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Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by lallysingh »

Night_Thastus wrote: post #92
parl_match wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Despite Lower Decks' jokes and loose adherence to any "hardness" of its sci-fi, I've found it to be one of the most casually optimistic of any star trek in a long time. The first few episodes are a bit rough, but I actually really enjoy it now.

I bailed partway into the first or second episode I think. I've heard it's good trek though. Is it like the Orville where it tones down the comedy a bit later on? Orville felt like a parody of trek for the first few episodes, then just became trek for the rest of its runtime.

No it stays heavy on the comedy.

Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by CollinEMac »

bjpirt wrote: post #67

This is one of my favourite distractions when watching Sci-Fi films set in the future - spotting objects from now. For example: - In Luke's home in Star Wars IV there's a lot of Tupperware - https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-praise-of-t... - In Alien, Ripley drinks from a Tupperware mug - https://twitter.com/EverRotating/status/1156650673972363264

I can't really imagine a future without Tupperware to be honest.

Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by hef19898 »

dragonwriter wrote: post #66
hef19898 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess it is only a design choice. Not so sure about the positive outlook so. The federation is militaristic to the point of the military, Starfleet, running diplomacy. And the objectively bad stuff starfleet does, the prime directive for examole can amount to genocide by negligence, is done in the name of moral superiority. Throw in some hero worshipping and personality cult, after all rules only apply to certain p…

> The federation is militaristic to the point of the military, Starfleet, running diplomacy. Starfleet, despite the ranks, authority structure, style of discipline, use of “courts-martial”, and the fact it fights wars, is not, as Starfleet personnel are eager to point out, a military force. Also, usually , Starfleet doesn't run diplomacy, they provide transport for diplomats. They do sometimes fill in when the transp…

If quacks like a duck, it is a duck. Starfleet is a navy, one that has a way to high share of officers, nowhere near enough NCOs and enlisted men and a worrying tendency of carrying dependents and civilians into combat, but a navy still.

Regarding diplomacy:

- Kithomer Accords, re-established between Cpt. Sisko and Chancellor Gowron, the first accords were Picard's job (could be wrong about that)

- everything Bajor related, despite the planet being the most strategic important one in the Alpha Quadrant there was never an official embassy mentioned, everything was run by Sisko

- the Alliance with the Romulans during the Dominion war, again by Sisko and this Admiral

- the ultimate peace treaty between the Dominion and the Federation

- every first contact mission (understandable, Starfleet is the exploration arm of the Federation with a clear charter here) but also every follow-up mission (see Lower Decks)

Just from top of my head, all major diplomatic treaties have been negotiated by Starfleet personell. In a sensey Starfleet is a state-within-a-state, running crucial functions of the larger state with little to no oversight.

Everything not shown on screen, or explained / hinted at, is not necessarily canon.

Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by Night_Thastus »

lallysingh wrote: post #111
Night_Thastus wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bailed partway into the first or second episode I think. I've heard it's good trek though. Is it like the Orville where it tones down the comedy a bit later on? Orville felt like a parody of trek for the first few episodes, then just became trek for the rest of its runtime.

No it stays heavy on the comedy.

Oof. Well hopefully it gets a little less cringey.

Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by QuercusMax »

bjpirt wrote: post #67

This is one of my favourite distractions when watching Sci-Fi films set in the future - spotting objects from now. For example: - In Luke's home in Star Wars IV there's a lot of Tupperware - https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-praise-of-t... - In Alien, Ripley drinks from a Tupperware mug - https://twitter.com/EverRotating/status/1156650673972363264

The Galactica miniseries had a scene near the beginning with a futuristic looking alarm clock on a nightstand. I had that exact same alarm clock, as it was given as a cheapo christmas present to all the student employees in my department at the university.

Re: Commercially available chairs in Star Trek

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Post by RedShift1 »

ghaff wrote: post #75
maweaver wrote: post #71

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People get tossed out of their seats every other episode in star trek. I'm sure I've seen multiple "medical team to the bridge"s due to someone getting knocked loose by the ship shaking and hitting their head on a console.

That and in the future we'll apparently forget everything we ever learned about electrical codes and the proper way to build things so they don't spark and catch fire at the slightest provocation.

And use rocks for padding steel frames.
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