Amph [NERRRD] Observations, rhetorical questions, comments & 55 Years of Star Trek (General Thread)

Maybe the transwarp drive is such a shocker that even he's having trouble wrapping his head around it - or Starfleet tried to keep it under wraps but was'nt wholly sucessful? (Sulu would only be formally informed once he took command, but rumors have slipped out so he already has that information even if he's unsure if it's true - Styles seems like the kind of guy who would go around boasting when he should keep his mouth shut, after all).

He might just be holding onto what little hope he has left at that point, even if it's not really rational.

 

Very nice! I'm glad that the RPG is rolling onwards.

 

Now I kind of want a show about a Klingon real estate agent for some reason.

 

https://trekmovie.com/2020/07/07/in...araks-ambiguity-in-star-trek-deep-space-nine/

Good interview with Andrew Robinson about DS9 and some interesting revelations about our favourite Cardassian tailor and his relationship with Dr. Bashir.

 

Wow, what an interesting revelation!

*Discovers water is wet*

Wow, what an interesting revelation!

*Learns grass is green*

Wow, what an interesting revelation!

 

Wasn't Number One (in "The Cage") supposed to be Pike's XO? She was a helmsman, if I recall correctly. Spock, as Kirk's XO, was the science officer.

I don't think it was until later that the XO wasn't a specific crew position (like helmsman or science officer).

 

What I love about this interview is learning even though Alexander Siddig anglicized his name for acting, apparently his friends call him Sid. This is oddly heartwarming for me.

Also: holy **** if Robinson was pulling all of those story beat/character names off the top of his head for this interview, he's even better than I realized!

 

Oh it's a great interview, I'm just amused by the idea that "I played Garak as queer. Queer for Bashir." is supposed to be some new insight or whatever.

 

Might be for the bigots.

 

Favourite Bashir/Garak episode? Our Man Bashir, easy. Gets the dynamic down, very quippy, interesting holodeck malfunction, and freaking Bond everyone being very hokey.

Just saw this now, early August for Lower Decks on CBSAA (9pm on CTVSciFi and Crave). First look at the ship, big ole space in the middle! (Kinda weird looking but I'm assuming it fits with the tone)

 

Makes me think of the Steamrunner. That has the same "tiny secondary hull with deflector"




But the above ship looks older - more like the Galaxy-class than the Sovereign-class. Maybe it's the "ancestor" of the Steamrunner?

 

When I think of Lower Decks, I keep thinking about that one TNG episode about the junior officers, and the Vulcan getting on Geordi's nerves.

BTW, the actor who played Taurik in that episode would play Vorik in Voyager.

 

Cue that meme of the couple walking hand in hand with the guy turning to look at the chick walking the other direction, only with Garek walking with Bashir and turning to look at Ziyal

Look Andy, buddy, I know you really want Garek to be gay, but we don't always get what we want - if we did Kira would have gotten with me instead of Odo

ENT/TOS the XOs always seemed to pull "double duty" as something else*. It seems that by the time of TNG, however, most or all ships have the XO just be the XO (probobly becuase the systems are less crew intensive)

*the only places this is unclear are the Reliant and the Excelsior - we don't know if Chekov had anouther job on the former and we don't know who was the XO on the latter to begin with (my guess has always been Rand, though a lot of beta canon works assume its Valtane)

Jeri Taylor (who is actually the mother of their shared actor) once suggested the characters were twin brothers. I think Starship Creator took that and ran with it.

He seems more like a Sid then an Alex to me anyway.

I don't think depressed is the right word, lol. He just really, really wants to get on the Excelsior

 

What makes it Seven of Nine Day, exactly?

(...not that I'm complaining).

 

Isn't that November 8th, 2016?

 

You just made up a holiday, did'nt you?

Be honest