Should we call the MACOs something corny also? I’m thinking Maroons or MACAronis…
–carnivorousplant, unless those are actually funny, then Tars Tarkas
I suggest we call them Berts. Since Bert Reynolds is MAACO’s current spokeslizard.
- Tars Wages
Oooo! Oooo! Can the Xindi then be called Ernies?
– vivalostplant
What the frelling hay is going on here?
Note: If NoClueBoy ever tries to tell any of you that “her name is Goo,” just remember: It’s Antonia."*
*(an even more obscure reference than “panda”)
–AesirVanpelt
Was Roy Horn ever mauled by the panda?
Psssst…
It’s Burt Reynolds.
I don’t post enough in the Trek threads to be considered a regular, and I don’t have the status of the “bigtime” posters who occasionally grace the threads with their wisdom. I don’t have a $100 bill to add, either; this is not a complaint but an obsevation.
I’ve been a Trekker from the age of five, when I saw the original broadcast of “Space Seed.” I put up with the nerd jokes all through school, I paid my dues. The conclusion I’ve come to is that even bad Trek is better than none at all, and if it wasn’t for Trek influence there would be not nearly as much interest in Sci-Fi in general.
There has always been Panda in Trek- hell, Gene Rodenberry gave his girlfriend the ultimate roles in the series (she couldn’t star, or he may have done that- he did try to make her First Officer but the network didn’t like it); Yeoman Rand and Uhura showed more leg and cleavage than was necessary for the story; and Kirk’s legendary prowess with hot co-stars kept the Panda happy. It’s a part of TV, not just Trek- why else would Kevin James be paired off with Leah Remini instead of someone more “realistic” like Roseanne? The same reason that you won’t see a hot love scene on Trek between an actor in a rubber mask and an alien in the form of a tub of goo.
As far as the MACOs go, do you think that the Powers That Be will stay consistent with the guest stars playing the parts? Or will there be random actors being used as they are hired? I thought that Daniel Dae Kim was a good addition to the guest cast, with his background in Crusade and 24. I wonder if that was a one-time guest shot?
Daniel Dae Kim will be on at least once more. Some of the others will be back occasionally. B&B have said they don’t want the MACOs to upstage the regulars.
OK, I got a no-clue-trek question: Who’s b&b ?
B&B-- Berman and Braga, the Executive Producers of Enterprise and handlers of Trek’s reins for the moment. Berman was “chosen” by Roddenberry, and Bragga was banging Jeri Ryan. Braga wrote some good episodes, but doesn’t like continuing story arcs, and is fascinated by time travel stories.
Ooo, I love it when you talk dirty.
So Braga’s responsible for all of those godawful time travel episodes, eh?
[Sets phaser to “full disintegration.” Googles “Braga address Star Trek”]
Boy will you be ticked when later this season the Enterprise crew ends up in Present day Detroit
What are they doing there? I don’t know, but i bet it involves [spoiler]Hoshi becoming the female Asian Eminem, Hoshinem!
“I’m sorry daddy!
I never meant to hurt you!
I never meant to make you cry; but tonight
I’m devolving into goooooo!!!”
(lyrics by carnivorousplant)[/spoiler]
The BFST Reset Button™ was his creation. When it worked, like in V’ger’s Year Of Hell, it was awesome.
When it didn’t, it sucked so hard it bacame a new standard in suckitudeness.
Berman and Braga = The Bermaga
By the by, just out of curiosity…which episode was it, exactly, where Hoshi looses her top?
The episode’s actual name (and airdate, if possible) would be most appreciated.
Shockwave
But, I don’t recall if it was part I or II.
Cliffhanger 1st season ender / 2nd season starter
Part two, after dropping out of a notjeffriestube.
Too bad Enterprise isn’t on ShowTime. They wouldn’t have to show topless Hoshi from the back…
Yeah, but then we’d be clamoring for pantsless Hoshi.
You just can’t win.
They can show that too, Aesiron. I would still complain, because she would be still be Tars-less Hoshi.