Best of Both Worlds Nitpick Special
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In relation to that, it bugged me that if the Brunali could do genetic manipulations and put poor Icheb in a transport ship by a transwarp conduit, then why were they essentially living in mud huts and wearing medieval looking clothing?
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I thought "Tuvix" was a highly realistic supposition of the dangers of cohabitation. Sure, it's told through allegory, but let's be honest, it's really a story about two guys from opposite ends of the tracks, one chalk, one cheese, finding that living in the same apartment as room-mates actually brings them closer together personality wise. And then, just as they're getting on real smooth and groovy, Captain Kathy, the landlord, has to ruin their parade and kick them out of their home, sending them back into their respective worlds..... Tuvok to a comfy chair in an office block, Neelix back to washing dishes in the local greasy spoon. What a drag.
Maybe, during transport, the computer registered that their intended beam-down site was now in mid air and rerouted them to another location that was at the same elevation (thus putting them at the outskirts of town), but a glitch in the system didn't register the change fast enough for O'Brien to see the new location.
That or O'Brien was purposefully being a dick and beamed them outside the city limits so they'd have to walk the rest of the way--after all in "Defiant" there seemed to have been something Riker and O'Brien had fallen out about, maybe this was a prank that Riker never let go of.
That or O'Brien was purposefully being a dick and beamed them outside the city limits so they'd have to walk the rest of the way--after all in "Defiant" there seemed to have been something Riker and O'Brien had fallen out about, maybe this was a prank that Riker never let go of.
Maybe he never forgave O'Brien for this incident, thats why he's mad at him in DS9?
I believe the actual explanation is that Riker did not want O'Brien getting too close to him as he'd be able to figure out that he was Thomas and not Will. The others didn't know him well enough.
If we go by what we see of the Borg Scooping in Star Trek - Boldly Go #2, the Borg seem to take building after building instead of whole settlements at once.
In this case, there seems to be nothing wrong with the transporter coordinates, as the crater could have been just where a big building was standing.
In this case, there seems to be nothing wrong with the transporter coordinates, as the crater could have been just where a big building was standing.
One thing I noticed when I rewatched it last weekend, is that Riker's future is left surprisingly open-ended at story's end. He tells Shelby that his plans and career are his own business, but doesn't overtly confirm he's staying on Enterprise, and he leaves the room still with the four pips of a Captain. But in the next episode he's back to three and safely ensconced back in the first officer role. My nitpick, I guess, is more with "Family" not taking an opportunity to explain his staying around, let alone his reduction in rank.
I just noticed something while watching part 1 today. Picard is touring the ship not long before he is abducted. He rides down the little elevator in engineering (where you can see his shoes) and eventually ends up in 10 Forward where he talks to Guinan. I can't show a picture of it because I watched it on Netflix but right as Picard is about to walk through the wooden doors of 10 Forward you can see his feet and instead of his regular shoes it looks like he is wearing brown slippers.
He must have stopped by his quarters for a nap while he was dictating his log.
He must have stopped by his quarters for a nap while he was dictating his log.
Riker never forgave O'Brien for selling Keiko away from him.
That was something I noticed right away but was easy to ignore because of the sheer coolness of the teaser.
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bear with me here
picture the scene
riker and co have beamed down to jouret 4 new providence colony
with plants and styrofoam rocks behind them riker calls up to space Irish
to confirm accuracy of the beam down site
(must think obrien is on the sauce)
after telling him he should be in the centre of town
we look out on to a big ass crater
which our heroes are standing on the edge of.
so if theyre in the centre of town and the crater is ahead of them
why isnt the rest of the town behind them?
didnt q who have an borg attacked/assimilated planet missing all towns and cities leaving behind craters
not just half a town?
god i need a life
No it's there, but the very next scene it's not.
Before the commercial break.
Almost immediately after the break.
It's not a nit pick, just a change in the camera angle.
Before the commercial break.
Almost immediately after the break.
It's not a nit pick, just a change in the camera angle.
Cool thread I love nerd stuff
I always thought at the end when Riker didn't want to stop the Borg feedback to keep the ship from exploding was his attempt to kill Picard and keep command of the Enterprise. The crew gave several good reasons to stop it, but he just said "I don't think so" knowing there was a serious risk to Picard.
Also, at Wolf 359, they said there were no life signs, but the DS9 pilot showed that was not the case. Of course, that came later, but even at the time BOBW II aired it seemed odd that there was no one left alive when a lot of the ships were still at least partially intact.
Also, at Wolf 359, they said there were no life signs, but the DS9 pilot showed that was not the case. Of course, that came later, but even at the time BOBW II aired it seemed odd that there was no one left alive when a lot of the ships were still at least partially intact.
Not in retrospect. The Borg assimilate: naturally any surviving ships would be empty. And conversely, any surviving people would be elsewhere, outside the reach of sensors that can detect them and expose them to assimilation.
Indeed, the mystery of why there would be semi-intact wrecks rather than mere fireballs-to-dustclouds is easily explained in retrospect by the assimilation thing: the Borg would have uses for semi-intact ships or at least their innards, be they crew or technological goodies.
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Indeed, the mystery of why there would be semi-intact wrecks rather than mere fireballs-to-dustclouds is easily explained in retrospect by the assimilation thing: the Borg would have uses for semi-intact ships or at least their innards, be they crew or technological goodies.
Timo Saloniemi