quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Or a ship of exploration shold not double as a battleship.
Imagine Jaques Coustau sailing around in the USS Iowa.
Tough to announce your peaceful intentions while bristeling with weaponry.
I agree, but you don't send in the Rainbow Warrior every time an outpost next door to enemy teritory goes mysteriously quiet do you?
Most weeks the E nil was either flying the flag for the federation, or carrying their big stick. While she may have been a ship built for exploration, she was still a ship of the line. Maybe she was a bit like the RN's HMS Leeds Castle, on the Falkland Islands patrol.
Therein lays the flaw in both TOS and TNG- after a few seasons of 'alien of the week- never to be seen again" it gts old and the military side of Trek has to fill the void with guns ablaze.
If the Enterprises were really exploring (particularly the Galaxy version), dozens of people would comprise each landing party and the ship would stay in a system for weeks or months doing research untill relieved by a sciemce vessel.
It old not have been too difficult to pull off either- just start a new episode with the Captain's Log referring to the time spent (at their last localle) and how he's glad to be underway again...
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That will grab the casual audience and make them keen to see the show.
"Anything good on, Billy-joel?"
"Nah ma. Oh, wait, Pikerd says here that they've been orbiting this thar planet for like 2 months, and they're just leaving!"
"Sweat Jesus no! Why didn't you say? Call new-pah down, we're gonna have ourselves a good old fashioned Trek-watching."
I have no idea what that was about. Sorry.
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: I have no idea what that was about. Sorry.
Freak.
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I was watching TV today and saw an annoying commercial for Ice Breakers (a kind of BB sized breathmint with gel inside it).
In the commercial, two pop stars (I have zero idea their names) are arguing over weither the product is solid or liquid or some shit as they check into a hotel- finally their beleagred bellhop screams "You're BOTH right!".
The guy seemed familiar and so when the commercial replayed (at the next break) I got a good look at him.
It's Christopher Shea- the actor that played Keevan on DS9!
I dont know why that's worth relating, but there you go....somrthing to look for during commercials.
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Neither is particularly attractive and both come acrosss as pretty dim.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Neither is particularly attractive and both come acrosss as pretty dim.
I take it you've never seen Lizzy Maguire. Lucky sod.
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