And in that scene Hemmer was played by a sack of flour.
What are your controversial Star Trek opinions?
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To be fair, if I remember correctly, she picked him up using the firefighter's carry. Women firefighters do this today. I don't see anything absurdly strong about that.
A cold yet very entertaining sack of flour.
I admit when I saw it I was on the fence if we were meant to be impressed by this. But the rest of the cues in the scene tell us that we are. I was afraid when I went back to check on this that it would turn out to be La'an. I mean I could pick up La'an.
Stop it you all. You're making me miss Hemmer again.
Those are some firm Hemmer-brand biscuits.
See? My memory is just shot. I need to rewatch the first season. And then the second again.
This may be what confused me.
No you couldn't.
I watched the scene again and I see both interpretations. But yes, she could be slightly stronger than a normal human. I'll have to watch the whole ep again, as I was fairly sure they said her only augmentation was the immune system.
What? Why?!?
The genetic engineering ban within the Federation, which leads to all sorts of issues with augmented people and gene resequencing that now are retconned all the way back to the Eugenics Wars and Earth's mishaps and disasters with the technology.
Here's my controversial take for today: that Hemmer doll was the worst special effect to date in nuTrek.Sack of flour carry
As bad as it is, I'd rather watch "Dr.Bashir, I Presume" than "Our Man Bashir", but well, I don't like holodeck episodes, or spy fiction.
One of the genius things about "OUR MAN BASHIR" is it's a 'holodeck gone wrong' story without the holosuite actually going wrong. It did exactly what it was supposed to do... just not in the way it was expected. It saved the physical patterns of the crew until they could be reintegrated with their neural patterns the rest of the station was storing.
Almost every other 'holodeck gone wrong' episode had the holodeck go wrong in some way. Yet another reason why "OUR MAN BASHIR" is in an awesome class by itself.
Almost every other 'holodeck gone wrong' episode had the holodeck go wrong in some way. Yet another reason why "OUR MAN BASHIR" is in an awesome class by itself.
Avery Brooks as a James Bond villain in a hidden lair makes the episode worth it. Also, Garak in a tux with a very widened out collar. 
Insurrection....well, did you suffer a head injury lately?
I have a feeling quite a few people around her would say the same about your opinion about The Final Frontier.
Two words: Hippocrates Noah. The best classic Bond villain name that Ian Fleming forgot to invent.
(Probably top 3, definitely top 5 DS9 episode for me entertainment-wise)
Agreed. Absolutely LOVE "OUR MAN BASHIR".
I am not kidding when I say it is my most rewatched episode in the franchise. I've seen (with the exception of the streaming era) every episode at least 8-10 times. This awesome gem... I think I hit 30 times with the current DS9 rewatch my wife and I are on.
Controversial Opinion: I both love and hate the Defiant.
On one hand, it's an absolute cool and badass little ship. I love the idea of a little ship so overpowered, it almost tears itself apart. It did it's job, and then some, in the Dominion war and was exactly what DS9 needed at the time.
That said....
I hate what it represents, a glorification of war. When someone says it's their favourite ship, I almost get sad. Starfleet is an organization of exploration that also happens to be able to defend itself. Their ships are instruments of science. What the Defiant represents, kinda goes against everything Starfleet stands for.
I get it, between the Romulans, the Borg, the Dominion, etc. Starfleet was most definitely feeling the pressure and the Defiant became a necessary evil for a more hostile Galactic landscape.
I almost wish we didn't see the Defiant at the Starfleet Museum. Being that it was essentially the personification of Starfleet at war, I would think it wouldn't be something to be glorified.
But that's me.
On one hand, it's an absolute cool and badass little ship. I love the idea of a little ship so overpowered, it almost tears itself apart. It did it's job, and then some, in the Dominion war and was exactly what DS9 needed at the time.
That said....
I hate what it represents, a glorification of war. When someone says it's their favourite ship, I almost get sad. Starfleet is an organization of exploration that also happens to be able to defend itself. Their ships are instruments of science. What the Defiant represents, kinda goes against everything Starfleet stands for.
I get it, between the Romulans, the Borg, the Dominion, etc. Starfleet was most definitely feeling the pressure and the Defiant became a necessary evil for a more hostile Galactic landscape.
I almost wish we didn't see the Defiant at the Starfleet Museum. Being that it was essentially the personification of Starfleet at war, I would think it wouldn't be something to be glorified.
But that's me.
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