• aeronmelon@lemmy.world
      23·
      5 months ago

      And we thought Janeway was unhinged.

      I expect a series of memes with Ball’s head sitting on Mulgrew’s body very soon.

      Bonus points if they also replace Beltran with Arnez.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
        16·
        5 months ago

        I kind of want to see Kate Mulgrew in a scene where she’s enslaved on an alien planet and forced to work in front of a conveyor belt with chocolates going down it…

      • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
        9·
        5 months ago

        I’m hoping the fanfic will start flowing. Not with Ball in her “I Love Lucy” persona, but more “The Dark Corner.”

        Although, I think Janeway was directed this way, with Lucille’s dry wit. It wouldn’t surprise me if the scriptwriters weren’t paying homage to Ball with the Janeway character.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
      19·
      5 months ago

      If she was anything like the real Lucy, she would put up with bullshit for about .0003 seconds before telling the officer to get back to their station.

    • CptEnder@lemmy.world
      11·
      5 months ago

      I’m picturing her ship just warping back and forth to the same place… her exacerbated XO is trying to reign Captain Lucy in.

      But it somehow works because she realizes they can create a tear in time to stop a Romulan attack and everyone’s like “son of a bi…”

    • CptEnder@lemmy.world
      14·
      5 months ago

      What ya mean! Haha naw I feel ya. It’s a pretty cool concept, but yeah the pacing is a bit slow and repetitive haha. I also like that Pike is one foot out the door at the start. I think the really cool special FX is what saved the pilot episode though. The invisible cage being melted by the phaser and of course the SS Enterprise. My dad said those blew his mind when he saw it back then.

      Spock having emotions was a bit trippy though, really glad Gene changed him to “Vulcan” in TOS.

      • BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net
        91·
        5 months ago

        I did like that he was debating sticking around, that felt pretty human, but the blatant sexism was uncomfortable. That bit about “not used to a woman on the bridge… oh but your different…” suuuuper cringe and unnecessary. :p

        I’m glad I watched it, but I’m also glad that’s not how it got made, ultimately.

          • BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net
            7·
            5 months ago

            True. I suppose it’s just because I know how things actually played out with TOS, and it was just jarring and unexpected.

        • usernamefactory@lemmy.ca
          6·
          5 months ago

          The rest of TOS was not at all spared from this sort of sexism, and worse. The Enemy Within in particular makes me squirm in my seat. I actually really like The Cage as an episode, despite some of those valid issues.