Trek thread.
At one point do you think the Borg realized they bit off more than they could chew.
Can the Borg feel regret?
>>71460982
shit OP
Not posting unless we get an influx that exists to spite my dislike of your OP
posting
This board is under major fucking attack, the only thing I get out of it is the Trek threads and rarely anything else.
If this thread dies, I give up tonight and I'll come back Friday night.
The moderation is non-existent.
Do we hate Lwaxana? I think she's the second most memorable woman in TNG after Guinan, to be honest.
>>71462455
>Do we hate...?
Oh, fuck and DIE!
Do you need daddy to tell you who the bad guys are too?
Fuck sake, what a pathetic beginning to a question..
Lwaxana is just okay.
Basically, her early episodes make S1 and S2 of TNG watchable to me. She had a good DS9 episode I thought.
Oh, and seriously fucking stop with the we shit.
Say "do you" like an adult or fucking leave.
>>71461060
>tfw killed by an empty plastic barrel
>>71460982
funny OP, before I read your post I looked at the picture and thought the artist bit off more than he could chew. But nah the borg got shafted by getting a queen
>>71463148
take a breathe m8
>>71461060
I remember a few months ago sonemone requested and recieved a shoop involving this image?
>>71463521
Yes, I seem to remember that as well, just seemed like less than a month ago though.
Like literally a couple of weeks ago.
Shit's not linear here.
>>71462455
No, lwaxana episodes are patrician episodes
>>71461022
I don't quite get the Borg, they are all mindless drones, yet the collective is all of their voices.
Odd question, but does anyone know if at any point Kirk rode inside a mini-sub?
Is this the most important question ever asked in Star Trek?
>>71464718
Chekov found new-clee-urr wessel in dock.
Beam - us - out KEP-TIN!!!
>>71464835
It's weird that out of all of the Russia-isms of Chekov, that is the one that followed him.
>>71464724
The problem with this is when everyone has everything on a silver platter, humans inevitably walk to self-destruction.
The obesity epidemic is a prime example of this.
>>71461060
>When the prune juice hits you
As someone who never really got into Trek and only has a passing knowledge on its lore, can someone explain how the Borg could ever lose? Isn't a gigantic technologically advanced hive mind who assimilates everything to make itself stronger basically the ultimate life form? How are they ever beaten on the show?
>>71465055
That's why I think this is a pinnacle of whether the universe presented to us in Trek could exist/would exist/should exist to some varying degree.
Ralph Offenhaus was a successful and shrewd corporate hawk who lived to make deals and was cut-throat, like a Trump or Cuban or Branson type.
Suddenly, he awakes in the 24th century and everything he's worked for is non-existent. The thrill of the chase is gone and he now sits a naked king reborn from the past.
Even Ralph Offenhaus looks upon this future as too pat, things are just too perfect for him.
Later in the episode, he even calls out Gul Du- I mean the Romulan commander as being unaware of Picard and the Federations intentions. His instincts are still sharp and he can still tell better than anyone on the bridge that the Romulan is playing brinkmanship but more importantly that he's as clueless about the destroyed colonies as Picard is.
Sorry to be lengthy, but of all the characters that show up in the series, Ralph stuck with me because he felt very real and asked the primal question about whether or not "post-scarcity" is something for us to look forward to.
>>71465207
Apparently in a book he becomes the Federation ambassador to the Ferengi Alliance.
>>71462455
>after Guinan
Guinan was mostly forgettable though. She was furniture until suddenly a character has a dilemma and needs to be alone, she would pop in, tell one of her stories, pop out and then the problem would be solved.
>>71463252
He wanted to push the barrel away as it was falling but Picard told him to stand down.
>>71465353
lol fucking perfect
Which is funny to me as well because the Ferengi in DS9 also filled Ralph's shoes with Quark who asked similar questions.
Another one of those "post-scarcity" situations is when that warhead smashes through the Defiant but fails to explode in a conference room where James Cromwell who was playing some random bird looking alien and Quark are engaged in negotation.
Quark previously called his negotiation tactics as "nothing more than barter" and that there was no victory or defeat involved; no risk and no challenge.
Then, they are forced to work together and take the ultimate challenge in trying to defuse the warhead and have two options. Quark says 50/50 odds; gets no better than that and just pulls it.
One of my favorite Quark moments of the series but Quark may be my favorite main cast character of DS9.
>>71463457
Boyega, you better not ruin this franchise too.
>>71465467
She was aight when she was holding court in the 19th century hanging with cool dudes like Mark Twain.
>>71465182
They're nearly destroyed by species 8472 on the series Voyager. Species 8472 came from a weird parallel galaxy or universe or whatever called fluidic space where instead of a vacuum, space is made up of a weird multicolored liquid.
Species 8472 is the antithesis of the Borg in that they are super biologically advanced, so much so that they can't be assimilated. Thus, the Borg can't learn about their weaknesses, because they assimilate and adapt instead of investigating by more traditional means.
>>71465182
On the programme they are defeated through backdoors and trickery, in the film Picard attacks the weak point for massive damage, Voyager just one shots cubes and gives the queen mind aids because fuck the timeline.
Daily reminder that Enterprise was the best Star Trek ever produced.
>>71465182
One word: Brannonbraga
>>71465529
I thought Boyega's acting was fine, but that the part was written all wrong.
It seemed too typically Disney. I can't quite put words to it, but that's the impression I was left with.
*raises ale*
>>71465502
Quark is in the highest ranking of characters.
I liked the episode where Jake and Nog desire to but the sports card from Quark for Sisko. Thanks to the whole no money thing they have to resort to primitive bartering and bitch work just to get a simple trinket.
>>71465467
>>71465551
Guinan was interesting. Did you know she was played by Whoopi Goldberg, a famous actress at the time? Fun fact: Mark Twain's real name was Marcus Twain. You can see Whoopi Goldberg weekday mornings on ABC's talk show The View. She doesn't talk about Guinan much.
>>71465554
So they're like the Yuuzhan Vong or something?
>>71465551
She certainly wasn't a bad character, but she was forgettable to me.
I know they wanted to keep her all mysterious with the hand gestures to Q, but I feel like she didn't get any character growth or back story aside from "Hey I hung out with mark twain".
In fact could you describe Guinan as a Mary Sue? She was perfect at everything we saw her try, like the target practice with Worf, his speciality. Her advice allowed her to solve every problem. Did she ever actually face any adversity aside from her planet being assimilated in Generations?
>>71463252
Kek
>>71465593
>Brannonbraga
>Enterprise
Pic related to >>7165593
>>71465761
Made a mistake; the pic is related to >>71465593
>>71465554
These bastards used to shit me up when I was younger.
They are certainly one of the more alien creature designs they did on Trek, right up there with the Tholians.
>>71465742
That's an apt analogy, actually. Could have saved myself some words.
Species 8472 = Yuuzhan Vong w/out religion
>>71465681
The Noh-Jay Consortium made Jake likeable finally because it had a hilarious moment where he's in front of Weyoun who thinks they are involved in some sort of plot against him.
So he just pulls out of his ass that they are trying to track down Willie Mays because he's a time traveler from the past and they've got to put a stop to him.
>>71465742
That's actually a pretty good comparison.
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>>71465554
I still think that Tin Man was a Species 8472 scout ship. The technology is almost identical. Even the inside of their ships look very similar.
Then there is the super weapon they both have.
>>71465608
Anon please.
>>71465933
Nice speculatoid head-cannon.
Wherefore art thou novel?
>>71465844
That's the episode where Jeffrey Combs as Weyoun meets the man who built the re-animator device.
>>71460982
>>71465502
>it's a "humble pillar of the business community makes a tidy profit" episode
>>71465933
If you count Star Trek Armada as canon, the Species 8472 starbase starts off in a larval stage that is clearly the same as tin man.
Take that how you want as for canonicity.
>>71465820
True. Not one of the more interesting species, though, since they're not explored more. They're only in like, three episodes I think (two parter with intro to 7 of 9 and one follow up episode involving a training camp for invasion of the Federation).
>>71465933
Eh, I can see why you might think that, but the super weapon 8472 had involved multiple ships linking together
Plus - and this is just my opinion - the exterior of Tin Man and the exterior of a species 8472 ship are too dissimilar in design for me to say that there's a connection there.
Your daily reminder that they were clean.
>>71466024
Huh. I didn't play Star Trek Armada, so I never knew this. Probably just coincidence, but you never know.
>>71465997
Ahoo-ho-HOOO, how delightful!
Dr. Giger even showed him into the cellular regeneration and entertainment chamber at the end.
Shit was perfect.
>>71460982
>hey let's travel into fluid space
>fuck
>>71466243
I forget, why did Seven even drag them there anyway? All it did was risk the Borgs possible salvation in the new nanoprobes.
They could have ended up right in the middle of a Species 8472 armada.
>>71466405
Something about Seven and the other drones finding out that the war was going badly and millions of drones had just been killed so they had to get to fluidic space and deploy the warhead their before they were able to destroy the Borg.
A point that's shady in storytelling but not all that bad if you consider the previous event before they end up there.
Basically, Seven and the drones activated the deflector array and Chakotay flushed them by decompression but it was too late.
Are any of the porn parodies worth watching for entertainments sake?
>>71467077
As someone who has a lot of money tied up in cryptocoins, I would've funded something like this, not the shitty one with april o'neal.
>>71467077
It is worth it; lol
>>71467160
I know that they did a TOS one too but I haven't watched any of them.
The TNG one better have a porn version of the infamous Crusher/Troi stretching fan service scene.
>>71467204
yeesh
..that cunt looks like she has fetal alcohol syndrome
Does anyone find it weird how O'Brien is casually racist and nobody even bats an eyelash at it?
>I hate spoonheads, they are the scum of the universe
>I hate niggers, they are the scum of the Earth
It's the same thing and nobody even flinches, are we to imply that everyone secretly agrees with O'Brien about the Cardassians? If so that kind of shits on the whole evolved beyond hate utopia, or are to to take it as humanity believes so hard in ideals like freedom of speech and expression that by principle they think trying to censor him would be unthinkable? Pretty utopian in a weird kind of way.
>>71467281
Yeah that's not the best picture of her. She does look pretty dopey normally, but not to that degree.
>>71467288
O'Brien's not the only guilty party.
Nearly everyone on DS9 at some point openly stereotypes Ferengi.
Romulans are constantly considered paranoid and deceptive.
Of all the races that are prone to the least open barbs are the Klingons.
Why? Because Klingons snap at the slightest bit of banter and get violent over the slightest of words.
Call him a petaQ?!
That's like calling a black guy a ni-.. a NIIIHHHH..
See what I mean?
Klingons are supposed to be blacks and the parallels only end when it comes to "honor".
Barclay was the only character that was actually a human.
>>71467456
>look guys!
>they made a character who's agoraphobic, stutters, has fantasies in his play room
>see how human he is!?
Fuck off with this meme.
O'Brien is the common man, not everyone is such an embarrassment as your hero.
>>71467499
leave
>>71467421
>the parallels only end when it comes to "honor"
Not really.
The Klingon empire is corrupt and the "honor" they seek is analogous to the "honor" black people seek.
Klingons believe that honor comes with victory in battle, and their thirst for combat knows no bounds both in combat with other races and with each other.
Black people similarly believe that physical dominance and winning fights gives them credibility as a people. They have a lust for conflict and fighting that, like the Klingons, is insatiable.
>>71467456
Barclay was supposed to be a tribute to the fans.
He was very flawed but in a human way, unlike many of the TNG cast or supporting mannequins.
So there is a truth to your statement, but only in TNG.
Every other series is filled with flawed, damaged, and crazy people (even a Captain).
>>71467077
Yeah, I've watched the TOS parody. But not the porn. No, I'm not fucking with you.
Why? Because the one liners were fucking hilarious.
>As you can see we have many corridors here aboard the starship Intercourse. So anybody can clearly see that it's not just the same corridor re-used over and over again from different angles.
>Captain, should I monitor for subspace communications?
>Negative. But be sure to record any episodes of T J Hooker
>>71465588
Like I needed reminding..
>>71468438
>Kills off best character in a shitty holodeck reenactment
>Riker and Troi look old and fat as fuck
Fuck off with that shit.
I've just found a massive plot-hole in Star Trek. On stardate 46379.1 the USS Enterprise D arrives at Deep Space Nine "to assist in the reconstruction of the Bajoran aqueduct systems, damaged during the Cardassian occupation". The exterior view of the Enterprise docked at an upper pylon is shown in both the DS9 episode "Emissary" and in the Next Generation episode "Birthright, Part I". However, in the TNG episode Bajor is nowhere to been seen. Both episodes take place before the station was moved closer to the wormhole by order of Major Kira in "Emissary, Part II"
>>71468502
Birthright Part I takes place on Stardate 46578.4
Says it right on memory alpha.
Who were you trying to fool?
>>71462455
People in the show needed to tell Lwaxana to fuck off
>>71468502
>dat 90's era WMP
I wonder how old that jpg is
>>71464835
We need to congratulate Koenig on outlivingYelchin
>>71468731
Not Windows Media Player
>>71465698
>Guinan was interesting. Did you know she was played by Whoopi Goldberg, a famous actress at the time?
Im pretty sure everyone is well aware of that. It's probable that no Star Trek fan DOESN'T know it.She's still pretty well known now
>> Fun fact: Mark Twain's real name was Marcus Twain.
It's Samuel Clemens you retard.
>>71465841
They've been given an official species name now.
The Undine
"Commander, tell me about your sexual organs."
>>71465933
Tin Man isn't malevolent, as the Undine clearly were
>>71468988
big brown and hairy if you know what I mean
>>71468670
>>71468731
>people still don't know this is literally day 1 /tv/ age old pasta
You people are retarded newfriend cancer.
>>71467288
Well, he's right. Cardassians have PROVEN they can't be trusted. Look what they did to Bajor.
After the Dominion pwned their collective ass, The Federation and Bajor should have moved in and done to them exactly what they did to Bajor
>>71467421
>Romulans are constantly considered paranoid and deceptive.
And you're saying they AREN'T?
I loved it when Sisko deceived them into joining the war
>>71467288
its just kike propaganda that hating anything nazi like is acceptable as cardassian are portrayed as literally hitler most of the time.
>>71469382
>The Federation and Bajor should have moved in and done to them exactly what they did to Bajor
That's not how the Feds roll, anon.
If they continued the series, odds are the Federation would be delivering aid and supplies to the survivors of the Dominion bombardment. The hope of the Feds is that their compassion will win over the Cardies in the long run, and before you know they're applying for Federation membership/
>>71470858
Also, if this did happen. Starfleet would probably build or move into a base near or on Cardassia Prime. The responsibility of the commanding officer would be simliar to Sisko on DS9 (Get their shit together so they can apply as a member)
Best Cardie coming through.
>it's a Troi can detect someone living on a planet all the way from orbit episode
>>71465758
It's not a "mary sue" if someone is good at something because she had hundreds of years of practice you stupid contentious cunt.
Last day for Star Trek 1-10 on Netflix instant
gonna marathon the fuck out of clasic Trek movies tonight
>it's a those darn kids are up to their usual shenanigans at the shopping mall in outer space episode
>>71471066
His speech at the end of The Changing Face of Evil was absolutely boss
>>71471359
the comfiest. can you imagine getting to run around and play in a space shopping mall all day? stealing snacks from quark's bar, hiding out in abandoned cargo holds, learning to read n shit
>>71471359
>it's a o'brien may be the universe's whipping boy but at least he's not worf episode
>>71471398
The River will provide
