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[–] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Sometimes, late at night, the Jizz band starts playing more schmaltzy. Schmaltzy Jizz.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 6 hours ago

I refuse to apologize.

[–] Batman@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

I'm something of a jizz-wailer myself...

-Riker, probably

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Star Wars Jizzed right into my ear....

This isn't as funny since Disney renamed it to Jatz

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

Damn Disney and their cultural appropriation..

That’s our word!

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 2 points 12 hours ago

When i saw that i was just hoping so hard that Jatz becomes slang for ass to mouth sex or something.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 35 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

One preaches hope for a better future.

One preaches a never ending cycle of ambition, corruption, and cruelty.

Who would have ever thought time would prove Star Wars more thematically realistic 😂

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 18 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Star Wars was based on the past but set in the future. They borrowed "stormtroopers" from Hitler. The space battles are just like WWII dogfights. Star Wars was never looking forward it was looking backwards.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

With that logic, Star Trek is the same.

It is based upon submarine life. Even going as far as using the boatswain whistle and radar sounds at the controls.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You're talking about the organization of the ships crew, they're taking about overarching styles and themes.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah but we need more submarine movies. If I have to pretend, I'll pretend.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

The audacity of people, he wants a submarine movie to Boot.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

I'd love to see Disney try out a sort of anthology of short seasons that all share thematic elements of WW2 that made the OT such a spectacle, but do like 4-8 episodes about a given person/squad/ship/squadron/station/agent/whatever...tell one good solid story about that subject then move on.

I'd love for one of those seasons to follow a light capital ship with 1-2 squadrons of fighters, and model it with elements of the carrier war in the Pacific mixed with a submarine movie theme.

Have them playing a deadly game of cat and mouse with a much larger ISD or Victory, both stuck in a nebula. They both get their hits in that cause grave damage, but both crews hang in there and stick to the mission.

How it ends is anyone's guess, but I could absolutely see plenty of room in that framework for intense scenes of sensors crews glued to their stations, hoping to go unnoticed, or desperately searching for any sign of their foe...

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

One of my favorite fun facts: "Balance of Terror" was the original Star Trek episode to introduce Romulans, and the first to feature space combat against a near peer adversary.

The screenplay for that episode actually was for a submarine movie, and it got readapted.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 23 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Especially this one:

Either you're into Star Trek and understand the self-burn vibes here or it's just a random not-overly-nerdy shirt.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

I just applied for my UK passport and the photo I gave to them was me in a red T-shirt with the TOS delta on it. I'm guessing the delta will be cropped out, but here's hoping.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago

Total stranger in a Stargate T shirt. They probably have way more firepower, and enough C4 to solve all my problems.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 91 points 1 day ago (9 children)

kinda makes sense to me

one is an attempt at a hopeful, logical view of humanities future.. the other has laser swords and magic.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 45 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The Expanse: space will always try to kill you, humanity still sucks, everything still hurts, everything is still dirty.

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[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (3 children)

StarTrek all the way, actual REAL peaceful space communists or religious Knights with magic powers? That's not a hard choice

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 43 minutes ago

Why does it feel like this comment section is assuming someones values based on their enjoyment of works of fiction haha

I like both for different reasons. And I don't think that really says much about my values at all

It's entertainment, people!

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Everyone thinks I'm super into star wars cause I enjoy building Lego space ships and star wars is the option in that regard. Mind you I've just noticed a Chinese brick company have dropped a giant Enterprise and there's a Rocinante on the way too!

[–] ILikeTraaaains@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Enterprise

Roci

I've ordered from both sites and they are trustworthy FWIW. If you're not familiar with Chinese brick companies GoBricks are the gold standard, Jie Star are pretty good too IMO. Most of the brands don't make their own bricks, anyone that uses GoBricks or Jie Star are typically okay in terms of brick quality.

If I'm honest in maybe 20-30 sets I've had one "poor" quality set of bricks and it was a £12 knock off of an X-Wing that I only bought because it was cheap, even then it was fine for the price.

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[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 8 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

If your interstellar society has slavery, I'm not interested. Didn't the Jedi free Luke and just leave his mom in captivity?

Way too many Star Wars fans like the Empire for my taste. (And the rebels aren't much better, if they're better at all.)

[–] DmMacniel 13 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

That was Anakin Not his son Luke. And Qui-gon tried to free Shmi as well but Watto was too resilient.

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

And when Qui-gon realized he couldn't cheat hard enough for both slaves, he just... didn't try to get the funds together? Come up with some other sort of trade?

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 14 hours ago

To be fair he died in a war like 5 minutes later

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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 57 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I have never watched even a single episode of Star Trek, but I like you guys for your memes.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I have never watched even a single episode of Star Trek

but I like you guys for your memes.

Okay, call off the mob!

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

If I don't click it, the mob looks like a disco ball on my phone.

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[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Someone in an Æon Flux shirt.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

I wouldn't even talk to them, they'll probably answer in non-sequiturs and then run away giggling and twirling.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Stranger in a Farscape shirt: knows how to party... possible cast or crew member.

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

When people conjure mental male representation of Star Wars, they think of fat neckbeard Lucas and the lizard. When they think of Star Trek, they imagine sly silver fox Picard and Datas most probable mechanical prowess.

This tracks.

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