Little things that irk you

[Marie1]

I remember this one time when they forgot to put the Cardassian skin makeup on Damar's hands. Maybe it was Garak. Either way, it haunts me to this day - HEW-MON HANDS!

Oh, they've done that more than once--at least when it comes to the palms, though that may just be that it fades a bit when they're not on the set. (I mean, they've got to eat!) But I could've sworn I saw it once more blatantly than that.

On that note- I've caught that at least twice as I've procrastinated by watching DS9 over the last few days. Notably, that 2 or 3rd season episode with the Cardassian woman... ummm... the one that had the thing with Quark? I forget her name... and also the ep when Damar's resistance tries to steal the Breen weapon...

(realizes she's a dork...)

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

I remember this one time when they forgot to put the Cardassian skin makeup on Damar's hands. Maybe it was Garak. Either way, it haunts me to this day - HEW-MON HANDS!

Oh, they've done that more than once--at least when it comes to the palms, though that may just be that it fades a bit when they're not on the set. (I mean, they've got to eat!) But I could've sworn I saw it once more blatantly than that.

On that note- I've caught that at least twice as I've procrastinated by watching DS9 over the last few days. Notably, that 2 or 3rd season episode with the Cardassian woman... ummm... the one that had the thing with Quark? I forget her name... and also the ep when Damar's resistance tries to steal the Breen weapon...

(realizes she's a dork...)

That would be Natima Lang. And apparently that was the LEAST of their problems during the shoot for that episode--the makeup on her lips and Armin Shimmerman's kept rubbing off when they'd shoot the kissing scene.m

 

[Marie1]

Right! Lang! Thanks... and I read about her in the DS9R! Gotta do something about my mind...

Haha! Thats funny... I'd imagine thats a usual problem... Ahhh, lipstick... that reminds me of a lipstick they claimed once wouldn't rub off, and would "come back" if you squeezed your lips together... they don't make it anymore, as obviously the idea was insane. I wonder if Hollywood has found a better lipstick... They probably just reapply...

 

[T'Cal]

When Data, an otherwise great character, fails to recognize common phrases despite having been sensient for decades and in the company of humans for the vast majority of that time. Not to mention the fact that these phrases are ones he could access from his own memory almost instantaneously. The worst was the "raincheck" remark in ENT's TATV. This will likely be the last time that character is ever heard or seen on TV or in a movie and this poorly written scene is his swansong. Pity.

 

[Anticitizen]

Yep, that always bugged me too. They make him out to be an idiot. Like when he's asking about the definition of humor in Generations. You'd think he had read enough about the subject to at least be able to emulate it.

 

[casey]

Remember 'The Galileo Seven' and 'Journey to Babel,' for instance, wherein Spock was alienated because of cold, inhuman decisions he made out of logic that were contrary to emotional human values?

This is why I really liked "Redemption" with Data in command. It reminded me of "The Gallileo Seven."

 

[Navaros]

It irks me when characters are holding PADDs and discussing the contents of them yet it never bothers to show the viewer the contents of the PADDs on-screen. I need to see for myself what's on the PADD, not have my knowledge of the content filtered through their limited words about it.

 

[Marie1]

One time we did! Bashir was talking to a woman when Dax walked over- and didn't take a hint. So Bashir gave her "that pad she wanted" and all it said was "Go Away!"

I imagine they usually don't want to print off those stickers for them, or go through the trouble of animating them properly... and sometimes they seem awkward- like the pda-type ones with the all the letters at the bottom and you have to punch the letters with that pen? Thats just too time consuming to write a book like Jake does! Can you imagine writing a paper like that? Ugh...

 

[Angel Ruse]

I can't remember which episode it was, but it was early on. He said something about the colors of the French flag - blue white and red, being more appropriate than red, white and blue. I just always found that line he said annoying, I mean how silly.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

The Last Outpost, I believe. I thought his whole monologue there was bizarrely out of place. Then again, it was season one of TNG so they were still trying to figure out what worked (and Picard being French wasn't one of them).

 

[JoeZhang]

The odd thing about the combadges/tracking thing - is that it seems to be a rare exception than an area has CCTV. I would think that the brig, the armoury etc would have them and they'd be monitored 24/7.

 

[JoeZhang]

When Data, an otherwise great character, fails to recognize common phrases despite having been sensient for decades and in the company of humans for the vast majority of that time. Not to mention the fact that these phrases are ones he could access from his own memory almost instantaneously. The worst was the "raincheck" remark in ENT's TATV. This will likely be the last time that character is ever heard or seen on TV or in a movie and this poorly written scene is his swansong. Pity.

Data is like the flash in that his "powers" never work like that should do. Flash comics should consist of two panels - flash finding out about a crime and flash tying up criminals but of course they don't.

The same applies to data - we see situations where someone pulls a gun on data and it's just plain silly - he's capable of billions of operations a second, are we really expected to believe that those people draw too quick for him to a) notice and b) do something about it?

 

[jamestyler]

Yep, that always bugged me too. They make him out to be an idiot. Like when he's asking about the definition of humor in Generations. You'd think he had read enough about the subject to at least be able to emulate it.

I think that ones forgivable. They had him try to understand comedy in season 2 (or later?) but he just didn't get it. To me it was something he could study but never understand without the feeling/emotion behind it.

The thing that always bugs me is commbadge usage. It's an easy process. Tap the commbadge and call someone. They'll tap theirs and you have a one to one link. Then each taps to close the channel. Yet smetimes they don't even bother with it and expect the computer, or at times the communicator, to listen in and do all the work for them. It just seems like lazy directing to me.

That and doors that open only when the script tells them to, regardless of how close someone is to them

 

[NCC1968]

DR. POLASKI........drives me NUTS - even her(actress) episode in TOS bugs me.

 

[roguephoenix]

the borg and Q. everything about how they are and how they do things. they're not doing what they are able. they're just there to act like idiots.

 

[Thirishar]

In The Best of Both Worlds when the Borg ship wipes out an entire fleet of star ships but is unable to prevent itself from being raped by the Enterprise crew.

 

[c0rnedfr0g]

it irked me how "The Voyager" never sounded right when they referred to that ship in S1. Later they just called her 'Voyager' but other ships had the 'the'

The Enterprise
The Defiant

ex: Hurry! We need to get onboard the Defiant!
sounds ok

Hurry! We need to get onboard the Voyager!
sounds awkward. better as
Hurry! We need to get onboard Voyager!

See what I mean?

 

[c0rnedfr0g]

That and doors that open only when the script tells them to, regardless of how close someone is to them

the doors probably had a front-facing sensor, like it knew when you were facing it.

What irked me is Voyager's EMH's commbadge. Was that thing real or holographic? We see the EMH emerge from the mobile emitter with the combadge, but sometimes he takes it off.

 

[witchbsword]

The medical aspects.
Docs/nurses/medics don't look at the patient; they just wave around a little doo-dad and know everything that's wrong. I have high hopes for medical technology in the future, but really? The human body is a very complex machine, but it's individualized and not everyone reacts the same way. I'm in the medical profession but I don't know- maybe someone who knows ST better can explain it to me.
Not too mention the beds look damned uncomfortable.

 

[c0rnedfr0g]

the 24th century rule that you must wait until your shields are down to at least 20% before you quit trying to hail and just fire upon an attacking vessel (I'm looking at you, Janeway)

All the time travel that makes no sense

Quick 'reset' button at the end of episodes

Plot elements that are introduced then dropped

The shunning of most of Voyager's supporting cast once Seven joined

Endgame -- we never saw any scenes on Earth once Voyager arrived

Data's portrayal in INS and NEM -- "and have you noticed that your boobs have started to firm up? Not that we care about such things...." and in NEM in general he seems very S1 (way to do your research Baird)

ENT playing fast and loose with canon