Is This Video Canon??

[Ro_Laren]

Here is a clip of an episode that showed what Guinan was doing on Earth in the late 20th Century. Do you think it is considered canon?

 

[AdmiralGarak]

It's every bit as canonical as the Riker infomercial.

 

[Cranston]

Ha -- I remember that from its original airing. Not bad for this sort of thing; I actually laughed at "Hoo-pye".

 

[greenmystik]

That's not as horrible as the Riker schtick. I wonder how much it cost to get that whole thing together. Hell I'm surprised Paramount let them do the whole thing.

 

[WalkinMan]

Pretty nice! Seems like a lost episode of TNG to me, although I would best fit it within "Time's Arrow" somehow.

Canon!

 

[Green Shirt]

I don't think these spots are any more canon than the Flintstones Winston Cigarette commercials.

 

[Kegek]

It is completely 100% canon and should be included in Memory Alpha; as should this.

 

[Broccoli]

that was pretty clever.

 

[The Old Mixer]

greenmystik said:
That's not as horrible as the Riker schtick. I wonder how much it cost to get that whole thing together. Hell I'm surprised Paramount let them do the whole thing.

Would it have been that big a deal when the show was in active production? They probably just shot it alongside whatever episode they were working on at the time.

 

[greenmystik]

Good point.

 

[Mallory]

It's still surprising though. I can understand the skit for Comic Relief. That's a charitable contribution. But the Riker infomercial is just a plain sell-out. That one always bothered me.

 

[Kegek]

Mallory said:
It's still surprising though. I can understand the skit for Comic Relief. That's a charitable contribution. But the Riker infomercial is just a plain sell-out. That one always bothered me.

What is your ethical opinion of this? To be fair to Riker, selling out predates TNG.

Incidentally, the ad I just linked is also 100% canon.

 

[Mallory]

It's not an ethical issue, simply my personal opinion. I've never been particularly fond of selling out.

 

[Kegek]

Mallory said:
It's not an ethical issue, simply my personal opinion. I've never been particularly fond of selling out.

In my opinion, it depends on the brand. Batman drinking Diet Coke is cool, for example.

And hell, if Francis Ford Coppola and Akira Kurosawa can advertise for wine, who are we to judge a far more blatantly commerical enterprise?

 

[The Old Mixer]

How about Batman using OnStar? Yeah, let's put a commercial device in the Batmobile that lets people he doesn't know track it back to the Batcave via satellite...that's a great idea.

 

[Kegek]

The Old Mixer said:
How about Batman using OnStar? Yeah, let's put a commercial device in the Batmobile that lets people he doesn't know track it back to the Batcave via satellite...that's a great idea.

Yeah, that's not cool.

But Diet Coke? That is such a Batman drink. I should know, I drink it. That's exactly one thing I have in common with Bruce Wayne.

To keep this kinda-sorta Trek related: "Miri". Episode has cars of certain popular Earth brands in the background. Gave TOS a lot of money that made some more expensive episodes possible. Opinions?

 

[The Old Mixer]

^If that's true, it's subtle enough. Watching it years later, I never realized they were plugging cars.

 

[mythme]

Now THAT'S the kinda stuff they should have included as bonus material on the DVDs!!!

 

[Kegek]

Here is more canonical material:

Picard sings the alphabet.

They should reference this in the new movie.