Persistent, Niggling Questions

[Nate the Great]

A Facebook meme


Person A connects Sean Astin with Stranger Things
Person B (presumably older) remembers him from Lord of the Rings
Person C (presumably older) remembers him from The Goonies


PNQ: What is Astin's iconic role for you?


I've never seen The Goonies and didn't know that it was a pop culture icon until the current millennium. I remember him from The Brat Patrol!

[Nate the Great]

So I'm reading a book about the making of TNG and the following occurs to me...


PNQ: In Generations, how would it help Picard if Guinan came along?


A mean, Guinan is not a fighter, and while I have no doubt that she's competent in common civilian Federation tech, the Klingon controls of the probe launcher would be beyond her. So what else is there? Could she stall Soren through talking so he forgot about Picard or the missile?



For that matter, did Soren avoid Guinan because he saw her as a threat, or is it just because he wanted to avoid distractions?

[Nate the Great]

Inspired by this music video...


PNQ: Let's say that Deanna was never a romantic option for Will, which "girl of the week" could you see him marrying in the right circumstances?


Let's go with the Memory Alpha list for a larger list that we can trim to get a proper candidate roster...


Beata
I won't count Minuet, that's a special case
Brenna Odell

I won't count Yuta either, murderers don't belong on this list
Lal
Lanel doesn't count, that was coercion
Carmen Davila
Etana Jol doesn't count either
Ro Laren
I'm taking Soren out of contention as well, that's a kettle of fish that I don't care to open
Kamala wasn't really interested in him
He wasn't interested in Amanda Rogers like that, in addition the age difference was too great
Rebecca Smith was a plot device, not a real relationship



So serious candidates are Beata, Brenna, Lal, Carmen, and Laren. Opinions?

[Nate the Great]

So I'm watching a video where they try to pin a real-world value onto gold-pressed latinum, and a comment makes me think...


in the context of tng voyager etc the replicated food is stated to not taste as good because it's altered to be healthy which loses taste

PNQ: Did they ever say that?


I'm having trouble accepting this notion. In today's world we know that the technology to make healthy food taste good doesn't work because most of what makes food taste good is either sugar or fat, neither of which are healthy.

[Nate the Great]

So I'm binging through Trek filk songs and I see a shot of Picard reading a book on Risa...


PNQ: Why would Picard go to Risa in the first place?


I understand that he can't be tagging along on archeological expeditions every time he takes shore leave, but Picard doesn't seem like a lie-on-the-beach-and-get-a-tan type of person.

[NAHTMMM]

I think that would be from "Captain's Holiday" when the crew made him go on vacation.

[Nate the Great]

Yeah, but he didn't have to go to Risa. The crew wanted him to go on vacation, but they didn't care where he went.