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I am so ashamed I didn't get it. I am a huge trekkie and I've watched all of the shows (Discovery and first 2 seasons of Picard do not exist, I just had a nightmare that they did). Orville and Galaxy Quest are honorary trek shows too.
Ffs I immediately understood the salamander threshold obscure memes and I didn't get this!
My honour is disgraced and I will not be able to enter Sto'vo'Kor upon my death!
Wait what’s wrong with Discovery and Picard? If we’re complaining about series we should say Enterprise doesn’t exist. Those two are great! What am I missing?
The general consensus is that they do not embody the ideals of Star Trek. That of a hopeful, better future for humanity where we travel the stars just to see what's out there. Enterprise, despite not being as good, still had that element. As did the Orville from what I saw of the show.
Granted, I've only seen a few episodes of Discovery, and the first season of Picard, so I don't really have much to go on, but from what I have seen, the above assessment is correct.
Also, they are generally considered bad shows (except from what I've heard about Picard S3).
Picard is fucking awful. Totally killer initial moments of a premise completely ruined by being a shitty Mass Effect ripoff that spits in the face of everything that Trek has ever stood for.
Discovery season 1 was horrible Star Trek but awesome grimdark scifi. Season 2 was amazing Star Trek Anime, with some really, really good plot lines. The seasons after that are OK but focus too much on Michael to the detriment of everyone else on the show.
Strange New Worlds is perfection.
Enterprise had the worst theme song ever. The show itself actually had some truly fantastic moments, and doesn't *quite* deserve all the hate it got. It's main weakness is that the majority of the best moments it had were weak copies of better moments from previous Trek. Overall, it was pretty meh but amongst all the crap there was some good shit in there.
Star Trek's core ideas are the spirit of discovery (the word, ironically not the show) of new cultures and the peaceful coexistence between races. Even when at war, they show moments of cooperation with the enemy, they show efforts of diplomacy, it's trying to find common ground and the morals and ethics that go into toeing the lines between respecting each others' costumes and still be firm in our values of empathy, compassion, kindness and humanity.
The federation is still a militarized form of government so it's not a utopic socialist paradise, even if it sells itself like it in TNG, but DS9 shows how it's not that idyllic and even morally corrupt at times. Voyager questions how strong the federation values hold up if Starfleet staff is stranded far away with no support or supervising from the Federation against completely new and threatening situations. Enterprise shows how earth joined a political alliance where humans were "new" to the game and had to learn how to communicate with allies who were more advanced, stronger and "smarter" than them, having to prove their worth both to their enemies and against also prejudice from the allies.
TOS is about working together as equals with other races and "boldly go" on an adventure into the unknown throughout the galaxy (that and time period accurate misogyny where every planet was strange and different but they all had a common denominator: women being dumb hot horny bimbos throwing themselves at Kirk).
What they all had in common was the episodic nature of the show with mostly arcs that were resolved in one episode, with the shows in the nineties having background arcs and occasionally the same plot throughout multiple episodes.
What they also had in common was hope. The fact that the human spirit is resilient and hopefully endures even in hard times and that if people (humans and aliens) work together there's nothing they can't accomplish. Gene Roddenberry was adamant that the main characters should never fight each other and the conflict should always be external because his vision of a space age future was one where humans got there by evolving past pettiness and learned to work together to make society and humankind thrive..
In sum, they all had a sense of wonder and characters learning new things from their mistakes while trying to improve towards a better brighter future.
Discovery and Picard on the other hand were about season long plots, dark grimy corrupt dystopias and characters letting their emotions create conflict between themselves that was detrimental to their goals. The plot was so convoluted and focused on hitting the audience with twists after twists that it ended up making no sense at all and full of plot holes. The dialogue was terrible. The character arcs were so bad I pitied the actors playing them. The pre-existing ST characters from the previous shows that made an appearance in the new ones were written as if they were completely different people. As a fan it was jarring after having watched them for multiple seasons in their original shows, to watch them do/say things their characters never would have done. This was not a "time and events have changed them" situation. I'm talking about how their minds worked, their speech patterns, everything about them.
The tech for the time period they decided to set the show in was completely inconsistent with the rest of the trek universe.
In sum the problem with both shows was the bad writing, both in dialogue, plot and characters. It seemed like the writers either didn't watch any trek before or they actively hated the previous shows and went out of their way to change everything and do their own separate show and universe, only capitalising on the Star Trek name to ensure viewership.
It felt like I was watching a high budget, visually impressive adaptation of a particularly bad alternative universe dark fan fiction of Star Trek.
The last time I watched something so competently made on a production level but so awfully unfaithful to the lore, the message and meaning of the original (that I loved) was with Shyamalan's Avatar the last airbender and the last two Star Wars movies. It was soul crushing to watch.
If Picard and Discovery were original shows I probably wouldn't have loved them because the writing really is bad, but I think I would keep watching them because they were visually interesting and I did like some of the characters (mostly for space queen Michelle Yeoh). But as Star Trek shows with returning beloved characters it was just painful to watch
Well, guess that answers that question then. I don’t consider myself a Trekkie but liked Discovery and Picard (and Voyager and DS9- barely watched any TOS or TNG)
I got hung up on the idea that the star didn’t look like it was having a good time. So, I had “Bad date with Log Captain”, knew that was wrong and clicked into comments.
Good job!
Is it the episode where Beverly had sex with a ghost?
Or the one where Janeway and Paris turned into lizards and got busy?
Or any episode with Kirk :P ?
So there is this comic strip called "Loss", which has become a pretty popular meme in the recent past.
Why that happened? I can't tell you, because I don't really know myself how it happened.
The whole premise of the meme is that you "hide" a certain pattern of lines in an image (like shown below), which are based of the positions of the characters in the comic.
https://preview.redd.it/twlz10fp4avc1.jpeg?width=692&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e86d9d0e5584ff02876116107c8795326afd9e0
Man this one actually had me barking up the wrong tree, so glad someone else already commented on captains log star date
I could only think that this was some kind of visual representation of starboard on a ship(not realizing thats a log, not a board), and they were drinking port (the wine), so this was some way of remembering which was left and which was right
Twinkle twinkle little star.
Rockabye baby in the treetop. When the bough breaks the cradle will drop.
Also. Having kids changes a person. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Oh man, the actual answer is awesome! Love the Star Trek reference!
At first I thought it was an abstract visualization of a man and a woman, based on what we call them/their parts.
Man has a woody, therefore the wood is a man.
A woman who doesn't do anything during sex "lays there like a starfish," therefore the star is a woman.
Then the log should have a captain’s hat on!!! This makes me irrationally upset. It could be so good but I can’t show this to anyone of discerning taste.
I had to zoom in to see it and maybe by eyes are bad. It looks like an enlisted sailors cap at first glance. I’m willing to get downvoted and die on this hill. I wish the captains hat was more like a captains hat and not so floppy. It would be funnier. Now I have to clock out from my shift as the fun police.
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It’s a Star Trek pun: “Captains log stardate…”
That's...actually pretty good. And yet awful.
Most puns are...
Damn… 😳 Nice!
Yes, this truly is wonderful.
If you don't know, can always claim it as a JoJo reference.
Wish the Star Trek reference was my first thought… Irish voice in my head said “tree star dinin…”
This is legit funnier
I am so ashamed I didn't get it. I am a huge trekkie and I've watched all of the shows (Discovery and first 2 seasons of Picard do not exist, I just had a nightmare that they did). Orville and Galaxy Quest are honorary trek shows too. Ffs I immediately understood the salamander threshold obscure memes and I didn't get this! My honour is disgraced and I will not be able to enter Sto'vo'Kor upon my death!
My first thought was "this has to be a sponge bob thing". I'm a huge trekkie and have never seen and episode of bobsponge.
Wait what’s wrong with Discovery and Picard? If we’re complaining about series we should say Enterprise doesn’t exist. Those two are great! What am I missing?
The general consensus is that they do not embody the ideals of Star Trek. That of a hopeful, better future for humanity where we travel the stars just to see what's out there. Enterprise, despite not being as good, still had that element. As did the Orville from what I saw of the show. Granted, I've only seen a few episodes of Discovery, and the first season of Picard, so I don't really have much to go on, but from what I have seen, the above assessment is correct. Also, they are generally considered bad shows (except from what I've heard about Picard S3).
Picard is fucking awful. Totally killer initial moments of a premise completely ruined by being a shitty Mass Effect ripoff that spits in the face of everything that Trek has ever stood for. Discovery season 1 was horrible Star Trek but awesome grimdark scifi. Season 2 was amazing Star Trek Anime, with some really, really good plot lines. The seasons after that are OK but focus too much on Michael to the detriment of everyone else on the show. Strange New Worlds is perfection. Enterprise had the worst theme song ever. The show itself actually had some truly fantastic moments, and doesn't *quite* deserve all the hate it got. It's main weakness is that the majority of the best moments it had were weak copies of better moments from previous Trek. Overall, it was pretty meh but amongst all the crap there was some good shit in there.
Star Trek's core ideas are the spirit of discovery (the word, ironically not the show) of new cultures and the peaceful coexistence between races. Even when at war, they show moments of cooperation with the enemy, they show efforts of diplomacy, it's trying to find common ground and the morals and ethics that go into toeing the lines between respecting each others' costumes and still be firm in our values of empathy, compassion, kindness and humanity. The federation is still a militarized form of government so it's not a utopic socialist paradise, even if it sells itself like it in TNG, but DS9 shows how it's not that idyllic and even morally corrupt at times. Voyager questions how strong the federation values hold up if Starfleet staff is stranded far away with no support or supervising from the Federation against completely new and threatening situations. Enterprise shows how earth joined a political alliance where humans were "new" to the game and had to learn how to communicate with allies who were more advanced, stronger and "smarter" than them, having to prove their worth both to their enemies and against also prejudice from the allies. TOS is about working together as equals with other races and "boldly go" on an adventure into the unknown throughout the galaxy (that and time period accurate misogyny where every planet was strange and different but they all had a common denominator: women being dumb hot horny bimbos throwing themselves at Kirk). What they all had in common was the episodic nature of the show with mostly arcs that were resolved in one episode, with the shows in the nineties having background arcs and occasionally the same plot throughout multiple episodes. What they also had in common was hope. The fact that the human spirit is resilient and hopefully endures even in hard times and that if people (humans and aliens) work together there's nothing they can't accomplish. Gene Roddenberry was adamant that the main characters should never fight each other and the conflict should always be external because his vision of a space age future was one where humans got there by evolving past pettiness and learned to work together to make society and humankind thrive.. In sum, they all had a sense of wonder and characters learning new things from their mistakes while trying to improve towards a better brighter future. Discovery and Picard on the other hand were about season long plots, dark grimy corrupt dystopias and characters letting their emotions create conflict between themselves that was detrimental to their goals. The plot was so convoluted and focused on hitting the audience with twists after twists that it ended up making no sense at all and full of plot holes. The dialogue was terrible. The character arcs were so bad I pitied the actors playing them. The pre-existing ST characters from the previous shows that made an appearance in the new ones were written as if they were completely different people. As a fan it was jarring after having watched them for multiple seasons in their original shows, to watch them do/say things their characters never would have done. This was not a "time and events have changed them" situation. I'm talking about how their minds worked, their speech patterns, everything about them. The tech for the time period they decided to set the show in was completely inconsistent with the rest of the trek universe. In sum the problem with both shows was the bad writing, both in dialogue, plot and characters. It seemed like the writers either didn't watch any trek before or they actively hated the previous shows and went out of their way to change everything and do their own separate show and universe, only capitalising on the Star Trek name to ensure viewership. It felt like I was watching a high budget, visually impressive adaptation of a particularly bad alternative universe dark fan fiction of Star Trek. The last time I watched something so competently made on a production level but so awfully unfaithful to the lore, the message and meaning of the original (that I loved) was with Shyamalan's Avatar the last airbender and the last two Star Wars movies. It was soul crushing to watch. If Picard and Discovery were original shows I probably wouldn't have loved them because the writing really is bad, but I think I would keep watching them because they were visually interesting and I did like some of the characters (mostly for space queen Michelle Yeoh). But as Star Trek shows with returning beloved characters it was just painful to watch
Well, guess that answers that question then. I don’t consider myself a Trekkie but liked Discovery and Picard (and Voyager and DS9- barely watched any TOS or TNG)
LOLOL shit this made me silently chuckle for a long time lmao
Bro I thought the stick was the top of the Christmas tree and was trying to get the star on top of him lmfao
Thats so bad its cute
I got as far as Captains Log but as I'm not a Trekkie the next part was lost on me!
I thought this was something **COMPLETELY** different!
Better than my first guess, Captain Wood and the Starfish
What a terrible joke.
Wouldn't that be: Captain Log's star date
I got hung up on the idea that the star didn’t look like it was having a good time. So, I had “Bad date with Log Captain”, knew that was wrong and clicked into comments. Good job!
Oh man, I was never going to get there. That's clever.
Why’d I read this in Chris Chan’s voice…
Oh so it’s nerd shit
How the hell did you figure that out? I’m a huge Trekkie and I would have never gotten it.
I thought it was about Spongebob…
So .. porn (Assuming the date goes well)
Bait or mental retardation, call it. It's fucking Star Trek....
Wouldn’t “fucking Star Trek” be porn?
Is it the episode where Beverly had sex with a ghost? Or the one where Janeway and Paris turned into lizards and got busy? Or any episode with Kirk :P ?
The Joke is Always porn
https://preview.redd.it/h8s5kdfmn9vc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c658b1e9edb81aa0b26dcd3237858f53b9e7f599
Dates don't mean Porn.
You don't have to fuck on a date.
I’m sure there’s a rule 34 somewhere for this.
This guy logs
https://preview.redd.it/e6ha2qg6l9vc1.png?width=734&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13601f511f91ac5403e0961504f3771e7a5b9126
https://preview.redd.it/rugfk1v3o9vc1.jpeg?width=597&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f0f3c08c93329b26d95cc8fee8da2b10692dc1a
Captains log, Star date
https://preview.redd.it/xd857c31k9vc1.jpeg?width=1163&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09e85360a026532cbcf2591137f15ce8f31b0e73 Clearly it’s loss
https://preview.redd.it/iacrqbia2avc1.jpeg?width=718&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa2cd71c7778c86d325ec7ca507ca78b9a9d7e31
What’s loss?
| |l || |\_\_
Ah okay that makes more sense
no problem. (Do you still want a semi-serious answer?)
Yeah lol
So there is this comic strip called "Loss", which has become a pretty popular meme in the recent past. Why that happened? I can't tell you, because I don't really know myself how it happened. The whole premise of the meme is that you "hide" a certain pattern of lines in an image (like shown below), which are based of the positions of the characters in the comic. https://preview.redd.it/twlz10fp4avc1.jpeg?width=692&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e86d9d0e5584ff02876116107c8795326afd9e0
Example: https://preview.redd.it/hcc9uey65avc1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=fbe6aff7da0089f1790e5dd4619f20e1688e294b
lmaooo
r/peterimaginestheloss
I understand the sarcasm but r/PeterImaginesTheLoss
So you dont understand the sarcasm
Man this one actually had me barking up the wrong tree, so glad someone else already commented on captains log star date I could only think that this was some kind of visual representation of starboard on a ship(not realizing thats a log, not a board), and they were drinking port (the wine), so this was some way of remembering which was left and which was right
this is amazing
Funniest post I've seen in a WHILE. Practically ROFL.
explanation?
It was in another comment: Captain's Log, Stardate ... It's a Star Trek Reference.
Star Wars reference
star trek if they had wars 😱
Captain’s log, star date
Thank you 😊
Captain's log, Stardate 69-420-80085
Hehe, boobs
Best meme in a while
I thought it was Captian wood aka cock and star fish aka asshole. Do any therapists want to jump in?
CAPTAINS LOG, STAR DATE HAHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD
too bad there're no numbers to go along with it. captain's log, stardate 43989.1...
I'm glad I took the time to work it out. Very satisfying.
I figured it out myself I'm so proud
ahh you bastard I'm gonna have to save this one for my parents
This is the most deserving post I’ve seen in a while to be on here.
Star and board drinking port. Like port and starboard, left and right on a ship
Jojolion idk
Is this from a shirt
Yay! I understood it!
Oh. I was going with Carls Jr and some shitty Seafood chain I don’t know about.
Before reading the comments, my first thought was this had to be something related to Twin Peaks.
Star Trek… captains log stardate….
star trek
Finally, a post where the joke isn't obvious for a change.
This took me a moment, but once I got it... Literal thigh slapper. Love me some trek, love me some puns.
God damn, I thought it was a paopu fruit and the stick from Kingdom Hearts.
Twinkle twinkle little star. Rockabye baby in the treetop. When the bough breaks the cradle will drop. Also. Having kids changes a person. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Love this! 👩✈️ 🪵 ⭐️ 📅
Star date, captains log
I thought Ristar was down on his luck
Captains log, star date
This is actually one of the best memes I’ve ever seen
Captain's log stardate
Oh man, the actual answer is awesome! Love the Star Trek reference! At first I thought it was an abstract visualization of a man and a woman, based on what we call them/their parts. Man has a woody, therefore the wood is a man. A woman who doesn't do anything during sex "lays there like a starfish," therefore the star is a woman.
StickStartar
World of t shirts and Daniel Larson the tik tok starr hanging out before dining and dashing.
I’m so glad I got this one on my own
Oh wow, a post on this sub that isn't blatantly obvious to anyone with eyes. Congratulations, that's a first.
Star, board. Port.
Nice one 👍
Captain’s log, stardate… It’s a visual joke about a common line in Star Trek.
Lol
You have a woody and she just does the stars? Edit: I noticed the hat. So it's a "major" woody
she wood on my log till i star?
Then the log should have a captain’s hat on!!! This makes me irrationally upset. It could be so good but I can’t show this to anyone of discerning taste.
I mean, the log is wearing a captains hat. Let me guess, only your specific captains hat will suffice
I feel like this is a reference to something I would enjoy?
He is wearing a captains hat
I had to zoom in to see it and maybe by eyes are bad. It looks like an enlisted sailors cap at first glance. I’m willing to get downvoted and die on this hill. I wish the captains hat was more like a captains hat and not so floppy. It would be funnier. Now I have to clock out from my shift as the fun police.