Small things you'd've liked to've happened in TNG

Discussion in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' started by Dixie Flatline, Nov 11, 2013.

  1. bbjeg

    bbjeg Admiral Admiral

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    ^and then Barclay wakes up?
     
  2. The Old Mixer

    The Old Mixer Mih ssim, mih ssim, nam, daed si Xim. Moderator

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    Preferably before they shot the pilot.... :p
     
  3. Lance

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    I never understood Troi and her leotards anyway.

    The leotards would maybe make sense if she had been written as being a civilian counsellor on board the ship or something. Was this idea ever considered? :confused:

    But no, right there in the "Farpoint" pilot, they made the mistake of putting her in Starfleet uniform and assigning her the rank of Lieutenant Commander (IIRC). Incontroverable.

    Admittedly most of the plots she was involved in over the years probably wouldn't have changed much if she had been a civilian character rather than someone within the chain of command, but still... :p
     
  4. JarodRussell

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    Let them walk past the cetacean department while they deliver some boring expositionary dialogue.

    Have a look at the main shuttle bay.

    Stuff like that would have been nice and possible in a film like Generations.
     
  5. Savage Dragon

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    That's what I thought too!
     
  6. Mojochi

    Mojochi Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    That at some point, any point, Data gets promoted to full commander. WTF sense did it make to have Troi pass him, when all she did was qualify for bridge command duty? Data is the 3rd in command, from day one!
     
  7. borgboy

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    I'm guessing Data was held back due to a lingering prejudice against him as an artificial life form.
     
  8. LMFAOschwarz

    LMFAOschwarz Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    Yeah, and maybe then Crusher could've pushed Data in the water and Geordi could've bitten her head off about how that's "not funny!"!
     
  9. Melakon

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    "Tea, Earl Grey-- Oh, the hell with that. Gin and tonic, on the rocks."
     
  10. bbjeg

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    ^Synthehol.

    What's the point of synthehol, just to see what it tastes like?
     
  11. JarodRussell

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    I figured it has the same effects as alcohol, but doesn't lead to hangovers, or even addiction.
     
  12. bbjeg

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  13. JarodRussell

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    Well then it would be all about the specific taste, and burning, and stuff of alcohol. And that doesn't make too much sense.

    Or by "easily dismissed" he means "no hangover".
     
  14. Bry_Sinclair

    Bry_Sinclair Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Exactly. DS9 did it with all the aliens on the Promenade, so it was do-able on a TV budget at the time.
     
  15. Savage Dragon

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    It could be closer than we think.
     
  16. JarodRussell

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    I find it curious how they want people to be drunk, but not agressive. Isn't that depending on the type of person? Some get agressive, some get all depressed, some get all sociable, etc...
     
  17. bbjeg

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    Chemically, anything is fixable.
     
  18. Maxillius

    Maxillius Commander Red Shirt

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    Just a small thing?

    Make Pulaski permanent. I never have liked Dr. Crusher. She's almost worse than Wesley.
     
  19. borgboy

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    I prefer Beverly over Pulaski. It's not like I hate Pulaski though.
     
  20. LMFAOschwarz

    LMFAOschwarz Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    This is why I'd make a terrible writer. Or lawyer. A seemingly simple, direct phrase actually has implied meaning above and beyond what it initially seems to. :wtf: