All Things Star Trek — Page 165

moviefreakedmind said:

Troi is laughably ridiculous in Farpoint. What did she say at the end? “Good tidings and joy for all!” or something like that. SAD!

‘Great joy and gratitude…’ eurgh!

I did think ‘The Boy’ Wesley was going to end being Picard’s son in the first few seasons - Picard and Beverley always seemed have that awkward thing going on, and it seemed the obvious place for the writers to go with Picard really not liking children…

oojason said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Troi is laughably ridiculous in Farpoint. What did she say at the end? “Good tidings and joy for all!” or something like that. SAD!

‘Great joy and gratitude…’ eurgh!

I did think ‘The Boy’ Wesley was going to end being Picard’s son in the first few seasons - Picard and Beverley always seemed have that awkward thing going on, and it seemed the obvious place for the writers to go with Picard really not liking children…

I didn’t think that was going to happen. It would’ve made Picard and Crusher seem like pretty big piles of shit to have an affair and let the child and man think that Beverly’s husband was his father.

Warbler - has your signature grown of late? It seems to be taking up half the screen.

moviefreakedmind said:

oojason said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Troi is laughably ridiculous in Farpoint. What did she say at the end? “Good tidings and joy for all!” or something like that. SAD!

‘Great joy and gratitude…’ eurgh!

I did think ‘The Boy’ Wesley was going to end being Picard’s son in the first few seasons - Picard and Beverley always seemed have that awkward thing going on, and it seemed the obvious place for the writers to go with Picard really not liking children…

I didn’t think that was going to happen. It would’ve made Picard and Crusher seem like pretty big piles of shit to have an affair and let the child and man think that Beverly’s husband was his father.

You’re right - though it could have made for some interesting stories/arcs - especially given just how moral and ‘stiff’ Picard was in the early seasons.

oojason said:

moviefreakedmind said:

oojason said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Troi is laughably ridiculous in Farpoint. What did she say at the end? “Good tidings and joy for all!” or something like that. SAD!

‘Great joy and gratitude…’ eurgh!

I did think ‘The Boy’ Wesley was going to end being Picard’s son in the first few seasons - Picard and Beverley always seemed have that awkward thing going on, and it seemed the obvious place for the writers to go with Picard really not liking children…

I didn’t think that was going to happen. It would’ve made Picard and Crusher seem like pretty big piles of shit to have an affair and let the child and man think that Beverly’s husband was his father.

You’re right - though it could have made for some interesting stories/arcs - especially given just how moral and ‘stiff’ Picard was in the early seasons.

That is true. Maybe in a different show it could’ve worked but it just seems to soap opera-ey for Star Trek in my opinion. Plus I just don’t see Picard or Crusher, even in the former’s young rebellious days as being that heartless.

SilverWook said:

oojason said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Troi is laughably ridiculous in Farpoint. What did she say at the end? “Good tidings and joy for all!” or something like that. SAD!

‘Great joy and gratitude…’ eurgh!

I did think ‘The Boy’ Wesley was going to end being Picard’s son in the first few seasons - Picard and Beverley always seemed have that awkward thing going on, and it seemed the obvious place for the writers to go with Picard really not liking children…

She was translating the emotional vibes she was getting from giant matter transforming space jellyfish. She probably didn’t have to say it three times.
They did tone down her getting too emotional all the time after the pilot.

Yeah, they seemed to have planned to have her actually experience and act out the emotions she sensed at first. I’m glad that she never got more than just a little overwhelmed at times from then on.

moviefreakedmind said:

oojason said:

moviefreakedmind said:

oojason said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Troi is laughably ridiculous in Farpoint. What did she say at the end? “Good tidings and joy for all!” or something like that. SAD!

‘Great joy and gratitude…’ eurgh!

I did think ‘The Boy’ Wesley was going to end being Picard’s son in the first few seasons - Picard and Beverley always seemed have that awkward thing going on, and it seemed the obvious place for the writers to go with Picard really not liking children…

I didn’t think that was going to happen. It would’ve made Picard and Crusher seem like pretty big piles of shit to have an affair and let the child and man think that Beverly’s husband was his father.

You’re right - though it could have made for some interesting stories/arcs - especially given just how moral and ‘stiff’ Picard was in the early seasons.

That is true. Maybe in a different show it could’ve worked but it just seems to soap opera-ey for Star Trek in my opinion. Plus I just don’t see Picard or Crusher, even in the former’s young rebellious days as being that heartless.

Possibly a better fit the grey and not-so-moral tones of DS9 (I really miss that show - some great tv at the time) rather than the safer / more moral TNG.

SilverWook said:

oojason said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Troi is laughably ridiculous in Farpoint. What did she say at the end? “Good tidings and joy for all!” or something like that. SAD!

‘Great joy and gratitude…’ eurgh!

I did think ‘The Boy’ Wesley was going to end being Picard’s son in the first few seasons - Picard and Beverley always seemed have that awkward thing going on, and it seemed the obvious place for the writers to go with Picard really not liking children…

She was translating the emotional vibes she was getting from giant matter transforming space jellyfish. She probably didn’t have to say it three times.
They did tone down her getting too emotional all the time after the pilot.

I’m quite glad they did - an obvious expositional character like that could have been quite jarring/distracting if that had continued…

and she thankfully Troi did get some better stories and characterisation throughout the show - and especially late on it’s run.

SilverWook said:

They did seem to revisit the idea with her colleague who was full Betazoid and born with their abilities fully “switched on” in the Tin Man episode.

and some good humour with Deana’s mother on occasion too 😃

Poor Mr Homn, Mr Woof and Picard’s dirty thoughts… (he was not amused! 😃)

It takes up half the screen now.

Looks like this on my display.

Warbler said:

oojason said:

Warbler - has your signature grown of late? It seems to be taking up half the screen.

I haven’t changed anything in my sig in while, not since I added the American flag. I did that weeks ago.

Could you consider making it a little less substantial - maybe something like this, please?:-

or

etc.

Warbler said:

That is how it has always looked.

It’s just a bit big. It’s bigger than most of your posts.

SilverWook said:

Can one actually format their sig that way though?

No mate - I don’t think there is a way to put text alongside pics in the signature box via formatting.

(though am happy to be proven wrong - if someone does know a way please let us know).

Warbler said:

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

That is how it has always looked.

It’s just a bit big. It’s bigger than most of your posts.

Well then it must have looked bigger than most of my posts yesterday and last week and two weeks ago.

I don’t get why you’re so bent out of shape about this. I noticed it, but didn’t want to say anything as it might interpreted as offensive due to the portions about your father. Also, I’ve been told off for complaining about the size of other’s signatures before, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.