Why do I wonder about these things?

Jun 02, 2009 08:00

Okay.

Remember that episode of Star Trek: Voyager where Janeway and Paris went to Warp 10, evolved into salamanders and had little salamander kids together? Did anyone ever wonder what happened to the babies? Chakotay obviously didn't bring them back to the ship. So what happened? They were little human babies, albeit evolved ones; did they expose ( Read more... )

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momebie June 2 2009, 13:14:59 UTC
O_O

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majic13 June 2 2009, 14:26:56 UTC
Ahahaha, out of curiosity I tracked down that episode on YouTube and skimmed it to see if it was really that bad.

Uh, yeah, it was that bad. Apparently they left the salamanderbabies in their new environment to grow up and spawn their own inbred salamanderbabies. Humanity prevails. Awesome.

The conversation between Janeway/Paris was hilariously awkward, given that they'd, uh, spawned with one another not too long ago, and apparently had their memories of salamanderhood.

The "everything goes back to how it was" in the last five minutes was pretty lame, though. THEY GOT HYPER-EVOLVED INTO FREAKIN' NEWTS, THAT IS A NON-TRIVIAL AFFLICTION. It should leave someone pretty freaked out, I would've thought. But no, aside from some vaguely uncomfortable talking it's all Just Another Day On Voyager.

Hologram dude: "OK YOU ARE NO LONGER A GIANT NEWT BECAUSE I HAVE JUST MAGICALLY PUT YOUR GENES BACK HOW THEY SHOULD BE SO NOW YOU ARE TOTALLY HOW YOU WERE BEFORE, INCLUDING YOUR HAIRSTYLE. THREE DAYS OF BED REST WHILE YOUR GENOME STABILISES ( ... )

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lutraphile June 2 2009, 14:52:10 UTC
THEY GOT HYPER-EVOLVED INTO FREAKIN' NEWTS, THAT IS A NON-TRIVIAL AFFLICTION.

Clearly, then, they were referencing Monte Python. "I got better!

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jennydambeck June 2 2009, 19:55:54 UTC
ST really needs to listen to the fan base and let the superfans nit pick for errors in plotlines . . . and I say this as a loving fan

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