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Evolutionary
Evolutionary
New to this forum, at the reccommendation of Gusto 
Who is the Riker to my Picard 
(yea that's right Kevin, you're only #2)
Hmmm not much about me, I am a pretty laid back person. Go to U of W, double major anthro/geog and a minor in HRM (because I actually do have a death wish).
Obviously a trekkie. But who isn't!
Who is the Riker to my Picard (yea that's right Kevin, you're only #2)Hmmm not much about me, I am a pretty laid back person. Go to U of W, double major anthro/geog and a minor in HRM (because I actually do have a death wish).
Obviously a trekkie. But who isn't!
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Number One! I order you to take a number two!
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Number One! I order you to take a number two!
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Evolutionary
Evolutionary
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Dave
Dave
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Evolutionary
Evolutionary
Gusto will deny it, but deep down, he's an Evolutionary groupie. See, I'm the captain 
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Dave
Dave
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Evolutionary
Evolutionary
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Gusto
Gusto
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Evolutionary
Evolutionary
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Evolutionary
I meant he's #2 to me, haha. We joke. Basically our days consist of inappropriate jokes.
Yes, Riker was hot with a beard
Evolutionary
That would make him #1 not #2 >.>[/quote]New to this forum, at the reccommendation of Gusto
Hmmm not much about me, I am a pretty laid back person. Go to U of W, double major anthro/geog and a minor in HRM (because I actually do have a death wish).
Obviously a trekkie. But who isn't!
I meant he's #2 to me, haha. We joke. Basically our days consist of inappropriate jokes.
Yes, Riker was hot with a beard
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Cajungal
Cajungal
Hello, Ev! 
Glad to meet ya.
Glad to meet ya.
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phil
phil
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RocketGirl
RocketGirl
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Fun Size
Fun Size
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North_Ranger
North_Ranger
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LordRavage
LordRavage
Welcome aboard.
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Evolutionary
I really liked the NEW movie. And my own webcomic is at least partially intended as what Star Trek woulda been had I been in charge...that aspect of the plot is kicking into gear right about nowish, in fact.
But I could never really get into Trek. Sumfin' about it kinna rubbed me the wrong way. It's hard to define, exactly...but...[/QUOTE]
That's cool, as long as you have something you get out of it! The new one was so awesome, Chris Pine is great eye candy.
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Evolutionary
Er, well...me. Kinda.
I really liked the NEW movie. And my own webcomic is at least partially intended as what Star Trek woulda been had I been in charge...that aspect of the plot is kicking into gear right about nowish, in fact.
But I could never really get into Trek. Sumfin' about it kinna rubbed me the wrong way. It's hard to define, exactly...but...[/QUOTE]
That's cool, as long as you have something you get out of it! The new one was so awesome, Chris Pine is great eye candy.
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Hey Cajun, Gusto has told me about you! (not in a bad way)Hello, Ev!
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I know him because I've worked with him for a looooooong time. I get to harass him a lot. Good times. Tired? I hear you there... thank god my semester is over.
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RocketGirl
Nah, it wasn't really any of the above. I have something of a laundry list of complaints:
- Ship designs don't float my ducky
- Forehead-ridges, nose-knobblies, and neck spots do NOT make someone an alien
- Neither do pointy ears
- Aliens too much like archetypes; only Klingon or Vulcan is more or less interchangeable with any other
- The Prime Directive can bite me
- I want "Star Wars"-style fighters, dammit
- "Babylon 5" had 'em too, yanno
- I'd like to see how civilians live a bit more often
- Technobabble
- Shatner
...well, I could go on, but I don't want to insult people who like the show. Not too badly, anyway.
I've often said that there were two ways I'd give Star Trek another try:
First, if they'd follow a civilian ship around instead of Starfleet. Think Han Solo or "Firefly" in the Star Trek universe. Maybe they bump into Starfleet from time to time, but it's an independent vessel doing its own thing.
Second, maybe we're still following a Starfleet vessel like the Enterprise, but as captain...cast Andrew Dice Clay. And when the first officer comes into the ready room, he's got his feet up on the desk with a beer in one hand, a comic book in the other, and he's watching football on the viewscreen. I got you Tennyson and Earl Grey tea right here. Nyaa!
...JJ Abrams found a third way I hadn't considered; I may actually be a convert thanks to that movie. But still.
RocketGirl
No, I dig that; my sci-fi tastes are kinna old-school.
Naw, I was mostly okay with that too. I do like a show with continuity, but there are also times I actually long for something episodic. Balance between the two makes me happy.
Babylon 5 kicks booty.
And it solved a lot of what I didn't like about the original. Maybe not everything, but enough that I actually--*gasp*--went out and got a copy of it on DVD. (There are some folks who know my true opinions about Star Trek who would find that fact shocking, frankly.)
Nah, it wasn't really any of the above. I have something of a laundry list of complaints:
- Ship designs don't float my ducky
- Forehead-ridges, nose-knobblies, and neck spots do NOT make someone an alien
- Neither do pointy ears
- Aliens too much like archetypes; only Klingon or Vulcan is more or less interchangeable with any other
- The Prime Directive can bite me
- I want "Star Wars"-style fighters, dammit
- "Babylon 5" had 'em too, yanno
- I'd like to see how civilians live a bit more often
- Technobabble
- Shatner
...well, I could go on, but I don't want to insult people who like the show. Not too badly, anyway.
I've often said that there were two ways I'd give Star Trek another try:
First, if they'd follow a civilian ship around instead of Starfleet. Think Han Solo or "Firefly" in the Star Trek universe. Maybe they bump into Starfleet from time to time, but it's an independent vessel doing its own thing.
Second, maybe we're still following a Starfleet vessel like the Enterprise, but as captain...cast Andrew Dice Clay. And when the first officer comes into the ready room, he's got his feet up on the desk with a beer in one hand, a comic book in the other, and he's watching football on the viewscreen. I got you Tennyson and Earl Grey tea right here. Nyaa!
...JJ Abrams found a third way I hadn't considered; I may actually be a convert thanks to that movie. But still.
Not really my type...but Uhura was kind of a babe.
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RocketGirl
Not that it matters, really; an explanation doesn't change how I feel about watching it, doesn't make me want nuance any less.
Here, check this out; it's called , and it's a really cool documentary about what aliens would probably be like given certain conditions on other planets. It's kind of old, but it's really cool, regardless.
Fact of the matter is that just being a biped or a quadroped isn't all that likely, never mind looking as close to human as a Klingon.
RocketGirl
Heh. I seem to remember some folks on a sci-fi board did some calculations given the various tech manuals that exist out there and they discovered that if Star Wars and Star Trek ever fought, the Warsies would go through the Trekkies like tissue paper; a single X-wing could make mincemeat of the Enterprise, never mind what a whole Star Destroyer could do...
I saw the episode that explained the similarity, but I don't recall why they go toward a single personality.
Not that it matters, really; an explanation doesn't change how I feel about watching it, doesn't make me want nuance any less.
But they are, actually.
Here, check this out; it's called , and it's a really cool documentary about what aliens would probably be like given certain conditions on other planets. It's kind of old, but it's really cool, regardless.
Fact of the matter is that just being a biped or a quadroped isn't all that likely, never mind looking as close to human as a Klingon.