The Single Worst Line of Dialogue in the entire Star Trek Franchise

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  1. nureintier

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    Re: The Single Worst Line of Dialogue in the entire Star Trek Franchis

    This one gets my vote.

    This. If I want to watch TWOK, I'll watch TWOK.


    I thought that was more funny than bad, I sort of enjoyed it.
     
  2. jpv2000

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    Ah, I see. I was going to ask about this, as I did not remember that line.
     
  3. 137th Gebirg

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    That whole segment was cut - starting with Valeris sliding down the "fire pole" and bouncing against the wobbly cardboard wall with no backing support. That entire scene just seemed really badly done and I can understand why it was cut. Was Nick Meyer out that day and an understudy or a B-roll director in charge of things? It always appeared very out of place to me.
     
  4. Nightdiamond

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    GEORDI (big smile)I know what you're thinking!! Shift
    down and then blow hard into warp nine, yes? Come back fighting.... whoooey!

    RIKER: Can we do it, Geordi?

    GEORDI: Ask me after it's done, sir. (To the engineers)
    I want a slow reverse-power drop-off over five minutes...

    We'll show them what this baby can do, sir!

    RIKER: Give me everything you've got Laforge!!.

    GEORDI AAAye, aye, sir!!!!

    It was supposed to be a motivating scene, but that sounded so dorky.

    And yet I miss the way they talked :lol:
     
  5. R. Star

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    He was right about the blow hard part of it? ;)
     
  6. Nightdiamond

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    Come to think of it, that dialogue was pornagraphic :lol:

    Of all the words they choose to use, they always chose the strangest words to say something.
     
  7. LMFAOschwarz

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    Not the worst line, per se, but I was always bugged by this exchange from The Paradise Syndrome:

    Chief: We do not know what you wish to be called
    Kirk: Ki...(thinking)...Kir...
    Chief: Kirok?

    That is no more believable than if, say, Spock had been in Kirk's place:

    Chief: We do not know what you wish to be called
    Spock: Sp...(thinking)...Spo...
    Chief: Spock?
     
  8. F. King Daniel

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    I'd repressed that, it was so bad.
     
  9. CorporalCaptain

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    I wince every time at this one, from TOS: Errand of Mercy (overall, a pretty good episode):

    Richter's scale?!? D minus!?! :wtf: :scream:
     
  10. 137th Gebirg

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    ^^^ Yes and sounding almost haughty and arrogant. Somewhat out of character for Spock - unless he's sniping at McCoy, of course...
     
  11. Nightdiamond

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    Early TNG is goldmine of this stuff.

    Peak Performance- Data was playing some strategy game against some snooty obnoxious alien, and lost, so later Dr. Pulaski told Data to 'bust him up'.

    That term, in that century--just sounded odd. "bust him up", oh brother....

    And then in the same episode;

    Quark and Nog spoke normally, what was with this? :lol:
     
  12. R. Star

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    Well the guy was dumb enough to engage in an act of war in an oversized freighter over an 80 year old relic. Clearly his actions speak almost as loudly as his voice to how stupid he is.
     
  13. sttngfan1701d

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    It's a tossup for me.

    "So you're astronauts? On some kind of....star trek?" *cringe*

    "Lock and load." *cringe and vomit*
     
  14. Agony_Boothb

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    again, not a piece of dialogue but picard doing the rumba or whatever in insurrection.

    lamesauce
     
  15. Captain Clark Terrell

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    "Commander! This is a mechanism."

    McCoy's comment to Decker completely ruined the moment he was having with the Ilia probe. Why did he feel the need to remind Decker (again) that the probe wasn't the woman Decker had fallen in love with?

    --Sran
     
  16. 137th Gebirg

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    He likely wanted to warn Decker that he was probably about to have sex with the universe's most perfectly constructed blow-up doll... :evil:
     
  17. Captain Clark Terrell

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    But why? Kirk spent the majority of the five-year mission screwing anything and everything he could his hands on. What did it matter if it helped Decker relate to the probe better?

    (I'm only joking, of course.)

    --Sran
     
  18. Xhiandra

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    In an early TNG episode, Picard discussing the US & French flags. That line was so damn cheesy. Can't not cringe.
     
  19. T'Girl

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    The American flag used three colors in a certain order (what assholes), while the French flag used the exact same three colors in a different order (obviously we're superior to everyone).

    :)
     
  20. Toxteth O´Grady

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    Something that happened way too often was when the crew would be talking to somebody on the viewscreen and the other person would be super serious or cold. When the conversation ended, somebody in the crew, usually Riker or Paris depending on the show, would say something along the lines of "Charming guy" or "He was sure friendly". It would always be some sarcastic line and it seemed to happen consistently after the comm line was closed.

    It was cute the first time, but it got to a point where you could predict when somebody was going to say it.