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How it feels watching Star Trek for the first time
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Optional lemmy.world homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world
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Optional lemmy.world homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world
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[NOT OC]
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rumschlumpel feddit.org rumschlumpel@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-23
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How do you even tell which tropes they created themselves and which ones already existed?
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Optional lemmy.world homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
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rumschlumpel wrote:
How do you even tell which tropes they created themselves and which ones already existed?

Easy. Before Star Trek there was no fanfic.
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Skullgrid lemmy.world Skullgrid@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
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which series?
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TheTechnician27 lemmy.world TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-25
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Optional wrote:
Easy. Before Star Trek there was no fanfic.

"Gee, golly, gosh, gloriosky," thought Mary Sue as she stepped on the bridge of the Enterprise and invented fanfiction. "Here I am, the youngest lieutenant in the fleet - only fifteen and a half years old."
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Toes♀ ani.social Toes@ani.social
Joined: 2023-09-28
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Its been a long road
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teft piefed.social teft@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-22
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Optional wrote:
Easy. Before Star Trek there was no fanfic.

What would you call the Book of Mormon?
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Optional lemmy.world homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
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teft wrote:
What would you call the Book of Mormon?

Fair point
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alekwithak lemmy.world alekwithak@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
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Recently went though this, rewatched TOS, TAS, and the first six movies for the first time as an adult. Holy crap, the number of references in all of my favorite media throughout my entire life that have been flying over my head was staggering. Even lyrics in my teenage emo songs were lifted straight from TOS dialogue.
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negativenull Moderator negativenull@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-06-12
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teft wrote:
What would you call the Book of Mormon?

As a long time ex-mormon, I approve this message
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someguy3 lemmy.world someguy3@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
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I watched a documentary and Gene Roddenberry didn't want the flying saucer trope. That's how we have nacelles and deflector dish added to the saucer section.
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Catoblepas piefed.blahaj.zone Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-06-06
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alekwithak wrote:
Recently went though this, rewatched TOS, TAS, and the first six movies for the first time as an adult. Holy crap, the number of references in all of my favorite media throughout my entire life that have been flying over my head was staggering. Even lyrics in my teenage emo songs were lifted straight from TOS dialogue.

Even lyrics in my teenage emo songs were lifted straight from TOS dialogue.

You can’t say that and not name drop any songs!
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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-26
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Catoblepas wrote:
Even lyrics in my teenage emo songs were lifted straight from TOS dialogue. You can’t say that and not name drop any songs!

“Pure energy. Pure- pure- pure energy.”

[hard synthpop music]
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NaibofTabr infosec.pub NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
Joined: 2023-06-18
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Catoblepas wrote:
Even lyrics in my teenage emo songs were lifted straight from TOS dialogue. You can’t say that and not name drop any songs!

The USS Make Shit Up
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alekwithak lemmy.world alekwithak@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
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Catoblepas wrote:
Even lyrics in my teenage emo songs were lifted straight from TOS dialogue. You can’t say that and not name drop any songs!

The one that was most shocking to me was the 'cement golashes' line from Brand New's Luca, lifted straight from Scotty's mouth in the episode with the 1930's mobster planet.
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kieron115 startrek.website kieron115@startrek.website
Joined: 2024-02-14
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NaibofTabr wrote:
The USS Make Shit Up

A thousand thank you's for introducing me to that song. That was absolutely hilarious!
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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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negativenull wrote:
As a long time ex-mormon, I approve this message

Nephi being Joe's Mary Sue helped get me out of that cult
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NaibofTabr infosec.pub NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
Joined: 2023-06-18
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kieron115 wrote:
A thousand thank you's for introducing me to that song. That was absolutely hilarious!

You're welcome. Here's another good one if you enjoy Star Trek parody:

Star Trekkin' - The Firm
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doesit sh.itjust.works doesit@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-09-03
#20 · (edited) Quote Reply

The shooter will (slowly) move backwards because of the recoil. Forever.
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Ænima lemmy.zip regedit@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-27
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Toes♀ wrote:
Its been a long road

Gettin' from 👇there to 👉 here!
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