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by Artabax
Fri Jun 14, 2019 12:06 am
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: Areas where you'd respectfully disagree with Chuck
Replies: 990
Views: 101779

Re: Areas where you'd respectfully disagree with Chuck

Here's another area I disagree with Chuck. He said how stupid Riker's line is that he believes in "brain over brawn" or something like that with the comparison "that's like saying you're in favor of safe sex, but don't believe in condoms." I mean, take it from me, there are some guys out there who ...
by Artabax
Fri Jun 14, 2019 12:01 am
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: TNG - "Up The Long Ladder"
Replies: 43
Views: 4064

Re: TNG - "Up The Long Ladder"

Maybe that's why they can't figure out a way around the Xerox-effect. Perhaps all their doctors & biologists died in the accident, so the whole cloning thing was set up by some engineers who knew a lot about replicators, but nothing about genetics or the engineering thereof. No. Gorgon asked how th...
by Artabax
Thu Jun 13, 2019 11:54 pm
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: TNG - Heart of Glory
Replies: 26
Views: 2970

Re: TNG - Heart of Glory

Geordi's VISOR: on the view screen, fascinating? No. Retarded. Geordi CAN make sense of the images, but people can't. Why not just take a camera? Prime Directive = Nevah use Human Tech when useless, retarded, dangerous sci-fi tech is available. You know what makes a great prison and has no power req...
by Artabax
Tue May 28, 2019 11:47 pm
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: DS9 - The Collaborator
Replies: 131
Views: 10558

Re: DS9 - The Collaborator

Father Kolbe was a Polish priest in a Nazi concentration Camp. SS chose a random Peasant to be tortured to death. Kolbe said No, torture me to death instead. The miracle is that Random Peasant survived. If I were a Nazi I would have tortured both of them. Likewise Opaka said Don't murder the Peasant...
by Artabax
Tue May 28, 2019 10:50 pm
Forum: Video Reviews
Topic: ENT - Stigma
Replies: 63
Views: 6320

Re: ENT - Stigma

The problem with Chuck''s outrage here is that Bigots always view themselves as the ones thinking logically and us as the ones blinded by emotion. Any position concerning morals and ethics and values is ultimately an emotional one. And because they're the things that make life worth living they're ...
by Artabax
Thu May 23, 2019 10:55 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Is Bran the Greater-Scope Villain of GOT (Spoiler Allowed)
Replies: 12
Views: 484

Re: Is Bran the Greater-Scope Villain of GOT (Spoiler Allowed)

clearspira wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 11:35 am To me your throry relies on denying the meta point that the entire season was rushed. As with the last jedi, fans should stop writing the script for the writer.
Your theory asserts that Bran had a plan. This would mean that D&D had a plan.
by Artabax
Thu May 23, 2019 10:38 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: GoT[Spoilers] - The government of westeros after the end
Replies: 23
Views: 1369

Re: GoT[Spoilers] - The government of westeros after the end

Article cites Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth (PLC) and Bohemia as elective monarchies which only lasted 2 centuries as proof that Holy Westerosi Empire is unstable. Article does not cite other elective monarchies which only lasted 2 centuries, such as Jerusalem, Dutch Republic, Latin Empire, USA. Ho...
by Artabax
Thu May 23, 2019 8:46 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Big Bang Finale
Replies: 3
Views: 289

Big Bang Finale

Best Finale ever. Classic BBT was LOL and ROTFL, then as the formula got tired it was occasional chuckles. But the Finale was back to LOL. Everyone knows finale is Nobel prize and pregnant Penny and it worked Crappy finales subvert expectations, like Game of Thrones. DS9 they killed Sisko because Re...
by Artabax
Thu May 23, 2019 8:29 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: The Faith of the Time Lords
Replies: 2
Views: 224

Re: The Faith of the Time Lords

Context please?

Which episode did this happen? Which episode totally contradicted it?
by Artabax
Sun May 19, 2019 8:36 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Federation does have money.
Replies: 28
Views: 2847

Re: Federation does have money.

Point of order: the Bronze Age civilizations of the eastern Mediterranean had extensive trade networks 500 years before the first currency was invented. Uhh...one of us is confused. (and hey, maybe it's me!) We don't know when currency was invented, because the invention of currency predates any su...