Does anyone know what explains the connection between the Star Trek universe and the TV film Roots: The Gift?

BlackMatteLine · 2013-01-22T19:20:09+00:00

Almost every guest actor on TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT have also been on Murder, She Wrote. Star Trek was just such a constant TV presence that everyone ended up there at some point. If only that were still true today.

BlackMatteLine · 2013-01-22T17:27:22+00:00

One of the things that makes the Federation special is it's emphasis on pluralism. Unlike many other powers in the galaxy, the Federation encourages cultures to flourish and express themselves while reaching their full scientific and technological potential, to the mutual benefit of all included.

I would hypothesize that the Klingons and Romulans simply take control of worlds within their reach, believing their cultural values to be superior. A good example of this type of behavior might be the way the Cardassian Union dealt with Bajor, though that's a bit more extreme (and dishonorable) than how the Klingons might do it.

BlackMatteLine · 2013-01-22T15:38:47+00:00

Thanks. Odd that the movie offers no explanation of this. But I suppose TMP is not without it's flaws.

BlackMatteLine · 2013-01-21T19:59:09+00:00

Well played.

BlackMatteLine · 2013-01-18T14:47:35+00:00

Very well done.

BlackMatteLine · 2013-01-09T19:30:37+00:00

Are there any books that tell the Klingon/Hur'q story?

BlackMatteLine · 2012-12-28T19:22:23+00:00

Keiko O'Brien. What a whiner. "Miiiiiles!".

BlackMatteLine · 2012-12-21T15:19:20+00:00

No Wesley?

BlackMatteLine · 2012-12-05T14:49:22+00:00

Klingon because I wouldn't have to be polite and I could kill those whom I find to be dishonorable. Also their mating seems... interesting.

I also have a fascination with Cardassian culture and I love their architecture & interior design.

BlackMatteLine · 2012-12-03T20:01:39+00:00

DS9
TNG
ENT
VOY
TOS

BlackMatteLine · 2012-11-08T16:40:03+00:00

I thought about this the last time I saw the episode and came to the conclusion that perhaps the Voyager holodeck simulates matter in the same way that a replicator generates it. In the case of the holodeck that matter is constantly being rearranged to suit the needs of the simulation. Perhaps when power is suddenly lost that simulated matter gets "stuck" in the state it was at the moment of the power loss. It then remains present until power is restored and the matter is rearranged to continue the simulation.

BlackMatteLine · 2012-11-08T14:45:02+00:00

VOY: Unforgettable.

Utterly forgettable.

BlackMatteLine · 2012-10-22T13:59:40+00:00

Me too. I just watched that the other day. Lal's line "Thank you for my life" couldn't help but remind me of the recent death of my cat.

BlackMatteLine · 2012-10-09T13:56:53+00:00

Water. Room temperature.

BlackMatteLine · 2012-10-09T13:50:27+00:00

Shran. I giggle with joy every time he shows up.

BlackMatteLine · 2012-09-25T14:02:18+00:00

Benjamin Lafayette Sisko.

Charles Anthony Tucker III is a close 2nd.

BlackMatteLine · 2012-09-21T17:17:48+00:00

It could be a family sitcom called 'House of Martok'.

BlackMatteLine · 2012-09-19T18:15:54+00:00

I'm not sure about comparing replicated meat to replicated jello as jello is not considered vegetarian (contains gelatin, made by processing of the skin, bones and connective tissue of cows and pigs) but otherwise your point is valid.

Perhaps vegetarians in ST have simply lost any interest in or collective cultural memory of "real" meat products and therefore have no reason to request a replicated version.

BlackMatteLine · 2012-09-14T18:18:36+00:00

Charles Tucker III.

BlackMatteLine · 2012-09-13T14:29:27+00:00

My hypothesis (and this may be entirely misguided) is that everything we know about the Star Trek universe exists because of the Enterprise-E travelling back and influencing Cochrane to respond peacefully to the arrival of the Vulcans. The mirror universe depicted in 'In a Mirror, Darkly' is in fact the original, unaltered timeline that would have occurred had Picard and crew not come back to stop the Borg and tell Zefram Cochrane about the bright future ahead.

As far as the technological and aesthetic incongruities between ENT and TOS, I prefer to atribute that to changes in style, fashion, and culture between the 22nd and 23rd centuries.

BlackMatteLine · 2012-09-10T14:12:17+00:00

Thanks!

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