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Superweapon VII

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#1626503
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The all-purpose ART thread!
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The Black Muscle Babe Bearing Jeremy Bentham’s Fly Agaric’d Head Brought a Pocket Universe with Her Sister from Another Mister Nearby

Superman Un-Dies

Teal

Tee Hee! That Tickles!

Telepyrosis

That’s Some Bad Hat, Lenny

There Are -9,067 Days Remaining

Thinking with the Wrong Pyramid Head Yet Again

This Abandonware Might be Harmful to Your Computer

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#1626222
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'Rey Skywalker' (Upcoming live action motion picture) - general discussion thread
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act on instinct said:

Mocata said:

act on instinct said:

Channel72 said:

It’s just so hard to take Star Wars seriously if Rise of Skywalker is actually a thing that happened. Where do you even go after “secret fleet of 10,000 Star Destroyer Death Stars” and “Palpatine magically returns and electrocutes the sky”?? I can’t take it seriously after that because we are now firmly in the Spaceballs Universe and only Mel Brooks should be allowed to direct from now on.

I have a suggestion but I am holding it for ransom from The Walt Disney Company.

The classic “it was all a dream” cold open?

Too stale. Kick up a notch by making it a dream within a dream*.

*Within another dream if you’re feeling especially creative, but proceed with caution.

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#1626221
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What is your personal Star Trek canon?
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Channel72 said:

On an unrelated note, I was recently watching a DS9 episode where they’re in the Mirror Universe aboard Terok Nor, the Cardassian name for DS9. In the Mirror Universe the station is still a Cardassian station, because the Federation doesn’t exist. But there’s this one point where Evil Kira talks to the computer, and the computer voice still sounds like Lwaxana Troi, instead of like, some Cardassian voice. That irritated me so much I actually wrote this post about it.

Well, Majel Barrett did play three live-action roles in the franchise, not mention the various characters she voiced in TAS, so this isn’t the biggest implausibility the Mirror Universe has to offer.

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#1626108
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What is your personal Star Trek canon?
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Channel72 said:

Superweapon VII said:

I generally accept DS9 as canon, though not many of the elements I dislike about TNG that carried over, such as the depiction of Klingons. I’m not sure if I accept Jadzia’s death and Ezri Dax’s existence as canon.

The TNG depiction of Klingons is just a slight variation on the depiction of Klingons in The Motion Picture, The Search for Spock, and The Undiscovered Country. (Except they no longer have pink blood in the 24th century I guess, and the honor culture thing gets cranked up to 11.)

I’d say the TNG Klingons are flanderized versions of the TOS film Klingons. Also TUC had the most well-rounded depiction of the Klingons.

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#1625174
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Nolan’s Homer’s Odyssey
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Nertman said:

Just finished watching The Return and can confirm it does not delve into the supernatural. The Ithacan noblemen are depicted as scheming and taking advantage of the locals in order to somewhat justify the “grand finale” mentioned by @Channel72.
I think they were trying for a more grounded interpretation. The thing that took me out of it was the fight choreography which is like something you would see in a stage play. Not very realistic at all.

Lame.

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#1624773
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The Place to Go for Emotional Support
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Mike O said:

And now I’m back to getting fucked over at work. Knew it was too good to last. I’ve tired to find another job so many times over the years, always in vain to be stuck here. Maybe this is just my lot in life, perhaps after all the years making this my only marketable skill, maybe I deserve this.

You don’t. Never believe otherwise.

Then I see whats happening in California, and it reminds me to put things in perspective, and then I feel like an asshole for saying all of this.

This speaks volumes to me. You’re a beautiful human being who loves your fellow Man. I know too many people who fixate on themselves but never consider the plights of others.

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#1623124
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Flickering Swords: A Strange Star Wars AU Fanfic
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Wannabe Scholar said:

Save that pity bullshit for the dumb fucks who attack other fans and their legitimate arguments by calling them “haters” and gaslighting them.

I’m not a fan of that clique. So-called SJWs and anti-SJWs are two sides of the same toxic coin to me (though the latter are much worse, if only because they’re far more vocal).

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#1620845
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What is your personal Star Trek canon?
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  • Spock was conceived through genetic engineering, not copulation.
  • Religion is alive and well in the 23rd & 24th centuries. In fact, it’s in better condition than ever before; divorced from the state, in open dialogue with science and philosophy, dogmatism and fundamentalism have died through attrition. Pluralism and syncretism are the rule, not the exception. Likewise, New Atheism is a rare animal; atheism still exists, but nontheists and theists are able to dialogue in good faith, without toxicity.
  • OG Borg were completely alien; there were no human-type Borg until El-Aurians, and later the Romulans, were assimilated into the Collective.
  • There was no Borg Queen (or Borg King, or Borg Sovereign of any kind) prior to the events of “I, Borg”. Picard & co’s attempt to introduce the concept of individuality to the Collective had an effect, but not the one they were hoping for.