We will defeat the evil alien by ceasing hostilities and partaking in joy and laughter!

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Holy shit. Is the one on the left supposed to be a Klingon?

Good afternoon, Hootie, I hope you slept well. If you're feeling a bit under the weather, tomato juice is a good hangover remedy. Also, remember to hydrate.

How about them Blackhawks! Everybody up here is very happy today. Just one more game, and it's on to the Stanley Cup Finals!

Oh, and someone explain exactly how the Death Star laser does that six (or however many) laser beams that combine into one? It's coherent light, for God's sake.

Sulu is such a queen.

Its 64 into 8 into 1. Why the **** do I know that?

I see the eight, but how about the 64?

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hey fraz :)

Each of the 8 outside lasers has 8 more funneled into them.

Yep. That's what they used to look like back in the days of low budget 60's TV.

Here's the same actor, playing the same character, in a later Star Trek series:

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I didn't like the way this thread was headed.

Meh, yet another reason never to watch an original episode.

Silly nonsense.

As I've said, there are some that are worth watching (and a handful of really, really good ones), especially with the upgraded special effects. You can stream all of them on Netflix.

Seriously, watch The Doomsday Machine.

Tickets must be insane right now.

I've heard around $1,000 for the cheap seats.

Ticket Exchange has tickets on the glass going for $2-3k... :eek:

That seems like a really good reason, though perhaps one would just use spars instead of wings if that's the only reason. A few other reasons I can think of for wings might be:

1. Maneuvering in atmosphere, as donger suggested.
2. Keeping radioactive or toxic weapons as far as possible from the pilot (though this would likely be spars as well).
3. The wings contain energy collectors for solar power or solar wind or some sort of intergalactic energy, which looks to be the case for most of the Empire ships, but not the rebel ships. However, this could be explained by the possibility that the Empire ships are true space ships and newer while the rebels ships have to serve both space and atmospheric purposes and are older.
4. It's unlikely but possible that they could be for cooling, depending on the power plant.
5. They may exist as wings and not spars because the pilot needs a place to climb up into the cockpit. Probably would have a ladder instead.
6. They could be for stability because if you're in space and do a barrel roll while moving over long distance it could have a gyroscopic effect due to a greater moment and keep you on the proper route more easily. Or similarly, it preserves momentum in rolling maneuvers.


Most likely, some prop designer just thought it looked cool, though.

Wings produce lift. If they don't produce lift, they aren't wings.

Hard to believe that just four years ago the seats were half-empty and nobody gave a shit.

Nothing succeeds like success.

The hockey equivalent of David Glass dying helped a lot... it would be strange to be the son and basically have fans walk up to you and say everything except "thanks for not being your dad" (and some probably do say it).

I said a hot topless wife,not YOUR hot topless wife :D

I may have told you this story when you were up last time, but the day after Dollar Bill died I was at my office and a couple of the senior partners were talking about it. I was just about to chime in with "Hey, now that the cheapass prick is dead maybe they'll finally get better" or something to that effect, but some 6th sense set off my danger shut up alarm, so I kept quiet. Sure enough, a few seconds later they were talking about which one was going to drive to Wirtz's funeral - they both knew him personally. Dodged a nearly self-inflicted bullet there.

I was hoping for a similar turnaround when Lamar kicked off, but sadly things only got worse. :sulk:

I sometimes wished to hell I had that 6th sense

Believe me, I don't always have it. :$2500:

This thread should be proof of that. LMAO

Most of us who have been here a long time have had one of these threads at some time or another. Me, I've had too many.

Note to self: In the future, when you wake up with a sinus headache and pop a couple of T3s, do not logon to ChiefsPlanet and immediately neg rep a moderator.

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Rare. A subtle, but unmistakable, admission of defeat.

:facepalm:

It was more than that, but I won't get all emotional on you again. I said some pretty terrible ****ing things, and I'm sorry for it. I was a little butt hurt at first, and allowed it to escalate to "I don't give a **** mode". That's never a good thing for me, because I have a fat ****ing mouth. I'm sorry for talking shit on your wife, and will give you a free face shot should we meet sometime. Just stay away from my ****ing nose!

This is what Hootie does to us. It's all his fault, and he must die. Kill him. Kill him now.

I know a lot of folks don't like it, but Hootie drives this site in a major way. For every single person that can't stand him, there are 7-10 who absolutely adore him. He's a ****ing enigma.

Meh. Just a parting shot as he departs the Enterprise for the lifeless void of outer space.

Bye patty!

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Please mark the books that Flopnuts just requested a facial, so long as his nasal passages remain clear.

I drew wood.

Christ. I can't even edit it now. :facepalm:

patteau had a 'moment.' groan

Federation Al Jolson

Reine Blanche

Who's mult are you?

What is your purpose on this board? Follow me around?

you're pretty shitty at being rude, red.;)
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Would you like to buy a monkey?

I'm going to vote TimBone n00b of the year. :)

It's Star Wars science. It's not supposed to obey our laws of physics/electricity/whatever.

Hootie, I'm very disappointed.

I'm taking a few personal days.

Fine. Let your thread die.

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Oh! They have different laws of physics in that galaxy way, way over there (or however it goes)?

I feel the same way about illegal Mexicans. Of course, I wouldn't be as dramatic about it. It's funny how his torso moves when he says it.

NTTAWWT

and it's awesome bro!

http://i.imgur.com/6mAwXsO.jpg

LMAO

:)

****. I thought that was "Let the bodies hit the flow." Admittedly, that didn't make much sense.

:)

:)

Thanks.

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Physics don't matter. No one cares about physics when they write a Star Wars script.

I'm trying to write Chapter Six in my story thread.

I won't let you guys down.

Which is why Star Trek TNG is infinitely superior to Star Wars. They at least try to make it somewhat realistic.

Wow, doing some looking back and i gotta say that this thread went sooo far into the horrible that its now come full circle into pretty cool, havent seen this much interpersonal Planet drama in a looong time.

Its destined for the HOC.

Yes, but that was 25 years ago.

The new Star Trek doesn't give a shit about any of that.

They embarrass the name of the franchise.

The new Star Trek shows the same blatant disregard for physics that Star Wars did and does? How so?

All of the high stakes drama mixed with the random bullshit thrown in from the gallery = win.

You'll have to see the movie. It's very Star Warsian.

Disgusting, simply disgusting.

The new one, Into Darkness?

Just read the Frazod vs Everyone Else arguments from last night.

Ho-ly shit. That was amazing. ROFL

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