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7mo ago

CJ. When he goes again.

TNG s5e2 "Darmok"

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Could someone wiser than me translate?
- Panel 1: Reference to the TV show Letterkenny ("Let's get on with it")
  \ Panel 2: Reference to old TV ads for Tombstone Pizza ("What do you want on your Tombstone" i.e. "Any last requests?")
  \ Panel 3: Reference to Futurama episode: "Brannigan, Begin Again" ("Yes. Tell my wife how I feel about her.")
  \ Panel 4: Reference to the movie, The Princess Bride ("Yes of course, I'll do that.")
  \ Panel 5: Reference to the movie, Blade Runner ("Time to die...")
  \ Panel 6: Meta reference, sticking with the referential nature of the dialog instead of actually rolling credits.
  
  Thanks for the reference breakdown.
  
  Excellent. What exactly is six fingers?
  
  mvp
  
  Hail, Satan ^in ^the ^details
- Picard sees the grim situation for what it is and forges ahead
  He asks Dathon if he has any last words/message to get across
  Dathon wants to send a farewell to his wife
  Picard makes a promise to see the message through
  Dathon exclaims that he is dying
  Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry
  
  One of the six fingered man’s promises was a lie
I just realized the language spoken in Darmok is literally speaking in meme.
- That's the whole crux of the episode, though. 😅😶‍🌫️
- And we already do this - every culture has a form, some more ingrained than others.
  During WWII (and the Cold War), Allied analysts, spies and diplomats found learning Russian particularly difficult for just this reason.
Berman producing a genuinely good episode, fans left with mixed feelings.
- We'll just go ahead and give credit to the writers Philip LaZebnik and Joe Menosky in this case.
  
  Of course, just alternate text for the final frame.
I'm not an expert on these old stories, but I'm pretty sure they're referencing a movie from Earth's past at the end there. I've had the computer reconstruct it.
- The computer has regenerated another scene from this famous Earth 20th Century Story Film.
  
  Oh, and there's also this quick clip:
This post and comment section has made me so happy 😊
- Thank the community at large for their participatory wackiness.
Is that Freja?
- From God of War, yes. In place of Liz Lemon in 30 Rock.
  Edit: There's a wonderful treasure trove of meme based gifs from the game studio itself.
Someone's father is dead, I think?

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