Maybe because she's half human ?
That which cannot be explained
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Maybe because she's half human ?
What? Accents are genetic?
The admiral on DS9 saying the Eugenics Wars had taken place "two hundred years ago". I've never heard an explanation for that other than "Ronald Moore screwed up". I don't think an admiral giving what sounded like a reheared speech would screw up like that and not correct himself. It'd be like someone saying the Civil War happened 50 years ago and not immediately correcting themselves.
As far as the Eugenics Wars not actually happening in 1996, I've never had a problem with accepting Star Trek as an alternate history story. I mean, I'm pretty sure that in real life, Jack the Ripper wasn't possessed by an alien entity, either.
The only stumbling block is Voyager "Future's End" where they go back to 1996 and there's no war going on. But is it possible that Ed Begley stealing the timeship altered the timeline, delaying the Eugenics Wars by a few years?
As far as the Eugenics Wars not actually happening in 1996, I've never had a problem with accepting Star Trek as an alternate history story. I mean, I'm pretty sure that in real life, Jack the Ripper wasn't possessed by an alien entity, either.
The only stumbling block is Voyager "Future's End" where they go back to 1996 and there's no war going on. But is it possible that Ed Begley stealing the timeship altered the timeline, delaying the Eugenics Wars by a few years?
Ron Moore took the date in The Wrath of Khan and forgot to add 100 years to account for the 24th Century. You can either say the guy was ranting and didn't notice his mistake or maybe through some twisted explanation, he was talking about Arik Soongh's work (although mistake would be the easier explanation).
Wouldn't 200 years before TWOK be "wrong" too?
it was 200 years before Space Seed, actually. although even that's wrong.
space seed - 2266
TWOK - 2285
Eugenics Wars - 1990s
space seed - 2266
TWOK - 2285
Eugenics Wars - 1990s
The unexplainable...
The timeline for first contact with the Borg. You cannot explain it without twisting history into a knot.
Anything having to do with the Defiant. I love DS9, but they were really sloppy with the on screen depictions of the Defiant. Its size could change within the course of an episode. Indeed its size has some internal contradictions. Plus they had this habit of just sticking stuff on the ship (like the shuttlebay) or having things come out ports that don't exist. That does not even include the fact that they had the ship dock to the station via the nav deflector.
Of course who can forget the ever changing size of the Klingon Bird of Prey.
Then there is the bizzare fact that Janeway managed to ruin replicated food. How exactly does one do that when one is not in fact cooking?
The timeline for first contact with the Borg. You cannot explain it without twisting history into a knot.
Anything having to do with the Defiant. I love DS9, but they were really sloppy with the on screen depictions of the Defiant. Its size could change within the course of an episode. Indeed its size has some internal contradictions. Plus they had this habit of just sticking stuff on the ship (like the shuttlebay) or having things come out ports that don't exist. That does not even include the fact that they had the ship dock to the station via the nav deflector.
Of course who can forget the ever changing size of the Klingon Bird of Prey.
Then there is the bizzare fact that Janeway managed to ruin replicated food. How exactly does one do that when one is not in fact cooking?
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Janeway's just that bad!
Sometimes they have to be pressed, other times they don't. I can only conclude that comm badges have frequently updated firmware that alters their functionality. Crew members are advised to read the enclosed PDFs to ensure correct operation.
As to how they work by voice, as with all computer input commands, some sort of AI must be in place to recognise the words. In general, saying "computer..." before a command tells the computer that you're talking to it. Similarly, saying your own name, followed by the person you're trying to reach, acts as a trigger to activate your comm badge or terminal. The only issue is, if the connection is only made after you've said it, how does the person on the other end hear the opening statement too? "Riker to Picard..." Is it recorded and played back offset? In which case, shouldn't there always be a delay from the originator's perspective, where they're waiting for the other end to hear the replay before they can respond? It doesn't happen. But that could just be dramitic license / timing. Whatever.
The only issue with that is that McCoy specifically refers to the red blood of the Klingon imposter to know that he isn't Klingon. If some Klingons had red blood, how would McCoy know he definitely isn't one?
No, the easiest answer here is that, from the time of Affliction/Divergence, to shortly after The Undiscovered Country, prior to TNG, all Klingons did have pink blood, as a result of the genetic modifications that affected their race when they tampered with the augment genes. Klingons went from red-blooded and bumpy-headed, to pink-blooded and smooth-headed, then, eventually, back again. Their blood is still pink in TUC, as the condition isn't fully reversed (their bumps are still somewhat smooth).
As we never see Klingon Blood in TOS (red or otherwise), this explanation fits.
They don't; that's just all we 'see' as viewers. There are references to 'all-vulcan' ships, suggesting that member races tend to favour the company of their own kind, with perhaps a few token 'aliens' on each ship.
Marina Sirtis herself has been quoted as asking this very same question to the producers.
Are accents genetic? Kind of, you tend to speak in the language or accent your parents speak. Let's say, as an example, a family of three from Ohio in which both parents speak with an american accent, and their biological son speaks with a thick welsh accent, don't you wonder a bit how that happened? Not genetic maybe, but weird.
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That's not genetic, that's environmental.
Take a kid born to American parents in Spain. There's every chance he or she will imitate their parents' way of speaking, but also equal chance they'll pick up the foreign accent they're surrounded by.
Maybe Troi had some version of a cleft palate?
(I'm not mocking with this. I was born with a cleft palate, and I am constantly asked where I'm from. People understand what I say perfectly, it's HOW I say it that gets the curiosity.)
Yes, it's enviromental, I never agreed that it was genetic, but it is a bit odd that she's the only one with that accent.
But I also think you're right... maybe during her formative years she could've been well travelled. I would assume her aristocracy allowed her to visit foreign places and maybe pick up some kind of worldly inflection... but the producers did make a point of the actress playing Troi to come up with this odd accent. Only then to have no one else of her lineage or species share it.
I'm too lazy to check, but I think it's Colonel Worf that makes the comment to McCoy. I'm also fairly certain he only says "This is not Klingon blood." after he's stuck his fingers in it and felt its consistency in addition to observing its color.
a wizard did it
DON'T WAIT FOR THE TRANSLATION. ANSWER ME NOW.
Well... offhand the only occasion that springs to mind of Deanna kissing a bearded Riker was TOM Riker... Maybe she's separating the two there?
Less convoluted answer: He comes in, making teasing comments and such, clearly being flirtatious, so she returns the teasing with 'yuck' and the 'never kissed you with a beard' was the first thing that comes to mind in response.
there's a yootoob vid showing her kissing him repeatedly... 'Violations' was one, IIRC...
the second answer makes sense though...
Re: Troi's accent.
I always assumed, once I had heard Lwaxana speak, that Deanna either picked up the accent from her father, or her teachers at some kind of private school. Since her father had no prominent accent, IMO it was her teachers.
I always assumed, once I had heard Lwaxana speak, that Deanna either picked up the accent from her father, or her teachers at some kind of private school. Since her father had no prominent accent, IMO it was her teachers.
