my favorite trope is the thing star trek does where when a character lists something and they’ll list real things/people but add 1 thats fictional, like “great writers such as shakespeare, robert frost, edgar allan poe and zaxar the giant rat man“
Someone who’s never seen Star Trek explain what’s going on in this scene
Sweet trumpet solo to celebrate winning a prank war against annoyed bald dad
I mean, that’s…is that not what was happening?
Is it? I’ve never watched the show before
I know he was celebrating Picard (the bald guy) doing something. Probably admitting he (Q, the trumpet player) was right. And he does keep playing tricks on them to teach them lessons.
I’m no longer holding Star Trek or Star Wars “accountable” for their clunky-looking sixties-and-seventies future technology.
Why?
Because the Enterprise is off on a years-long voyage through space. There’s no Verizon store, no Radio Shack, no Geek Squad out there. If the Klingons fire photon torpedoes and the bridge shakes and Spock’s head bangs against the fancy iPad72 touchscreen and cracks the glass, the ship’s toast. If Han Solo’s fingerprints get all over the starchart and the touch-calibration is off by half a centimeter, the Falcon is going right into a star. But if Mister Worf accidentally twists the command knob too hard and pops it off, he can just screw that thing right back on and it will keep working. Dust gets in there? Take it apart and clean it out. All the plugs are big and universal, all the power cells are functional and have a decent battery life, and nothing is built to expire in the next six months so you have to buy a new one.
That tech isn’t anachronistic or suffering a bad case of Zeerust–it’s practical, effective, and it works. Apple tried launching its own space exploration craft, it had to come back for full repairs within three months, and then it had to be upgraded over the next two.
But this? This is just good, long-lasting, fully-functional, and reliable craftsmanship.
The actual real-life space shuttles’ electronics looked pretty much like that for their entire lifespan and this is exactly why.
Dr. Leonard brutally rips clothes to give a shot McCoy
There may come a day when I do not reblog this gifset… Today is not that day.
Fun fact, the original series uniforms weren’t just t-shirts (despite how they might look) they were made out of velour and had zippers along the shoulders. This isn’t bones ripping Kirk’s shirt. This is de accidentally destroying props/wardrobe but continuing to go through the scene like it was supposed to happen.
Some OCs I was designing, along with their clothes. The catgirl is what I felt to be a more ambitious design of the Caitians, and the other two are girlfriends and that’s all I know right now.
In terms of character development, plot, political commentary, and costumery, Star Trek: TNG is almost certainly inferior to both DS9 or Voyager. And yet… and yet. You really have to appreciate how often the characters decide that dressing up as detectives and LARPing on the Holodeck is the best way to solve their problems.
There is literally No Reason why Holodeck characters should be programmed to notice when users are wearing Starfleet uniforms. Aliens and androids use the holodeck and it’s fine, the computer accounts for that and it’s rarely even remarked upon, but god forbid anyone neglect to cosplay. The holodeck will call you out and every character will mock you mercilessly for your dumb clothes.
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