"MrDakka" (mrdakka)
07/20/2017 at 13:00 • Filed to: Trek Thursday
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"MrDakka" (mrdakka)
07/20/2017 at 13:00 • Filed to: Trek Thursday | 2
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Apparently Dr. Soong built Data with the Gilbert & Sullivan failsafe. When activated (by singing a few verses from any of their works), it causes a feedback loop, forcing Data to do nothing, but sing along allowing him to be neutralized.
That’s my only explanation for this scene XD
Takuro Spirit
> MrDakka
07/20/2017 at 13:06 |
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To this day, Worf has still not met all the new crew members.
Textured Soy Protein
> MrDakka
07/20/2017 at 13:10 |
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The explanation, according to the script:
Data went into a self defense/survival mode when he was shot by the Son’a on the planet below. This survival mode caused him to ignore everything except escaping from the people who attacked him. Data had been practicing the song before leaving for his mission, so Picard sang the song to try and get Data to access that relatively recent memory engram even though he was in self defense mode.
JeepJeremy
> MrDakka
07/20/2017 at 13:26 |
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I love Star Trek TNG. But this film is the worst. The plot is stupid. There’s a bunch of lame scenes that make no sense (like this one) and Riker shaves his beard off.
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> MrDakka
07/20/2017 at 13:26 |
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ttyymmnn
> MrDakka
07/20/2017 at 13:27 |
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Gilbert & Sullivan is terrible.
Chariotoflove
> MrDakka
07/20/2017 at 13:43 |
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John Rhys-Davies sang it better.
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
07/20/2017 at 13:47 |
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But, but, but...
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ttyymmnn
> Chariotoflove
07/20/2017 at 13:52 |
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Not completely terrible, but if you’ve ever sat through The Mikado you might agree with me.
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
07/20/2017 at 13:55 |
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I have not; so, I will take your word for that one.
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ttyymmnn
> Chariotoflove
07/20/2017 at 13:58 |
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Maybe “terrible” is too strong a word. It is certainly dated, though. The poetry tends to be trite, bordering on doggerel, and the music is simple and formulaic. But the fact that it is still widely performed means that lots of people still enjoy it. For me, at least, performing it is a crashing bore.
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
07/20/2017 at 14:03 |
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There’s a lot of music I enjoy listening to that I think might be boring to perform. But trite, simplistic, and dated are adjectives that can certainly reasonably be applied to a fair bit of G&S work. I’ll grant you that.
CalzoneGolem
> ttyymmnn
07/20/2017 at 14:08 |
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trite, bordering on doggerel
My new go to insult.
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ttyymmnn
> Chariotoflove
07/20/2017 at 14:13 |
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Taste in music is a very subjective thing. FWIW, I feel the same way about Handel’s Messiah . But people still turn out in droves to hear it performed or to sing along, and I have to remind myself as I sit there for two-and-a-half hours and fight to stay awake that Handel didn’t write it for me.
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
07/20/2017 at 14:49 |
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That’s fair. I did enjoy playing the Alleluia. But I didn’t have to play the whole Messiah.
DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!
> MrDakka
07/20/2017 at 14:54 |
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So, I’ve been watching all the Star Trek films, from The Motion Picture to Beyond, and I have to say this is one of the worst films in the entire lineup.
How people could say the JJ Trek films are bad when we’re dealing with heaps of shit like this is kind of amazing. The Final Frontier is a far worse film, but god, I’d rather watch it than ever watching Insurrection ever again.
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MrDakka
> Textured Soy Protein
07/20/2017 at 21:52 |
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But Data could’ve sung along and still noticed what Picard and Worf were trying to do. Maybe his self defense mode severely curbs his multitasking abilities?
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MrDakka
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
07/20/2017 at 21:53 |
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I wonder how long it took for them to come up with those lyrics