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So lately I've been binge watching music videos of songs that I listened to on the radio decades ago...


And the award for the greatest disjoint between the visuals and the lyrics goes to!


When I think "Shania Twain" I do not think "cyberpunk". What happened here?

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A TikTok ad compares the technology of 1990 with 1999...


Boy, I remember having one of those telephones with the clear case, and I'll always have fond memories of those iMac G3s...

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LEGO Aeroshuttle


Never did like the look of the aeroshuttle. Clearly the cockpit was designed to be able to reuse the runabout set with minor redressing.


Then again, after the complete failure of the Captain's Yacht you'd think the creators would've learned to not attempt something similar. After all, they would've had to have created undocking and docking footage PLUS new Voyager footage with a big chunk missing. In the long run making the saucer separate (and have only the saucer be able to land and take off) would've been better.


TNG cast as the Masters of the Universe


You can't imagine how painful it was to not know Data's alter ego at first, nor how relieved I was when I realized he was Stratos and I didn't have to look it up! I get that Dr. Crusher is supposed to be the Sorceress but for the life of me she looks more like a generic Dungeons and Dragons cleric.


I'm trying to imagine Geordi as Tri-Clops, but I'm not sure that it'd work. Frankly Riker doesn't really fit as Man-At-Arms, that would be more of an O'Brien role. Plus having Riker and Troi play father and daughter is just...icky. Yar would be a better Teela. Q as Zodac! Lore as Skeletor! Sela as Evil-Lyn! The possibilities are endless!


Oh, brainflash! Exocomp as Orko!

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Pooh and friends cosplay as the various Doctors (the timelord ones)


Well, that happened...

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Early test footage for Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" music video. With Donny Osmond dancing like an idiot, for some reason...


Of course I like "White and Nerdy", but my enthusiasm for the song decreases with each listen, because....


Because there is no way that ONE guy can be into all of these things simultaneously.There aren't enough hours in the day.

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What if the Ecto 1, DeLorean time machine, and Mystery Machine were shaped like the '89 Batmobile?

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So Wizards of the Coast is going to release Star Trek cards for Magic: The Gathering.


Over at TV Tropes we'd call this a Flat What moment.

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A collection of custom LEGO Star Trek ships


Most of them are nice (especially that Danube-class), but that Type 9 shuttle is just hideous. Never did like the Type 9 (AKA Class 2 i.e. the Cochrane), the design is a clear example of something that was designed to look modern with no consideration for practicality.

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So I've been listening to various covers of "Candle on the Water" from Pete's Dragon...


This is one that has to be heard to be disbelieved.


I don't "hate" it, it seems to defy a conventional binary opinion.

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Al Hirshfield-style drawing of the DS9 cast


A rather nice minimalist LEGO model of a TOS shuttle

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A Mega Man/Digimon crossover


I still remember how epic the first appearance of Omnimon was


Mega Man...never had the NES games, so my first connections to the franchise were the NT Warrior anime and the Bob and George webcomic.

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Another AI "Taking selfies of myself with the Trek crews" video


This one is a lot more inept than the last one. More uniform errors and a lot more "this stand in only looks like the Trek character when the camera slows down for the selfie, it blurs back to the original actor during the wipes to and from."


Seriously, it's enjoyable just to see how many mistakes there are.

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Teaser Trailer for the new He-Man movie


My biggest problem is the Earth parts. It's stupid. I get that in the '80s it was common to put fantasy characters in modern Earth as a cost-saving measure, but that doesn't fly these days. Why couldn't it just be a simpler story of "Skeletor takes over Eternia and captures Prince Adam's parents, Adam discovers Castle Greyskull and proves himself worthy of the Power Sword so he can become He-Man and save his people"?

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Someone built a robot that plays Bop-It.

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Newspaper clipping of the TNG cast before the show started


The funny part is the caption labeling Geordi as "the new Spock." Seriously? Obviously Data was supposed to be in the Spock position, but you could argue that Worf has a better claim to the title than Geordi does!

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One of the comics features Trek characters playing D&D


I must be seriously warped if my biggest problem is Data wearing his poker visor.

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I've never seen a LEGO Constitution refit at this scale before...

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What if Wrath of Khan was a western?


An old-timey "photo" with the characters moving. Once again the AI characters look spot on when they're not moving, but once they start moving suddenly they're replaced with stunt doubles. At this point I can't help but hate such laziness. A still photo would've been more impressive.

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Certifiably Ingame tackles Voyager's bridge.


I never knew there was a separate science station! It never made sense to me, treating Operations (a yellowshirt) as though it covered Science (a blueshirt) as well. I get that Data wouldn't look good in blue, but that's not the point. It's plausible that Data can keep more stuff on his plate than an ordinary officer. That doesn't apply to Harry, either he should've been Science Officer or there should've been a recurring Science Officer (Samanta Wildman?) in the cast.


Come to think of it, what was a fresh Academy graduate doing as a Senior Officer anyway? It reminds me of Worf's situation back in Season One, the general "duty officer" learning different things. You could also apply this to Chekov's situation in TOS.

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Today's Hirshfield-style collection of caricatures of celebrities whose birthday's are today includes Ethan Phillips.


Ignore the "remembering" subtitle, he's still alive.