Q from Bond, or Star Trek?
Buffy! If I wanted to fight, you could tell by the being dead already.
Glory ,'Potential'
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megan walker - May 14, 2009 10:53:01 am PDT #1337 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Frankenbuddha - May 14, 2009 10:54:03 am PDT #1338 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Q from Bond, or Star Trek?
Q from Trek.
Steph L. - May 14, 2009 11:02:38 am PDT #1339 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Q from Bond, or Star Trek?
::love::
Sean K - May 14, 2009 11:03:53 am PDT #1340 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Why use a word like "phlebotenum" when Star Trek has its own, native version: "reversing the tachyon field."
That's exactly it though! I'd have to watch it again to double check, but I'm pretty sure that there was not a single instance of "change the channel" or "turn up the gain" in that movie. I guess there was once or twice that all power was diverted to the forward shields or something, which kind of counts as changing channels and turning up the volume, but I can ignore that since it's not overcoming a plot point - it's blocking a punch.
For that and that alone, I could marry JJ and have his children.
Sean K - May 14, 2009 11:13:25 am PDT #1341 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Seriously. If you're ever so inclined, go back to the start of Next Gen, and count just how many episodes are solved by varying the frequency, reversing the polarity, adjusting the resolution, changing the refresh rate, increasing the power or boosting the range on BLAH. All fancy, thesaurus-ownin' ways of saying "change the channel" or "turn up the gain."
It was pretty much the only trick in Berman and Braga's playbook.
Tom Scola - May 14, 2009 11:15:07 am PDT #1342 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Seriously. If you're ever so inclined, go back to the start of Next Gen, and count just how many episodes are solved by varying the frequency, reversing the polarity, adjusting the resolution, changing the refresh rate, increasing the power or boosting the range on BLAH.
Those were the good episodes. The bad ones the writers would hit a reset button at the end, and have everything go back to what it was before.
DavidS - May 14, 2009 11:16:55 am PDT #1343 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The important thing is that Data scored with Tasha Yar.
Tom Scola - May 14, 2009 11:18:53 am PDT #1344 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
In one episode they solved all their problems by literally rebooting the Enterprise.
tommyrot - May 14, 2009 11:22:33 am PDT #1345 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The thing about ST:TNG that bugged me most was that the Klingon High Council apparently couldn't do anything without Picard coming over to help.
Sean K - May 14, 2009 11:32:35 am PDT #1346 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The important thing is that Data scored with Tasha Yar.
Single best thing that ever happened on the show.
In one episode they solved all their problems by literally rebooting the Enterprise.
I remember that one. I swear the writers thought of the Enterprise D as just a really big desktop computer that flies through space.
The thing about ST:TNG that bugged me most was that the Klingon High Council apparently couldn't do anything without Picard coming over to help.
Didn't they make him an honorary Klingon or something?