Things You Missed The First Few Times

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Kind of like the dolphin tanks on the E-D mentions in The Perfect Mate.

And in Yesterday's Enterprise. ("Cetacean Ops")

 

[eyeresist]

Obviously I'm not completely across TNG minutiae, so perhaps someone could explain: why the hell did they need dolphin tanks?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Where else would you keep the dolphins?

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I don't ever remember the bowling alley showing up in TAS.

That's because it wasn't in there.

Yeah...the only even HINT at a bowling alley is Riley in The Naked Time. Wasn't mentioned/seen otherwise. Kind of like the dolphin tanks on the E-D mentions in The Perfect Mate. *rolls eyes*

I didn't say that there was no bowling alley. I just said that it wasn't shown in TAS, because, you know, no scene ever took place there.

 

[TolkienOtaku]

The dolphins were (supposedly) doing navigational research for the ship. Though I admit it is only as an adult that I realize what a stupid idea that is.

 

[eyeresist]

^ Thanks, TO.

Where else would you keep the dolphins?

 

[Greg Cox]

The dolphins were (supposedly) doing navigational research for the ship. Though I admit it is only as an adult that I realize what a stupid idea that is.

Nobody ever appreciates Lieutenant Commander Flipper . ...

 

[T'Girl]

Nobody ever appreciates Lieutenant Commander Flipper

No one you see, was smarter than he.

 

[SpocksOddSocks]

For a real adventure involving dolphins in space I would recommend David Brian's "Uplift" books. Dolphins and chimps in fact

 

[Nerys Myk]

Love those books.

 

[eyeresist]

They weren't actually dolphins on the Ent-D, they were aquatic Xindi. "Dolphins" was just a term of endearment/racist abuse, like "green-blooded hobgoblin".

 

[Nebusj]

The dolphins were (supposedly) doing navigational research for the ship. Though I admit it is only as an adult that I realize what a stupid idea that is.

After all, how can dolphins possibly do anything meaningful on a Federation starship, what with them being a whole different species from humans?

 

[CorporalCaptain]

They weren't actually dolphins on the Ent-D, they were aquatic Xindi. "Dolphins" was just a term of endearment/racist abuse, like "green-blooded hobgoblin".

That made me lol.

But perhaps, in all seriousness, in the 24th century, the term "cetacean" has taken on a broader meaning, to include sentient aquatic species of certain stripes, cf "humanoid." Tracing back, the etymology of "cetacean" represents a core meaning more or less of "like a sea monster," so that wouldn't really be that much of a stretch.

 

[SPCTRE]

[...]

I missed the first few times

• that there's no money in the future
• that Starfleet is a military
• that the Enterprise was built in space
• that Starfleet ship registry numbers make complete and utter sense
• that there is a canon in my head
• that there is a difference between "Trekkie" and "Trekker"

TBC

 

[erastus25]

The dolphins were (supposedly) doing navigational research for the ship. Though I admit it is only as an adult that I realize what a stupid idea that is.

I'll add that it's a holdover from the '80s belief that dolphins might be the "smartest" (whatever that means) non-human species on the planet.

 

[Captain Rob]

^^ I always thought it was cats were the smartest. They get waited on hand and foot (paw?) and become celebrities. And they don't do any work to earn it.
Kind of like the Kardashians of the animal kingdom.

 

[2takesfrakes]

Only recently have I become aware that in STAR TREK III: The Search for Spock, when Kirk opens the movie by standing right in front of the viewscreen during his voiceover, that the stars within were actually a practical effect. I mean, it's not like Nimoy has the camera zoom in on it, or anything and, in fact, almost doesn't want to show it, as Shatner veers away from it, almost immediately ... but there it is.

 

[T'Girl]

After all, how can dolphins possibly do anything meaningful on a Federation starship, what with them being a whole different species from humans?

But they didn't say "dolphins" did they? They said cetaceans, meanig marine mammals, a generic term.

They wouldn't even have to be from Earth, but instead a alien species from a distant homeworld of their own.

 

[eyeresist]

Only recently have I become aware that in STAR TREK III: The Search for Spock, when Kirk opens the movie by standing right in front of the viewscreen during his voiceover, that the stars within were actually a practical effect. I mean, it's not like Nimoy has the camera zoom in on it, or anything and, in fact, almost doesn't want to show it, as Shatner veers away from it, almost immediately ... but there it is.

Interesting - I will look out for that next time.

 

[Granola Gwen]

Livingston turning into a jellyfish in "Genesis".