WTF Moments

[Finn]

^ I'm pretty sure that's what happened although it has been a long time since I've seen TNG.

What makes you think they were in a cooridior? Were people trying to walk by them. If it was just the walls, well it probably because the designers happened to use the same stuff for the walls. And for the mirrors, have you been to a gym? They often have mirrors like that.

 

[6079SmithW]

^ I'm pretty sure that's what happened although it has been a long time since I've seen TNG.

What makes you think they were in a cooridior? Were people trying to walk by them. If it was just the walls, well it probably because the designers happened to use the same stuff for the walls. And for the mirrors, have you been to a gym? They often have mirrors like that.

I have just re-watched the scene on Youtube and it indeed appears that it is probably a gym. There are definitely two mirrors facing each other and Troi enters from the left off screen. If it were a corridor then it would be a T-junction but on second review the mirrors aren't blocking anything, they seem to be hung on the walls. I guess I got confused because, like you suggested, the designers kept the same stuff. Oh well.

 

[sbk1234]

Big WTF moment? In the Child, when Deanna gets impregnated by that alien life form. It's not that part that bothers me. Hey, it's sci-fi. Anything can happen. But in the briefing when Picard tells the senior staff, he says, "Counselor Troi is pregnant. She's going to have a baby." Nobody reacts until he says "She's going to have a baby." Look, I'm no doctor, but even I know what "Pregnant" means. These folks are Starfleet's finest. They have at least the equivalent of a Bachelor's Degree. Some were scientists. I really don't think they'd have to be explained the word "Pregnant."

 

[T'Girl]

^^^^^
Perhaps initially the staff thought Picard was referring to a important announcement on Troi's part
and that she was pregnant with anticipation of letting everyone know what it was.

 

[sbk1234]

^^^Yeah, no. I think that's stretching it a bit. LOL.

 

[Trekker4747]

Big WTF moment? In the Child, when Deanna gets impregnated by that alien life form. It's not that part that bothers me. Hey, it's sci-fi. Anything can happen. But in the briefing when Picard tells the senior staff, he says, "Counselor Troi is pregnant. She's going to have a baby." Nobody reacts until he says "She's going to have a baby." Look, I'm no doctor, but even I know what "Pregnant" means. These folks are Starfleet's finest. They have at least the equivalent of a Bachelor's Degree. Some were scientists. I really don't think they'd have to be explained the word "Pregnant."

Even odder, is usually when characters are "cabbage headed" like that it's done for the audience's benefit. Which is why often times in movies there's a "new to the situation" character who has to have things explained to him by the "experts" in order for the audience to understand. (see: Winston in "Ghostbusters.") So it wasn't so much Pulaski explaining what pregnant was to the characters she was more explaining that to the audience! Sit on that for a while.

 

[sbk1234]

Now I'm REALLY insulted!

 

[Lor'Vela]

Picard showing Tim Russ on how to do a Vulcan neck pinch in Starship Mine. How did Picard learn how to do that anyway?

 

[DonIago]

I believe that -was- after he mind-melded with Sarek...

 

[LitmusDragon]

I have just re-watched the scene on Youtube and it indeed appears that it is probably a gym. There are definitely two mirrors facing each other and Troi enters from the left off screen. If it were a corridor then it would be a T-junction but on second review the mirrors aren't blocking anything, they seem to be hung on the walls. I guess I got confused because, like you suggested, the designers kept the same stuff. Oh well.

You do have a point on the costumes, however. Why are they wearing backwards leotards? Is that supposed to be futuristic?

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[Trekker4747]

Is it me or is there and odd... buldge in Beverly's crotch?

 

[Snaploud]

Is it me or is there and odd... buldge in Beverly's crotch?

It's the unflattering way the light hits the material.

 

[6079SmithW]

Robin Hood Picard and his merry crewmen. But it is forgiven for its hilarity.

Worf: I am NOT a merry man!

Worf: (smashes instrument) Sorry.

Picard: I'm not from Nottingham.

So for me the LOL factor slightly outweighs the WTF factor. But only slightly.

 

[Rojixus]

The end of Schisms, one of the weirdest and most unsettling TNG episodes I have ever seen. They manage to close the portal to that other dimension and this thing comes flying out of the breach just as it's closed, flits around the cargo bay and into space. No explanation was ever given for their motivation, we don't know whether they had malevolent intentions or were simply curious, and they were never seen or referenced again. Also, why were the Solanagen Creatures dressed like monks? That just brought things to a whole new level of weird.

 

[jwb]

I love this topic and the discussions that have ensued!

On the subject of Schisms, I'd like to point out that it opens with Riker unable to sleep (supposedly because of the alien abductions) before Geordi has opened the door for the aliens to abduct people. So it opens and ends with WTF, though I still like the episode.

My big WTF: the opening scene of an episode where Beverly discusses beards with the Enterprise men, and they tease a bet where she'll change her hair color or they'll shave. And the scene is never referenced again in the episode or in the series. What the...?

jwb
jwbraun.com

 

[milo bloom]

Same here. I wasn't sure was I supposed to laugh, cry, or just stare at the screen in uncomfortable silence. As much as I love TNG, I have no idea what was up with that ep...

It maybe that I've just missed it, but I think Sy-Fy "forgets" to run that episode in it's TNG slot.

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I absolutely love Masks!! Its an awesome episode. I watched it in its original run with my sister(who was only briefly interested in ST), both of us interested or having a background in archaeology and we had the opposite reaction..every scene was a joy, and Spiner should have been nominated for an Emmy. My WTF moment was about 2 years ago on this board when I found out a lot of people didnt like the episode..up till then I thought it was universally considered one of the top episodes of STNG.

RAMA

Yeah, it's like I'll read the stuff on the internet, then see the episode and I can't figure out if it's talking about the same thing. It's very moody and atmospheric, and I certainly don't have a problem with it.

 

[USS Kongo]

Same here. I wasn't sure was I supposed to laugh, cry, or just stare at the screen in uncomfortable silence. As much as I love TNG, I have no idea what was up with that ep...

It maybe that I've just missed it, but I think Sy-Fy "forgets" to run that episode in it's TNG slot.

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I absolutely love Masks!! Its an awesome episode. I watched it in its original run with my sister(who was only briefly interested in ST), both of us interested or having a background in archaeology and we had the opposite reaction..every scene was a joy, and Spiner should have been nominated for an Emmy. My WTF moment was about 2 years ago on this board when I found out a lot of people didnt like the episode..up till then I thought it was universally considered one of the top episodes of STNG.

RAMA

Yeah, I've always enjoyed Masks, too. It's one of my favorite "out there" episodes of TNG.

Sean

 

[Joshua Howard]

In "Booby Trap" while the Enterprise is hours or minutes away from being destroyed from radiation, Geordi is flirting with a fake woman in holodeck 3. With only 12 minutes left before absolute destruction, Captain Picard is presented with a plan, and he says, "Have you analyzed the risk factor?" Geordi then makes a brief speech about the human factor, Picard takes additional time to ponder, makes more petty comments, and courteously dismisses Wesley before engaging in the final plan to redeem the ship.

The casuality of the urgent situation is strange. Imagine that your life is in immediate danger of ending in ten minutes. Your first course of action is to spend the first 5 minutes microwaving and eating a burrito. Your second course of action is to spend a couple minutes checking out a girly magazine. You do all of this before getting around in the last three minutes to the actual business of saving your life.

Star Trek is heavy on the philosophy. Sometimes in its zeal to make a point about the human factor, it portrays humans as being a little more cool and composed in the face of danger than would be realistic in any century.

 

[RAMA]

It maybe that I've just missed it, but I think Sy-Fy "forgets" to run that episode in it's TNG slot.

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I absolutely love Masks!! Its an awesome episode. I watched it in its original run with my sister(who was only briefly interested in ST), both of us interested or having a background in archaeology and we had the opposite reaction..every scene was a joy, and Spiner should have been nominated for an Emmy. My WTF moment was about 2 years ago on this board when I found out a lot of people didnt like the episode..up till then I thought it was universally considered one of the top episodes of STNG.

RAMA

Yeah, I've always enjoyed Masks, too. It's one of my favorite "out there" episodes of TNG.

Sean

Hmm, "out there"? It actually uses past Earth history for the model of an alien civilization, and then uses a technological rationale common in all of ST history: if you can change matter to energy and back again, then you can create objects with it. STNG uses this over and over again right on the USS Enterprise. It doesn't seem all that unusual to me...except that the raw material this time was the Enterprise itself!

RAMA

 

[USS Kongo]

^ While it may be based on an earth history, Masks depiction of the alien civilization was still certainly "out there," which was what I loved about the episode. The aliens the TNG crew usually encountered were always very bland, whereas this bunch were certainly more imaginative and interesting.

Sean