Star Trek - Space: The Final Frontier

Curzon Dax-sama said:
re: ESG/DEI. Planetary Governor and Overlord of All, His Supreme Excellency Larry Fink of House BlackRock, has declared not even 2 days ago that DEI and "woke" have gone too far.
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I thought he was pushing this stuff because he's a gentile-hating Jew, but turns out that's just an antisemitic conspiracy theory... he actually did it because he's a greedy Jew
 

I love the camp of ToS. Just listen to that computer voice, it's so good. So good!

I weep for the kids who think STD is real Star Trek. Thankfully no one thinks STA is real Trek.
 
FatMebius said:
Maquis VS Federation thing. Or why they didn't pick Klingons or Cardassians or something. I personally think Romulans could've been interesting.
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The Maquis were Michael Piller’s creature. He co-wrote "Best of Both Worlds" and was promoted way past his skill ceiling. By season 3 he was out. After Insurrection bombed, he bummed around the USA network for a while.

The telling detail about Piller is that he supposedly came up with Insurrection while applying Rogaine in the mirror.

With a tough script editor I think some of his ideas could have been salvaged, instead we got these jabronis:

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Captain Syrup said:
The Maquis were Michael Piller’s creature. He co-wrote "Best of Both Worlds" and was promoted way past his skill ceiling. By season 3 he was out. After Insurrection bombed, he bummed around the USA network for a while.

The telling detail about Piller is that he supposedly came up with Insurrection while applying Rogaine in the mirror.

With a tough script editor I think some of his ideas could have salvaged, instead we got these jabronis:
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What I don't get is how the writers failed to utilize the Maquis. They write themselves. Hell, they could have had an entire spinoff series that was just the Maquis.
 
Star Trek promised us a future of space exploration and hyper competence....

Reality: The Artemis mission crew can't open both version of Outlook and need help.

I want off this ride.
 
Hey Johnny Bravo said:
What I don't get is how the writers failed to utilize the Maquis. They write themselves. Hell, they could have had an entire spinoff series that was just the Maquis.
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I feel like every sci-fi franchise has tried this. It’s always “the Badlands” or “uncharted space,” which just means no lights and everyone looks like Mad Max. It's very depressing. And then that new show has the uphill battle of "rebelling" against the original.

Remember Legend of the Rangers? Stargate Atlantis promised the same thing (WE'RE TOTALLY CUT OFF, NO BACKUP) until the show got greenlit and then it was like umm actually nevermind. SGU was just people arguing in space.

Mandalorian is cheating because the guy looks like Boba Fett. That armor is instantly recognizable as Star Wars.
Rabo 2: Electric Boogaloo said:
Star Trek promised us a future of space exploration and hyper competence....

Reality: The Artemis mission crew can't open both version of Outlook and need help.

I want off this ride.
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Their only functioning toilet stopped working :story: literally bailing survival buckets of piss out the airlock.
 
Hey Johnny Bravo said:
What I don't get is how the writers failed to utilize the Maquis. They write themselves. Hell, they could have had an entire spinoff series that was just the Maquis.
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They were done really well on DS9 and then just wasted on Voyager. Despite being a concept invented to set Voyager up. I know DS9 was sorta hoarding the good writers for three or so years of Voyager's run, but still.
 
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Well I don’t really have a huge beef with the Maquis showing up in DS9, because at least there they actually do something besides stand around like a Space Coney Island gang.

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Sisko thinks the brass are a bunch of desk-jockey bureaucrats, but when the Maquis pop off again, suddenly he’s on the other side of the table. And it forces him into this position where he has to defend the same institutions he’s been bitching about.
 
Sweeter and Savoury said:
I love the camp of ToS. Just listen to that computer voice, it's so good. So good!

I weep for the kids who think STD is real Star Trek. Thankfully no one thinks STA is real Trek.
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A good episode. The best part is when the computer starts listing off Kirk's endless list of decorations and commendations until the prosecutor complains. Then Kirk's lawyer makes them listen just a little bit longer, just as a shot, and also to make the point that his accolades are really endless.
Like most Trek courtroom dramas however, all the legal arguments are ultimately pointless, and the day is won by Kirk fistfighting an insane man. The part where they scan the entire ship for heartbeats and find one extra heartbeat unaccounted for is pretty cool though. TOS was really good at building tension.
 
Harvey Danger said:
RLM reviewing Voyager S1 just dropped.


2 hours long, I haven't watched the whole thing. It starts with "It's very, VERY easy to say nu-Trek makes Voyager look brilliant." They both seem to like it a lot.
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Vindicated! Total Janeway Victory.

They're right, a lot of S1 Voyager are basically TNG episodes.
 
m1ddl3m4rch said:
Vindicated! Total Janeway Victory.

They're right, a lot of S1 Voyager are basically TNG episodes.
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This is almost enough to make me try Voyager again. I don't think I've watch it all the way through since it originally aired on TV.

They seem far more enthused about Voyager than they did DS9, but I guess that's pretty common? People seem to either love DS9 and like the rest, or love the rest and like DS9.
 
Mussolini’s Merkin said:
They seem far more enthused about Voyager than they did DS9, but I guess that's pretty common? People seem to either love DS9 and like the rest, or love the rest and like DS9.
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DS9 had a more professional atmosphere and it shows in the final product. TNG and VOY people are simply jealous.

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