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I would agree w/ Chris, since "la" does mean "the", except that, in the phrase "à la", it doesn't matter anyway, since it's grammatically incomplete to start with. "À la" == "in the". It's supposed to mean "in the manner of", but the rest of it gets dropped. So, to be really correct, you'd have to say "à la mode de the Kosh I/II fight".
And I wasn't comparing the Breen to the Vorlons. I was comparing the fact that the Breen wear mysterious suits to the fact that the Vorlons wear mysterious suits. It has nothing to do w/ the reason they wear them. It has to do w/ the fact that they are both presented to the viewers in a "What's under the suit? You don't get to know!" manner.
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Vous des types avez mani�re trop d'heure sur vos mains.
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The original use of Babblefish brings much hilarity!
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"You of the types have manner too of hour on your hands."
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"You people have too much time on your hands"?
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Well the thing is, the Gaim would have been like the Breen and the Vorlons, then very mysterious - what is under the suit. When we eventually saw what was under the suit... it was like - that sucks. It's better left to the imagination...
Same with the Tholians if they do it - it will never do justice to what people have been imaginging they look for the past 34 years.
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But what ARE Tholians? Is the thing on the viewscreen a Tholian in total? Just a helmet on a larger creature? I have heard that Tholians are crytstaline....but by TNG that seems unlikely. When the Crystaline Entity (christmas tree?) first shows up, everyone comments about how that form of life is so unique and has never been encountered before.....
Mabye the Breen ARE the Tholians! Think about it: change uniforms, screw over your long time enemies and have your race remain neutral. What a good scam that would be!
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Once, while young, I saw a comic book that had the Tholians in it. Take the "head" that we were shown, and design the body accordingly. It looked very dumb.
Although. There was a Miranda-Class USS Stockholm, NCC-16544. I think.
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It probably squeeked when it walked too! ...like glasses rubbing aganst each other.
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NCC-18544.. jeez, man! dont mess up something like that. actually.. i dunno, but it was 18 something.
yeah the DC comics versions of them were lame. my favorite would be the Worlds of the Federation depiction, but even that leaves something to be desired.
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I remember the DC comic Magnus is referring to. And he is correct. The Tholians looked incredibly stupid, and acted accordingly. However, a later comic (don't remember the company) showed Loskene again, and the art was very well done in my opinion. It again showed only his head, but this time he was an ebony color, with smoke hovering all around him. It was a nice effect, IMHO.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: but by TNG that seems unlikely. When the Crystaline Entity (christmas tree?) first shows up, everyone comments about how that form of life is so unique and has never been encountered before.....
You mean like how every single time a shapeshifter showed up (Garth, Iman, Wesley's girlfriend, changelings) everyone reacted as if they'd never seen one before.
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