I guess his time isn’t here.

Cliff looks good in the Starfleet bomber jacket.

“You know, you really don’t cook enough roasts, Leela.”

Hiding the Orb of Memory and spitting in the Cardasians’ faces.

It was originally named for the founder and his four sons. Then, dad had another kid and redefined the meaning of the name to be the five sons.

I don’t understand the appeal of a wireless mouse or keyboard in most situations. You still have it on the desk right next to the computer, it’s not like you’re using it from far away, and now you’ve got to think about keeping the battery charged. Wireless headphones make a bit more sense, because you’re wearing them.

It still useful as a place name, and probably an administrative subdivision of the United Earth government.

The only reason I used the spoiler tag is explaining the joke ruins the joke.

Muppet Gul Madred: No. There are five.

“You can’t give her that! It’s not safe!”

IT’S A SWORD. THEY’RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.

“She’s a child!”

IT’S EDUCATIONAL.

“What if she cuts herself?”

THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.

(From Terry Pratchett’s Hogsfather)

Sadly, I’m not even joking.

* Kate Bush music intensifies *

Jack Black stared in a movie this year with exactly this plot.

Still eight engines, though, huh? I guess they couldn’t just the additional work needed to move to four. It’d be more fuel efficient to move to four big engines instead of eight smaller ones, but it’d require strengthening the wing and doing something to increase the steering forces. If you loose an engine when you only have four engines, you loose twice as much thrust as you would have in an eight engine layout, so the remaining three need to work harder, and you have more unbalanced thrust then you would have with 7/8, especially if you loose one of the outboard engines.

I am glad Colm Meaney was willing to do the technobabble heavy role, I know that can turn some actors off, but I can’t imagine DS9 without the Chief.

Lt. Kim says, “Everybody gets promoted before OPS.” In addition to Harry never getting promoted on Voyager, Enterprise D / E operations officer Data was a Lieutenant Commander from his first appearance in “Encounter at Farpoint” all the way through his final appearance in “Star Trek Nemesis,” a period of 15 years both in-universe and real world.

Instructions unclear, installed explosive rocks.

“A dark day for humanity, folks. We have been beaten … in basketball.”

They did a remake on the 3DS, but I’d love one for the Switch or Switch 2. Rationalize the controls for modern gamepads (two joysticks, but only 4 face buttons), update the graphics, but keep the gameplay. Nintendo being Nintendo, they’ll feel obligated to add Amiibo integration, but at least that’s always optional.

Wow, didn’t realize how long his wrap sheet was.