#random trek rewatch

Today’s Random Trek Rewatch is…The High Ground. Going from Vietnam and Propaganda to Ireland & Terrorism.

“recreational shore leave has been prohibited and the away team beam down down armed”

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Nice to know Doctor Crusher got the memo.

So a bomb detonates and there are wounded to be treated. Doctor Crusher starts triage-ing them and Picard wants to beam everyone back. Why aren’t they beaming them to sickbay?!

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same.

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Hello shoulderpads and hair gel!

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“You’ll have to nullify me first!!”

Ugh, Tuvok just “nullify” Chakotay already and do us all a favour.

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That horribly padded “Alien Commando Outfit” (still thinking it’s from the “Warlord” ep.)

“…it may be some time before his psychological wounds are fully healed.” meaning we’ll have ignored it by the next episode and never bring it up again. I mean at least they attempted to show within the episode that not all was right with Chuckles.

parting shot

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A face only a mother could love. or whatever your family structures are like. Eggs? I’m thinking Eggs. lots of eggs

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These are the Predator Knockoffs I’ve been talking about. It looks like they got the blessing from Stan Winston to use them and couldn’t afford the full articulated mouthpiece/or just changed it enough not to get sued.

*Sigh* you use awesome Predator like prosthetics but remove the armour and the gadgetry

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I’m pretty sure those are just recycled “Warlord” outfits.

The “big twist” of course is that it turns out that the Predator-Nemesis are the good guys

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Look we’re gentle and civilized and pleasant and we’re not at all hitting you with this giant obvious book about not judging books by their covers: don’t judge people and aliens by the way they look by Star Trek.

How’s Chakotay doing meanwhile?

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All natural spa resort I see. 

Oh and shout out to this dude’s 90s hair

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You mussed Chuckles’ hair!

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NOBODY TOUCHES THE ‘DO!

Well after he got the other guy killed they have him wear their pseudo camo and learn their weapons under the guise of not getting them all killed.

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You still look lame. Lucky for him the guy he got killed was roughly his size.

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Roughly…

“I was told to drill you Chakotay, but it is you who drilled me.”

Hey look we’re just two sweaty guys in the jungle with one phallic weapon between us…

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They’re probably more scared than you than you are *SNOOORE*

Voyager’s attempt at a young Kurt Russell

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“Now close your glimpses defenders, and dream of your sisters and mothers”

*blank stares*

…or the sultry bar maiden you lusted over last week.

“you’d be sharp to do my tellings." 

"in their glimpses…”

“In the sphere I come from…”

These and other generic-alien speak brought to you by Kenneth Biller (who has both good and bath episodes in his writing credits, he seems to like message episodes)

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They sure say Nemesis a lot. Good thing there isn’t a drinking game to this. 

Oh Voyager and survey missions. Chakotay and Shuttlecrafts…Geez just thinking about it Chakotay was captured by Nog-Kazon, Seska, Borg-survivors, these Nemesis soldiers, all when doing shuttle missions! I forget if there are more (probably) Why do they let him do shu…oh right they want him dead or captured. Why do they bother *rescuing* him?

They do try make to make alien-generic-military speak believable. They fail, but points for trying.

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