# Star Trek -- the "I saw it" thread \*\*SPOILERS\*\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 7, 2009, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640 "2009-05-07T08:13:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 46
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/901 "2009-05-31T21:09:38Z")
Out of curiosity, I just looked at the threads with highest post counts in CS, and if you ignore the game threads that should be in The Game Room, this thread is the fifth largest. Another Trek thread, one of the Enterprise discussion threads, is number three. That’s pretty . . . nerdy. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/902 "2009-05-31T21:14:40Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Out of curiosity, I just looked at the threads with highest post counts in CS, and if you ignore the game threads that should be in The Game Room, this thread is the fifth largest. > > Another Trek thread, one of the Enterprise discussion threads, is number three. That’s pretty . . . nerdy. The important thing is that Tolkien threads still occupy the top spots. Right? RIGHT? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/903 "2009-05-31T21:45:26Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > The important thing is that Tolkien threads still occupy the top spots. Right? RIGHT? You sittin’ down, Skald? ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/904 "2009-05-31T22:19:03Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Out of curiosity, I just looked at the threads with highest post counts in CS, and if you ignore the game threads that should be in The Game Room, this thread is the fifth largest. > > Another Trek thread, one of the Enterprise discussion threads, is number three. That’s pretty . . . nerdy. I think you misspelled “awesome”. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/905 "2009-05-31T23:50:47Z")
> [@athelas](#): > > I think you misspelled “awesome”. It’s both nerdy \*and \*awesome; the former because \*\*cplant \*\*is one of only two posters that is a top commenter in both threads, and the latter because I am the other. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/906 "2009-06-01T00:19:57Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > It’s both nerdy \*and \*awesome; the former because \*\*cplant \*\*is one of only two posters that is a top commenter in both threads, and the latter because I am the other. I resemble that remark! Who the hell _is_ this guy? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/907 "2009-06-01T14:39:39Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You sittin’ down, Skald? Of course I’m sitting down. I don’t surf the Dope while standing up. And even if I wanted to, I couldn’t stand up while simultaneously surfing the Dope, cleaning my rifle, and honing my hurling axes. I’ve only got four hands. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/908 "2009-06-01T18:57:12Z")
So what if Trek is getting more posts at the moment? If you compare Trek posts now to LOTR when any of Jackson’s movies were in the theater, or if you compare the number of recent LOTR posts now compared to Trek posts during a time in which there wasn’t a Trek film in theaters, the story would be different. So let the Trekkies enjoy their little blip. (Although it seems like a number of recent posts have been something like "I’m not going to bother reading the thread or doing a search, so somebody just answer this question that’s been addressed a dozen times already, OK?) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/909 "2009-06-01T19:26:35Z")
Eh? Methinks you’re taking my comment differently than how it was intended, which was just as an interesting aside. And besides, LotR wasn’t even mentioned until **Skald** brought it up. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/910 "2009-06-01T19:44:01Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Eh? Methinks you’re taking my comment differently than how it was intended, which was just as an interesting aside. Mere corroborative detail; intended to give verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and uninteresting narrative. He does that a lot. What does it mean, “LotR”? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/911 "2009-06-01T19:46:06Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > So what if Trek is getting more posts at the moment? If you compare Trek posts now to LOTR when any of Jackson’s movies were in the theater, or if you compare the number of recent LOTR posts now compared to Trek posts during a time in which there wasn’t a Trek film in theaters, the story would be different. So let the Trekkies enjoy their little blip. > > (Although it seems like a number of recent posts have been something like "I’m not going to bother reading the thread or doing a search, so somebody just answer this question that’s been addressed a dozen times already, OK?) Dude, I was MAKING A JOKE. I make jokes. Frequently very bad one. Some of my jokes are so tired, obvious, unoriginal, and generally bad that people throttle themselvesto avoid hearing the punchline. I’m not sure what you mean by the phrase “Jackson’s movies,” though. I’ve heard rumors that some fat hairy dude of that name was going to piss all over the Perfesser’s work, but as I understanded he was attacked and eate by a giant ape who, improbably enough, was a huge fan of The Silmarillion. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/912 "2009-06-01T19:50:16Z")
Skald jokes are the third worst in the Universe. The second worst is that of the Azgoths of Kria. During a recitation by their Poet Master Grunthos the Flatulent of his joke “How Many Small Lumps of Green Putty Can I Find In My Armpit One Midsummer Morning” four of his audience members died of internal hemorrhaging, and the President of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived by gnawing one of his own legs off. The very worst joke in the universe was written by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Sussex. Thankfully it was destroyed when the earth was. “LotR”? I think it means “Lottsa Ruck” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/913 "2009-06-01T19:51:30Z")
[sub]_I, myself, and I, make bad plagarisms_[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/914 "2009-06-01T19:52:46Z")
Wow. Suddenly I have the feeling that I interrupted a private conversation on a public message board. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/915 "2009-06-01T20:03:20Z")
You ever see the video where the director of I \<3 Huckabees storms off the set, then storms back on from another direction just so he can storm off again? That’s me. > [@Aesiron](#): > > Eh? Methinks you’re taking my comment differently than how it was intended, which was just as an interesting aside. There were about a half dozen posts between that comment and mine. > [@](#): > > And besides, LotR wasn’t even mentioned until Skald brought it up. That would be one of them. > [@carnivorous plant](#): > > Mere corroborative detail; intended to give verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and uninteresting narrative. > > He does that a lot. I resent that. Or appreciate it. I’m not sure. > [@skald the rhymer](#): > > Dude, I was MAKING A JOKE. I make jokes. So why take my comment so seriously? > [@](#): > > I’m not sure what you mean by the phrase “Jackson’s movies,” though. I’ve heard rumors that some fat hairy dude of that name was going to piss all over the Perfesser’s work, but as I understanded he was attacked and eate by a giant ape who, improbably enough, was a huge fan of The Silmarillion. Hey, there were no less than 1.5 and up to 2.5 good movies in there. Kong, however, was a pile of ape dung. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/916 "2009-06-01T20:05:45Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > Skald jokes are the third worst in the Universe. The second worst is that of the Azgoths of Kria. During a recitation by their Poet Master Grunthos the Flatulent of his joke “How Many Small Lumps of Green Putty Can I Find In My Armpit One Midsummer Morning” four of his audience members died of internal hemorrhaging, and the President of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived by gnawing one of his own legs off. The very worst joke in the universe was written by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Sussex. Thankfully it was destroyed when the earth was. > > “LotR”? I think it means “Lottsa Ruck” > > 😃 First of all, your first sentece should read, “Skald jokes are, of coruse, the third worst…” etc. Secondly, I started to make that exactly same joke but decided not to. So you ust made a worse joke than ME. I assume you will be killing yourself now. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/917 "2009-06-01T20:09:09Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > You ever see the video where the director of I \<3 Huckabees storms off the set, then storms back on from another direction just so he can storm off again? That’s me. One must respect that sort of dedication. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/918 "2009-06-01T20:14:19Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > [QUOTE=skald the rhymer] > > Dude, I was MAKING A JOKE. I make jokes So why take my comment so seriously? [/quote] I take all comments seriously. I don’t want to; I am forced to. By Athena. Eons ago, upon first seeing her loveliness, I was overcome with desire and attempted to kiss her against her will. Incensed at this violation of her person, she cursed me to wander the earth, forever young and unable to recognize facetiae, irony, or sarcasm. Then, just to add insult to injury, she grabbed her equally hot, equally virgin half-sister Artemis, and they stripped nude and made out for, like, 30 minutes, while I was forced to watch. > [@](#): > > Hey, there were no less than 1.5 and up to 2.5 good movies in there. Kong, however, was a pile of ape dung. I actually like King King, or would if it existed, which of course it does not as Jackson was eaten by that lonely ape. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/919 "2009-06-01T20:14:27Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > One must respect that sort of dedication. FINALLY some respect. What was this thread about again? Oh yeah. Young Kirk bad, young Spock good. And not speaking of LOTR, I enjoyed Karl Urban’s DeForest Kelley homage. I appreciate some good comic relief, but by the time this film was over I wanted relief from the comic relief. I think it was Scotty that pushed me over the edge. I don’t get the hate for his little sidekick though. He didn’t get enough screen time to annoy me, and he was quiet. I don’t see how anybody could compare him to Jar Jar. I was really hoping the green girl would turn out to be an Earth sorority girl dressed up for some kind of role-playing. She looked terrible, and it was just too pandering. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-the-i-saw-it-thread-spoilers/495640/920 "2009-06-01T20:14:33Z")
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