Futurama Guy's reaction to Psyliam is priceless. You'd think someone who watches Futurama'd have a better grip on sarcasm and/or wit.
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Im not sure how to take that; I love you too, I guess? I am not familiar with this characteristic you call "scarcasm", but I sure as hell thought that that was what I was conveying from the start.
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I think there's some sort of sarcasm and/or wit confusion thing going on here...
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quote:Originally posted by TSN: So, did they say where the disease came from? Did someone mind-meld w/ a monkey?
is this supposed to be a virus virus? I'm trying to ponder how a virus would be transmitted through mind-meld only, and not through the normal routes. unless its something thats only called a virus, like the thing in 'Flashback' or the thing in 'The Naked Now' where the writers are too stupid to know what a real virus is compared the The Thing They Need to Advance Their Precious Yet Stupid Plot.
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I have'ny seen that one myself, but anything that stupid had to come from Voyager: home of the Transwarp Lizard.
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Well, I bet the nature of T'Pol's illness is at the very heart of it!
I watched, say, 20 minutes of this episode thanks to class + roommate + American Idol. But my impression was that T'Pol's problem had to do with her neurochemistry being all messed up as a result of the mind meld. Information can be a virus too, you know.
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quote:Originally posted by Sol System: Information can be a virus too, you know.
well, actually.. hm
'virus' in the traditional sense would be a self-replicating DNA strand in a protein sheath or somewhat, a physical object. i realize that now, we have computer viruses which are self-replicating information.. and that 'flashback' originated the idea of a thought virus, a self replicating telepathic contact which was passed infecting person to person, but the flaw i'm pointing out is that the writers of Trek can't be bothered to know either definition and use the term virus to describe anything 'which makes bad things happen inside people' .. their ignorance of basic cellular chemistry has been showcased a few times before, makes me wonder why they even bother to hire a science advisor.
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Did they actually use the term "virus"? I didn't pay enough attention. They called it by name ("xxxx Syndrome"), and "the disease" (like the constant silly-sounding references to "The Minority"), but I don't recall if "virus" was said.
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ok, i've seen the term here.. understand my only exposure to ENT is through this board, i don't actually watch it (ran out of tinfoil and antennas for UPN reception) so when people here were using the term virus i was wondering if it was the writers being dunderheaded, or just not being explained right to me. (did they explain what the disease was, or just kinda leave it at 'its bad and its like AIDS, ok, so shut up and let us sledge this allegory into your skull'
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Has Bakula had anything to say regarding this? How about for the rest of the Enterprise series, wasnt he supposed to have a heavy say in the direction which the series went? I havent heard much from him lately with regards to the series and his promotion of it as much as he did the first season.
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Just watched it tonight...I have to say I was more intrigued by the B-plot than the AIDS allegory, although Phlox's lie of omission & T'Pol's attempted martyrdom was interesating. Man, those Denobulan smiles are FREAKY! I allus figgered that it was just Phlox that smiled like that...but DAYUM. They's ALL like dat!!
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I am not familiar with this characteristic you call "scarcasm", but I sure as hell thought that that was what I was conveying from the start.![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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