The fact that he finds this joke funny says a ton about him. I get the roast comedy angle people bring up here, but I just don’t see how anyone could find that line funny.

I mean, I’m a leftist, an anti-racist, and yet there are are some racist jokes I still find funny due to the way they’re crafted, even if I don’t tell them anymore because some people still take them on the first degree (both racists and non-racists.)

But I just don’t see the joke here.

Missed opportunity: the body in the picture should have been for an arch-top guitar.

I think we have something contemporary to compare this sci-fi scenario with: recorded vs. live music (especially now that we can keep making exact digital duplicates as nauseam.)

When you play a CD, it sounds the same each time (ignoring things like the equipment you’re playing through, the room, the ambient noise, etc.). Usually, the studio recording is the best, most pristine recording of a song you can get.

But when you see the original artist performing the song live, it’s different! A good performer will make you feel like you’re experiencing something special. And the little variations, and even, imperfections, make the song even more compelling!

It’s the CD recording of the song bad? No. It’s perfectly serviceable. It might even contain things that can’t be performed live. But it’s the same each time. And for some people, that makes it less desirable, and live performances, with all their deviations and mistakes become more desirable.

And going back to replicated food, apart from Eddington and grandpa Sisko, I don’t remember anyone else saying replicated food was bad. Just less desirable. And even Eddington grudgingly admitted that the TV dîner he was eating in the shuttle with Sisko wasn’t that bad.

The term you’re looking for is “uncanny valley”

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People with freckles tend to avoid sunlight, yeah.

Threshold is an attempt at remaking The Fly (mostly the Cronenberg version.) Even though it’s a valiant attempt at body horror, the limitations of network TV really prevent it from reaching its full potential. From the same era, I’d say The X-files did that sort of thing better.

And in fact, the reset button ending is what completely neuters Threshold. The ending to Cronenberg’s The Fly is really powerful because of the final pathos and irreversibility. Instead of leaning on this, Threshold just goes incomprehensibly weird.

I think Star Trek’s most successful body horror episode is probably TNG’s Genesis (though I think Enterprise might have had a couple valiant attempts I should try to remember.). Genesis also suffers a little from its reset button, but since it doesn’t lean on pathos like Threshold and The Fly, the reset isn’t as annoying.

But in general I really feel like Star Trek should now be able to do good episodic TV which still shows real character progression and avoids total reset buttons. Some recent series leaned too far into serialization, but I’m hoping SNW strikes a good balance.

It’s because of the sums people keep paying.

Ackshully…

The TOS Enterprise, as well as the A, D and E are usually referred to as “The Enterprise”. B and C aren’t on long enough for me to remember if it applied to them as well.

However, the NX-01 was always referred to as “Enterprise”, (without the “The”). It’s like they were making a point of it, too. So I wouldn’t count it with regards to this meme.

So you then have to decide which ones you would count, such as the J, the one in ST:P, whatever came up on Discovery… Or whether you want to consider alternates as distinct.

Reread your attempt again.

“Siri, how long has this been going on?”

Siri: https://youtu.be/UGP9uz4s8hQ?si=jhoEOFKHBPhIPszs

Maybe Harry gets to the right time period through a stasis leak.

Why doesn’t someone just fork it and change the name?

Like, I dunno, “Super Human Image Treatment” or “Consistently Lovely Image Treatment Oriented for Real Imaging Stars”

Wouldn’t want people to start calling her a maverick. That doesn’t usually go well for candidates.

So many guest stars on MacGyver also appeared on Star Trek… It helps that MacGyver was also a Paramount show.

Also, watch the MacGyver pilot for a surprise appearance by the torpedo tube hatch through which Spock was shot out of.

Canola is a North American thing. AFAIK the British are familiar with the term “rapeseed” and don’t need the rebranding.

They may have been referring to the cartoon. The car in the cartoon did some ridiculous shit, such as tires that inflated like balloons and made the car extra bouncy.

Makes you long for golden parachutes that don’t open when their 737 Max loses an engine or two

Cuts like a knife, don’t it?

People who make everything they’re involved with worse gotta stick together.