Trek Thread

[Stofsk]

i have a tendency to remember some things

whether i want to or not

classic sign of trauma

i know because of internet psychology

next step is to tell me about your mudder

[Veef]

well i keep posting about her in this thread so it's not a secret :x

[Stofsk]

Sorry dude.

[Veef]

wait this isn't the lament thread

where am i

who am i


don't believe his lies

D:

[adr-admin]

mccoy on a strange noise in the rec room:

"it's probably just one of the audio tapes rewinding"

lol

[RogueIce]

So about women in Star Trek.

I was watching ST: Nemesis (I know, that was my first mistake) and in the scene where they sent a security team to deal with the Remen intruders, the Remens shot first and took out the only (IIRC, but I didn't see any others) female security officer.

First kill = only female on the team.

What does this say concerning Star Trek and gender roles?

[Bounty]

In Enterprise, you have Hoshi Sato: she's scared of spaceflight and doesn't do much except answer the phone and occasionally walk around in her underwear (or topless if the plot needs her to crawl through a vent).

Then Berman gets booted in the fourth season, and suddenly there's a Sato who takes command of the ship and stares down the president of the earth. Also suddenly she has mad kung-fu skills and can hack locks while tripping balls from alien space flu.

pattern or coinkidink

[Sandman]

In Enterprise, you have Hoshi Sato: she's scared of spaceflight and doesn't do much except answer the phone and occasionally walk around in her underwear (or topless if the plot needs her to crawl through a vent).

Oh god I remember that. I think a similar or the same episode involved Shran's girlfriend/first officer stripping down to her underwear and trying to seduce a Federation security officer in order to escape from confinement. I can't remember if it was the same episode or not sine it's all just an 'on the television as background noise' blur, but I was kind of dumbfounded that it happened.

All part of their stupid, moronic attempts to sex-up Star Trek.

[Veef]

Then Berman gets booted in the fourth season, and suddenly there's a Sato who takes command of the ship and stares down the president of the earth. Also suddenly she has mad kung-fu skills and can hack locks while tripping balls from alien space flu.

is this like a complete 180 of the character that pleases the STRONG FEMALE crowd or does she actually build up to being a better person by recognizing her fears and attempting to conquer them

also being asian and knowing kung fu is totally racist

[Bounty]

or does she actually build up to being a better person by recognizing her fears and attempting to conquer them

this

also being asian and knowing kung fu is totally racist

IIRC the actress is totally into martial arts but Berman said 'no'. Then he left and they finally let her slap some aliens around.

[Aaron]

If it was her whole character then yeah I'd say racism but lots of people have an interest in martial arts and she was clearly more then just bruce lee with tits, even first season.

[starku]

IIRC the actress is totally into martial arts but Berman said 'no'. Then he left and they finally let her slap some aliens around.

so it's just really, really shit writing then

or maybe i forgot the part where drama comes from letting the actors just kinda do what they want in a self-indulgent way

[adr-admin]

ti worked really well when patrick stewart said he likes driving that one time

[starku]

good call adr

i concede

[Veef]

Chuck's doing that Code of Honor episode

jeez

[starku]

the only interesting part of that is that people still apparently care?

[Aaron]

People give him money.

MONEY

[starku]

are you saying people donate money to chuck in response to his reviews of star trek episodes

[Aaron]

Yes. And if you do, he'll do an episode you request.

[Aaron]

Someone gave him like a 100$ to do Red Dwarf.

[adr-admin]

apparently he gets enough donations too that he does his own list

but still dedicates them to the donators


this tells me there must be a large fraction of episodes that have been requested

[Phantasee]

invisible hand, motherfuckers!

[Veef]

invisible hand, motherfuckers!

isn't that the flagship with yottaton firepower

[Aaron]

Sounds like a made up number.

[timmy]

It's a legitimate number but it means nothing without context