S01E21 - The Arsenal of Freedom
Posted by Redeye_33@reddit | TNG | View on Reddit | 73 comments
I’m on a rewatch and this dialog just had me rolling! 🤣
Posted by Redeye_33@reddit | TNG | View on Reddit | 73 comments
I’m on a rewatch and this dialog just had me rolling! 🤣
NeilSilva93@reddit
What's going on in this picture? Why are their faces weird?
uroborous01@reddit
Thats not even Jonathan. Who TF is That?!
Pale-Plate-3214@reddit
Rilliam Wiker
Jean-LucBacardi@reddit
CommAnder rIker
Redeye_33@reddit (OP)
True
Sea-Quality4726@reddit
Captain Lollipop.
JidgeyA@reddit
OP used AI to make the post, i think because most streaming sites stop you from taking screenshots.
Redeye_33@reddit (OP)
True. I’ve never made a collage before. And I just had to share our experience with this episode.
Jean-LucBacardi@reddit
Get the app mematic, or if on Android you can make collages natively in the gallery by selecting multiple images and then tapping the three dots at the top right and selecting "create a collage".
Redeye_33@reddit (OP)
Thanks! I’ll try that next time!
triggeron@reddit
They know how to identify AI slop in the 24th century.
CanadianAndroid@reddit
Dafuq you just say?
Blep145@reddit
He's not generative AI. He's a photonic person
Vnxei@reddit
That's 100% something Claude would say.
Blep145@reddit
I wouldn't know. I don't use AI
TheBl4ckFox@reddit
That’s what AI would say. GET HIM
Blep145@reddit
*them
Successful-Scale-607@reddit
Clanker lover
milaga@reddit
You became sexually aroused in my body!!!
RedditOfUnusualSize@reddit
Photons got to be free, baby!
spaghettibolegdeh@reddit
The sets are hilarious in the early seasons.
Just tropical plants, smoke machine and solid color backgrounds.
TheBl4ckFox@reddit
For my young eyes it was so effective. It was alien and weird.
ElGuaco@reddit
It was for TV that was 240i for most folks. We didn't see 480p on TVs until later seasons. The bar was pretty low on what you needed to be convincing on TV.
This is a fun video if you want to pull at that thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzJqarYU5Io
hankhill7769@reddit
It’s effective for my old eyes now!
AnnihilatedTyro@reddit
I wish they'd ditch the whole AR wall and 90% of the SFX in favor of more, and more tightly-focused, character-driven episodes. And I don't mean "character drives a space vehicle that spins a lot and gets shot at for 30 minutes, costs $25m in SFX, and requires 8 extra months of post-production."
Business-Decision719@reddit
I like how this fake captain and also that holographic salesman guy were pretty much identical to those "live chat" AI bots on websites that try to sell you some vague service or give you inept tech support on a service you already have. And Riker enjoys trolling those as much as we all do. 😂
Redeye_33@reddit (OP)
Business-Decision719@reddit
"It doesn't know anything except what it's peddling."
Deastrumquodvicis@reddit
Probably my favorite early-TNG episode besides Elementary, Dear Data.
Cute_Repeat3879@reddit
We'll appeal to the youth demographic with our depression-era pop culture references.
Beautiful-Cabinet364@reddit
“Please, Gene, the kids these days don’t know these references anymore.”
“Shut up! Now have Picard be obsessed with hard boiled detective novels!”
AllerdingsUR@reddit
Obsessed? The funniest thing about those episodes is that he clearly has never read any of the Dixon Hill novels and just wants the vibe
TigerIll6480@reddit
I’m in my 40s now and love a lot of those old hard-boiled detective stories. 🤷♂️
rodgamez@reddit
I recall a 80s/90s TV show, very Tongue in Cheek, "Mike Hammer" I honestly only remember it was so unserious, and the women were hot.
rodgamez@reddit
Yeah, imagine making a SpiderMan Noir! Boy that would be dumb!
Redeye_33@reddit (OP)
And yet…I may watch that! 😂
Jean-LucBacardi@reddit
I was four when this aired and didn't get into it really until the re-runs when I was like 10, but I did know Shirley Temple and understood it.
Royal_Success3131@reddit
I've heard a lot of season one described at "scripts from the 60s, written by men that grew up in the 30s and 40s" and it really strikes true for a lot of them.
Mughi1138@reddit
Oh, no. It was all over later generations. E.g. one horrible episode of the Brady Bunch had Cindy singing that over and over, and over.
Then in syndication local channels seemed to take a twisted delight in broadcasting that re-run over, and over, and over...
So '70s and '80s kids were also cursed in suffering through it
salamander_salad@reddit
This is one of the good season 1 episodes. Tasha Yar actually gets to do her job, the plot intrigue is great, the resolution is unexpected but also obvious, and Riker gets to display his wit and perception before he even grows the beard.
heteroerectus@reddit
I see your Lollipop and raise you this: https://youtu.be/NnrfyvzXR1g?si=mYimECUAka4ItWuV
Redeye_33@reddit (OP)
“Who sent you here?”
“Your mother.”
D’OH!!! Also had us in stitches!
Facemanx64@reddit
WTF is with that dude’s face?
UrguthaForka@reddit
He's got some scarring. Acne maybe?
They could have done a better job not totally highlighting it though. It really stands out.
Trivia: He also plays the Cardassian in "The Wounded" who is reprimanded for using the Enterprise computers.
baphometromance@reddit
Perhaps acne scars do not need to be hidden.
QualifiedApathetic@reddit
I mean, you'd think they'd have more effective acne control by the 24th century.
baphometromance@reddit
You've missed the point
UrguthaForka@reddit
You're right, of course.
Turdfurgeso@reddit
You will not believe me but I personally know that a lot of people find acne scarring attractive
Dirt290@reddit
This actor definitely has some acne scarring but back then it wasn't as noticeable and more acceptable back then. They didn't have as many treatments and even today people struggle with it.
Tommy Lee Jones is an example.
But true the first season was pretty low budget.
VGuyver@reddit
Yes, another is Bill Murrey.
yeahalrightgoon@reddit
I feel considering he was also supposed to be the survivor of a crash, the scarring was perfectly reasonable. In context I just saw it as part of his character.
Resident-Pattern4034@reddit
Deliberate. Not despite, because of. It’s unsettling.
BestDayEvah@reddit
Acne scars and all, he's still attractive to my eyes.
jrgkgb@reddit
I’d always interpreted it as his ship had been destroyed and they had to scan his burned corpse to get the image.
spaghettibolegdeh@reddit
He got ligma
Swishandrinse@reddit
Took me a few times watching that episode to catch the reference. 🤣
pakrat1967@reddit
Yeah I think only people who are familiar with Shirley Temple, or at least that era. Would get the reference.
Disastrous-Dog85@reddit
Im not familiar with the OG Shirley Temple, but I've seen The Simpson's reference to it... so I got the reference when I was watching TNG
EffectiveSalamander@reddit
It was a dated reference in tbr mid 80s, but most People would know the reference. By the 24th century it probably is a reslly obscure reference. Riker knew it, maybe he follows early 20th century media content. But it's still a good reference to use, because a human would probably understand that "Lollipop" would be a bizarre name for a ship.
kizami_nori@reddit
He does like classic Jazz. Maybe he misclicked "If you liked "The Best of Tommy Dorsey"... try Shirley Temple!"
DOHC46@reddit
I missed the reference.
pakrat1967@reddit
Go to YouTube and do a search for Shirley Temple Good Ship Lollipop.
VaporTrail_000@reddit
It's 5 year mission, a sweet trip to the candy shop.
rodgamez@reddit
I was a teenager watching this. My mother sat next to me and giggled. She loved Shirtley Temple movies as a girl and got the joke immediately. She explained it to me.
Redeye_33@reddit (OP)
My wife groaned when River said, “It’s a good ship.” 😆
SweaterUndulations@reddit
Makes me laugh every time.
Jelaur09@reddit
multificionado@reddit
I see that and instantly think of that Mudd episode when the crew and Mudd pwn Norman.
budrow21@reddit
It just gets better with the "Your Mother" line.
spaghettibolegdeh@reddit
What ever happened to that alien kid?
Did Riker just throw him into the Federation Foster home system?
species__8472__@reddit
The most powerful ship in Starfleet.
Double_Distribution8@reddit
It was an airplane.