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[Nate the Great]

I return to the "Voyager contacts home" clip from "Pathfinder" every now and then, but a comment really got to me. "Reg Barclay is like the Neville Longbottom of the Star Trek universe. He starts out extremely awkward and clumsy, but in the end proves to be a hero."


I only read the first four Harry Potter books and I think I only watched the first five movies, but even so, I can see where that came from. It also got me wondering how the Harry Potter characters would do as Starfleet officers (sans magic, of course).

[Nate the Great]

Compilation of times Weird Al voiced cartoon versions of himself.


I'm kinda surprised that the Weasel Stomping Day music video from Robot Chicken isn't included.

[Nate the Great]

Courtesy of Facebook: A photo of Sean Astin with a stack of movies that he's starred in.


I get that most people these days know him from Goonies or Lord of the Rings or Stranger Things, but I remember him best from the Disney made-for-TV movie The BRAT Patrol. You can watch it on YouTube. I have fond memories of the Wonderful World of Disney, my parents taped most of the '80s entries.



And if you're wondering, it was released on VHS, so it could be in the stack. I can only find UK copies online, but I have seen rental store copies of the other Disney TV movies of the era, so I'm sure there's a US version also. I still have my VCR copy.



I do recommend The BRAT Patrol. It's a typical gang of misfits vs the smug organized club movie. Sean Astin plays your typical Zach Morris/Ferris Bueller type who can talk his way out of trouble, but he does it well. Stay tuned for the Brian Keith cameo.

[Nate the Great]

A comparison of the sizes of fictional starships


Some of the ships shown are absolutely ridiculous in size. If the E-D needs a thousand people on it, how could you have some of these ships without millions of people on board? How could you possibly coordinate all of the tasks that would have to be done? Furthermore, some of these ships are large enough to have their own ecosystems that you'd have to tie into the ship's functions.


EDIT: In the comments the question arose whether a Star Destroyer could destroy a Dyson Sphere. I think no, it would just punch a hole in the Sphere. You'd have to build the Sphere to be able to handle anything inside AND outside it, including comet impacts. The thing generates its own gravitational pull, after all. You'd have to have a million Star Destroyers firing inward from all directions to destroy a Dyson Sphere.

[Nate the Great]

MetalBallStudios does videos on many categories of fictional things, so here are some more that involve Star Trek things:


Fictional Buildings (Millennium Gate)
I'm surprised that this guy remembered the Millennium Gate.



Fictional Planets (Romulus, Vulcan, Qo'noS)
FYI: We have no other name for Romulus for some reason. At least its sister planet could be Remus or Romii. Vulcan of course is also known as 40 Eridani A (you see that name a lot in the pre-TNG novels). I will never call the planet Ni'Var. Qo'nos has the alternate spelling of Q'onos, and some weirdos call the place Kling.



Star Trek Starships
I don't like the mixing up of starship classes and names in this one. We don't even have proof that there was a USS Miranda or USS Soyuz. Furthermore, while the TOS Romulan Bird of Prey never had it's class named on screen, the expanded universe called it Vas Hatham class or T'liss class. Plus there is no "Constitution II" class, only Constitution class refit or Enterprise class. And what is the Andromeda Ascendent doing in a Star Trek video? At least they had the V'ger cloud at correct scale for being 82 AU, even if that was ridiculously big compared to the Enterprise (or the solar system itself).

[DrWho42]

An "Arena"-inspired Patreon request!

Daily bunny no.1474 engages in a battle of wits

[Nate the Great]

Ashens presents weird 1970s greeting cards.


I wasn't born yet in the '70s, but I have older family members who bought books in that era that serve as excellent cultural snapshots. Plus I'm a mild history buff who tries to keep track of the evolution of pop culture in the twentieth century. And of course I've watched my share of Brady Bunch and Three's Company reruns.



Anyway, the fashions of that day look positively uncomfortable. I've had to wear my fair share of corduroy back in the day, but those photos look worse.