Nemesis Question

[darkshadow0001]

Ok, in the infamous wedding scene, Worf looks drunk and says "Romulan Ale is Illegal." Question is, it looks as though if he were drinking champaign... isn't Romulan Ale blue? Because I thought in Star Trek VI when Kirk & crew were eating with the Klingons, and drinking Romulan Ale (at least I thought it was that) and it was blue. So what color is Romulan Ale actually?

 

[cardinal biggles]

Romulan ale is blue. Perhaps he got shitfaced on the stuff at Riker's bachelor party?

 

[Good Will Riker]

It is obvious that Stuart Baird didn't do his homework.

It was oblivious to him as a director and those finer details flew over his head and he simply did not care.

He wanted to make his own movie, irregardless of the fact that TNG has 15 years worth of established history behind it.

 

[darkshadow0001]

The movie wasn't that bad, it had a few continuity faults but I think it was a bit better then Insurrection. Movies change from shows/books anyways, TMP was a lot different then TOS. (Effect wise, anyways)

 

[Therin of Andor]

Ok, in the infamous wedding scene, Worf looks drunk and says "Romulan Ale is Illegal." Question is, it looks as though if he were drinking champaign... isn't Romulan Ale blue?

It was also blue in ST II.

But we have champagne in red, rose, yellow and white! I once won a bottle of "white wine" that boasted on its label that the wine had a green tint.

How come all Romulan Ale has to be blue?

 

[cardinal biggles]

For the same reason that everything about every Trek culture has to be homogenized.

 

[AJBryant]

I rather think the idea was that Worf had a hangover from the bachelor party -- where he consumed more Romulan Ale than he should have.

How hard is that to figure out?


Tony

 

[CaptainStoner]

I really would have liked to have seen some bits from the bachelor party.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

LOL! Riker's bachelor party...rated NC-17. "Debbie Does Vulcan!"

 

[CaptainStoner]

LOL! Riker's bachelor party...rated NC-17. "Debbie Does Vulcan!"

"Orion Girls Gone Wild"

 

[Guy Gardener]

Surely we all know that Romulan Ale has been legal since DS9 Season 7?

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Ah, yes.

 

[dave_R_treker]

Surely we all know that Romulan Ale has been legal since DS9 Season 7?

I was going to bring this point up, but it looks like you beat me to it.
Though there is something else that i would like to bring up, how strong is Romulan Ale? It has to be pretty strong for it to knock a Klingon on there butt. If Worf could polish off a few bottles of Klingon blood wine and only start to get drunk (DS9 episode-Image in the Sand for one example), then it must be strong stuff. And I'm sure Worf didn't really have more then anyone else.

 

[cardinal biggles]

The implication from TWOK and TUC is that it's very powerful stuff, hence its illegality.

 

[Timo]

...In which case it might make sense for the UFP Surgeon General to re-outlaw it immediately after the end of the war, now that there no longer was a pressing need to make the Romulan allies happy at formal dinners.

What I don't get is why Worf, of all people, would drink that stuff in the first place. I'd think he'd only drink Romulan bloodwine, in the hopes that it was made of the blood of Romulan babies. To Worf, the only good Romulan is a dead one - why would he ever endorse their products?

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Oso Blanco]

The implication from TWOK and TUC is that it's very powerful stuff, hence its illegality.

I think this is more like some kind of trade embargo.

 

[Omega Glory]

Probably. Romulan ale would seem like it would be hard to get. Considering where it's manufactured. And of course you'd want the real stuff. Not just the cheap Orion mock up.

 

[Rex Racer]

I really hoped that Baird would come in and refresh the franchise like Meyer did. Sadly, details like this are just one small reason why Baird failed.

 

[Kryton]

...In which case it might make sense for the UFP Surgeon General to re-outlaw it immediately after the end of the war, now that there no longer was a pressing need to make the Romulan allies happy at formal dinners.

And yet McCoy insisted HIS occasional case of the stuff was intended for "medicinal purposes only".

 

[Trekker4747]

I really hoped that Baird would come in and refresh the franchise like Meyer did. Sadly, details like this are just one small reason why Baird failed.

I don't think Baird has NEARLY the directoral talent to refresh a webrowser let alone a 40 year old franchise.