So I do like Star Trek a lot, especially TNG, DS9, and Below Decks. Voyager and TOS are fine. Space socialism is pretty good and I can't get enough of it. There are a few common tropes that irk me. tho.
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Baseball is cracker Amerikkkan nonsense - You telling me that all these different species and planets get together to chill, and the vibe they're gonna channel is Ohio?? Football (soccer) or some version of hockey make a lot more sense, you can pick up and start playing immediately. I can't imagine Worf wanting to learn all those pointless rules about balls and strikezones and fowls. Sisko is arguably the best captain of any series, and I really get pulled out of an episode every time he drops some awful baseball trivia. It's only slightly better than Nascar. I actually know one Scottish person who really likes baseball, and he's literally the worst person I know.
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The tribunal - It's so damn common. It seems like every season there's got to be a court-martial, hearing, or appeal against a Starfleet decision. I guess Law and Order is big there. It's probably a minor critique, but it does reinforce the ideology that Western courtrooms are fair.
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Kirk is a sex pest - This has been said to death, but leave your subordinates alone.
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Poker in TNG - Poker has to be the worst form of entertainment, and I genuinely like maths. I blame TNG for reigniting the poker craze of the 90s and ruining all my guy friends' personalities.
Gates McFadden and Marina Sirtis both had sword training, and also the most extensive out of the cast. Marina Sirtis did a lot if schlock in the 80s including a fair bit of low budget fantasy stuff and Gates is I'm pretty sure low key the most multi talented in the cast. She can act, she can sword fight, she can tap dance. And oh yeah, she did this tiny little project where she directed the choreography of this puppet show, you may have heard of it. It's called FUCKING LABYRINTH! She choreographed the scenes where David bowie dances with puppets and a baby. If anything the show wasn't good enough for her.
Wow I literally didn't know that. So I went through the tap dancing episode in slow mo to see if they used a double, as I was legit impressed. Data seems to be a double at times (maybe I'm wrong), but I couldn't see it with her. Thanks for the useful trivia. I'll have better respect for both actresses now.
Spiner has a pretty solid chance of being a good tap dancer as well. He's got s very 1930a guy taste. Dude rocks a Ink Spots tune hard.