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[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mormons with a starship?

Do you want bugs to drop a rock on Buenos Aires? Because that's how you get bugs to drop a rock on Buenos Aires.

[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

[Would you like to know more?]

[–] Doug@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

I'm doing my part!

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not exactly Mormons that you need here. Just to point out, but the bugs on that movie are completely unable to redirect a space rock in any way.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

They’ve got bugs that can shoot spaceships out of orbit with their butts. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to think they could knock an asteroid out of orbit.

Though considering your username it might be you dropping the rocks.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago

In the Star Trek timeline, all Mormons left Earth on a sleeper ship for uncharted space. Over the centuries they devolved into the Pakleds. /headcanon

[–] CandyPants@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago

You spelled "Behemoth" wrong. It's clearly spelled "Medina Station"

[–] radix@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another one? They've already got the Battlestar Galactica!

[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago
[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Related: I just spent 2 weeks doing a fanedit of STV. I will die on the hill that the plot is good if you can get around most of the silly humor of Shatner (which obviously I removed), as well as most of the weird shit between Scotty and Uhura.

At the core, it is a sweeping critique of religion and charlatanism. Larry Luckenbill as Sybok is one of the great performances in all of Trekdom.

[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I haven't figured out distribution yet but you can bet I'll be sharing with the community here (even if only for discussion).

Some of my favorite edits are actually in discussions between Kirk, Spock, and Bones. In one scene Bones has weird jokes that don't really fit the tone of Spock's exposition. It was a challenge to get around them, but I think I did it quite successfully, and it adds some needed gravitas to those portions.

Anyway, yes -- it'll be available somehow.

[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That thing is in TOS? I really thought it was another Expanse meme.

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I really thought it was another Expanse meme.

it is.

I guess they meant STV is related because its plot involves religion.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The bottom frame of the meme is from STV, and the whole thing is based on STV's "what does god need with a starship?".

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

i should've realized that

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Hell, I love it even with the silly humour.

Bones' bit with Sybok making him relive his pain is pretty beautiful.

[–] rez_doggie@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotta go commit genocide to claim their planets

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

And then dress up as the natives and kill the next settlers that come through.

[–] TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip 12 points 1 year ago

Someone told them that the Angel Moron put more prophecies on some gold-pressed latinum

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

It’s going to be really interesting when we discover actual aliens and Mormons be like

[–] harry_balzac@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Prolly cuz everyone on Earth got tired of their BS...like when they had to flee the US to Mexico. Hell, even one of Abe Lincolns campaign posters promised to eliminate the "twin relics of Barbarism" - slavery and polygamy.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Been playing X3TC again and I'm noticing how this ship looks a lot like the Argon Trading Stations (or rather the other way around). Now I wonder if this was the actual inspiration for 'em.

[–] wrath_of_grunge@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Hegar@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Omfg EV was so good, I'd forgotten all about those games!

I downloaded some freeware 3d rendering software to make ships for mods, learned what sprites were, and spent so much time using resedit.

Damn that was a great series of games.