I enjoyed this clip from the moment I first saw it. Is it a rebuke of Americanism and explains why so any fereigners resist it? Got any Star Trek favorite moments? Moi Across an immense, unguarded, ethereal border, Canadians, cool and unsympathetic, regard our America with envious eyes and slowly and surely draw their plans against us.
When Lt Desora gave Data a very passionate kiss in the torpedo bay. I wonder how many people got the joke.
I think that scene was making a larger point about the West and Western consumer culture, but it could certainly be taken as a critique of post war American dominance.
Data's cat, Spot. It seems besides Data only Barkley gets along with Spot. In a Data future scene, lots of cats. Barkley his own cat too. But, Riker and Worf have a problem with spot. And Worf is apparently allergic to Spot too. And a spoof of Riker and Spot Porthos of Star Trek Enterprise hardly has the talent of a good cat. It is interesting they wrote in a cat for Data to have a pet. Moi Cat Server
Sorry 'Moi' my favorite moment was when I blissfully 'conked out' on my 8th grade bf's shoulder during one of the insufferable episodes...
Then clearly you've never seen The Trouble with Tribbles. Pure poetry. And once you've had a green Orion Slave Girl you'll never go back.
Y'all obviously have some strange 'chemistry' going on here - I am going to try to exit now (sorry I ever ventured into 'trecky' space). Though if it isn't too much to ask, could I get one or two of the 'Orion slave Boys'... That's the one cool thing I got out of my illicit venture into your 'alien world'... (trepidatiously & in jest, S)
Too late. Two Orion slave boys will be arriving at your place by UPS. But whatever you do, NEVER feed them after midnight.
Here's the tracking. Universal Package Service Item: Two green Orion boy toys Origin: Orion Destination: Sahba. Earth Distance: 1,344 Light Years Estimated time of arrival: Dec 2, 3364
So An opportunity missed. Star Trek has a significant cultural impact as Casablanca. Did you fall asleep on your bf's shoulder over Casablanca too. It's never too late. For newbies, I would recommend starting with Voyager & DS9. For historians, the beginning. With the real, Kirk. Please notice the dates of production. It took the youth of Kirk Time to grow up, get into positions of power and produce TNG, DS9, Voyager all had a 7 year run, and Enterprise cut off too soon but, unifying some Star Trek mythos about Klingon foreheads, the Gorn, etc. The Chris Pine movies stink and should not be part of that mythos. They do not follow it anyways. WARNING: Do not adopt a pet Tribble. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribble HINT: David Gerrold has said that his original idea for tribbles was based on the well-known problems associated with the overpopulation of rabbits in Australia. Moi Maintaining the Star Trek universe to the end.
I was talking to a 'Trecky' friend of mind & he happened to mention that his favorite battle seen was this... (I'm assuming it has some contextual significance / import) cus I am left scratching my head, lol.
Tks, as they say, 'U learn something every day'... So they are not the same show... hmm? The details I miss....
They were both visionary in their own way. Star Wars was a classic good vs evil series of movies. Star Trek was first a TV show that was cutting edge. It spun off into 5 or so other TV series and along list of movies. They sought to address complex social issues of the time. It was in many ways a representation of the cold war. The Federation was the US and the Klingon empire was the Soviet Union. But they addressed many issues. And they had the first mixed-race kiss on TV. It was a big deal when Kirk kissed Uhura.
Many of the science fiction devices first seen on Star Trek, became reality. While the claims are exaggerated, they did introduce to many technologies that later became real. https://qz.com/766831/star-trek-real-life-technology/
The scientist who developed ion propulsion for a deep space probe, first got the idea from Star Trek. He can even still quote the lines from the scene. The Space Shuttle Enterprise was named after the Star Trek ship Enterprise. Perhaps most striking was the idea of transparent aluminum. The man who invented it got the idea from Star Trek. Star Trek has help to create two generations of real scientists and engineers.
William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk, said the head of a major aerospace company told him directly, that he became an engineer because of Star Trek. I can't remember who or what company, but he was a big guy in aerospace.
My favorite was The Last Battlefield. A race of aliens have fought a bitter war for millennia. They were black on one side, and white on the other, When asked why they hated each other, one objected. Can't you see?!?! HE'S black on the left side, not the right side!!! In the end, their bitter hatred of each other destroyed both races.
