^ Yeah, I thought of that, too. It's just that replicator food isn't so obviously repulsive. (You have a typo in the film title, though, an extra "Y".)
'That replicated rubbish'
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Sad thing is some brilliant fellow invented a machine that can make food, water, clothes, precious gems and metals out of thin air. This guy or gal single handedly ended world hunger, poverty and want for anything any human would need.
And true to form what do humans in Trek usually do in the presence of the amazing god like machine? Bitch and moan that it's not good enough.
Ahhh... humanity.
And true to form what do humans in Trek usually do in the presence of the amazing god like machine? Bitch and moan that it's not good enough.
Ahhh... humanity.
What do parents say now to get the kids to eat their replicated food when "children are starving in Africa" doesn't cut it?
"No holodeck unless you finish your greens."
I'd eat a freaking forest to get into a holodeck.
"The war orphans on Bajor would love to have a replicator."
Sad thing is some brilliant fellow invented a machine that can make food, water, clothes, precious gems and metals out of thin air. This guy or gal single handedly ended world hunger, poverty and want for anything any human would need.
And true to form what do humans in Trek usually do in the presence of the amazing god like machine? Bitch and moan that it's not good enough.
Ahhh... humanity.
Ain't that the truth. Well said.
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When you're able to manipulate matter at the molecular level, you have the opportunity to make an exact copy, of both organic and inorganic material. There shouldn't be any "weird taste" at all. Dr. Brundle just hadn't perfected it yet. Diana Troy and others certainly didn't seem to find any problem with replicated food. It was only the occasional curmudgeon who'd complain, probably from a psychological influence rather than actual sensory feedback from the taste buds.
I still think it would come down to imagination. You wouldn't want your steak to taste exactly the same each time. Still excellent, but with subtle variations.
I still think it would come down to imagination. You wouldn't want your steak to taste exactly the same each time. Still excellent, but with subtle variations.
Deanna did seem to enjoy her chocolate, but even she commented on the difference between replicated chocolate and authentic chocolate.
Beyond the complaints, something that is missing is the compliments. People do comment (positive and negative) about the food that they are eating. This smells good, this taste good. These comments are absent.
The people on the show simply don't have anything nice to say about what they are eating at the time. They shovel it in, and choke it back.
Where's the yummy sound?
On television food is often not even eaten! It appears, everyone expresses pleasure at the sight of it, then red alert sounds.
The worst of that was when Barclay went out of his way to give Troi chocolate ice cream when she visited him on earth in Voyager. She was very pleased, she put it on the table, she chatted to Barclay and then she left. Never even touched it.
The worst of that was when Barclay went out of his way to give Troi chocolate ice cream when she visited him on earth in Voyager. She was very pleased, she put it on the table, she chatted to Barclay and then she left. Never even touched it.
Beyond "it's not like mother used to make," there is an aspect to it that is (in some way) off. Not a psychologically prejudice, but the actual taste and texture as it moves over your tongue.
I can attest to and agree with this. My grandma used to make amazing eggsalad sandwiches. She used sandwich spread instead of mayo, but no matter what I try NOBODY has been able to reproduce the taste of those sandwiches like she used to make them. She's been gone fourteen years in November, but I can still taste those sandwiches in my memory. My dad tells me he can remember how she used to make amazing hamburgers when he was a kid and nobody can reproduce them either.
But that aside, I think it'd be fun to go up to a machine and say "grilled cheese sandwich, slightly burnt with gooey cheese" and have it made just how I like them. Somehow, I have a knack for making great grilled cheese sandwiches, and that's the only thing I can cook! LOL
(And no, a grilled cheese sandwich is not "slightly toasted bread" with cold cheese in the middle. Anybody who makes grilled cheese sandwiches that way must be abruptly and swiftly smacked upside the head. It's not a proper sandwich unless the bread is burnt a bit and the cheese is oozing out!)
What kind of bread?
Perhaps the problem of getting the exact same dish over and over again can be resolved. Assuming there's plenty of computer memory to store all of the food patterns. You could have not just one version of a popular well-prepared dish stored in the replicator system. You could have a hundred or up to a thousand slightly different versions of the same dish stored, maybe prepared by a hundred different chefs, that are dispensed at random. You could order spaghetti and meatballs every day for a year and never get the exact same dish twice.
