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"Orkin"?Man, Orkin's going to have to send a few trucks for this job.
I know it's thin, but could this possibly be interpreted as canon support of the warp highway hypothesis?OVEG: The Swarm wrote:Turns out that while it would take fifteen months to fly around their space, there's a spot where it'll only take four days to pass through. Erm, okay, that's technically possible but sure seems like an odd shape for their space to be. It makes the coast of Norway look like a straight line.
The Orkin man? A company that does pest extermination. Maybe he should have used Terminex.Bounty wrote:I think over the years I've confused the ending of this episode with Tinker, Tenor... - now I know why I kept picturing Kes in a S6 episode.
I'm also surprised I forgot all about the appearance of Zimmerman. A holotech, yes, but I didn't know Picardo played him this early (or was he in Projections too?). It has been a good ten years now...
As for the review, one question:
"Orkin"?Man, Orkin's going to have to send a few trucks for this job.
Why not just say "comics"?Sidewinder wrote:I'm sure better stories titled 'The Swarm' have been done in Americomi (Japanese slang for American comics).
Wait, does their space somehow encompass the entire universe above and below a 2d representation of it?Turns out that while it would take fifteen months to fly around their space, there's a spot where it'll only take four days to pass through.
Because that would not accentuate how very Japanese his tastes are. He has to do that because you can't see his "It's called ANIME, not cartoons" T-shirt over the Internet.Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Why not just say "comics"?Sidewinder wrote:I'm sure better stories titled 'The Swarm' have been done in Americomi (Japanese slang for American comics).
What is so bad about American comics?Sidewinder wrote:I'm sure better stories titled 'The Swarm' have been done in Americomi (Japanese slang for American comics). That says VERY BAD THINGS about the writers for 'Voyager'.
We can actually quantum-sodomize and not-sodomize you at the same time.DarthShady wrote:Will someone please quantum-sodomize me.
No permanent effects whatsoever. By the next episode he's back to his old self, another fine application of the Voyager reset button.Anguirus wrote:Wait, were there ANY consequences to the Doctor's brain meltdown? Does the problem ever (as one would expect) recur?
Hold on, I'll let you borrow my Heisenberg Uncertaintly Compensating dildo.CaptainChewbacca wrote:We can actually quantum-sodomize and not-sodomize you at the same time.DarthShady wrote:Will someone please quantum-sodomize me.
The term "Too many chefs spoil the soup" applies, i.e., the big companies (DC and Marvel) have too many writers working on too many different serials on the same characters (in Spider-Man's example, there's 'The Amazing Spider-Man', 'Astonishing Spider-Man', 'Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man', 'Marvel Adventures Spider-Man', 'Marvel Knights Spider-Man', 'Peter Parker: Spider-Man', 'The Sensational Spider-Man', 'The Spectacular Spider-Man', 'Spider-Man Family', 'Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane', 'Spider-Man Unlimited', 'Web of Spider-Man', AU series 'The Amazing Spider-Girl' and 'Ultimate Spider-Man', and more). The results of so many different POVs on a certain character is many contradictory descriptions and histories, which often requires the writers to hit the Magic Reset Button, i.e., DC making Bruce Wayne Batman again after fans voiced disapproval of his replacement (Jean-Paul Valley), Xorn restoring Charles Xavier's ability to walk and then revealing his true identity (Magneto) before crippling him again, the retcon that an "entity" made Xorn pretend to be Magneto, Superman becoming an energy being (Superman Red/Superman Blue) and then changing back to normal...Illuminatus Primus wrote:What is so bad about American comics?
Those are all complaints directed at the 40 year continuity of Marvel, and the structure in which Marvel and DC run their major franchises. Marvel and DC, believe it or not, are NOT the only companies out there. Independent American comic books do exist, and they're often quite good. Phil Foglio's work, for example.Sidewinder wrote:The term "Too many chefs spoil the soup" applies, i.e., the big companies (DC and Marvel) have too many writers working on too many different serials on the same characters (in Spider-Man's example, there's 'The Amazing Spider-Man', 'Astonishing Spider-Man', 'Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man', 'Marvel Adventures Spider-Man', 'Marvel Knights Spider-Man', 'Peter Parker: Spider-Man', 'The Sensational Spider-Man', 'The Spectacular Spider-Man', 'Spider-Man Family', 'Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane', 'Spider-Man Unlimited', 'Web of Spider-Man', AU series 'The Amazing Spider-Girl' and 'Ultimate Spider-Man', and more). The results of so many different POVs on a certain character is many contradictory descriptions and histories, which often requires the writers to hit the Magic Reset Button, i.e., DC making Bruce Wayne Batman again after fans voiced disapproval of his replacement (Jean-Paul Valley), Xorn restoring Charles Xavier's ability to walk and then revealing his true identity (Magneto) before crippling him again, the retcon that an "entity" made Xorn pretend to be Magneto, Superman becoming an energy being (Superman Red/Superman Blue) and then changing back to normal...Illuminatus Primus wrote:What is so bad about American comics?
Manga are usually owned by their creators, who can decide, "Okay, I'm done with this series," when they think they've run out of ideas for one. American comics are usually owned by the publishers, who replace the creators with other people (often talentless hacks) when the creators say, "Okay, I'm done." Or do you really think ten years' worth of 'Dragonball Z' manga contain more contradictions, retcons and outright reboots to correct those contradictions, and fanwhoring than 76 years' worth of 'Superman' comics?DPDarkPrimus wrote:Right, because I'm sure no manga series have ever been artificially lengthened when they have become popular...
Oh... wait...