The Star Trek Thread

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What is the best Star Trek series (2020 version of poll)?

Poll ended at Thu Jun 25, 2020 4:46 pm

The Original Series
1
7%
Next Generation
7
50%
Deep Space 9
3
21%
Voyager
2
14%
Enterprise
0
No votes
Discovery
1
7%
Picard
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 14
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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Eighthours » Wed May 09, 2012 12:47 pm

Ad7 wrote:The mrs is out tonight...which means....

I get to watch that Shatner captains film :fp: :lol:


Let us know what you think of the Avery Brooks segments. Guy be mental, yo.

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by SEP » Wed May 09, 2012 1:49 pm

Eighthours wrote:
Ad7 wrote:The mrs is out tonight...which means....

I get to watch that Shatner captains film :fp: :lol:


Let us know what you think of the Avery Brooks segments. Guy be mental, yo.


I saw that a while ago. Guy's completely flipped.

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Victor Mildew » Wed May 09, 2012 6:25 pm

strawberry float me Shatnr, let Patrick finish the questions you're asking him ffs :roll:

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Cuttooth » Tue May 29, 2012 12:01 am

If a transporter retains a copy of a person every time they use it, why does anyone need to die on away missions?

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Lagamorph » Tue May 29, 2012 7:00 pm

Cuttooth wrote:If a transporter retains a copy of a person every time they use it, why does anyone need to die on away missions?

Transporters don't work that way.

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by Mogster » Tue May 29, 2012 10:16 pm

Lagamorph wrote:
Cuttooth wrote:If a transporter retains a copy of a person every time they use it, why does anyone need to die on away missions?

Transporters don't work that way.

Indeed. There is a pattern buffer that temporarily stores the transported person's, well, pattern, but that buffered pattern becomes the real thing once they're re-materialised. It's not a copy of the person, it actually is the person.

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Lagamorph » Tue May 29, 2012 10:21 pm

Mogster wrote:
Lagamorph wrote:
Cuttooth wrote:If a transporter retains a copy of a person every time they use it, why does anyone need to die on away missions?

Transporters don't work that way.

Indeed. There is a pattern buffer that temporarily stores the transported person's, well, pattern, but that buffered pattern becomes the real thing once they're re-materialised. It's not a copy of the person, it actually is the person.

And if they aren't re-materialised fast enough the pattern quickly degrades and is lost forever. You're talking maybe 1-2 minutes at max that a pattern can be stored safely, after that it starts degrading and if it degrades by anything more than about 15-20% then the person is basically dead as there isn't enough information to reconstruct them.
The only exception to this was Montgomery Scott finding a way to suspend himself in a Transporter buffer for decades.


Can you tell I bought the Star Trek Fact Files when I was a kid? I still have tons of the binders at my parents house.

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Mogster » Tue May 29, 2012 10:25 pm

Lagamorph wrote:Can you tell I bought the Star Trek Fact Files when I was a kid? I still have tons of the binders at my parents house.

I got those! I got bloody loads of the things though, although my brother went one better by sticking it out for the whole lot. They were pretty awesome really.

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Lagamorph » Tue May 29, 2012 10:31 pm

Mogster wrote:
Lagamorph wrote:Can you tell I bought the Star Trek Fact Files when I was a kid? I still have tons of the binders at my parents house.

I got those! I got bloody loads of the things though, although my brother went one better by sticking it out for the whole lot. They were pretty awesome really.

I loved the way they were written as if they were actually from the Star Trek universe and everything in them was real :wub:

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Mogster » Tue May 29, 2012 10:56 pm

Lagamorph wrote:
Mogster wrote:
Lagamorph wrote:Can you tell I bought the Star Trek Fact Files when I was a kid? I still have tons of the binders at my parents house.

I got those! I got bloody loads of the things though, although my brother went one better by sticking it out for the whole lot. They were pretty awesome really.

I loved the way they were written as if they were actually from the Star Trek universe and everything in them was real :wub:

Yup. I always thought the episode guides were a bit out of place in that respect, although they were great too. :wub:

I was obsessed with the ships at the time, so my favourite bits were always the ship diagrams, bridge layouts and stuff. Thinking back though I think the writers were getting pretty desperate for subjects towards the end, with all sorts of minor characters and tech getting dedicated articles. Can't fault them for being completists I guess!

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by TheTurnipKing » Thu May 31, 2012 8:00 pm

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:
Eighthours wrote:
Ad7 wrote:The mrs is out tonight...which means....

I get to watch that Shatner captains film :fp: :lol:


Let us know what you think of the Avery Brooks segments. Guy be mental, yo.


I saw that a while ago. Guy's completely flipped.

If someone were to tell me that all the talk of prophets, angels and bullshit that turned up in DS9 were simply Avery Brooks ad-libbing and the normal Trek-writers working around him, I don't think I'd disbelieve it.

It would also go a long way to explaining why Star Trek fell off a cliff after he left.

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Lagamorph » Thu May 31, 2012 9:19 pm

TheTurnipKing wrote:
Somebody Else's Problem wrote:
Eighthours wrote:
Ad7 wrote:The mrs is out tonight...which means....

I get to watch that Shatner captains film :fp: :lol:


Let us know what you think of the Avery Brooks segments. Guy be mental, yo.


I saw that a while ago. Guy's completely flipped.

If someone were to tell me that all the talk of prophets, angels and bullshit that turned up in DS9 were simply Avery Brooks ad-libbing and the normal Trek-writers working around him, I don't think I'd disbelieve it.

It would also go a long way to explaining why Star Trek fell off a cliff after he left.

By ironically falling off a cliff.

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Hexx » Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:04 pm



:wub:

It's never going to happen, but a proper DS9 remaster would amazing

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Lagamorph » Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:15 pm

DS9 is a lot harder to remaster than TNG unfortunately.
TNG was almost all model shots, whilst DS9 used a lot of CG for space shots, so you would basically have to re-do all of it which would make it cost way more than it was worth to do it.

Voyager has the same issue really.

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Hexx » Mon Dec 09, 2019 1:12 pm

https://www.cbr.com/rene-auberjonois-obituary/

Veteran actor and singer René Auberjonois has passed away at the age of 79.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Auberjonois died in his Los Angeles home today -- Sunday, Dec. 8 -- following a battle with metastatic lung cancer. The actor's passing was confirmed by his son, Remy Auberjonois.


Awww :(

Wouldn't go so far as to say the best Star Trek actor - but certainly in the very small top tier.

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Tafdolphin » Mon Dec 09, 2019 1:19 pm

Noooooo.

That's terrible. I just started following him on insta too.

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by SEP » Mon Dec 09, 2019 1:39 pm

Marina Sirtis' husband passed away in his sleep last night, too.

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Peter Crisp » Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:50 pm

Odo was an amazing character and it's impossible to imagine DS9 without him.

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Tafdolphin » Tue Dec 10, 2019 7:50 am

I've had DS9 on a lot in the background whilst playing Destiny and Odo is undoubtedly the best character, and Auberjonois did an amazing job with him.

Genuinely saddened by this.

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PostRe: The Star Trek Thread
by Squinty » Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:11 am

His relationship with Quark is one of the best things about DS9. And he has a nicely written, long-term storyline.

I was so sad when I heard about Rene passing away. Felt the same about Aron as well.

I've also been watching DS9 episodes in no particular order recently. Watched A Call to Arms the other night, love that whole story arc. Sacrifice of Angels is one of the best episodes.

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