!?
Go figure. Brossmer. I mean, good for her, she was in like 10 or so episodes.
WHY DO MY EDITS NOT EDIT!!!!! until I complain about "Save Edit" not working, then it invariably works. Did they add some new code that you can't save an edit unless it has a new paragraph or some shit!? WTF.
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Riker was in the captain's seat, but Troi was at the helm.
I kind of like the hurried "let's move everyone across the hall as if that'll help" bit at the beginning.
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She wasn't just a personal physician for the crew though, she was on the bridge to offer insight on the alien cultures they were constantly meeting, and help with diplomacy. Being freaking telepathic probably helped more with that than her psychologist training though...
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You ever notice that nobody on Star Trek ever says "please" or "thank you" to the person operating the machine that PULLS APART ALL THEIR ATOMS AND TRANSMITS THEM THOUSANDS OF MILES THROUGH SPACE!
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What do you tip a transporter guy? I guess they're kind of like a valet, so like $5? Is $5 enough? $10? Ten dollars?! You're kidding?! All they have to do is push a freaking button! Ten bucks for pushing a button?! I'm not made of money! No, I'm not worried I'll get transported off into space next time. They're professionals, they're supposed to do their job! OK, OK, 8 bucks. I'll do 8 bucks. If I get a weird look or something, I'll be sure to tip $12 before going down the next time just to even things out.
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What do you _ a transporter guy? I guess they're kind of like a valet, so like _? Is _ enough? _? _?! You're kidding?! All they have to do is push a freaking button! _ for pushing a button?! I'm not made of _! No, I'm not worried I'll get transported off into space next time. They're professionals, they're supposed to do their job! OK, OK, _. I'll do _. If I get a weird look or something, I'll be sure to _ before going down the next time just to even things out.
FTFY (IIRC, they don't use money.)
Also, now we can play Madlibs.
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You ever notice that nobody on Star Trek ever says "please" or "thank you" to the person operating the machine that PULLS APART ALL THEIR ATOMS AND TRANSMITS THEM THOUSANDS OF MILES THROUGH SPACE!
If they rematerialize you six inches above the ground you have every right to post a bad yelp review on them.
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What do you tip a transporter guy? I guess they're kind of like a valet, so like $5? Is $5 enough? $10?
The ship's crew are basically military personnel. Officers do not tip enlisted personnel for following orders. Heck, does your boss tip you for doing what you're told?
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If they rematerialize you six inches above the ground you have every right to post a bad yelp review on them.
Better that than under the ground.
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Better that than under the ground.
Most things with teleportation seem to assume there'll be an explosion, or don't address the issue.
In Larry Correia's Warbound series, things merge: one of the main characters 'ports into a space that has a beetle, and the beetle winds up embedded in her foot and has to be dug out.
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Does that mean when you teleport, the air in that space fills up your organs?
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It would be an interesting method of respiration...
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Does that mean when you teleport, the air in that space fills up your organs?
Teleporting into air isn't a concern in the books--you just have to make sure there's nothing solid there. People with the ability to teleport can sense whether the destination is clear or not--how far away you can "see" determines the safe range.
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Hmm...this reminds me, I gotta update my goodreads stuff.
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Wow A Fistful Of Datas is the worst episode ever. It's not funny. It's not dramatic. It's not entertaining as anything other than "so bad it's good". And it's not even that bad.
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After the first few episodes of DS9, Starfleet should have been like, "ok guys, let's move this station back to Bajor, only idiots come through that stupid wormhole."
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DS9: Shadow Play is kind of heartbreaking. Worse when you've seen it before and you know the ending going in.
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as bad as Jurassic Bark?
the second time when you know it's coming?
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Jurassic Bark is overrated. Luck of the Fryish and Leela's Homeworld are both better. Shadow Play ain't no, say, The Visitor. It's not even a Duet. But it's still pretty good.
It also reminds me of one of the best Twilight Zone episodes (IMO), The Arrival.
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So I watched Demon last night, which I assume is the first of the two episodes mentioned a while back.
It wasn't bad, but it could have been better if they'd gone a bit deeper.
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The second one is much, much better.
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I just started the one where they're exploring the species 8472 fake Starfleet Academy.
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DS9, I love you buddy, but every episode people talk about how great Odo is at his job and every episode there's smuggled weapons on DS9.
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You could probably generalize this to most of the series. Worf's supposed to be this badass warrior but he regularly gets his ass kicked. I'm too lazy to think of any more right now.
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And every week, people ride into town, past the huge cemetery, and try to challenge The Rifleman...
"Jesse, there's five of us and one of him!".
"I know, Clem."
"Jesse, we're out-numbered!!"
"I know, Clem, but the script says we gotta die. So, we gotta die."
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I really liked the Family Guy take on that. Stewie (as Quark) just calmly cleaning a glass at the bar while Odo glares at him and keeps threatening him and bragging what a great cop he is. Stewie Quark is just like, "Yeah, ok man, I believe you"
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In this episode, O'Brien says that Bajor is 3 hours away by Runabout. Runabouts are capable of Warp 8. DS9 doesn't (and didn't) have warp engines when it was moved from Bajor orbit to the wormhole in the first place. They imply it was a miracle they ever got it to move at all, it was just designed for station-keeping.
HOW, DS9 WRITERS! HOW!
Seriously, I know Voyager writers didn't give a shit, but you't think DS9 writers would have kept a writer's bible.
EDIT: also WTF, just one episode after DS9 is issued the Defiant, Sisko takes it on personal errands to the Trill homeworld (which apparently doesn't have a name) instead of using it you, uh, DEFEND THE FRIGGIN' WORMHOLE!? WASN'T THAT THE POINT!? "Now that our mostly-helpless space station has some real combat power in case of Dominion invasion, let's take a week-long trip for some bullshit we could have easily done in a Runabout."
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Seriously, I know Voyager writers didn't give a shit, but you't think DS9 writers would have kept a writer's bible.
"The writers not caring" goes back to TOS. There's a possibly apocryphal story about Sulu, I think, getting upset because he was told to press a button that an earlier episode had established would blow up the ship.
also WTF, just one episode after DS9 is issued the Defiant, Sisko takes it on personal errands to the Trill homeworld
It's called a shakedown cruise.
Trill homeworld (which apparently doesn't have a name)
A quick google shows it does have a name. See if you can guess. It's pretty obvious. Also, if the episode was Equilibrium, supposedly there's a reason. Since I haven't watched the show since it was originally broadcast, I don't know if it was a good one or not.
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A quick google shows it does have a name. See if you can guess.
Trillapalooza.
Also, the Federation has kicked planets out for much less than the bullshit the Trill Homeworld pulls in this episode. Seriously. WTF. EDIT: oh this isn't the episode that reveals that the Trill government is horrible fascist liars. EDIT EDIT: oh wait no it is. The Trill government says "maybe 1:1000" are capable of joining to a symbiant when it's more like 1:2.