In the Mirror Universe, the twisted holodeck fantasies involve having nice picnics and snuggling with Teddy bears.
Sex 'n' violence in Discovery
- Thread starter F. King Daniel
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Berman-era Trek suffered from holo-addiction. It's better that Discovery not have a holodeck at all.
You monster!
In the Mirror Universe, aboard the ISS Kelvin, the Badass Captain Robau marches down a corridor with one pissed off look on his face. He pulls out his dagger and stabs a passing crewman in the gut for no reason other than because he is Badass Robau, this is his ship and he will treat his crew however he wants. Badass Robau reaches his destination, the new holographic rec room installed on their last visit to an Imperial Starbase. Stroking his goatee, he activated his desired program on the user interface and entered. Badass Robau entered the rec room and was deposited in the world of My Little Pony. "Well hello, Richard. Join us on our picnic at the base of the rainbow, for friendship is magic," the pony greeted him. Robau smiled. There were those in Starfleet, including officers in key positions aboard Kelvin like XO George Kirk who already though Robau was insane and close to a meltdown. If they knew he was voluntarily exposing himself to this nightmarish scenario on a daily basis he would be stripped of his command and commission and sent to a forced reconditioning facility where he would be turned into a mental vegetable and that's if he was lucky. Robau had no time for such worries, he needed to traumatize himself in order to be the most effective captain he could be, and if these sick nightmares right out of childhood horror stories helped him do that, than so be it. Badass Robau walked with the pony to the rainbow, eager to begin the picnic. Maybe the fluffy squirrel with the top hat would be there this time, the last time he visited Robau had been unable to sleep for weeks which gave him the edge necessary to defeat a mysterious Romulan monstrosity that appeared out of lightning storm in space shortly thereafter.
Absolutely. Holodecks should stay in the 24th century (and yes, rec decks as well, TAS people
) It wasn't a bad idea, but it just ended up being used for period piece silliness.
Maybe but even though Vulcan uniforms for everyone else are very plain, they don't look bad like T'Pol's. It looks like a carpet. And her eyebrows were not even Vulcan for the first two seasons. I just don't get why the relaunch books insist on photoshopping T'Pol's early pictures. They can't find one good shot from the last two seasons?
I don't think any of the relaunch novels have used T'Pol on the cover. Unless you're referring to the German versions?
Sorry to respond to such an old post, but I haven't been on the thread in a while. I was mainly just talking about DS9, Voy, and Ent., and really compared to other stuff on around the same time, like Buffy and BSG, the Treks always felt rather sanitized to me. Ent did try to get sex a few time, but it was mostly just stupid and unnecessary.
That's the one. And it's definitely not German.
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-En...F8&qid=1471878878&sr=8-1&keywords=romulan+war
Ah, I was only thinking of the recent Rise of the Federation series and forgot all about the Romulan War novels.
Yeah, those were the worst. Which reminds me, I should watch those episodes again. Um, in preparation for "Discovery" of course.
If they need a decon chamber, and if Fuller wants Discovery to be a bit more racy, perhaps they can use the TOS Gold Key version:
(They're saying "haha haha!" because it tickles. I edited it got a caption contest years ago)
(They're saying "haha haha!" because it tickles. I edited it got a caption contest years ago)
Gold Key was a pretty racy comic book company. 
Actually it was sometimes. They didn't subscribe to the Comics Code. Remember Leeja in Magnus, Robot Fighter?
Actually it was sometimes. They didn't subscribe to the Comics Code. Remember Leeja in Magnus, Robot Fighter?
Should stick with that version, helps set up competitive tickling jokes.
How do you think they finally got Reg off his holoaddiction?
Please elaborate...
I think the path of least resistance is likely going to be female nudity. I look forward to finally seeing nude Orion Slave Girls...LOL...
