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Why would Romulan and Vulcan have anything in common??? Because a couple of millennia before they lived on the same planet? I mean we live on the same planet as the Japanese. How much do English and Japanese sound alike???
For the same reason 23rd/24rd century humans in Star Trek largely share the (often antiquated, even by today's standards) opinions, mores, mannerism, (slightly modified) fashions and language of humans from the 1960s/1980s
 
For the same reason 23rd/24rd century humans in Star Trek largely share the (often antiquated, even by today's standards) opinions, mores, mannerism, (slightly modified) fashions and language of humans from the 1960s/1980s

Remember Buck Rogers? People 500 years in the future didn't know the meaning of any swear words... Yeah, like that's plausible.:lol:
 
Remember Buck Rogers? People 500 years in the future didn't know the meaning of any swear words... Yeah, like that's plausible.:lol:
I have never seen Buck Rogers.
A lot of swearwords are slang, and slang changes pretty quickly. In 500 years time people likely have developed a whole new vocabulary of swear words.
 
I have never seen Buck Rogers.
A lot of swearwords are slang, and slang changes pretty quickly. In 500 years time people likely have developed a whole new vocabulary of swear words.

The thing is that they didn't have any slang or swear words of their own for that matter. That's what made it funny.
 
Why would Romulan and Vulcan have anything in common??? Because a couple of millennia before they lived on the same planet? I mean we live on the same planet as the Japanese. How much do English and Japanese sound alike???
Welcome to Star Trek, where Vulcans speak Vulcan, Romulans speak Romulan and Humans don't speak Human
 
Why would Romulan and Vulcan have anything in common??? Because a couple of millennia before they lived on the same planet? I mean we live on the same planet as the Japanese. How much do English and Japanese sound alike???
They both evolved from the same monoculture. Apparently there was a single planet wide language when the Romulans left.
 
A live-action Star Trek series in 1973-1974 would've been awesome because of how dated it would've been. The '70s kind of dated. It's the best kind of dated. :devil:

Bring on the bell-bottoms, chest hair, medallions, afros, and leisure suit dress uniforms. When the ship goes to red alert, a disco ball flashes red around.
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Controversial Opinion: I stopped watching VOY in 1999 (no that's not the controversial part, I'm getting to it) and never saw "Spirit Folk". But, I was aware of the reputation and anyone who was on TrekBBS in 1999 and 2000 remembers the infamous thread titled "Spirit Folk! Crap! Crap! Crap!" That was literally the name of the thread title. If you registered after 2000, maybe you might have heard of it through reputation.

"Spirit Folk" also developed a reputation. An infamous one. In 2008, I re-watched VOY from start to finish, watching the last two seasons for the first time. When I got to "Spirit Folk", I have to say...

... it didn't live up to (or should I say down to?) its reputation. Don't misunderstand me. It's not a good episode. But I was expecting "The worst of the worst of the worst! THE WORST EVAR!!!!" And it didn't quite get there for me. It's bad but it's not unwatchable. So I "only" rate it a 3 out of 10.

"Threshold" it's not.

Hahaaaaa oh jeez. Russel Christensen's Spirit Folk Crap! Crap! ... thread. Classic.

I think that thread put me off ever watching the episode proper. :lol:
 
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I can't see that image without thinking of SF Debris Joke:
They've clearly gone out of their way with all the stuff to not have that sixties era feel to it. Instead, be a timeless piece that— (McCoy shows up on the transporter)What the hell? (disco music plays) I'm not sure, this might be Grizzly Adams, and he seems to have the headpiece to the staff of Ra around his neck."
 
It's been many years and I don't do it often but each time I think seriously of the interplanetary breeding it makes me laugh to no end. You'd have better luck getting a lizard to mate with a cow!!!
 
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"Just a moment Captain, sir! Let me explain! Your revered Admiral Nogura used a little known, seldom used Reserve Activation Clause. In simpler language, Captain, they drafted me!"

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And traveling at light speed would cause time dilatation effects.

You know it's funny because in the 1950's most sci. fi. writers didn't understand squat about Einstien's Relativity so they thought that light speed was something like the sound barrier, you just had to move past it (by a few engine modifications maybe ) and then you could go as fast as you wanted without any time effects...
 
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