Is it only TNG that has this issue with changing uniform colours to fit the actors? I can't think of any equivalents for DS9/VOY.

It's kinda funny that it's essentially Chekov's job in TMP, but that kinda gets forgotten as he's not a regular Enterprise officer again until ST V.

Although thinking about it, Data was barely doing his job either. He was almost always doing Spock's science officer job.

The TNG bible clearly had thoughts as to what funky new 24th century roles people should have, and then almost immediately abandoned them.

They'd already compressed two jobs in TOS down to one for the Conn, and yeah, when you're piloting a big slow moving boat you don't have much to do.
(Dax seemed to be Defiant pilot just because someone needed to be. Paris was the only "natural pilot" in Berman Trek)

Yeah, there's a big difference between "it's okay to get this wet" and "intentionally soak it in chlorinated water to cool it down"

This has to be engagement bait, right?

Another post from Why Okay, so full transparency. I did dip it in a pool after it said it was too hot. I was told not to do that before doing so, but my hubris said "nah these things are waterproof" and into the swim it went. I go in the pool when I want to cool down, why can't my phone?

And another. This was 4 posts in after talking about how his phone broke when it got hot.

Post from Why: I was quite far from a fridge, no nearby kitchen, it was pretty hot out and the pool was right there (and i had been in said pool with said phone the day before reading). The phone was just displaying the “phone too hot!!” Error so I figured why not

Here you go...

If we count The Nth Degree, it's 3!

I'd take "when they go low we go high" if that ever actually happened. Instead it's "when they go low we tut and then do nothing".

I guess there's no evidence that they DON'T have massive cocks?

(I wonder if JMS had this in mind when spending too much time thinking about Centauri sex organs?)

Actually, is this the first instance of an alien race having a distinct word for "captain"?

Even by Peak Performance they have improved massively. They've updated the uniforms for one. But it's the appearance after that (The Price) that finally has them fully as forerunners to the DS9 versions.

Somehow Robert Downey Junior returned etc etc

At least Roddenberry's son, the guy who is Executive Producer on all modern Trek shows, hasn't made any daft comments about it oh wait...

It has a bit of a TOS vibe. And not in a good way. Extemely rare resource only found on a single planet run by dicks who don't seem to be warp capable but the Prime Directive doesn't count this time for reasons.

I've not seen it, partly because I've not seen season 2 and the idea of skipping a season goes against the very core of my being, but also season 2 is supposed to be awful.
And yeah, as described it does sound like the most cynical appeal to old fans.

(God, but I do love the FC theme though)

That's just a small part of Lower Decks though, rather than the whole thing.

Susan Kennedy is in a loveless relationship with a massively dorky Phil Robinson whilst Karl is an ageing rock star touring the land.

Convient for that woman to remember to cover up her nipples whilst dying.

Do you know that Neighbours had a special where they did the same thing. Paul Robinson went back in time to meet his 80s self and ended up massively changing the timeline by giving him a fiver or something.

It was mad.

That's kinda Galvatron, isn't it?

(Do we ever see Galvatron actually move on his treads?)

The BOBW version of the battle bridge is a huge improvement over this version

Pat Lee was somehow producing AI slop two decades before the tech was invented. What a visionary!

READ MORE If they’ll block this, what exactly counts as acceptable development?

You might have seen a post about Nimbys in Chelsea objecting to the expansion of *an NHS cancer hospital*. It's even worse than it sounds.

1. It's not a hoax
2. @jonnelledge.bsky.social got in touch with them. I've got their response.
3. I dug out some objections. One of them…well, just read it:

Yeah, but the redeco wasn't a commander class so I dunno if that counts.

Anyway, for what it's worth, both figures are absolutely great. Armada Prime is a way better Commander class figure than almost any of the others (save maybe Sky Lynx), and Omega Prime is also great fun to actually handle and is rock solid. And I'm looking forward to his new trousers.

OTOH, Hastak has a real thing at the moment for Ultra Magnus car carriers being big enough to actually carry deluxe class cars, so maybe they couldn't be smaller?
(And who am I to stop them when they're actually doing a play pattern thing rather than a "look like an 80s cartoon" thing)

So I'd say they could have been done as two commander classes, but they'd be smaller and you wouldn't have got Blue Bolts. Plus obviously you'd have to remove another two Commander classes from the schedule.

Armada and RID Prime normal mode

Armada and RID Prime Super modes

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