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Trekkies discussion - TNG (The Nerd Generation)

Are the Borg a species? If the technology can be removed and return the previously assimilated life form to their original condition, more or less, then there is no unique biological properties. They've just been "hacked". The Borg are simply a 24th century bot net.
 
John de Lancie's character wasn't "Q", he was "a Q" .... part of the continuum. They touched on immortal powerful beings in TOS ('The Squire of Gothos' and 'Errand of Mercy'). TNG just made Q to be a regular rather than the plot of one episode.
 
lunatic59 said:
Are the Borg a species? If the technology can be removed and return the previously assimilated life form to their original condition, more or less, then there is no unique biological properties. They've just been "hacked". The Borg are simply a 24th century bot net.
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Wasn't there a Borg homeworld or something, a location in space with lots of those cube spaceships? Awesome concept though. I think of the Borg as a kind of virus, and what happens when there are no more species to assimilate?
 
They actually retconned the Borg sometime around when Enterprise was on the air, if I recall right, they originate from V'ger ... Voyager 1 referenced in Star Trek The Motion Picture. I guess after it took in Ilea and Decker she was resisting the programming because of past memories, the resistance was in fact .... FUTILE. No I am not kidding, I am sure you can find it somewhere if you look. It was in the novels and video games but I think they consider it canon.
 
shalemail said:
V'ger?

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/nasa-makes-contact-satellite-lost-130100582.html
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dontpanicbobby said:
So in the TOS episode "Let This Be Your Last Battlefield" were you rooting for the black/white guy or the white/black guy? Or like the Enterprise crew WTF?
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There was a very thought provoking exhibit at the Smithsonian in the '90s that juxtaposed TOS episodes with news headlines at the time they aired. Roddenberry dealt with some very pertinent issues rather blatantly -- especially racial tensions in the '60s -- and yet still maintained an optimistic outlook for the future. That's what makes the show both great and timeless.
 
lunatic59 said:
There was a very thought provoking exhibit at the Smithsonian in the '90s that juxtaposed TOS episodes news with headlines at the time they aired. Roddenberry dealt with some very pertinent issues rather blatantly -- especially racial tensions in the '60s -- and yet still maintained an optimistic outlook for the future. That's what makes the show both great and timeless.
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Yes
 
Disappointing end to series 2 - a Riker flashback episode "Shades of gray"
Series 3 looks more promising.
 
Jonathan Frakes and Will Weaton appeared on criminal minds and Tasha yar appeared in the walking dead for two episodes
 
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