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Vulcans in the new Star Trek film (beware spoilers)
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elevendayempire
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ChrisC
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I blame Star Trek: Enterprise
Although to forgive Enterprise the Vulcans where in admiration of the growing humans forming alliances and stuff with the blue skin aliens can't remember what were called, but before humans the blue aliens where on uneasy terms with the Vulcans.
likesfish
You can't park here sir
the original Klingon's were the Russians.
now they might be the british
like drinking like a punch up will join in the federations wars with no obvious profit for them. have an empire that consists of there home planet and a few odd colony's but very keen on war.
pass the blood wine
now they might be the british
like drinking like a punch up will join in the federations wars with no obvious profit for them. have an empire that consists of there home planet and a few odd colony's but very keen on war.
pass the blood wine
Stigmata
sexual tyrannosaurus
Vulcans are Brits- super composed and civilised, paternalistic allies of the main good guys, with a dash of Japanese inscrutability.
Klingons used to be Soviets, now they're just space vikings.
Romulans are Chinese, all cunning and that.
Cardassians are Nazis.
Bajorans are a generic oppressed ethnic group.
Borg are Swedish.
Klingons used to be Soviets, now they're just space vikings.
Romulans are Chinese, all cunning and that.
Cardassians are Nazis.
Bajorans are a generic oppressed ethnic group.
Borg are Swedish.
But ruled by a religious leader? Tibet ime.
Stigmata
sexual tyrannosaurus
That's probably the closest analogy, but it's not perfect. The Kai isn't the political ruler of Bajor, and in TNG they were pretty much just angry occupation victims. The religious stuff came with DS9.
Mind you, the Ferengi were originally supposed to be super badass cannibals. They wound up as a comical satire on capitalism purely due to the ridiculousness of their makeup.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
I think they developed the Ferengi variant of capitalism quite nicely tho, adding the spirituality of the Great River and the Rules Of Aquisition...
likesfish
You can't park here sir
Allegory for terrorism - because ANYONE could be a shape-shifter.
Wasn't there a whole bit about blood tests and stuff during the Dominion War?
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Yeah, and Section 28 (23? 21?) using that age old canard that lovely rosy places like the Federation need some prickly thorns in the briar patch to actually get anything done and respond to those who won't play by the rules
Kind of like SC really, altho The Culture's excuse for breaking every single one of it's principles here is far more eloquent.
Kind of like SC really, altho The Culture's excuse for breaking every single one of it's principles here is far more eloquent.
dilute micro
esse quam videri
Yep. That makes them philosophers.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Yeah, but knowing Paramount they'd have turned it into 'The Amazing Adventures Of Dr Julian Bashir' or something.
likesfish
You can't park here sir
never really understood the angst section 31 produced.
gave the shape shifters a plague sorry there trying to kill enslave us all tough shit ordos annoying anyway.
stitched up a Romulun that's espionage for you. Man the fuck up Julian for a supposed boosted human you are one naive drip.
gave the shape shifters a plague sorry there trying to kill enslave us all tough shit ordos annoying anyway.
stitched up a Romulun that's espionage for you. Man the fuck up Julian for a supposed boosted human you are one naive drip.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Heh, you should see the angst SC causes for some Culture citizens...
I quite liked Julian. He would have made a decent doctor-spy like Maturin.
Since Star Trek I've only seen him in Arab/terrorism related things
Idris2002
Stay Alive in '25
You know a suspicious amount about Contact/SC, it seems to me.
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