Worst/dumbest TNG props?

[TechnoGoose]

I was watching S6E15 "Tapestry" the other day and that stupid pool table looking thing they play with the Nausicaan, has been living rent free in my head ever since. It got me thinking, what are some other absolutely stupid or terrible props that they use in TNG? Bonus points if it's more obscure/hidden

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[Artoo Atari]

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[Qonundrum]

Does the propping up of hair count? If so,

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surely qualifies as much as anything else?

If not, "Symbiosis", "Evolution", "Power Play", and a few others, had a couple examples of items that, once recognized for what they are in real life, makes it admittedly harder to overlook*. At least, for TOS, some things like bottles and exotic salt shakers could be concealed adequately. But engine parts, 35mm film canisters, camera tripod mounts, and other bits and pieces... not as often as such.

* on the flip side, if the actor makes you overlook it with their performance and sincerity of the scene, that says a LOT. After all, a Necco wafer by any other name is not "Romulan suicide pill".

 

[tomalak301]

That head thing Beverly was wearing in Lonely Among Us and the duster phaser from Conspiracy.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I've seen a picture of Beverly using a pregnancy test as a stylus for a tablet

 

[XCV330]

it wasn't dumb, but Livingston deserved a bigger aquarium.

 

[Lynx]

I don't think that the Dom-Jot table is stupid and neither is the bug in Dexters mouth.
I would like to have a Dom-Jot table at home!

"Play Dom-Jot, Human! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"


Not to mention that Tapestry is a great episode, one of the best of TNG. And so is also Conspiracy.

 

[XCV330]

I don't think that the Dom-Jot table is stupid and neither is the bug in Dexters mouth.
I would like to have a Dom-Jot table at home!

"Play Dom-Jot, Human! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"


Not to mention that Tapestry is a great episode, one of the best of TNG. And so is also Conspiracy.

Dom-Jot just looked like slightly more complicated bumper pool to me. It looked like fun.

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I tried to make the conspiracy scene a little more thrilling a few years ago.. (turn speakers down at work)

 

[carcinoGeneticist]

I don't know what episode it was from, but a weird pink disc of jello was given to Picard to eat by some aliens in an episode. I know it looked like that for a reason but I thought it was pretty silly looking

 

[Artoo Atari]

I don't know what episode it was from, but a weird pink disc of jello was given to Picard to eat by some aliens in an episode. I know it looked like that for a reason but I thought it was pretty silly looking

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"What is it?"
"I don't know. I found it in the urinal."

 

[JoseNoodles]

Riker seems to like it.

 

[Artoo Atari]

Riker seems to like it.

I was actually looking for that one! Nice find!

 

[Lynx]

Dom-Jot just looked like slightly more complicated bumper pool to me. It looked like fun.

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I tried to make the conspiracy scene a little more thrilling a few years ago.. (turn speakers down at work)

Sorry, it didn't really work for me since I don't like this kind of music. It just got annoying.
But the scene itself is actually good.

In fact, when i watched Conspiracy and The Neutral Zone, I stared to feel that TNG was on its right way and that this series could become real good.

And yes, Dom-Jot looks fun!

 

[Michael]

That head thing Beverly was wearing in Lonely Among Us […]

That’s the one I immediately thought of. Looks pretty silly indeed …

And while I liked the idea of the Strategema game in “Perk Performance”, those finger plugs always looked a little stupid to me. Also, what the hell kinda shirt is that guy wearing in the background?

From later in the show I always thought that remote controlled toy from “Rascals” was really ugly and totally unbelievable as a futuristic 24th century toy. Why is it so big and bulky?

 

[FredH]

Well, there were those surgical uniforms (was is it in “Ethics”?) where the face is the only part of a surgeon that isn’t covered.

 

[Mojochi]

That thoroughly underwhelming aqueduct that Gosheven will not STFU about in Ensigns of Command. It's only slightly less pathetic than the ship's arboretum

 

[Riley]

The dustbuster phasers are hideous.

 

[Gepard]

Alexander's Radio Shack Spell N' Math learning toy with floppy drive doors glued to it stuck out to me even as a kid.

 

[YouAreDooomed]

If they had covered the controls and used those real-world "Pair Match" pyramids as purely decorative articles, it would be all right.
You can see people playing with them a few times.

 

[Michael]

If they had covered the controls and used those real-world "Pair Match" pyramids as purely decorative articles, it would be all right.
You can see people playing with them a few times.

Are they a stupid prop, though? I always thought they looked pretty futuristic. And certainly the real game they are is ubiquitous enough to not be recognized by the majority of viewers, no?

Alexander's Radio Shack Spell N' Math learning toy with floppy drive doors glued to it stuck out to me even as a kid.

Oh my god, yes! This one looked pretty stupid. I mean, wasn‘t this when the Game Boy was already out? Why would kids play with a handheld console ten times as chunky in the 24th century? Better graphics?