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Star Trek's Sexist Legacy
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I clicked the link to the penultimate page of this thread expecting to find a couple of reactionary misogynists peddling bullshit arguments about why lingering shots of half-dressed women, and ridiculous body suits that are so tight the poor actor can't even breathe designed to display her chest, somehow magically aren't sexist.
I did not expect to find a discussion of the Northern Irish Troubles and the possibility of Irish Reunification.
I did not expect to find a discussion of the Northern Irish Troubles and the possibility of Irish Reunification.
Its happening in 2024
That's what I love about this forum. Threads can take such delightful left turns from original intent.I clicked the link to the penultimate page of this thread expecting to find a couple of reactionary misogynists peddling bullshit arguments about why lingering shots of half-dressed women, and ridiculous body suits that are so tight the poor actor can't even breathe designed to display her chest, somehow magically aren't sexist.
I did not expect to find a discussion of the Northern Irish Troubles and the possibility of Irish Reunification.
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I clicked the link to the penultimate page of this thread expecting to find a couple of reactionary misogynists peddling bullshit arguments about why lingering shots of half-dressed women, and ridiculous body suits that are so tight the poor actor can't even breathe designed to display her chest, somehow magically aren't sexist.
I did not expect to find a discussion of the Northern Irish Troubles and the possibility of Irish Reunification.
Did you know everyone in the IRA use to wear catsuits? That's how the topics connect to each other.
Jason
Pulaski totally called Picard out on his pre-Piller immature male ego. Yay Ladies.
For the purposes of watching the show, you can headcanon that Seven and T'Pol like wearing tight clothing (some people do) - Seven as a former Borg, and T'Pol as her way of rebelling against the loose fabric orthodoxy of the Vulcans (and also her sublimated exploration of sensuality). Plus, there's a utilitarian reason for wearing form-fitting clothing while doing starship work- I imagine form-fitting clothing in the 24th century would be super comfortable. No, I am not denying the real non-diagetic reason UPN/Rick had them wear those sexy outfits, I am just talking about my headcanon for watching the shows.
But the most ridiculous is Seven's heels. I had to headcanon that as her eccentric way of remembering her mother who wore heels excessively, but this is harder to do.
For the purposes of watching the show, you can headcanon that Seven and T'Pol like wearing tight clothing (some people do) - Seven as a former Borg, and T'Pol as her way of rebelling against the loose fabric orthodoxy of the Vulcans (and also her sublimated exploration of sensuality). Plus, there's a utilitarian reason for wearing form-fitting clothing while doing starship work- I imagine form-fitting clothing in the 24th century would be super comfortable. No, I am not denying the real non-diagetic reason UPN/Rick had them wear those sexy outfits, I am just talking about my headcanon for watching the shows.
But the most ridiculous is Seven's heels. I had to headcanon that as her eccentric way of remembering her mother who wore heels excessively, but this is harder to do.
File under Star Trek's Racist Legacy, see if you can find the Trump voter in this vid! 
Christ...Imagine paying 19.95 (plus shipping and handling) to own a video cassette that has the Naked Now and Code of Honour on it (not a dvd set that just includes those bad episodes, a video cassette just for those two episodes). I have the feeling that is one of those things that make you rethink your life choices.
But I wager all the people in this commercial are paid actors with a script anyway, their dialogue is way too corny (even for, I assume, 1987/88) and they are way too excited about Season 1.
But I wager all the people in this commercial are paid actors with a script anyway, their dialogue is way too corny (even for, I assume, 1987/88) and they are way too excited about Season 1.
File under Star Trek's Racist Legacy, see if you can find the Trump voter in this vid!
Plenty of these overly hyper "viewers" are nothing more than actors reading from a cue cards and about a show they've clearly never seen and it's as painfully obvious as it is pitifully obvious.
I can vouch for that. It was definitely too corny, even back then.
When the show sold via one episode per tape for almost that much, Columbia House's price was a bit better. The advert is still a laughably bad pile, complete with actors screeching "How can they do this!!!!!!!!!" as if it's a goldmine. At the time, it sorta was considering this was long before DVD and everything. And higher quality than a VHS recording, especially if SLP/EP was used. And that box art, who doesn't go
over that?
The hype was bad enough - though anyone not having seen the show, buying into the Columbia House plan, then watching the episodes, would likely feel nowhere near as enthused. But for a three decades'-old advert, it's more hilarious than anything else.
It has, now back to the delights of Trek's sexist legacy
The Naked Now is not so bad. Of course back then before streaming and dvd's and having access to all of the episodes even Code of Honor would be a treat. Anything to feed your Star Trek fix.
Jason
What's more I even have the suspicion that whoever scripted the ad wasn't particularly familiar with the series either beyond a few infos. They probably chose some episode titles that sounded good for the "what's your favourite episode?" part, without knowing what the episodes were about.
Yes it is
Could be that I'm the minority here, but if my only option for watching Star Trek is "Code of Honour" I'd rather not watch Star Trek at all.
The only situation where it might be, conceivably possible to call "Code of Honour" a "treat" is if someone was trapped all alone in some room with a recording of that episode as the only possible way of staving off insanity. And even then it would end up being a "The Royale" situation.
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