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"Itchy figger tringer."

I don't quite get that joke at the end about botany. Who was that guy?

edited 26th Nov '16 11:13:13 AM by WillKeaton

Watch his First Contact review.

In his review of First Contact, he joked about militarized Starfleet is, despite most of its staff not being military in nature - that for someone in Starfleet for a scientific carreer to suddenly find themselves in the thick of a battle for the fate of Earth, and his joke took the form of a botanist on the Enterprise-E, hiding under a desk as Enterprise battled the borg crying "I JUST WANTED TO STUDY BOTANY!"

edited 26th Nov '16 11:17:21 AM by Ghilz

Actually, a Vulcan seems like the perfect judge to use that strategy with. Vulcans are highly distrustful of emotions, so if the Klingon attorney can provoke Worf into a highly emotional reaction in the middle of court, the Vulcan judge will have a very low opinion of Worf's ability to control his emotions in the field.

You thinking Enterprise Vulcan!

It pops up in DS 9 and TNG. It's just taken to a whole other level in Enterprise to the point of logic not being Vulcan's hat it's distrust of emotions.

Anyway it's a good A Few Good Men tactic to color the opinion of the judge/jury.

Actually you're confusing two parts together. The guy hiding under the desk wanted to study comets, and the botanist is on the Defiant when Worf decides to ram it to the Cube.

edited 26th Nov '16 2:19:08 PM by DeadlyAssassin

Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.

I liked the episode mostly because, as a former Air Defense enlisted soldier I can relate to Worf.

PATRIOT had just come of two horrible "blue on blue" (friendly fire) incidents (one US F-18 another a British Tornado) due to over excited/paranoid crews. The officers bore the brunt of the punishment due to their job: the Tactical Control Officer is supposed to do the "friendly protect" part of the mission, they can override the enlisted Tactical Control Assistant.

But the system broke down due to lack of IFF, crew fatigue and very loose rules of engagement. Much like the USS Vincennes.

Alas, my only experience was in training missions, I missed out on OIF and I got stuck at a desk when I went to Korea.

But I can relate to Worf. There are officers and NCO's that make him look like a hippy. Okay most ADA "hooah" guys were in the SHORAD field (SHOrt Range Air Defence). SHORAD: they act like infantry but have a geeky job. Anyways, there were former SHORAD guys, gung-ho officers and enlisted who had been in Iraq and a lot of transfers from infantry and armor. We got those because of the enlistment bonuses and the war: many wanted another army job with less deployments^note  Jokes on them, US PATRIOT missile units are all over the Middle East, Korea etc.

Worf reminds me of those soldiers: he was itching to make a difference and get into the war. In a tense situation the wrong ship gets into his sights and gets blown up. Despite all the technology and all the safeties. In war people still die and tragic mistakes can happen, a timeless lesson.

I did love the subtle logic build up to the HOW dumb can the guards be... cause Tim already killed all the competent ones with Howe

For those wondering

Chuck Ironically picked the Three characters that always disappear if left to defend Vigil's keep if you choose to save the city regardless of of your upgrades

Anders, Oghren and Natheniel will only die if you have crappy defenses but will always survive if you fully upgraded the keep

Hang on... last two Babylon 5 episodes Chuck reviewed were Soul Hunter and Born to the Purple, 2nd and 3rd episode... this week he's looking at Infection, the 4th episode... and in December he's reviewing Parliament of Dreams, the 5th episode... is he reviewing the entire series run from start to finish?

Depends on what the Christmas special is

SG-1 Its Good to be The King

Yay. The last of my Maybourne-related requests.

you know maybe this Ares guy ain't all bad He has Wayne Brady as his 2nd in command XD

It's always bugged me that Jack was able to take down an entire Ha'tak with just two drones. I mean, I know drones rock, but two?

Considering we've seen drones capable of burying themselves through the hull of a Ha'tak like it's papier mache I can believe it.

Yeah Ancient weapons are the equivalent of Rock, Paper, Scissor and Nuclear War Head.

A single drone can cause Catastrophic damage based on how it feels like flying through the target ship.

B5: Infection

Tell me... do you have anything worth living for?

Voyager: Repression

I liked Infection and yes, the evil former mentor for Dr. Frankin is none other that "Ducky" from NCIS. Or 1/2 the pair from Sapphire and Steel....

edited 5th Dec '16 8:38:38 PM by TairaMai

Yay! More justice league!

Chrysalis

Full Moon 20

So the Xmas review is going to be TAS: The Infinite Vulcan

edited 14th Dec '16 9:11:24 PM by Ghilz

I hope there's at least one Star Trek joke.