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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 99 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I love that she's such a Trekkie that she doesn't even know how to do the Vulcan salute properly, despite probably having seen images of it her entire life even if she never watched a single episode of Star Trek.

What is that, the Vulcan shocker?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 59 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Showing the back of the hand makes it look like she's flashing some Vulcan gang sign, haha.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's this guy's gang sign.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Ok, now it's time for @ummthatguy@lemmy.world to make a meme of him giving that salute and saying, "live short and fuck you."

[–] ummthatguy@startrek.website 52 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You're always there for me.

Edit: By the way, that actor was also in the Twelve Monkeys TV series and he's really good in it.

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 18 points 10 months ago

Don't you give me that sarcastic Vulcan salute!

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's right after the shocker, but well before the minivan.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The Minivan is def the final boss.

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago

Vulcan gang sign.

[–] skydivekingair@lemmy.world 59 points 10 months ago (3 children)

My opinion: these hosts have to be so polarized on every opinion that they have to choose a side. Star Trek or Star Wars, she claims to not endorse Star Wars since it’s too “buzzword” and now has to identify as the opposite, despite having no knowledge or affection for the Star Trek franchise. I don’t know if it’s just the screenshot where she’s doing the hand signal backwards, but that’s about the most basic layman Star Trek cultural identifier out there. So of course she doesn’t know they have had non and third gendered species since TOS & Enterprise, along with a myriad of other issues addressed that she would get fired from that channel if she even reported on them as options.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 58 points 10 months ago (5 children)

TOS had the first interracial kiss between a white person and a black person on U.S. TV. It also shows a socialist utopia where men and women of all races are equal, indigenous cultures are respected, and they try to talk out a hostile situation before they resort to firing their weapons whenever they can.

Fox News should absolutely loathe that.

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

The neat thing about post scarcity societies is that economic systems become moot so long as the government isn't particularly oppressive. It's still an hierarchical, and somewhat militaristic, society.

It also followed the old scifi serial blueprint they were used to.

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[–] CodeName@infosec.pub 23 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The culture warriors over at Fox are angry at Disney so Star Wars Bad is the current messaging. Star Trek is just a blank canvas to them that is not Disney. Now, if Star Trek has a gay kiss or puts a black mermaid in charge of a fucking spaceship they'll change their tunes pretty quick.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Has a gay kiss

Yeah. Good thing they haven't had that going on for decades, and definitely didn't have an episode centered on a lesbian love affair 29 years ago.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

29 years ago.

No they didn't. That was at MOST 12 years, I'm sure.

[–] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It has several gay kisses

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

....have you watched Discovery?

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

She should have picked Battlestar Galactica, given that it's backdoor Mormon fan fiction.

[–] Landmammals@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You had me at backdoor Mormons

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Haven't watched that masterpiece in a while. Completely forgot about the roller skates.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I never got around to their TV show, but the short one was fun on Scrubs as Ted's girlfriend and I love that song.

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[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Is that the sequel to Debbie does Salt Lake City?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if the Nauvoo in The Expanse is sort of 'revenge' for Battlestar Galactica?

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Fred Johnson just booting them all off the ship and blatantly stealing it is one of my favorite parts of the show.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

Fuckin dork can't even do the spocker right

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

She really likes the Terran Empire and Section 31.

[–] Ladybird@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

I didn't see the headline at first and thought she was showing off her engagement ring on live TV in the most awkward way possible, lmao

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Some conservative idiot with a camera in front of them called Star Wars too woke and then was like “that is why I like Star Trek”….. which obviously indicates they had no idea about the basic aspects of Star Trek.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Lmfaooooo

Star trek which has been openly gay and racially diverse since the fucking 60s? And had kinda sorta trans character representstion by the 90s? That's the less woke one?

Most intelligent conservative ditz

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget that the Federation is supposed to be a post-scarcity socialist utopia.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Didn't they do the first interracial kiss on TV? And there was the episode with these guys in it?

I doubt she's seen a single episode lol.

But since she is so worried about whatever "woke" is, she should be made to watch Andor.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

And there was the episode with these guys in it?

Yep. Let That Be Your Last Battlefield. They had to make it really blatant to get executive approval.

Also, there's a ton of takes of (I think) Frank Gorshin fucking up his lines on the Star Trek Bloopers LP.

https://collectingtrek.ca/2023/05/25/blooper-lp/

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[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

I guess they forgot about season 4 of Star Trek Discovery where Stacy Abrams was the president of Earth.

Oh right, I'll put the context in the post body.

[–] Crankpork@beehaw.org 9 points 10 months ago

She doesn't like Star Wars because it's too woke, which is why she's a Trekkie instead. Implying that Star Trek isn't woke. Which is ridiculous.

[–] Juigi@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

America you got some weird news hosts.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago

Quick, someone tell her about Discovery

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Where's Hugh Dennis when you need him?!

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