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View Poll Results: What's the Quintessential Episode of Star Trek? | |||
Errand of Mercy | 0 | 0% | |
Who Mourns for Adonais? | 0 | 0% | |
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield | 3 | 27.27% | |
The Measure of a Man | 3 | 27.27% | |
Who Watches the Watchers | 1 | 9.09% | |
Far Beyond the Stars | 1 | 9.09% | |
The Assignment | 0 | 0% | |
Death Wish | 1 | 9.09% | |
Distant Origin | 1 | 9.09% | |
Living Witness | 1 | 9.09% | |
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Reminds me of when the creators of Friends were choosing their episode titles. They said something along the lines of "let's just call it whatever they're going to be talking about around the water cooler the next day." "The One With the Football," "The One With the Unagi," "The One With the Prom Video," etc. Kinda hard to forget episode titles like that, huh?
Might be time for another thread to "rename" Trek episodes into something easier to remember, just for fun. First off I'd rename all of those DS9 episodes that are Latin phrases. Those tick me off.
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70s Doctor Who has a similar problem, they all start to sound the same after a while... "City of Death," "Ambassadors of Death," "Robots of Death," "Stones of Blood," "Planet of Evil," "Mind of Evil," "Face of Evil," "Hand of Fear," "Web of Fear" ....
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"All" those episodes? Is it just me or is there only one? "Inter arma enim silent leges." The episode "Dramatis Personae" is also Latin words, but it's a technical term relating to story. It's as Latin as "Deus ex machina" is.
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Okay, so there is only one, but there's a whole bunch more that look like they were translated from Latin, phrases that may speak for the metaphysical theme of the episode, but don't help one figure out which particular plot they're talking about. "The Dogs of War" comes to mind. The whole last half of the series concerns the war, at least in theory, how does "The Dogs of War" help direct you to that particular plot?
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Cute, too bad we can't put that web address into the credits of every episode. "Based upon Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, go to metaphorsexplained.com if the title confuses you."
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Beats me.
Oh, and just for the kicks of volleying the topic in a completely new direction (I'm a big ping-pong freak ), I'm suddenly reminded of the list of classic bumper sticker messages. My favorite is "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup," followed by "save the whales; collect the whole set." Input?
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