Book ,'Serenity'
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
It's just language. You can have a computer use them without exploding.
No shit. I can program contractions. Data had full language capabilities! That's... that's... we still don't know quite how that works! But he couldn't learn "if first word 'I' && second word 'am', replace with 'I'm'"?
I read a really bad DS story where Fraser never used contractions, because his grandmother instilled it in him or something.
Of course RayK claimed he liked to be called Stan. And Diefenbaker was spelled wrong.
It was a cross over story so I'm thinking the author hadn't actually *seen* Due South but the characters from the other show were pretty out of character as well.
And contractions -- what the hell? It's just language. You can have a computer use them without exploding.
Stupidest. Plot device. Ever.
I can't remember which magazine it was--Starlog ?? or something like it--that had a cartoon about Data's no contraction thing. It was Data explaining it to Worf. "I can not use contractions such as 'can't' ." and Worf just repeating "Can not say can't" over and over going insane trying to figure the logic in it.
I'm not sure how I feel about this development, I may have to wait until I see the movie to know for sure. Either way, it's been a while since I really cared all that much.
Sean, it sucked like a thing that sucks. So stupid - either have the balls to go all the way, or don't bother.
And contractions -- what the hell? It's just language. You can have a computer use them without exploding.
Stupidest. Plot device. Ever.
No, that's second place. First place is when the android contracted a virus (in "The Naked Now" episode). And no, it wasn't a computer virus.
Apparently, UPN will have repeats of Jake 2.0 but I cannot get into the tvguide.com site today so I cannot find out when.
Also -- the Bashur you guys are talking about is he the one that was mentioned (here or lj?) as being the Algerian terrorist on MI-5 last night?
either have the balls to go all the way, or don't bother.
That is my dissatisfaction with the series and what they did with it right there in a nutshell.
Also -- the Bashur you guys are talking about is he the one that was mentioned (here or lj?) as being the Algerian terrorist on MI-5 last night?
Yes. AKA Alexander Siddig AKA Siddig El Fadil.
Also, the lead reminds me of Shrift a little bit. <hides under desk>
Having never seen DLM, I have no urge to go HULK SMASH on you.
Heh.
And why didn't they have early 19th-Century Methos more often?
Wrod. What Dana said about the floppy hair and the threesomes.