#VOY

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tuvok Voice: You are her official right hand while I have been making detailed psychological observations about her for the past four years - we are not the same.

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[trillscienceofficer]

Star Trek: Voyager Dreadnought

[jone-slugger]

My man Tuvok being uncomfortable by unexpected physical contact is such a mood.

[trekkie-polls]

For fun, here are examples photos! Except transporter psychosis because they never actually show it. It’s just like in-world urban legend.

1. Transporter doubling - technically the same but one ineffably evil (shown: LD, kayshon, his eyes open)

2. Transporter doubling - one evil one good (shown: TOS, the enemy within)

3. Transporter splicing (shown: voy, Tuvix)

4. Stuck phasing (shown: LD, "Much Ado About Boimler")

5. Reverse aging (shown: tng, rascals)

6. Pattern lost (shown: first star trek movie)

7. Time travel (shown: ds9, past tense part 2)

8. Mirror universe (shown: tos, mirror mirror)

9. Incorrect coordinates (shown: tas, bem)

10. Bodies sent to holodeck, brains sent to station computer (shown: ds9, our man bashir)

[funnywormz]

one of the top 10 Q noises

[andromedaexile]

Late Stage Capitalism and Star Trek

Since Star Trek series are, to some extent, a reflection of the current time in our world that the series is/was made (whether in themes, costuming, characters, etc.).

It does sadly make sense for new Star Trek series to be the way that they are. I mean think of it, we are in late stage capitalism.

Originality and artistry has been pushed aside for the sake of creating fast, and consistent financial capital.

Of course the star ships look like Genius Bars, of course the costumes lack flair and are primarily black or sad beige. As we progress in late stage capitalism we feel the binding pressure of forced conformity.

It only makes sense that the series would dilute the philosophical foundation we saw in the earlier series. TV and film since its inception has always been a part of the spectacle but now it is expected that each piece of media is its own spectacle. The cost of being a spectacle (to the degree late stage capitalism has forced TV and film to be) is the loss of rich narratives with vibrant story-telling and unique characters with depth.

[kukalakathebear]

My Grandma would say while TNG was running “I always found Picard to be a wonderful father figure”

My Grandpa would make “Numba one, I need to go numba two.” Jokes when I was a toddler.

My aunt had a whole room dedicated to TNG memorabilia.

My father would tell me about how terrifying the borg was when they first appeared.

My mother still jokingly calls me “hu-mon” in a ferengi tone to get me to laugh.

I’ve recently watched all of TNG and DS9 (currently going through VOY) and one of the best things about discovering these series is that I’m the third generation of nerd in my family and it just amazes me how these shows can still be enjoyed and related to by every age demographic.

It’s spooky how accurate this is.

[geekysteven]

[misasuns]

[dadbodbensisko-moved]

[pacificsaury]

Threshold lizard creature merch coming soon to a delta quadrant near you

[bumblingbabooshka]

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[trillscienceofficer]

Star Trek: Voyager Warhead

[crystal-mouse]

Hey, don't cry. 900 star trek episodes, many good, okay?

[trekkie-polls]

Keep in mind there are SO MANY characters in star trek there’s no way to include as many characters as deserve to be here. If you have respectful suggestions, I’d be happy to turn them into a follow up poll!

Personally I love Picard’s hand gesture when he says engage, Riker’s head lean into the direction he’s turning, Sisko fiddling with his baseball, and Data moving his eyes like he’s reading when he pulls up information internally. But I know those aren’t big famous moves :)

[animentality]

I miss when sci fi was allowed to be goofy and weird and long running, with a lot of daily life plots and silly costumes and fun real sets.

nowadays it's trying so hard to be prestige television, and intelligent, without realizing that the best sci fi could be that AND ridiculous. it's all CGI and brooding and people being sad on sad looking gray planets.

I also dislike how modern sci fi is dystopian this, dystopian that.

you know, farscape is technically a dystopia, but it still let itself be a fun one.

maybe your dystopian sci fi needs puppets.