#theonewiththewhales — Public Fediverse posts

In happier news, it turns out that the population of humpback whales -- which #StarTrek expected would be extinct by the time of the Star Trek future -- now have a population over 100,000, and are no longer considered endangered! Hooray! Sometimes things do get better.

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I recently watched #StarTrekTheVoyageHome (aka #TheOneWithTheWhales) with my kid for her first time. It was great fun! But... uh, I'd forgotten how many colorful metaphors there were. 😅

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McCoy: "The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe. We'll get a freigher"

Sulu: "With all respect, Doctor, I'm counting on Excelsior"

Scotty: "Excelsior? Why in God's name would you want that bucket of bolts?"

Kirk: "A ship is a ship"

Scotty: "Whatever you say, sir. Thy will be done"

Kirk: "My friends....we've come home"

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Sarek: "Do you have a message for your mother?"

Spock: "Yes. Tell her I feel fine"

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Spock: "It was most kind of you to make this effort"

Sarek: "It was no effort. You are my son. "Besides, I'm most impressed with your performance in this crisis"

Spock: "Most kind"

Sarek: "As I recall, I opposed your enlistment in Starfleet. It is possible that judgement was incorrect. Your associates are people of good character"

Spock: "They are my friends"

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Kirk: "'They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest of blood of all'"

Gillian: "'Whales weep not'. DH Lawrence"

Kirk: "You know, it's ironic, when man was killing these creatures, he was destroying his own future"

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Kirk: "Mr. Spock, have you accounted for the variable mass of whales and water in your time re-entry program?"

Spock "Mr. Scott cannot give me exact figures, Admiral, so I will make a guess"

Kirk: "A guess? You, Spock? That's extraordinary"

Spock: "I don't think he understands"

McCoy: "No, Spock. He means that he feels safer about your guesses than most other people's facts"

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Scotty: "Admiral, there be whales here!"

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Kirk: "Spock, where the hell's the power you promised?"

Spock: "One damn minute, Admiral"

Scotty: "I'm ready, Spock. Let's go find George and Gracie"

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McCoy: "My God, man. Drilling holes in his head is not the answer. The artery must be repaired. Now put away your butcher knives and let me save this patient before it's too late"

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Kirk: "Damn it. Damn it. We've been so lucky. We got two perfect whales right in our hands. If we don't move quickly, we'll lose them"

Spock: "In that event, the probabilities are that our mission would fail"

Kirk: "Our mission? Spock, you're talking about the end of every life on Earth. You're half human. Haven't you got any goddamn feelings about that?"

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Kirk: "I am from what, on your calendar, would be the late 23rd Century. I've come back in time to bring two humpback whales with me in an attempt to repopulate the species"

Gillian: "Well, why didn't you just say so? I mean, why all the coy disguises?"

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Gillian: "Sure you won't change your mind?"

Spock: "Is there something wrong with the one I have?"

Gillian: "How did you know Gracie's pregnant? Nobody knows that"

Spock: "Gracie does"

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McCoy: "Perhaps the Professor could use your computer"

Scotty: "Computer? Computer. Hello, computer"

Dr. Nichols: "Just use the keyboard"

Scotty: "The keyboard. How quaint"

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Kirk: "There she is. From the Institute. If we play our cards right, we may be able to find out when those whales are leaving"

Spock: "How will playing cards help?"

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Chekov: "Admiral, we have found the nuclear vessel"

Kirk: "Well done, Team Two"

Chekov: "And, Admiral, it is the Enterprise"

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Kirk: "About those colorful metaphors that we've discussed. I don't think you should try using them anymore"

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Spock: "They like you very much, but they are not the hell your whales"

Gillian: "I suppose they told you that, huh?

Spock: "The hell they did"

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Gillian: "This is mankind's legacy, whales hunted to the brink of extinction"

Spock: "To hunt a species to extinction is not logic"

Gillian: "Who ever said the human race was logical?"

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Spock: "Your use of language has altered since our arrival. It is currently laced with, shall I say, more colorful metaphors, 'double dumbass on you', and so forth"

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Kirk: "Earth. But when? Spock?

Spock: "Judging by the pollution content of the atmosphere, I believe we have arrived in the latter half of the 20th Century"

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McCoy: "You're proposing that we go backwards in time, find humpback whales, then bring them forward in time, drop them off, and hope to hell they tell this probe what to go do with itself"

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