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[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 68 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I don't know how exploding consoles didn't make the list, but they would be a distant second to Rick Berman.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Apparently the knowledge of fuses was lost during the Eugenics Wars.

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I came here to say this. I get that they use fucking plasma in their electrical systems, but you'd think some step-down transformers and circuit breakers could be installed. And why the hell do the defense systems feed back into the main power grid? Why isn't there a capacitor bank to dump feedback into for reuse in the weapons or something?

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I saw someone say a good reason for the consoles exploding all the time is that they wouldn't have I clouded breakers, because, in a red alert situation, the console staying on and responsive is more important than it not exploding

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[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 51 points 5 months ago

Trick question. It's polarity.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 45 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 54 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that's the lens flares.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I feel like that’s letting JJ off the hook

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 44 points 5 months ago (6 children)

What if everything in the Star Trek universe was just one grand holodeck simulation and everything we've seen them go through in all the shows, all the movies, all the animations and all the books were just a runaway holodeck program that some junior officer made.

And it turns out the actual Star Trek universe is a lonely empty experience as their ships go wandering around nearby star systems and haven't met any other species yet. It's just a boring repetitive experience that leaves everyone feeling a deep sense of Galactic loneliness as it will take them many centuries of exploration before they eventually meet another species .... and also a species that is not humanoid or familiar to us at all.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Ah, so “realistic” space travel, where 100 years later, they’re still on their way to the first Star system and the most critical technology is how to pass the time

[–] kellyaster@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Inhales

Ok....wait, hear me out

Exhales

what if that's how Discovery ends?

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[–] lagomorphlecture@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I needed more existential dread so thanks for this. <3

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[–] skookumasfrig@sopuli.xyz 43 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 10 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I always thought of him as a bored god annoying one specific creation. Like the book of job but sci-fi!

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[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What is “this motherfucker”?

[–] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 48 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's the barrel that paralyzed Worf

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 22 points 5 months ago

Lmao, oh, ok

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[–] andyburke@fedia.io 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Also confused. Star Trek branded 55gal drum of lube?

Edit: for posterity, the blue barrel reminded me of an older meme around an Amazon listing for a 55gal drum of lube that was also just a generic blue barrel

[–] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

Ad Astroglide Per Aspera

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[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Kai Winn with Gul dukat in a super close second.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"My child" came out of Rick Bermans mind before it came out Kai Winns mouth.

Far from his only sin in trek, and not his worst, but it is enough. The source of evil is clear.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Objection: Q is a hero, not a villain.

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

Q isn't a villain.

The worst villain is most certainly Paramount and the writers on the new shows.

[–] Cyyy@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago (3 children)

the people writing the scripts for the show. they can stop all evil in the show, but they choose to create it instead. without them, all evil in the show wouldn't exist. so they are the real evil mastermind behind it all!

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 18 points 5 months ago (8 children)

What if God was one of us?

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just a slob like one of us.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 8 points 5 months ago

(I hope you're thinking of the same parody I am)

🎵 Drives a tie-dye microbus, and He subscribes to Rolling Stone 🎵

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[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Depending on our definition of best, I'm going to vote Worf's parenting, clearly the most devastating.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Once again, poor Jeremy Aster was forgotten about. lol Alexander isn't the only kid Worf abandoned.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 12 points 5 months ago

Berman is the worst lol

[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] stinerman@midwest.social 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He's one of the best villains in all of media.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

Oh, my child...

[–] TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why doesn't species 8472 get villain love?

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

I wouldn't call them a villain, personally. They were a species trying to slap the Borg back home and became aware of our space. They saw us working with the Borg and started to prep for an invasion of Earth. But after diplomatic relations with Starfleet they realize that Earth may pose some threat but had ZERO interest in starting a war with any species, much less a species they'd never even heard of before.

[–] Transcendant@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (19 children)

Borg for me.

I wonder if there's any psychology behind responses to this question... While I genuinely love the idea of becoming a cyborg, the thought of becoming part of a collective that thinks as one is kinda horrifying to me as someone who works in a creative field.

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[–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Berman. He cut a swath of sadness through many series.

[–] rah@feddit.uk 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Where can I read all the dirt about Berman? I'm sure I've heard it in the past but now I can't remember the details of why he's hated so much.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

I've got a video but not sure about a text place.

The basics are hatred of women and having their characters raped, a misunderstanding of Trek leading to some awful storylines and characters (and Enterprise, as it was almost entirely his baby), he had zero TV experience save for a kids show, he was impossible to work with, he shot down stories for little to no reason, he was a bigoted piece of shit, he micro managed everything to fuck, he HATED gay representation and repeatedly shut it down, the show runner of DS9 had to actively lie to him to get the show made, he was an awful writer but insisted on writing anyway, he was toxic management type to the point of forcing names off of scripts and putting his own name on, pushed people to their breaking points, interfered repeatedly with everything in front of him to the point you can SEE the interference in certain episodes and was a particular cunt with contract negotiations.

That's not remotely all of it.

The correct answer to the post is that he is the villain.

If Gene is the great bird of the galaxy then Rick Berman is the Great Botfly.

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[–] Desistance@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not the Vidiians? Those people harvesters were terrible. They didn't care who they violated.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 5 months ago

Kinda like Rick Berman.

[–] Cipher22@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I feel like Darth Maul should be on the list, just to demonstrate the level of anger inspired by people mixing the two series.

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