My apologies that this one's going up late, even by my standards. Between work, social obligations, and my internet going out during the time I normally have to write these, I wasn't able to get it up when I'd like. Still, it is (barely) before the next episode drops, so there's that.
He didn't imagine it. He just took the ball and ran with it.
I think the shot we see of it against the Enterprise E in "First Contact" doesn't help with the perception of the scale of the ship.
"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" - release date: 26 November 1986
"Encounter at Farpoint" - original air date: 28 September 1987
"The Bonding" - the first episode of TNG Ronald D. Moore wrote, and sold as a spec script before getting hired as part of the writing staff, original air date: 23 October 1989
There is plenty of references to money in TOS, and not merely as a figure of speech.
Roddenberry didn’t imagine a moneyless future; that was an invention of “The Voyage Home”, which Roddenberry had no involvement with.
I'm actually still just waiting for you to give some examples of bad writing in Disco.
I get to do the pithy bot mot that’s actually nonsense
The term is "bon mot." Don't worry though, this in no way affects my impression of your ability to judge what is or is not good writing.
This is fucking gross. We're all having a good time here, but let's not try to play sexual assault off as a joke.
Could you give some examples of bad writing in the show? Feel free to skip the overwrought metaphor.
Tell that to the Baku.