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Spoilers Star Trek: Lower Decks 5x09 - "Fissure Quest"

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The thing is with Vader's slaughter in Rogue One is that you've got a bunch of rebel soldiers with no force abilities, that are little more than gun fodder in the grand scheme of things. Easily to slice and dice.

Vader vs Obi-Wan was way more about swordsmanship between two experts and testing your opponent's weak spots. There's a lot of cutting and parrying to try and get the advantage. It feels more like a real sword fight with all the point work, but I guess it just isn't that spectacular looking.

Anyway, sorry, Star Trek..:vulcan:
Except an hour or so after the events of Rogue One where Vader can't be arsed to slice and dice another bunch of Rebel soldiers and sends his stormtroopers in instead? Sorry, final word on the subject
 
Lower Decks is actually pretty good about character promotions... except when they can make a joke about it. I won't pretend that I liked the fact that barring the appearance of "our" Harry in the finale, his canonical rank is permanently locked at ensign... but I guess I'm not surprised.

He was still recognizable.

That's because we have new bombs now. I'll bet if someone used that word that rhymes with "trigger", or that other word that rhymes with "maggot", you'd be calling for them to be banned just like everyone else.

In the 19th century, it was the dreaded "big big D". In the 20th, it was the F-bomb. And in the 21st, it's hate speech. But Deplorable Words are forever.
Nonsense.
The word fuck doesn't demean or other anyone. The words you mention attack certain groups.

Absolutely no comparison between a "bad" word and an insulting one.
 
Fantastic episode in an otherwise bit too exciting season. I totally share William’s scorn with multiverses and love how they built and made me care about t’pol’s and curzon’s friendship in so little time. Easily a 9, waiting for the finale. I’ll miss this show.
Was commenting to a friend on how dropping in on the Anaximander felt like we were seeing an episode of Star Trek: Anaximander. Part of that is due to the crew being made of familiar characters and the dialog exchanges that gave us backstory. So credit to the writers.
 
I can tell that this episode's really got people caring about the series again, as the poll has just hit 100 votes. That's the average that an episode would get in previous seasons, and double what they've been getting this year.
 
I can tell that this episode's really got people caring about the series again, as the poll has just hit 100 votes. That's the average that an episode would get in previous seasons, and double what they've been getting this year.
Up until now I enjoyed Starbase 80 and possibly Fully Dilated, but I didnt feel super engaged. Fanwank and nostalgia really does get fans talking.
 
Was commenting to a friend on how dropping in on the Anaximander felt like we were seeing an episode of Star Trek: Anaximander. Part of that is due to the crew being made of familiar characters and the dialog exchanges that gave us backstory. So credit to the writers.
Ooooo could this serve as a backdoor pilot, in theory? To replace what we're losing with Lower Decks.
 
Absolutely no comparison between a "bad" word and an insulting one.
Except both were considered to be the worst type of obscenity at various times. I'm sure that in the 20th century, there was a rationale for the F-word, and the D-word 100 years earlier than that.
I dunno about that one. Lt. Kim turned out to be a bad guy while all the Ensign Kims were the good guys. Sounds like this episode provided justification for why Harry was never promoted.
I still see it as a simultaneous effort to feature Garrett Wang, while staving off both the people who wanted justice for Kim, and the people who reveled in Janeway's capriciously ruining his career. Plus (barring "our" Harry showing up in the finale), if PRO beats the odds and gets a third season, they can still use Harry as they intended to.
You know you want to see a "Live-Action" CG Moopsy eat some poor sod.
Moopsy doesn't eat you, it drinks your bones.
 
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...and THAT is why Harry Kim never got promoted, and the multiverse destroys all the ones who do (this one included)

#JanewayWasRight
 
I don't care, this episode was awesome and got a solid 10 from me. It was nostalgia done right, it fit the story, it was engaging and freaking hilarious.
I legit fell on the floor laughing when they said most of the crew were rescued Kim's and they are all still ensigns. I sounded like a maniac!

And of course poor Bradword at the end :D
 
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