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Here's a nice fluffy story about a guy who was in three different Treks. Particularly as the guy who fatally steals life energy from his girlfriends with a sex-crystal so as to live forever, in one of those Troi mind-rape episodes. (TMRE)

There are so many of these wonderful hardworking guys/gals that appear on Trek. Tune into any show still shown on cable today that was made from 1980-1999 and you are likely to see someone familiar. And even if they aren't one of the "always working LA character actors" every single one of them has a ccg card or two and maybe an action figure. Their characters will be remembered in the annals of nerd lore FOREVER. That's more than you can say about an appearance on Murder She Wrote.

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I think there ought to be an encyclopedia specifically of the guest stars and their stories. Even though it's a Star Trek podcast golden age, a lot of actors are too dead or too elderly/withdrawn for online interviews. So little local stories like this are probably best we'll get.

Anyway this guy likes baseball, hiking, and dogs.

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Calandrino said:
See? it's nothing like Family Guy after all
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It's better, I guess. The jokes are more organic and fit better. There's some groaners, especially early on, but the humor does get better.

I might actually re-watch The Orville. Been rewatching DS9 for like the zillionth time over the last two weeks.

I don't hardly drink anymore, but I'd drink all the time if Kanar was real.
 
FatMebius said:
I don't hardly drink anymore, but I'd drink all the time if Kanar was real.
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It’s one of those very funny trivia things: on TOS they imply "Vulcan booze is paint thinner which will instantly kill you", but by the time you get to DS9, Ross is sipping Romulan Ale like it’s a light IPA. (There's always the possibility that it is synthehol. Ross specifically says Romulan ale is no longer prohibited under Federation law.)

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O'Brien says he tried Kanar during the war, but it “takes getting used to "
 
Captain Syrup said:
It’s one of those very funny trivia things: on TOS they imply "Vulcan booze is paint thinner which will instantly kill you", but by the time you get to DS9, Ross is sipping Romulan Ale like it’s a light IPA. (There's always the possibility that it is synthehol. Ross specifically says Romulan ale is no longer prohibited under Federation law.)
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Vulcan booze kills non-Vulcans. Romulan ale is just extra tasty and used by the Romulans for subversion and black mail. They're not the same.
 
Actually making Star Trek booze is something Paramount should have capitalized on. I know there's like all kinds of cocktail recipes and branded stuff. But nothing where they've actually tried to recreate how the drinks are. No matter how good or bad they are. With such iconic drinks as Romulan ale, kanar and, uh, that green shit Scotty drank.
 
Cnut said:
Here's a nice fluffy story about a guy who was in three different Treks. Particularly as the guy who fatally steals life energy from his girlfriends with a sex-crystal
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Yeah “Alliances” ... one of those unintentionally funny episodes where the writers suddenly remember colonialism exists.

They go out of their way to retcon the Kazon into having this backstory where they were the slave race for a bunch of Banana Republic catalog extras, before predictably collapsing into warlordism...and then Kathryn Janeway just decides the real lesson here is that the victims of imperialism are simply too cringe, she just teams up with the smug former colonizers and declares the Kazon permanently unworthy of contact!:champ:

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Just admit the Kazon exist to be dunked on. That would at least be more honest branding than pretending this was ever a serious attempt at commentary.
 
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Basedway in a nutshell. The only thing that's missing is her exterminating the Kazon over them breaking her favorite coffee mug.
 
Captain Syrup said:
It’s one of those very funny trivia things: on TOS they imply "Vulcan booze is paint thinner which will instantly kill you", but by the time you get to DS9, Ross is sipping Romulan Ale like it’s a light IPA. (There's always the possibility that it is synthehol. Ross specifically says Romulan ale is no longer prohibited under Federation law.)

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O'Brien says he tried Kanar during the war, but it “takes getting used to "
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Maybe Romulan ale is actually super weak, but the Federation outlawed it to make the Romulans more threatening to the average joe.
FatMebius said:
Actually making Star Trek booze is something Paramount should have capitalized on. I know there's like all kinds of cocktail recipes and branded stuff. But nothing where they've actually tried to recreate how the drinks are. No matter how good or bad they are. With such iconic drinks as Romulan ale, kanar and, uh, that green shit Scotty drank.
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I remember an episode of The Big Bang Theory where the guys drank some "Romulan ale" from Comic-Con that was just vodka with blue food coloring. Maybe something like that?
 
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Just admit the Kazon exist to be dunked on. That would at least be more honest branding than pretending this was ever a serious attempt at commentary.
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Kazon are Trek Pakis, change my mind.
Curzon Dax-sama said:
Basedway in a nutshell. The only thing that's missing is her exterminating the Kazon over them breaking her favorite coffee mug.
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Part of the flaws of the Kazon is Voyager could go a lot faster, and within a short period, maybe a season, they'd be out of Kazon space. They should've ditched the Kazon earlier and had more weird thing in space / new planet / aliens episodes. It would've been cool if that generation ship showed up earlier and then whoop, here they are seasons and lightyears later. Or a few more Year of Hell episodes. Maybe several episodes later, an alternate timeline Janeway from Year of Hell series could have a spacetime wobbly or something. They really could've played around more in Voyager than they did.

A criticism of Lower Decks I have is the cat doctor isn't funny to me at all. She's very flanderized.
 
FatMebius said:
Actually making Star Trek booze is something Paramount should have capitalized on. I know there's like all kinds of cocktail recipes and branded stuff. But nothing where they've actually tried to recreate how the drinks are. No matter how good or bad they are. With such iconic drinks as Romulan ale, kanar and, uh, that green shit Scotty drank.
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They did, but you could only buy it at Star Trek: The Experience. It closed before I could drink it, but I know it existed.

 
FatMebius said:
Actually making Star Trek booze is something Paramount should have capitalized on. I know there's like all kinds of cocktail recipes and branded stuff. But nothing where they've actually tried to recreate how the drinks are. No matter how good or bad they are. With such iconic drinks as Romulan ale, kanar and, uh, that green shit Scotty drank.
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I don't know if it's "official," but a company does produce wine and spirits in Star Trek-themed prop bottles. I haven't tried any and do not drink anymore in any case, so I can't speak to the quality of the booze, but the bottles look cool. I'd love one of those old Chianti bottles (which is what they used for kanar bottles).
 
FatMebius said:
Actually making Star Trek booze is something Paramount should have capitalized on. I know there's like all kinds of cocktail recipes and branded stuff. But nothing where they've actually tried to recreate how the drinks are. No matter how good or bad they are. With such iconic drinks as Romulan ale, kanar and, uh, that green shit Scotty drank.
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Drag-on Knight 91873 said:
They did, but you could only buy it at Star Trek: The Experience. It closed before I could drink it, but I know it existed.

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shit ninja-ed
but yeah Star Trek Experience was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fucking great
I got to touch the wood paneling at Worf'/Yar's station on the D
it's really wood :heart-full:
 
Drag-on Knight 91873 said:
They did, but you could only buy it at Star Trek: The Experience. It closed before I could drink it, but I know it existed.
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I got drunk off a Warp Core Breach at Quark's Bar when I went there many years ago. They used dry ice to make it smoke and it was pretty good if you are into fruity "girl" drinks.

As for Star Trek drink components, you could use Blue Curaçao for the Romulan Ale and Absinthe for the green stuff Scotty drank.

You could probably also add Everclear or 151 to the Romulan Ale because it's supposed to be very strong. Kirk and co. get wasted on it in The Undiscovered Country and he later makes a note in his log never to serve it again during diplomatic events. I don't know if I'd want to drink this, however. My college partying days are long over and this combo would be too much for me.
 
Jerri's Kid said:
You could probably also add Everclear or 151 to the Romulan Ale because it's supposed to be very strong. Kirk and co. get wasted on it in The Undiscovered Country and he later makes a note in his log never to serve it again during diplomatic events. I don't know if I'd want to drink this, however. My college partying days are long over and this combo would be too much for me.
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A gentle reminder to always mix Everclear or Bacardi 151 with something else. Don't drink it straight unless you enjoy burning your GI tract.
 
Jerri's Kid said:
I got drunk off a Warp Core Breach at Quark's Bar when I went there many years ago. They used dry ice to make it smoke and it was pretty good if you are into fruity "girl" drinks.

As for Star Trek drink components, you could use Blue Curaçao for the Romulan Ale and Absinthe for the green stuff Scotty drank.

You could probably also add Everclear or 151 to the Romulan Ale because it's supposed to be very strong. Kirk and co. get wasted on it in The Undiscovered Country and he later makes a note in his log never to serve it again during diplomatic events. I don't know if I'd want to drink this, however. My college partying days are long over and this combo would be too much for me.
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I was twenty so I couldn't drink or gamble.
but getting to take a turbolift from the transporter room to the bridge of the D was baller af
 
XYZpdq Jr. said:
I was twenty so I couldn't drink or gamble.
but getting to take a turbolift from the transporter room to the bridge of the D was baller af
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That transporter trick is the greatest magic trick I've ever seen. For those who weren't there, you first start off waiting for the ride like for Star Tours and the floor is a gun metal grey. Then the lights would go out, the fan would blast everyone, and the thunder would crack. Then you're on the transporter pad. What makes it magical is that you do not feel getting moved nor does the floor feel like it's moving under you.
 
Drag-on Knight 91873 said:
That transporter trick is the greatest magic trick I've ever seen. For those who weren't there, you first start off waiting for the ride like for Star Tours and the floor is a gun metal grey. Then the lights would go out, the fan would blast everyone, and the thunder would crack. Then you're on the transporter pad. What makes it magical is that you do not feel getting moved nor does the floor feel like it's moving under you.
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yeah and they sorta did up the "bored theme park attendant" style of "welcome the star trek experience. you will now enjoy the wonders of star trek." then PWOOOOSH there's some redshirt who's all OH SHIT SOME RANDOS SHOWED UP
 
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