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James R Kirk startrek.website Kirk@startrek.website
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Sanctus anarchist.nexus Sanctus@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2025-09-08
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I'm pretty sure their people's entire way of life was upended after that lol imagune losing your seemingly best and only hereditary negotiator.
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xkbx startrek.website xkbx@startrek.website
Joined: 2024-02-04
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i love a spicy conga line
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Luke lemmy.ml lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-03
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TNG sure did have some surprisingly graphic scenes at times for an afternoon/evening show that was mostly family friendly until surprise gore and then back to family friendly for a couple seasons.

Remember the one where they opened those dudes torsos like cans of spaghetti so they could kill the mind-control bugs in them? Why was that deemed necessary for the story at the time, I wonder, versus just having the phasers make them disappear?
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Doxin pawb.social Doxin@pawb.social
Joined: 2024-04-21
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Luke wrote:
TNG sure did have some surprisingly graphic scenes at times for an afternoon/evening show that was mostly family friendly until surprise gore and then back to family friendly for a couple seasons. Remember the one where they opened those dudes torsos like cans of spaghetti so they could kill the mind-control bugs in them? Why was that deemed necessary for the story at the time, I wonder, versus...

Didn't a guys head explode in that episode too?
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James R Kirk startrek.website Kirk@startrek.website
Joined: 2025-03-01
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xkbx wrote:
i love a spicy conga line

right like why are they complaining
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Korval lemmy.today Korval@lemmy.today
Joined: 2024-09-22
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Luke wrote:
TNG sure did have some surprisingly graphic scenes at times for an afternoon/evening show that was mostly family friendly until surprise gore and then back to family friendly for a couple seasons. Remember the one where they opened those dudes torsos like cans of spaghetti so they could kill the mind-control bugs in them? Why was that deemed necessary for the story at the time, I wonder, versus...

I remember watching this episode after school and being utterly shocked (and pleased, of course). This was my clearest "can they show that on TV??" moment.
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