PIC s2e2 “Penance”

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      I don’t like the idea that Q is aware he’s in a show. That implies that the show isn’t real internally, not just externally to us. We know that it’s a show, but I prefer it to pretend that it isn’t.

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    You also know somebody is running on empty when a show or movie franchise set in the future or a fantastic world transports their characters to “the present” for any extended period. Now, whether that’s the writers, the cast, or the accountants, no one can say.

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    “This feels like Encounter at Farpoint , all over again.”
    “More like The Price . We knew after The First Duty things would change.”

    “Maybe. But The Game has gotten out of control.”
    “Then we need A Matter of Time . After that, we’ll have New Ground .”

    “Unless Disaster strikes.”
    “Come on—have a little faith. This won’t be Chain of Command , it’s just The Next Phase .”

    Encounter at Farpoint — S1E1–2  
    The Price — S3E8  
    The First Duty — S5E19  
    The Game — S5E6  
    A Matter of Time — S5E9  
    New Ground — S5E10  
    Disaster — S5E5  
    Chain of Command — S6E10–11  
    The Next Phase — S5E24  
    
    • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.world
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      In the original script he says they’re on “some kind of… Star Trek… the Next Generation?” but the movie was running a little long in the edit bay.

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        Wow, it’s a good thing the plans to make it a TAS movie fell through, then. That wouldn’t have made any sense at all.

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    The first one is odd, but ‘through a mirror darkly’ is itself a reference to a poetic use of language from the bible. It was around long before trek.

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      Of course. It’s references on top of references, but these 2 back to back inside of 1 minute is clearly on purpose.

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    “a language built upon metaphors and allegories, in which Tamarians Trekians cite incidents from their cultural history, to communicate the emotions they feel, their perceptions of situations, and their wishes and opinions about actions.”

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    Did you know that the space ship from Star Trek wasn’t actually called the “Star Trek”?

    SME Patrick Stewart revealed that on a thing I watched earlier.