Random Star Trek discussion

Yeah, they sold themselves as a last resort for people in desperate and very urgent situations, and we don't know how many of those desperate situations were engineered by the Think Tank themselves.

But man, if they'd approached Voyager just to offer Janeway a faster way home, then casually offered Seven a place among them after she admits she's afraid of going back to the Alpha quadrant, they could have gotten exactly what they wanted.

Yeah they both disagree with your post. But probably for different reasons....

Diacanu: There were plenty of likable characters on VOY...Seven's catsuit, Janeway's bun of steel, Kes's manic pixie haircut...the Delaney sisters. I'll be in my bunk.
SYF: There are no likable characters on DIS, and the current Trek executives have touched my childhood in the no-no naughty place.

They aren't that special, it's just they managed to fool enough people to think they are. Much of Voyager episodes include various hustlers.

Q offered Janeway the easiest way back home and she turned it down. Chakotay even convinced her to take the journey even before the launched even knowing mostly what was going to happen anyway, she's not that easily breakable. Seven isn't that breakable either, she had plenty of chances to rejoin the collective and turned it down. Janeway even appealed to her humanity to get her to not lose her mind.

Seven, The Doctor and Tuvok are very likable characters, WAB is just a hater

Q offered her a bribe when she was judging an asylum request. The Think Tank or anyone else offering her a quick way home with no obvious strings attached would be different.

At the end of the fourth season Seven wanted to remain in the Delta quadrant when she thought everyone else was going back quickly aboard the Dauntless. Jason Alexander openly demanding Janeway hand over Seven like she's property likely turned Seven off of collaborating with them, but if they'd just made an effort to impress her with their operation and stroked her ego a bit she might have signed on with them willingly. (Hey, while we're getting ready to send Voyager home, can you help us with this other problem? Wow, you're so awesome! I wish you were always around to help, but I know you've got to get back to Earth... ) There's a world of difference between rejoining the collective and joining a different organization.

Happy 'Threshold' Day, Star Trek Sickos

30 Years on, TNG's Ghost Sex Episode Remains as Unhinged and Awful as Ever

...and probably laid the groundwork for "Twilight".

Did Picard and the Borg Queen hook up during the battle of Wolf 359?
Did Riker and Seven hook up?
Enquiring minds want to know.

Wonder Woman season 3, episode 14.

René Auberjonois!!

1976 King Kong!



M*A*S*H!

Not sure where this goes. It could probably go in a number of threads.

Wil Wheaton Rages at Larry David for Elmo Attack: “Appalling, Unforgivable, Despicable”

Okay, who cares, right? Well, that prompted this exchange on Blue Sky.



https://bsky.app/profile/jonrosenberg.bsky.social/post/3kkxsok4lgr2e

Not real sure who they're talking about, but they go on to say bad things about both Wheaton and the other person.

What have I missed?

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/wil-wheaton-still-just-a-geek-interview

Apparently someone named Chris Hardwick was accused of abuse by an ex-girlfriend named Chloe Dykstra. When asked about why he wasn't standing up for the woman, Wil said

Hardwick is the guy who hosted the Talking Dead and Talking Saul interview shows that ran after episodes of TWD and Better Call Saul.

And he co-hosted "Singled Out" (MTV's answer to "The Dating Game") with Jenny McCarthy.

Can’t say I blame him. Lots of people (most in my opinion) are very different than the way they’re perceived. And, I’m absolutely certain that every incel out there bitching about women because of one specific woman, I can guarantee there were at least 3 women who told him she was playing him.

Women are human. Women can be assholes. Women can be liars. Women can be cheaters.

Just like men.

Do you know why?

Cuz we’re all fucking human.

I'm guessing Wil Wheaton never watched The Simpsons.

I remember the Hardwick accusations, they were basically "my ex-boyfriend was very demanding about what he wanted from a partner and I was pathetic doormat that accommodated him as much as possible instead of pushing back and setting my own boundaries, and my own weakness means that was abuse." It was one of the first times I'd seen therapy-speak weaponized like that.

Her essay:

https://medium.com/@skydart/rose-colored-glasses-6be0594970ca