It’s pronounced wrong because it’s intended pejoratively. Clearly.
After all, no Ferengi mispronounces other words. They are very eloquent. Hew-mon is a slur.
It’s fine.
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It’s pronounced wrong because it’s intended pejoratively. Clearly.
After all, no Ferengi mispronounces other words. They are very eloquent. Hew-mon is a slur.
It’s fine.
It might be they actually intentionally (pejoratively) mispronounce the word for 'human' in their own language, the UT picks up on that and then renders it as 'hew-mon', right?
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Something like that, exactly!
The voyage home isn't that bad, there I said it.
Oh, and I didn't like geordi in TNG. He acts like an incel, he got better in the movies and picard.
Oh, and I didn't like geordi in TNG. He acts like an incel, he got better in the movies and picard.
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That's the one that was a massive hit and is generally considered the best one by many many fans? That's the one that isn't that bad?
The SCORE for The Voyage Home is pretty good. There, I said it.
I mean The final frontier!
Were I A snarky fellow, I'd reply that it was even better in 1978 when it was called THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
You could do that. But apart from a small section of the main title that has the same rising notes you'd be wrong. But since you're NOT going to do that we're all good. Lord of the Rings sounds more like a WWII march. It couldn't be more English if... Well, it couldn't be more English.Were I A snarky fellow, I'd reply that it was even better in 1978 when it was called THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
Now I need to go listen to both.
I know, I can't believe I mixed them up
The movie itself isn't bad, I agree. I just dislike the attempt to put a Message in it.
Capital suggestion!
I don’t know. Why don’t English-speakers today pronounce “German” as “Deutsch”? We’ve had plenty of time to get it right.
Since ST4 came out during the holiday season, i always liked how the score has a Christmassy vibe.
It's the movie that got me hooked into Star Trek. So, I agree. And it has the punk on the bus!
I suppose that would create too much confusion with 'Dutch' which probably (logically) should be called 'Netherlandic' in turn .
To be fair though, ambiguous terminology has been around for centuries, even in the Dutch language itself.
As far as the movies go, The Voyage Home is the oddball of the films.
- Only Star Trek movie that doesn't feature a battle scene.
- Only Star Trek movie where most of the action does NOT occur aboard a ship named Enterprise.
- The Voyage Home is arguably the most character driven of any of the films. The plot with the Whale Probe is a MacGuffin. At the end of the movie, we don't know who sent the probe. We don't know why the probe wanted to talk to Humpback Whales. Hell, we don't even know what the whales and probes said to each other. And it doesn't matter, because the movie really isn't about that. The movie is really about expounding on why those characters should be at each other's side and deserve to be on the bridge of the Enterprise-A at the end.
PROBE: “So, ancient enemies, do you submit at last?”
WHALES: “Never mind that! The humans destroyed our entire species! Please, KILL THEM ALL!”
PROBE: “…nah. In fact, I’ll stop damaging their atmosphere, as a reward to them for defeating you. So long, suckers!”
WHALES: “Dammit.”
I guess so. But…
You’re speaking as if the UT is a credible, well defined technology that makes sense.
It isn’t. How does it manage to lip sync everyone to the language that they are speaking? How does it even really work anyway?
So yeah, I take it as a pejorative because that makes more sense than anything about the UT.
For the purpose of make-believe and immersion, I do so with most of the technology I see in Star Trek. I do note the inconsistencies, but it's no use dwelling on them. And if I do, it's mostly just for fun, to find some outlandish explanation. The more contrived, the better
Do I actually believe technologies as depicted (warp drive, transporter, UT, etc.) would be credible given the current state of technology and science? No, of course not. But that doesn't matter (to me). It's only entertainment after all.
Do I actually believe technologies as depicted (warp drive, transporter, UT, etc.) would be credible given the current state of technology and science? No, of course not. But that doesn't matter (to me). It's only entertainment after all.
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