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Also, heir to the holy rings of Betazed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

They’re basically the same character.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

“This is the bridge of the Titan, Mr. Boimler. We’ve got all the time in the quadrant for jazz.”

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

“You! The one who is moving now!”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Borg Backup, whenever I feel like it - usually monthly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

The headline does not do the story justice - makes it sound like the judge didn’t respect Data’s hypothetical rights, when she in fact acknowledged them.

I overall agree with the ruling.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago (8 children)

On an unrelated note:

Why do you have Teddy Ruxpin as your desktop background, and more importantly, why do I feel such reverence for it as a very non-stereotypical background for a Linux user?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

For some reason, I have the impulse to put this in here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkinoUGmKZ4

(Phish wanted Frakes to do a horn part for one of their tracks, but his skills were not up to the task. To honor the attempt, they made this track out of a bunch of the failed takes.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

"I like the bridge."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

I honestly forgot about that. It's been a while since I've watched Orville, but remembering that, I agree.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (5 children)

I have respect for how the Orville turned both Isaac and Gordon around from the most annoying characters on the show to some of the best.

 
 

I was especially trying to imitate Prodigy's styling of him.

I don't know that it looks like Jellico, but it does look like an experienced officer circa 2381.

The stardates are just there to fill in the document - I got them from event years on Memory Beta and then just put a random date into the stardate calculator.

 

I was looking at references of both TNG and Prodigy Jellico to try to make an LD-style Jellico, when I found how they styled his face varied a lot between episodes - I count about 4 significant variants.

For reference, here is TNG Jellico:

Jellico as he appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation

This was his first Prodigy appearance in S1 E15 Masquerade:

Jellico as he appeared in S1 E15

Definitely a bit yikes, but I also slightly dig the "old man who will bite your hand off if you get within one mile of him" look.

They totally changed his face for his second appearance 4 episodes later, in S1 E19 Supernova Pt 1:

Jellico as he appeared in S1 E19

I like this look - it feels very Clone Wars. However, I can see why they might have gotten right of it - it makes it difficult for the face to show anything but aggression.

They dialed back the clone wars for his next appearance in S2 E5 Observer's Paradox:

Jellico as he appeared in S2 E5

I think it was also largely the same in S2 E9 The Devourer of All Things Pt. 1:

Jellico as he appeared in S2 E5

They might have enlarged the eyes a bit, but I think the other differences are mostly because of perspective differences and facial expressions.

The final, and longest-lived Jellico variant first appears in S2 E14 Cracked Mirror:

Jellico as he appeared in S2 E14

This model leans on the more realistic side. This one is probably the most recognizable as Jellico from TNG. It also allows much more expressiveness (not just an aggressive scowl), as seen in these images from E15, E16 (It looks like a different variant, but if you go a bit before, it's actually the same one), and E20:

Jellico as he appeared in S2 E15

Jellico as he appeared in S2 E16

Jellico as he appeared in S2 E20

Overall, I think my favorite Jellico is probably S1 E19, but I can see why they had to switch.

Still, I wonder why it took so long for them to make up their mind on the face and why they didn't get it right the first time.

 

cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/19850319

If life's going to be this crappy, at least cast Jeffrey Combs as Elon Musk, Mr. Universe.

 

If life's going to be this crappy, at least cast Jeffrey Combs as Elon Musk, Mr. Universe.

 

cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/19819038

I'm ParticleMan. This is the #concert-chat channel on the tmbw (This Might Be a Wiki, the main fan wiki for They Might Be Giants) Discord.

 

I'm ParticleMan. This is the #concert-chat channel on the tmbw (This Might Be a Wiki, the main fan wiki for They Might Be Giants) Discord.

 

What is Las Vegas, Nevada like in the 24th century?

It seems to be implied that Vegas still exists (not just some legendary destination of the past like Vics) and is still associated with gambling - Chakotay's hallucination of Tom Paris in VOY:"The Fight" mentions Vegas along with Mars and Orion III when mentioning the odds in a fight.

I think the fact that this is a hallucination of Tom in Chakotay's mind, combined with the fact that it was mentioned with contemporarily active places, heavily suggests that Vegas is alive and still has some form of active gambling.

However, I would imagine that a lot would still change for Vegas. Modern-day Vegas has Nellis AFB in it and Creech nearby, so it would have probably been a major target during World War III and as a result been heavily damaged. For urban planning, this probably gave a largely blank slate during redevelopment, so in many ways, Earth probably ended up becoming a typical 24th century city or town with vastly improved public transportation.

It's also important to consider the potential impact of drought - has Vegas significantly downscaled as a result of its water issues, or did they get that sorted out in time and Vegas is still a moderately large Earth city in the 24th century?

Also, what does gambling look like in a post-scarcity society? What are the laws on the books for United Earth? I'm imagining people mostly do it for the thrill, like how Jadzia plays Tongo.

 

Decided to fix up Linnell's hair and give Flans a Chess Master.

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