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25 Years Ago, Two Military Officers Were Pushed Past The Threshold And Abandoned Their Children In A Swamp
- Thread starter DrForester
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good one lol
though Starfleet is not a military organisation, no matter how much Janeway probably wishes it was
though Starfleet is not a military organisation, no matter how much Janeway probably wishes it was
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Starfleet saying they're not a military organization is like a republican syaing they're not a racist. If you do everything a military does, you can't just say "we're not the military"
The federation loves its euphemisms.
"We are explorers on a peaceful mission of exploration. Unless you attempt to maintain territorial sovereignty. Then we kill!"
Threshold. It's not a particularly good episode of Voyager, but it's still a hell of a lot better than the garbage they put out these days.
Threshold was probably the worst episode of the entire franchise until Dear Doctor happened.
It's amazing how an episode that so mangles the concept of evolution is also some of the best proof against the idea of God existing.
It's amazing how an episode that so mangles the concept of evolution is also some of the best proof against the idea of God existing.
No. They don't turn into lizard people. They turn into lizards. They make it to Warp 10 and it causes them to rapidly evolve. Humanity's future evolved form is a giant salamander. Then the Doctor figures out how to reverse evolution.
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Threshold hits that entertainingly bad mark for me.
Trek's worst would be the bad and offensive episodes like Code of Honor, Tattoo, and Turnabout Intruder.
Oh God, I totally forgot about Tattoo!
The indigenous people of the Americas were genetically given a great respect for the land by white people from space.
We the writers of Star Trek Voyager respect the indigenous people of the Americas. And we show this by saying they were primitive people who had no understanding of anything more than stone weapons until they were touched by White People from Outer Space.
One of the worst Voyager episodes for sure.
Edit: I forgot about Tattoo, that shit was terrible too. I always skip these episodes on rewatches.
Edit: I forgot about Tattoo, that shit was terrible too. I always skip these episodes on rewatches.
Tattoo is exactly the kind of episode you would expect from a series in where the only research they did on Native American culture was to ask the opinion of a white guy who pretended to be Native American for decades for attention.
Also why was Chakotay's dad 60 years older than him?
(This episode just re-aired a few weeks ago so it's very fresh on my mind)
I put this show on in the background sometimes and this episode came on recently. I remember thinking to myself wtf is happening lol
Don't even get me started on Jamake Highwater aka Jackie Marks.
Edit - a total fraud, without a single drop of indigenous people DNA in his body.
He did so much harm by just regurgitating what white people think indigenous people believe.
And thus Chakotay becomes a stereotype instead of an actual representative member of indigenous tribes.
He believes in practices that have nothing to do with the region that his tribe comes from. And instead becomes a Native American stereotype, of a spiritual man who is teaching the white people what they need.
Edit - a total fraud, without a single drop of indigenous people DNA in his body.
He did so much harm by just regurgitating what white people think indigenous people believe.
And thus Chakotay becomes a stereotype instead of an actual representative member of indigenous tribes.
He believes in practices that have nothing to do with the region that his tribe comes from. And instead becomes a Native American stereotype, of a spiritual man who is teaching the white people what they need.
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