Is This Video Canon??

Ro_Laren · December 1 2007, 03:15 AM

Here is a clip of an episode that showed what Guinan was doing on Earth in the late 20th Century. Do you think it is considered canon?

AdmiralGarak · December 1 2007, 03:41 AM

It's every bit as canonical as the Riker infomercial.

Cranston · December 7 2007, 09:07 AM

Ha -- I remember that from its original airing. Not bad for this sort of thing; I actually laughed at "Hoo-pye".

greenmystik · December 8 2007, 08:12 AM

That's not as horrible as the Riker schtick. I wonder how much it cost to get that whole thing together. Hell I'm surprised Paramount let them do the whole thing.

WalkinMan · December 8 2007, 10:34 AM

Pretty nice! Seems like a lost episode of TNG to me, although I would best fit it within "Time's Arrow" somehow.

Canon!

Green Shirt · December 8 2007, 01:22 PM

I don't think these spots are any more canon than the Flintstones Winston Cigarette commercials.

Kegek · December 8 2007, 02:38 PM

It is completely 100% canon and should be included in Memory Alpha; as should this.

Broccoli · December 8 2007, 06:07 PM

that was pretty clever.

The Old Mixer · December 8 2007, 07:50 PM

greenmystik said:
That's not as horrible as the Riker schtick. I wonder how much it cost to get that whole thing together. Hell I'm surprised Paramount let them do the whole thing.

Would it have been that big a deal when the show was in active production? They probably just shot it alongside whatever episode they were working on at the time.

greenmystik · December 8 2007, 08:01 PM

Good point.

Mallory · December 8 2007, 08:19 PM

It's still surprising though. I can understand the skit for Comic Relief. That's a charitable contribution. But the Riker infomercial is just a plain sell-out. That one always bothered me.

Kegek · December 8 2007, 08:32 PM

Mallory said:
It's still surprising though. I can understand the skit for Comic Relief. That's a charitable contribution. But the Riker infomercial is just a plain sell-out. That one always bothered me.

What is your ethical opinion of this? To be fair to Riker, selling out predates TNG.

Incidentally, the ad I just linked is also 100% canon.

Mallory · December 8 2007, 08:37 PM

It's not an ethical issue, simply my personal opinion. I've never been particularly fond of selling out.

Kegek · December 8 2007, 09:10 PM

Mallory said:
It's not an ethical issue, simply my personal opinion. I've never been particularly fond of selling out.

In my opinion, it depends on the brand. Batman drinking Diet Coke is cool, for example.

And hell, if Francis Ford Coppola and Akira Kurosawa can advertise for wine, who are we to judge a far more blatantly commerical enterprise?

The Old Mixer · December 8 2007, 09:40 PM

How about Batman using OnStar? Yeah, let's put a commercial device in the Batmobile that lets people he doesn't know track it back to the Batcave via satellite...that's a great idea.

December 1 2007, 03:15 AM	#1
Ro_Laren Commodore Location: The Badlands	Is This Video Canon?? Here is a clip of an episode that showed what Guinan was doing on Earth in the late 20th Century. Do you think it is considered canon?

December 1 2007, 03:41 AM	#2
AdmiralGarak Rear Admiral Location: TrekBBS, apparently	Re: Is This Video Canon?? It's every bit as canonical as the Riker infomercial.

December 7 2007, 09:07 AM	#3
Cranston Commander Location: Right here. But where are you?	Re: Is This Video Canon?? Ha -- I remember that from its original airing. Not bad for this sort of thing; I actually laughed at "Hoo-pye". __________________ "Oh, how mortals blame the gods, and say that evils come from us! But it's through their own reckless folly that they have pain beyond their share." --Zeus, Odyssey I: 32-34

December 8 2007, 08:12 AM	#4
greenmystik Captain Location: USA	Re: Is This Video Canon?? That's not as horrible as the Riker schtick. I wonder how much it cost to get that whole thing together. Hell I'm surprised Paramount let them do the whole thing. __________________ If practice makes perfect, but nobodies perfect, then why pratice??? Sombreros are overrated.

December 8 2007, 10:34 AM	#5
WalkinMan Commodore Location: USA	Re: Is This Video Canon?? Pretty nice! Seems like a lost episode of TNG to me, although I would best fit it within "Time's Arrow" somehow. Canon! __________________ The lost TOS missions - ''Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury'' w/ original cast voiceovers! Switch to Firefox!

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December 8 2007, 01:22 PM	#6
Green Shirt Fleet Captain Location: 21206	Re: Is This Video Canon?? I don't think these spots are any more canon than the Flintstones Winston Cigarette commercials. __________________ Yellow this, yellow that, yellow everywhere. Its not easy being green.

December 8 2007, 02:38 PM	#7
Kegek Rear Admiral Location: Somewhere You're Not	Re: Is This Video Canon?? It is completely 100% canon and should be included in Memory Alpha; as should this. __________________ "Tell me this, do they have auditions for television?" "That's all television is, my dear - nothing but auditions." - All About Eve.

December 8 2007, 06:07 PM	#8
Broccoli Vice Admiral Location: Broccoli	Re: Is This Video Canon?? that was pretty clever. __________________ "That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence." -- Christopher Hitchens

December 8 2007, 08:01 PM	#10
greenmystik Captain Location: USA	Re: Is This Video Canon?? Good point. __________________ If practice makes perfect, but nobodies perfect, then why pratice??? Sombreros are overrated.

December 8 2007, 08:19 PM	#11
Mallory Moderator Location: Oregon, USA	Re: Is This Video Canon?? It's still surprising though. I can understand the skit for Comic Relief. That's a charitable contribution. But the Riker infomercial is just a plain sell-out. That one always bothered me. __________________ Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy - Benjamin Franklin You can't hide from Mallory, he's, like, all-seeing and all-knowing, which is also really creepy. - Goji

December 8 2007, 08:37 PM	#13
Mallory Moderator Location: Oregon, USA	Re: Is This Video Canon?? It's not an ethical issue, simply my personal opinion. I've never been particularly fond of selling out. __________________ Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy - Benjamin Franklin You can't hide from Mallory, he's, like, all-seeing and all-knowing, which is also really creepy. - Goji

December 8 2007, 09:40 PM	#15
The Old Mixer Vice Admiral Location: Connecticut	Re: Is This Video Canon?? How about Batman using OnStar? Yeah, let's put a commercial device in the Batmobile that lets people he doesn't know track it back to the Batcave via satellite...that's a great idea.