• Transporter Room 3OP
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    My wife likes TNG and Lower Decks, I’m still easing her in to DS9 and Voy.

    The other day I showed her a picture of Picard wearing a yellow uniform, and she said “he’s wearing the wrong uniform. He’s command, not engineering.” before I could even ask her what was wrong with the Pic.

    I immediately yelled “YOU’RE FINALLY A NERD!” And shot a text to the family text group and our friend group to share the good news, everyone had a good chuckle, and she just goes “YOU MADE ME THIS WAY! Not that I’m complaining…”

    I have successfully made a convert. And yesterday she actually asked to watch more Voy before she even got home from work.

    • gregorum
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      245 months ago

      when she corrects you and says the uniform is “gold” and the division is “operations,” you’ll know she’s a super nerd!

        • @samus12345@lemmy.world
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          95 months ago

          I like how most Star Trek characters are clueless about the past, but the Lower Decks characters have encyclopedic knowledge about the most minute details.

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            That’s what makes Lower Decks cringeworthy for some people (not me): they lean on the fourth wall all the time, they act more as fans than as people in universe.

              • @frezik@midwest.social
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                55 months ago

                For real. The musical episode in SNW is around the seventh or eighth goofiest premise for an episode, and I’m not even counting Lower Decks.

                • @richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one
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                  That episode crossed the line to “unwatchable” for me. “We’d love to sing” should not be a reason to have such an episode. I like Christina Chong, but knowing she pushed for this episode soured her character for me.

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        145 months ago

        or the DS9 episode Trials and Tribble-ations where they actually comment on this.

      • Transporter Room 3OP
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        115 months ago

        She hasn’t seen TOS, but does know the “red shirt” meme.

        Personally I think TNG has the best color scheme, but I’m biased since it’s my favorite

    • @1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyz
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      115 months ago

      He also wears blue during the episode where Q makes him not a captain when he prevents his younger self from getting in the bar fight with the Naussicans

      • Transporter Room 3OP
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        75 months ago

        Dude gets a heart transplant after a bar fight with naussican pirates, And people still think he’s an uptight nerdy philosophy major…

    • @Infynis@midwest.social
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      85 months ago

      After watching the bit in We’ll Always Have Tom Paris, I can’t read Voy without hearing it in Mariner’s voice

        • Transporter Room 3OP
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          65 months ago

          Ransom calls them “Those Old Scientists” and it catches on.

          Honestly when I heard that line I cracked up, but my wife was lost since she hasn’t seen it.

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          35 months ago

          Kind of a missed opportunity to name the crossover episode “Those Old Scientists,” though. Should have been something using SNW.