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On the third day of Trek-mas, (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by ummthatguy@lemmy.world to c/risa@startrek.website
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SUBMIT ENTRIES FOR DAY 4 HERE!

"FOUR PHASERS PHASING"

Claim a spot by submitting your meme the day/post prior (ie - post meme for day 4 on day 3). In the event of multiple submissions, most upvoted by day's end takes it. Tie breaker based on my poor taste.

1 ummthatguy - "An O'Brien in agony"

2 negativenull - "Two ejected warp cores"

3 The Picard Maneuver - "Three French Captains"

4 "Four phasers phasing"

5 "Five latinum bars"

6 "Six Vulcan Mind-melds"

7 "Seven Jeffrey Combs"

8 "Eight Janeway coffees"

9 "Nine redshirts dying"

10 "Ten humanoid aliens"

11 "Eleven Rikers Riking"

12 "Twelve cloaking warbirds"

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[–] loopedcandle@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to recommend that each day is a different picture of O'Brien in agony as there are so many screenshots to choose from.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I recommend checking the previous 2 posts.

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I know I'm late, but next year we should do 6 O'Briens in Agony because it maximizes the total O'Briens in Agony (6 = argmax{n*(12-n+1}).

Currently we've minimized O'Briens in Agony, which feels out of tune with the show writing.

[–] negativenull@startrek.website 8 points 11 months ago

Simpler alternative:

[–] negativenull@startrek.website 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

phasers

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Robe guy kinda looks like Giuliani.

[–] negativenull@startrek.website 7 points 11 months ago

HA! I almost made a comment on my post saying "ignore Giuliani in the background"!

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

Both versions are great

[–] bajabound@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

It's not a good day unless O'Brien suffers.

[–] Osa-Eris-Xero512@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://pixelfed.social/storage/m/_v2/641403985469796943/bc40e5d2a-3c51e6/sxAYNxLWL6ph/uOPWmqr7tFo9df8GsV4l4sziWUP16TKBMD7r1WnT.png

There. Are. Four. Phasers.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Great find! I wasn't sure there was a shot featuring at least (precisely) 4 phasers.

[–] Osa-Eris-Xero512@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Fun fact: I scrubbed through that whole fight and there is exactly 1 frame where only 4 beams are on screen, and it's the view screen of the Alito and not a very clear shot. The rest are ~~5~~ 4 beams or <=3

And in DS9 the big fleet actions only have only a few ships firing at a time. I didn't think the phaser effect cost that much, but presumably I was wrong about that.

Figured it could work for the meme.

[–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Who is the mademoiselle on the wine bottle label at far right of the 3 captains?! I love a subtle inside joke.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Geneviève Bujold the original actor for Janeway, who quit after 2 days on set.

[–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thank you! I thought she was "let go". Why did she quit? I love backstage goss, no matter how old it is.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Bujold was the first choice of the producers of Star Trek: Voyager to play Captain Nicole Janeway. She quit after a day and a half of shooting, with the public reason being she was unaccustomed to the hectic pace of television filming. (See: Bujold as Captain Nicole Janeway) Other rumored reasons included dissatisfaction with her performance on the part of the producers and dissatisfaction with the character on the part of Bujold. As Rick Berman politely put it in the October 8-14, 1994 issue of TV Guide: "It was immediately obvious it was not a good fit." The producers subsequently hired TV veteran Kate Mulgrew, and changed the captain's first name from Nicole to Kathryn on Mulgrew's advice"

Something tells me Berman is the real reason.

[–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thank you! Why is that?

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Rick Berman is notorious for being a misogynist. He made various "sex appeal" decisions throughout Trek for the sake of viewership (adding 7 of 9 to Voyager, swapping Jadzia for Ezri on DS9, making T'Pol wear skin-tight clothes + the decon chamber + her Pon Farr phase)

Odds are he didn't think Ms Bujold had the right "look" for the role or something similar.