Okay, John Gill may have said that Archer was the greatest Explorer of the 22nd century, but that nut invented a planet sized Nazi theme park. So really, what did Archer do? He found planets which already had people on them and made friends... Maybe he founded the Federation, Maybe he started the Earth Romulan War and maybe he won the damn thing?
He sounds pretty damn famous, no?
Do you know why Franis Bacon is famous and remembered 400 years later? he discovered the Potato. The greatest explorer of the 17 century is remembered for changing the dietary habots of the civilized world, and not for messing about in boats. Exploration might be neat, but it was chef sniffing, licking scanning, and discovering new foods and how to cook it on all the planets which Jonathan took him to... And like I was saying a week ago about Archer naming planets after himself and his crew...
Chef was naming food, becoming synomomus with certain alien foods on a law of averages likely to be introduced successfully into the human diet, and more so in the preparation of those meats, vegetables, herbs and spices that entire dishes and courses would be named after Chef and be honoured after himself and crew. Even snacks.
As Sarah Silverman said a couple weeks back, he probably discovered the new "milk" by licking or eating something other people thought was gross.
Archer might have been changing the shape if the empire, but Chef was changing the contents of their belly. A hundred years on, who was more famous?
He sounds pretty damn famous, no?
Do you know why Franis Bacon is famous and remembered 400 years later? he discovered the Potato. The greatest explorer of the 17 century is remembered for changing the dietary habots of the civilized world, and not for messing about in boats. Exploration might be neat, but it was chef sniffing, licking scanning, and discovering new foods and how to cook it on all the planets which Jonathan took him to... And like I was saying a week ago about Archer naming planets after himself and his crew...
Chef was naming food, becoming synomomus with certain alien foods on a law of averages likely to be introduced successfully into the human diet, and more so in the preparation of those meats, vegetables, herbs and spices that entire dishes and courses would be named after Chef and be honoured after himself and crew. Even snacks.
As Sarah Silverman said a couple weeks back, he probably discovered the new "milk" by licking or eating something other people thought was gross.
Archer might have been changing the shape if the empire, but Chef was changing the contents of their belly. A hundred years on, who was more famous?
