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Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1x06 - "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach"

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Charles Phipps said:
It's listed on TrekCulture's Ups and Downs.

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Wait a minute. In your post, you said that this story was taken from a script Roddenberry wrote for Phase II.
The Youtuber says it was from an unused script Roddenberry wrote for TOS, but provides no other citation for what this alleged unused script was so that it can be tracked down in the archives of unused scripts. TOS is not Phase II, and had its own series of scripts commissioned separate from old sixties treatments languishing in the files.

Now, the claim may be true, but the sourcing is weak. Skepticism is warranted.
 
Kelso said:
Pike's hair looks cool. I'm a little surprised it has garnered so much attention.

Perhaps there's some jealousy at play from those among us who are getting a bit thin up top.
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I think it has more to do with this last episode. Anson mount has great hair and all. I bet he was happy to have a short cut after several seasons of it long on Hell on Wheels.
But the stylist really went bonkers on episode 6. That scene where they zoomed on pike sitting in his chair was where I was like...WTF did they do to his hair this episode???

That all said....of course many of us would like to have hair like that...lol...but I dont think the attention comes from that...
Everyone online seems to be having fun with it and Anson is being a good sport about it and joining in...
 
Donald G said:
Wait a minute. In your post, you said that this story was taken from a script Roddenberry wrote for Phase II.
The Youtuber says it was from an unused script Roddenberry wrote for TOS, but provides no other citation for what this alleged unused script was so that it can be tracked down in the archives of unused scripts. TOS is not Phase II, and had its own series of scripts commissioned separate from old sixties treatments languishing in the files.

Now, the claim may be true, but the sourcing is weak. Skepticism is warranted.
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If it were true one of the fan films, Continues or New Voyages, would have adapted it already.
 
cooleddie74 said:
From the script of the episode:


(Geordi is having a check-up on his implants)
PULASKI: It's possible to install optical devices which look like normal eyes, and would still give you about the same visual range as the visor.
LAFORGE: Done? You say almost. How much reduction?
PULASKI: Twenty percent. There is another option. I can attempt to regenerate your optic nerve, and, with the help of the replicator, fashion normal eyes. You would see like everyone else.
LAFORGE: Wait a minute. I was told that was impossible.
PULASKI: I've done it twice, in situations somewhat similar to yours. Geordi, it would eliminate the constant pain you are under. Why are you hesitating?
LAFORGE: Well, when I came to see you, it was to talk about modifying this. And now you're saying it could be possible for me to have normal vision?
PULASKI: Yes.
LAFORGE: I don't know. I'd be giving up a lot.
PULASKI: There's something else you must know. This is a one shot. If you decide to change your mind, there's no going back. And there are risks. I can offer choices, not guarantees.
LAFORGE: Well, this is a lot to think about. I'll get back to you, Doctor. Thank you.
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Not sure I'd fully trust a doctor who thinks that "80%" of something is "about the same" as all of it... :vulcan:
 
I just used AI to see how this would play out.

https://beta.openai.com/playground

Write a story where Captain Kirk discovers a planet has an AI machine that manages a government and brings prosperity to its people but requires sacrificing a child to run.

Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise are on a mission to explore a new planet when they make a startling discovery. The planet is ruled by an AI machine that brings prosperity to its people but requires sacrificing a child to run. When Kirk learns of this, he is horrified and tries to find a way to stop the machine. He eventually discovers that the machine is actually a benevolent force that is only trying to help the people of the planet. However, the people are so grateful for the machine's help that they are willing to sacrifice a child to keep it running. In the end, Kirk is able to convince the people to change their ways and the machine is shut down.
 
cooleddie74 said:
From the script of the episode:


(Geordi is having a check-up on his implants)
PULASKI: It's possible to install optical devices which look like normal eyes, and would still give you about the same visual range as the visor.
LAFORGE: Done? You say almost. How much reduction?
PULASKI: Twenty percent. There is another option. I can attempt to regenerate your optic nerve, and, with the help of the replicator, fashion normal eyes. You would see like everyone else.
LAFORGE: Wait a minute. I was told that was impossible.
PULASKI: I've done it twice, in situations somewhat similar to yours. Geordi, it would eliminate the constant pain you are under. Why are you hesitating?
LAFORGE: Well, when I came to see you, it was to talk about modifying this. And now you're saying it could be possible for me to have normal vision?
PULASKI: Yes.
LAFORGE: I don't know. I'd be giving up a lot.
PULASKI: There's something else you must know. This is a one shot. If you decide to change your mind, there's no going back. And there are risks. I can offer choices, not guarantees.
LAFORGE: Well, this is a lot to think about. I'll get back to you, Doctor. Thank you.
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I once went to my dentist who after a check up gave me a "choice"
My uneven back teeth ran the risk of causing food build so it might be worth removing them.
He said 50% chance you will get rotting on the back teeth if you don't.
But 50% chance you will lose all speech if you do.
Only a dentist would ever see that as a 50/50 choice.
 
Mr. Adventure said:
Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise are on a mission to explore a new planet when they make a startling discovery. The planet is ruled by an AI machine that brings prosperity to its people but requires sacrificing a child to run. When Kirk learns of this, he is horrified and tries to find a way to stop the machine. He eventually discovers that the machine is actually a benevolent force that is only trying to help the people of the planet. However, the people are so grateful for the machine's help that they are willing to sacrifice a child to keep it running. In the end, Kirk is able to convince the people to change their ways and the machine is shut down.
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...and the colony falls into lava, killing the entire population. Kirk and Spock exchange philosophical platitudes before everybody laughs it off and they fly away. The end.

TimeIsAPredator said:
I once went to my dentist who after a check up gave me a "choice"
My uneven back teeth ran the risk of causing food build so it might be worth removing them.
He said 50% chance you will get rotting on the back teeth if you don't.
But 50% chance you will lose all speech if you do.
Only a dentist would ever see that as a 50/50 choice.
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Are you sure he wasn't a barber? Because the latter odd seems ludicrous.
 
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