Star trek: Why don't they have smart phasers?

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Richelieu
Holy ****! I'm a King!

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Actually, I wish I could have a special title.

"Wang" is "King" in Korean, but it's really funny in English. Also, it's four of the five letters of my last name.

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by Verto

By the time you guys are finished, the show would be about unmanned, computer-controlled spaceships exploring the galaxy, obliterating hostile threats in about 2 seconds.

Yeah, because it's impossible to have good sci fi(Battlestar Galactica, Stargate franchise, WH40K, Weberverse, Star Wars) where a half-ass attempt is made at "tactics" and "engineering". It all has to be brought down to ST Treknobbabble.

[EPW]

technobabble

[Addled Platypus]

maybe next time they can just beam the meanies off the ship

[Tattila the Hun]

Whuh, ENT was rather good in seasons 3 and 4. And feds do have smart phasers. In many occasions, we see the character point the, er, barrel of the weapon at point X, while the actuall beam strikes point Y at an angle.

They also had a teleporter sniper-rifle.

Oh, and...

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HollywoodTactics

[DrSpike]

Yeah I thought Enterprise was pretty decent around the Xindi war stuff in season 3/start of season 4.

And like Verto I don't understand the Voyager hate. Admittedly it's not as good as TNG or DS9 and is cheesy in places, but there are some really good episodes as well. Certainly a cut above all recent sci-fi shows with the exception of BSG & B5. It's way better than Stargate for instance.

[Lord Avalon]

I watched Voyager for a few years, but gave up on the last few.

I like Stargate much more.

I liked the idea of Enterprise, to get some Federation history. But the initial execution was poor, and when it started to get going, it got canceled.

I didn't like all the time travel stuff in the various ST shows.

I would have preferred more mirror universe episodes.

[Q Classic]

lol, Stargate.

What utter crock. I've read better fan fiction. At least the movie was fun.

Seriously, the show's similar to Enterprise, in where the search for more money meant that they couldn't just leave something well enough on its own.

[snoopy369]

I made better shows than Stargate when I was pretending to tape TV shows with my siblings when I was 10...

[Krill]

I'm pretty cure I could make a pedophilia joke out of this somehow...

[snoopy369]

I'm pretty sure I could do a PCR somehow too, but I won't...

[Krill]

Thanks Snoop. I'll refrain from bad taste jokes for a bit...

[snoopy369]

Thanks