Topic: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread (Read 934590 times)

BizB · « **Reply #1400 on:** November 28, 2006, 12:32:06 PM »

check mate.

TheJudge · « **Reply #1401 on:** November 28, 2006, 01:25:08 PM »

lol! I knew you'd post that! I was setting a trap for ihatecliches! HAHA! /nelson

But seriously... Nobody beats the Picard maneuver!

*tugs firmly on shirt twice*

Oh yeah!

Crystalmonkey · « **Reply #1402 on:** November 28, 2006, 06:10:58 PM »

Comparing Picard and Kirk is sort of like comparing Apples and Oranges.

Picard is more of a philosopher.

Kirk is more of a non-philosopher.

Star Trek: TNG was more a philosophy experiment at times than the original ST was because they had the technology to deal with any problems they encountered, so it often became a moral investigation. Trying to decide whether Data counts as a being? (Which my class used when we were discussing personal identity.)

TNG > Original

pbsaurus · « **Reply #1403 on:** November 28, 2006, 06:43:50 PM »

The original is the only one worth watching. If I wanted moralizing I'd pick a religion and worship.

Agent_Tachyon · « **Reply #1404 on:** November 28, 2006, 07:14:35 PM »

I'll have to admit that my original post on this subject was just to be controversial without having to actually pick a side, but here's my two cents.

When they made TOS they realised that the only way to compensate for the fact that the captain of something huge like a starship would have to be extremely formal and dull was by making the captain behave NOTHING like a captain of a comparable contemporary vehicle would. As a result Kirk goes down to all the planets, womanizes, breaks regulations (yeah yeah I know the PD wasn't around back i n the day, but that's not all I mean) and rips his shirt a lot. Picard on the other hand, is very much like a real captain would be (as long as The Man was the one building the starships anyway), and he rarely leaves the bridge. As a result a lot more emphasis is placed on the rest of the crew. See, they're totally different, and the only real similarity is that they are both technically starship captains.

Anyanka_was_framed · « **Reply #1405 on:** November 28, 2006, 09:07:20 PM »

Meh, I'm with ihatecliches on this one. TNG/Picard totally pwns. end of story.

Scheherazade · « **Reply #1406 on:** November 28, 2006, 09:09:29 PM »

Quote from: BizB on November 28, 2006, 12:32:06 PM

check mate.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #1407 on:** November 29, 2006, 03:16:11 PM »

Damn kids these days. Just don't respect true art.

ivan · « **Reply #1408 on:** November 29, 2006, 04:04:33 PM »

TNG is for children. TOS is for adults. Children never like the stuff their parents like.

TOS is to TNG as Reservoir Dogs is to Barney.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #1409 on:** November 29, 2006, 04:07:59 PM »

Concur

Crystalmonkey · « **Reply #1410 on:** November 29, 2006, 05:00:37 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on November 28, 2006, 06:43:50 PM

The original is the only one worth watching. If I wanted moralizing I'd pick a religion and worship.

Mispoke, meant "Philosophical Investigations"

dcrog · « **Reply #1411 on:** November 29, 2006, 05:04:33 PM »

TNG would never have even been created if not for STTOS.

Where would Stewart be then?

ivan · « **Reply #1412 on:** November 29, 2006, 05:14:27 PM »

Hoisted on his own Pickard, that's where.

Agent_Tachyon · « **Reply #1413 on:** November 29, 2006, 05:38:28 PM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on November 28, 2006, 06:43:50 PM

The original is the only one worth watching. If I wanted moralizing I'd pick a religion and worship.

I've met people who did just that, and ended up with Star Trek again.

BizB · « **Reply #1414 on:** November 29, 2006, 10:06:53 PM »

http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/

Crystalmonkey · « **Reply #1415 on:** November 30, 2006, 06:35:28 PM »

Good stuff.

Agent_Tachyon · « **Reply #1416 on:** December 05, 2006, 07:21:12 PM »

I've been quite ill all day today and am now wondering who gave me my last coolio point.

xolik · « **Reply #1417 on:** December 06, 2006, 04:49:36 PM »

I just figured out the blog feature thingy. This is pretty cool! Now I post my worthless opinions about why everything sucks somewhere outside of this thread.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #1418 on:** December 06, 2006, 05:51:45 PM »

Quote from: Demosthenes on February 06, 2003, 11:27:49 AM

I look like my avatar as well.

Indeed you do.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #1419 on:** December 06, 2006, 06:10:35 PM »

Quote from: Agent_Tachyon on December 05, 2006, 07:21:12 PM

I've been quite ill all day today and am now wondering who gave me my last coolio point.

I probably did. You had a post the other day that made me LOL when I read it.

Agent_Tachyon · « **Reply #1420 on:** December 06, 2006, 08:18:28 PM »

Thanks a lot, and thanks also to anyone who has given me points in the past...they have provided me with at least a minimum of satisfaction while in my still sickly state.

Socrates · « **Reply #1421 on:** December 08, 2006, 08:11:28 AM »

Quote from: pbsaurus on December 06, 2006, 05:51:45 PM

Indeed you do.

I hope someone saved the version of that with the Eye of Sauron on the background.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #1422 on:** December 09, 2006, 12:57:38 PM »

Heh. Yeah, definitely. I don't have a copy of that one anymore.

xolik · « **Reply #1423 on:** December 11, 2006, 05:36:18 PM »

Anyanka_was_framed · « **Reply #1424 on:** December 12, 2006, 01:32:57 AM »

I see that damn cat when I blink. Thanks.

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