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12-24-2007, 12:28 PM
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Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged: A man can dream, can't he?
I'm not disputing that Word of God states 1962. I'm saying that in my warped judgement, Vic doesn't belong there. So what if I'm wrong, it's a notion I choose to keep.
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12-24-2007, 03:57 PM
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Just don't expect us to protect you from the raving mobs of scientismists, Nate.
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12-25-2007, 02:37 AM
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Okay... 1) The Rocketeer was set in the late 1930s (pre-WWII.) 2) It was also set in Los Angeles, where there were indeed gangsters at that time. 3) Las Vegas, which didn't even begin to exist as anything but a remote desert town until well after World War II, doesn't figure in that story, does it? 4) The Las Vegas depicted in DS9 did not exist as such until the time stated -- 1962 -- therefore Vic could not possibly have "felt at home" there at any earlier time, because that there wasn't there yet. Now... is there anything I might have overlooked?
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12-25-2007, 02:27 PM
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Apparently this whole "I know I'm wrong, but I'd rather be right" message I'm trying to get across isn't quite getting there. Moving on...
Okay, here's a reference question. What's up with Sybok and the Monkey? (There's a band name.  Ladies and Gentlemen, it's Sybok and the Monkey!)
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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12-25-2007, 05:24 PM
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That's a PNQ.
More seriously, it's a parody, I think, of his rather overly-easy method of convincing almost everyone to follow him.
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12-25-2007, 08:37 PM
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Well, it's not Persistant, nor Niggling, really, but I would like an Explanation for this Reference, so there.
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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12-25-2007, 11:39 PM
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Are you sure there's a reference there? Personally, I just took it as a rather quirky joke.
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12-28-2007, 04:19 AM
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On a per-lane.
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12-28-2007, 04:09 PM
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Coming soon, on the Sci-Fi Channel!
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03-19-2008, 08:24 PM
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Okay, this isn't quite a PNQ, so I may as well stick it here. From my Looking for Par'Mach in All the Wrong Places fiver:
Worf: Why am I helping you? Quark: I guess some twisted soul thought playing Pygmalion in reverse was funny. Worf: They're right. I hate that. Is this situation actually Pygmalion in reverse? Looking back on it, it almost seems as though a Cyrano joke would be a bit more applicable. Of course, the "twisted soul" part is completely accurate, because I'm the one that chose to five this episode in the first place.
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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03-20-2008, 04:28 PM
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Worf: Why is he asking them about premise for a fiver he wrote?
Just noticing that the "all Seasons" menu for DS9 is showing only a header and no actual menu.
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03-21-2008, 01:57 AM
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I'm asking if I'm applying the joke correctly, or if my brain is just that warped.
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03-21-2008, 09:59 AM
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If?
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03-21-2008, 10:11 AM
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Cheap shot, PHJ. Understandable, perhaps funny, but still cheap. I demand insults of much higher quality!
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03-21-2008, 12:15 PM
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I'm a small, small man, I know.
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03-23-2008, 07:21 PM
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Balance in the Force, and all that.
(Midi-whatnow?)
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Like being offbalance has ever concerned me.
But to return to my original question. Pygmalion (i.e. the plot that My Fair Lady was "distilled" from (kudos for spotters of the reference)) is the Greek/Roman (is there really a difference, besides names) myth of a guy who fell in love with the woman he sculpted, so the gods gave her life. Is this really what Looking for Par'Mach is all about? There is no "sculpting" here, except possibly Worf molding Quark. I mean, this episode really is sort of Cyrano in reverse, in that it's the handsome guy tutoring the ugly guy (so to speak) in the ways of love. Not that it's not a good gag, but I like my jokes to make sense on SOME level, even if it's a metally deranged one. This joke is just gibberish. Funny gibberish, granted, but still...
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Okay, here's another one. From Five-Minute The Legend of Zelda:
Link: Alright, Ganon. It is down to you, and it is down to me. Ganon: Yeah, let's see you try to hurt me -- OW! If that's a setup to a Princess Bride joke, where's the resolution? It sure looks like a Princess Bride reference...
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