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Star Trek: Disease And Danger Wrapped In Darkness And Silence

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    Weaver wrote: »
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    so are we just cool with spoiling the movie

    Yeah. You've already had a 110 page thread of spoiler tags to read through so get out

    I already saw it so shut your goddamn mouth, how about you do that

    Shoe we've been down this road before. I'm prettier.

    really, of all the things you could pick to be better than me at you go with looks

    I'm pretty sure I've seen farm animals prettier than you

    farm animals

    should have gone with money

    everyone has more money than me

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2009
    Seriously wrote: »
    Me Too! wrote: »
    Bad-Beat wrote: »
    Did somebody just diss Picard? Aww hell naw!


    Also this film was fantastic.

    Picard was a bitch

    I am even now drafting a just simply huge post to tell you why you're wrong, I would appreciate it if you left the point alone until I have properly articulated and posted the thing.

    Maybe if he sucked a little less dick

    Punched out more aliens

    Banged more green chicks

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Shoe, you missed the opportunity there for humor.

    Weaver on
  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Seriously man I don't want you to imbalance your fat:anger ratio.

    Weaver on
  • TheBigEasyTheBigEasy Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Owenashi wrote: »
    Ness445 wrote: »
    Seriously wrote: »
    What you guys are all forgetting is that these are black holes made by red matter, those are completely different.
    also it has been a while since I have seen TOS (and even longer since I saw TNG or the other series), was red matter in the canon at all before this or did they just make it up for this film?

    It's new as far as I know. The Countdown comic says it's made from an isotope that the Narada's capable of mining.

    And here's my two cents to the whole science-in-Star-Trek-blahblahblah talk.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGAahDeceHI

    Well .. to be honest, No. 3 was just garbage ... Riker was just spewing random shit to throw off the Ferengi and get kid Picard some shit or other ...

    The fact that I knew that within two seconds of seeing the clip is ...

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    dude I gave you my nintendos I'm only giving you shit because you're being irrationally angry

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    Joolander wrote: »
    so um


    why the hell does picard wear a red shirt?

    does the captain just wear whatever the hell he wants?

    Have you looked at how many times the real army/navy/whatever has changed uniforms in the last hundred years?

    How many times has the military changed its uniforms in the first hundred years?

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  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    dude I gave you my nintendos I'm only giving you shit because you're being irrationally angry
    I'm sorry, sir. Your wife has the Nintendos.

    It's terminal.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Ness change your damn avatar I keep mistaking you for Mysst.

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  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    We both have te same Robcham colorscheme that the entire forum had about a month ago.

    I really like this Psyduck but I can pull the old sprite out, I guess.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Weaver wrote: »
    dude I gave you my nintendos I'm only giving you shit because you're being irrationally angry

    I wasn't, really

    I was just giving you shit

    so there

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    guys watching this movie has tempted me to watch the original series

    is this an awful idea?

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  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    while the original series is kind of dated (seeing as it is more about the socioeconomic climate of the 1960s more than it is PEW PEW LASERS) (seriously back in the day could a show have an interracial kiss if it was set in modern times?) I really love all the characters.

    so no not really.

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  • jwalkjwalk Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Star Trek was never really realistic (or even consistent) about its science anyway.

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    that scene with scotty
    where he's stuck in the coolant tubes

    seemed a little out of place to me

    real willy wonka type stuff
    I did like the TOS-like music at that part, though.

    And it was fine for making the act of beaming onto the ship more interesting, not to mention it's directly responsible for the "Ah...yes. Could I get a towel?" line. I'd prefer flushing Scotty through large transparent water pipes and having to blow an emergency access hatch to catch the attention of the bridge to having them materialize successfully and that's it.

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    like... a balloon and... something bad happening!

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    God damn this movie was fucking wonderful.

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I remember when I watched TNG I thought, "The difference between this and the original series is that the original series was hokey and silly and this isn't."
    Haha
    Childhood

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I like how this is the only canon Trek now. Bwahahahaha

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    This and Enterprise.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Nooooooo

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Synthetic Orange wrote: »
    I like how this is the only canon Trek now. Bwahahahaha

    I choose to believe in multiple and ongoing alternate timelines

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  • OwenashiOwenashi Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Synthetic Orange wrote: »
    I like how this is the only canon Trek now. Bwahahahaha

    The old stuff is still canon.

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    the alternate universe thing is a brilliant way to avoid the inevitable "waahhh why did they retcon everything" complaints from trek nerds

    no, it's not a retcon, it's just in an alternate universe

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  • zimfanzimfan Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I don't understand the fuss over retconing things

    get over it

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  • SnowbeatSnowbeat i need something to kick this thing's ass over the lineRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    trekkies

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    can someone explain the etymology of the word "retconning" to me?

    I know what it means, but why does it mean that?

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  • CJTheranCJTheran Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    can someone explain the etymology of the word "retconning" to me?

    I know what it means, but why does it mean that?

    RETroactive CONtinuity.

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  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Shakespeare probably made it up.

    That fucker.

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    at first I was like woo now nothing except enterprise and maybe part of first contact (?) happened

    but then I thought about it and I realize it really does have to be an alternate universe, because otherwise they could just go save you-know-what and undo all of the events in the movie and it wouldn't make sense if they didn't

    so it's an alternate universe

    not that it really matters otherwise, except whether tos-voyager are canon

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Randall_Flagg wrote: »
    at first I was like woo now nothing except enterprise and maybe part of first contact (?) happened

    but then I thought about it and I realize it really does have to be an alternate universe, because otherwise they could just go save you-know-what and undo all of the events in the movie and it wouldn't make sense if they didn't

    so it's an alternate universe

    not that it really matters otherwise, except whether tos-voyager are canon

    they practically look directly in the camera and scream the answer to this at you

    uhura is this close to reaching through the screen, cupping the balls of every outraged star trek fan, stroking their hair gently and saying softly "don't worry, honey, it's all an alternate universe, your precious canon is safe"

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    An alternate timeline where you're there with the crew.

    Also everyone's a furry.

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  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    furry mary-sue star trek fanfiction written on the shreds of your dignity.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    man i couldn't even finish watching this

    http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-escapist-presents/721-MovieBob-Reviews-Star-Trek

    he's like an American Yahtzee without any of the charm and triple the nerd rage

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    danke, CJ

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Synthetic Orange wrote: »
    An alternate timeline where you're there with the crew.

    Also everyone's a furry.

    where kirk is an ocelot or something

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Because, for some reason, everyone assumes "alternate reality" means "distinct and separate reality, coexisting alongside another reality" and not "different and altered reality, but still just the one reality."

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    honk honk

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Pony wrote: »
    Randall_Flagg wrote: »
    at first I was like woo now nothing except enterprise and maybe part of first contact (?) happened

    but then I thought about it and I realize it really does have to be an alternate universe, because otherwise they could just go save you-know-what and undo all of the events in the movie and it wouldn't make sense if they didn't

    so it's an alternate universe

    not that it really matters otherwise, except whether tos-voyager are canon

    they practically look directly in the camera and scream the answer to this at you

    uhura is this close to reaching through the screen, cupping the balls of every outraged star trek fan, stroking their hair gently and saying softly "don't worry, honey, it's all an alternate universe, your precious canon is safe"
    eh, what does uhura know

    she's a linguist, not a temporo-physicist

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    Synthetic Orange wrote: »
    honk honk
    you're not whippy

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