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I feel left out

LOL I never noticed that before.

One of my http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukMNfTnI5M8.

Thorough explanation for the Star Wars fans, please.

I am a fan of TNG and I still don't get it.

I named my Khajiit thief after that episode too!!

Dar'mokjilad Tanagra

Shaka when the walls fell...

Oh wow. I wonder if there's a lot more of that kind of stuff?

I still don't get it *Shrug*

There is at least one more homage to Star Trek, albiet a bit more suttle

Strange, she doesn't look that friendly.

I would never have noticed that or remembered the line otherwise, cool stuff. I recently watched through all of TNG while playing Minecraft over the course of half a year, its a great show. That episode was a good one.

Trekkies: stop beating around the bush and just tell us what the joke/easter egg is, I don't feel like watching an entire episode of Star Trek in the possible event that I'll get it.

It's a reference to the 5th season episode "Darmok" in Star Trek : TNG. Captain Picard and the Enterprise encounter an alien race with a language that the universal translator can't seem to translate. As it turns out, this alien race speaks entirely in metaphors. One of the phrases they use is "Temba his arms wide".

See : http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Tamarian_language and http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Darmok_%28episode%29

Picard says, "Temba, his arms wide," several times.

I don't remember when or who, it might have been Todd, but there was an interview about projects they had wanted to do IIRC and Star Trek was mentioned. My heart skipped a beat because I'd love this. We could explore all kinds of strange worlds, space stations and there could be multiple races and all the things we love about TES in new settings. Maybe some day. Star Trek always explored great stories and peoples.

:tes:

A brief synopsis for those that don't get it, but are interested:

The episode revolves around developing a rapport with a new advanced species. The biggest hurdle is that their language is entirely metaphorical/allegorical. Picard et al can understand their words and syntax, but not the meaning.

To aid in their attempt the alien captain makes a radical choice to beam himself and Picard down to a planet that is home to a dangerous creature.

In the alien's culture there is a story of how two strangers became friends when they met on an island and worked together to defeat a monster. Darmok & Jilad at Tanagra.

"Temba, his arms wide" was the alien phrase for giving.

"Shaka when the walls fell" meant failure disaster, death.

It is in many fans' opinion one of the best TNG episodes, to which I agree.

They develop VIDEO GAMES. Of COURSE they're Trek fans. They're nerds! Can you develop video games 60 hours a week and NOT be a nerd? It comes with the territory. You aren't allowed to be a nerd unless you're a Trek fan (you can be a Star Wars fan too but you HAVE to be a Trek fan). I wouldn't be surprised if on Haloween a some of them dress up as Trek characters.

P.S. I have absolutely nothing against nerds. I'm a nerd too.

P.P.S. How long until someone starts compiling Easter Eggs? We know there's far more then this one.

The actor who played the alien, was the captain of the Reliant in Wrath of Khan........

The thing is that there is no real "dark and light" in real life. Nothing is that simple.

That said. I'm not a fan of either trek or wars. I'm just not one for sci-fi series/movies.

I agree! My holodeck is constantly malfunctioning and getting my car past warp 9 without the dilithium crystals burning out is something I struggle with all the time.



5000 Quatloos that the Star Trek fans will have to be destroyed

Great find!!!! Lol. Love that episode

I'm hoping, please dear god, that I don't end up dragging this entire thread off-topic, but that is a poor example. I'm saying this without bias, as someone who's not a fan of either series, but the whole Jedi/Sith thing is comically black and white, with the Sith being all Snidely Whiplash puppy-kicking monsters for no other reason than that they feel like it, and the story needed bad guys.

As far as I can remember, even that whole story with Anakin switching sides, which I assume was supposed to be morally deep, seemed to boil down to:

Anakin: They don't respect my power!
Sociopath: I respect your power, and I can make you stronger!
Anakin: Deal! *Murders some children*

No one cares about the "Q" copy cat quest?