Lines (or moments) you expected that didn't happen
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I agree. But there's another sequence in another episode that even tops this, in my estimation. It's that sequence in which they get themselves (semi-)assimilated almost casually in Unimatrix Zero. That, more clearly than any other story arc, signaled to me that the Voyager writers wouldn't treat the Borg threat with the appropriate respect anymore.
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In one of the early Enterprise: Rise of the Federation novels, an Andorian official booms from the bridge view screen is about to say "pink skin" but stumbles when he addresses Commander Mayweather.
Yeah that was similar. Not quite as bad in my opinion, since I imagine that the planet, human as it was, probably had a rather alien culture to many of the crew members of Voyager and was rather isolated. Though it wouldn't have hurt to show like a dozen people or so staying behind.
Plot twist: Androian uses the same word for both brown and pink. Not as strange as you might expect, historically many languages have lacked (or still lack) precise words for many colours.
For example when the Vikings encountered African/Africa-descended people for the first time they called them "Blue Men" because their language lacked a word for brown at that point.
But yeah, outside of this little fanwank I just wrote, the slur never made sense and was rather ill-conceived.
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The only difference between the smaller ships of the defense perimeter and the larger ships at Wolf359 is the larger ships left wreckage.
Whene given the oppertunity to kill the child of Duras, it would have been a more Klingon move if Worf had killed him. It would have made a statement that Worf down inside was a Klingon, and fundamentially different than his fellow Starfleet officers.
Or he could have channeled Karl Urban in the movie Dredd.
"I'm James T. Kirk...who the hell are you?"
"I am the law."
If Andorian eyes see in different frequences (maybe infrared?), all Humans might have pink skin. Vulcans with their higher body temp could all have red skin.
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I was kind of hoping Sito would show up on DS9 at some point.
The one line we all secretly wanted Scott Bakula to say on Enterprise...
"Oh boy."
+1 if he said it during the episode with Dean Stockwell.
"Oh boy."
+1 if he said it during the episode with Dean Stockwell.
I thought that would have been the perfect way to end the first season finale. Archer and Daniels looking out at the ruins of Earth with Daniels saying "this is the 31st century Captain, but it's gone. Everything's gone." Archer then responds "oh boy."
I posted this in another thread but IMHO it bears repeating here. I half expected a scene like this to appear in STID after Admiral Marcus' death. It takes place in Carol Marcus' quarters on the Enterprise.
(Door chime)
CAROL: Come in.
(Kirk enters. Carol stands up.)
CAROL: Captain?
KIRK: At ease, Lieutenant. I have a message for you. I don't know what's on it, but it was sent by automated courier an hour ago - for your eyes only. I wanted to deliver it in person.
CAROL: Thank you, Captain.
(Kirk hands Carol a data clip and leaves)
CAROL: Computer, please play back message on this clip. Authorization: Marcus, Carol; eight six seven, five three, zero nine.
(Admiral Alex Marcus - Carol's father - appears on the viewer. Carol is understandably shocked)
MARCUS: Hello, Carol. If you're seeing this, then I must be dead. And knowing my line of work, I probably did not die well. I won't give you a long-winded speech about why Section 31 exists, or anything like that...I can only tell you that I do what I do, because it means the Federation will survive. That YOU will survive. My involvement in Section 31 has probably come out at this point. And you will surely hate me for the rest of your life for what I have done. It breaks my heart that this has to happen...but even if you hate me, at least you'll still be alive. And I think it's worth the risk.
(long pause)
MARCUS: Goodbye, Carol.
(message ends)
CAROL: (choking back tears) You're wrong, Daddy...I still love you...
(Door chime)
CAROL: Come in.
(Kirk enters. Carol stands up.)
CAROL: Captain?
KIRK: At ease, Lieutenant. I have a message for you. I don't know what's on it, but it was sent by automated courier an hour ago - for your eyes only. I wanted to deliver it in person.
CAROL: Thank you, Captain.
(Kirk hands Carol a data clip and leaves)
CAROL: Computer, please play back message on this clip. Authorization: Marcus, Carol; eight six seven, five three, zero nine.
(Admiral Alex Marcus - Carol's father - appears on the viewer. Carol is understandably shocked)
MARCUS: Hello, Carol. If you're seeing this, then I must be dead. And knowing my line of work, I probably did not die well. I won't give you a long-winded speech about why Section 31 exists, or anything like that...I can only tell you that I do what I do, because it means the Federation will survive. That YOU will survive. My involvement in Section 31 has probably come out at this point. And you will surely hate me for the rest of your life for what I have done. It breaks my heart that this has to happen...but even if you hate me, at least you'll still be alive. And I think it's worth the risk.
(long pause)
MARCUS: Goodbye, Carol.
(message ends)
CAROL: (choking back tears) You're wrong, Daddy...I still love you...
Oh, in light of that, I wish Star Trek '09 had had a post-credits ending with a Starfleet vessel coming across the derelict Botany Bay drifting through space. No voice narration, maybe not even music, just the ship's name coming into view as it spins toward the light, and then end it there.
^ I can't be the only one curious as to what, specifically, about the 2233 timeline divergence made it so that Section 31 (as opposed to the Enterprise) would be the first to stumble across the Botany Bay...
Khan explains it in the brig:
But as a result of the destruction of Vulcan, your Starfleet began to aggressively search distant quadrants of space...
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