I really enjoy how he takes a strange liking to data, and quickly begins treating him entirely normally. Doesn't get hung up on the "robot" thing at all, and just wants to party and play football with him. It's not curiosity about his nature as an android, but instead seems to be some kind of simple appreciation for Data's straight forward and 100% genuine way of relating with people.
This is similar to Earl Holloman's character on Forbidden Planet interacting with Robbie to get what he wants from a willing friend that doesn't judge his morals. Earl also wanted booze.
I have to agree. TV is dying. We watch shit on our schedule and binge shows rather than wait for one of those (OH MY GOD, I AM SO DATING MYSELF HERE) marathon/telethons.
Since having sex outside your species is called "bestiality", that particular brand of sexual deviancy is apparently OK in the 24th century... because that green girl (among others) definitely is not human... just ask Kirk. And Spock is, at best, technically a mule. Or, at worst, owing to Vulcan superiority, closer to the offspring of a human and a gorilla (with Vulcans as the humans and humans as the gorillas).
I'm told there's some short stories that follow all three of these people. Stan actually does become a big hit singer and sparks a revival in country and folk music, and eventually becomes sort of a "Frank Sinatra" type entertainer during the Dominion War. He also kicks his addictions. Oppenhouse fittingly becomes the Federation Ambassador the the Ferengi Alliance, and the woman who's name I can't remember joins up with Temporal Affairs and becomes a counselor for other humans that suddenly find themselves in the 24th century. This includes the crew of the USS Bozeman from "Cause and Effect."
It´s a little terrifying how close we are to abbandon television as a form of entertainment (most of us use it only as media for other forms of entertainment, like netflix, youtuble, gaming, and so on) just like in this episode.
Marcelo Machado And I don’t see it as a good thing. Television used to be a commonality between people in a community or nation. Many of our values are actually built on things we saw on TV. Now that everyone is watching different things, it deepens the political divide.
Entertainment will still probably be around but the concept of Cable Television will probably will indeed become extinct by than as everything is all stream now, so all our entertainment will go directly online to the Computer.
@FlyingMonkies325 Nah Starlink is too impractical to use as a databse. In the future instead of paying money to AT&T we gon be paying money to Starlink lmfao. Our servers to hold that shit probably gonna be all underwater cus the cooling comes cheap and they wont get carbon taxed lmfao. Dad works with Azure alot and thats what they were talking baout awhile ago.
@FlyingMonkies325 Language models like ChatGPT gonna be our central database lmfao. You can ask it anything without having to deal with the sheer overflow of useless info from the internet
Holodecks replaced TV, Movie Theaters and Video Games. Holodecks are the next step in Entertainment because you can create or do anything on a Holodeck.
I can imagine that though i bet thats what holodeck tech played a role in replacing television tech in its advancement in such years like the year 2040 and beyond such as the 23rd,24th and even the 25th century though in the 23rd century Holodeck tech was in its experimental beta phase during that century before it became standard in the 24th and 25th century years.
And I bet he’s glad he had the full body treatment. Not that discount head job where they freeze just the head, figuring they can attach it to a body in the future.
"That particular form of entertainment did not last much beyond the year 2040." You know, back in the day I might have called bs but now... I can see it. Even now below a certain age range basically no one watches network tv.
Put it this way lawyers, businessmen, and doctors date back to the stone age. Time doesn't make you smarter, experience makes you wiser though. Most of us would probably believe the earth is the center of the universe unless a few scientists worked out that it didn't. History doesn't repeat itself but it Rhymes.
He went toe to toe with the Ferengi as the Federation's ambassador to them and later became the Secretary of Commerce. I'd say his expertise was quite well used in the future.
That would've been a totally awesome series! Data and Stan seemed to have a good chemistry, they would've played off one another beautifully much like Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell did on QUANTUM LEAP! I would've watched every episode, it would've been a good TNG spinoff!
Exactly. Seeing a fictional utopia and then how people react to something unexpected was the charm :D. The more oddballs and unexpected situations coming up against it the better. It was that contrast that made the best characters or episodes. Buck rogers and various other shows had that same kind of dynamic going on. Today it doesn't exist in fiction much.
I can imagine Stan being right about him being a bigger star in that timeline on other worlds doing country and I'd want to see him drink some Klingon drinks and get plastered from time to time.
I love when he cancels that whole big order then just asks for a martini with two olives ( for the vitamins) and then winks. Makes me laugh everytime!!
@@terrathelunatic A pit wolfie is a race car reference, with the pit being the place where they do quick repairs on the race cars during a race. Wolfie refers to racing groupies that, in this case, hang at the pit to meet the drivers. So it basically means he wants to find youngish racing groupies and give them a memorable night. Of course, outside of this one reference, I never heard the expression before.
Stan is a simple man who takes life as he finds it and tries to make the best of whatever situation he's in. Be more like Stan. Minus the substance abuse.
Stan is from Kentucky and is also a musician which means he likely had his own band or was a folk singer himself. He probably played in bars all over Kentucky or in Tennessee since Nashville was a hotspot for country and folk musicians.
I just saw a video about cryogenics. Disney wanted to be frozen, but he didn't get the paperwork done in time. th-cam.com/video/XPtl49M4Su0/w-d-xo.html
Turns out that Data may hay have been right about Television. They predict TV will phase out between 2030 and 2040. Those writers had gifted insight sometimes.
If you watch the first series closely, some of the male extras were wearing women's uniforms. Roddenberry sneaked transgender acceptance into the show in a time when being gay was barely legal.
Correct.. I live with 20 somethings.. traditional television they don't watch. Specific shows via netflix, HBO GO, etc.. yes. More online activities and social mingles than my parents generation. Surprisingly they're big into board games and playing musical instruments together. More like their great grandparents generation.. I shall not be sorry to see TV go the way of the buggy whip, it wasted lots of time.
1:53-2:03 "They won 14 division titles? Four Hall Of Famers? Man, I picked a lousy time to get frozen! What else, did the Falcons win a Super Bowl?" "Oh, you're not going to believe this..."
An excellent idea. Do you read any Star Trek novels ? Contact the author and pitch him your idea. (I think the businessman they unfroze became an ambassador to the Ferengi)
Star Trek isekai episodes (or portal stories) allow for the writers to explore more of the universe/lore. Modern people don't normally spend time talking about internal combustion engines and fuel chemistry in their everyday lives, but something like this allows the writer to have someone ask about everyday items for the setting.
I wasn't the biggest fan of the season one episodes, mostly because they were still kind of coming up to speed on their character development and writing stories that were a little edgier. But this was one of the better episodes. I liked the concept of discovering people in cryosleep, but just plain ol' people rather than Khan's super soldiers. It was a bit like a first contact style episode, but between 24th century humans and earlier humans. But it also had the little gamesmanship between the Enterprise and a Romulan ship. Lots of interesting moving pieces in the story, all in all.
The only person in the galaxy who apparently prefers replicated sythahol to the real thing. Of course, his taste buds have been frozen for over 300 years, so.
It seemed like before season 3 the replicators served real alcohol. There was an episode during season 2 where a bunch of Irish farmers got drunk on replicated Klingon booze.
This is pretty good Stan the good ole boy in the 24th centruy Banned so hard from Social Media in our time He had to freeze himself to escape the persecution
1:41 An in other scenes, they describe the artificial drinks as not very good compared to real liquor. But it would make sense that you have a "no drugs and no alcohol"-policy onboard of a starship.
This episode made the Enterprise crew look very amateurish. i) They didn't conceal visible non-humans from sight at first, which should be an obvious aspect of easing them in. ii) They didn't assign an Ensign or someone to get them up to speed. They just let them sit there. Just showing them the replicator would have kept them occupied and happy for a while. iii) They didn't even have someone guard the door. iv) Putting them in a '1990 USA' Holodeck simulation would also have kept them happy. The Enterprise crew just failed totally. 800+ Starfleet Officers, and still.
Who wants to feel old? At the time of this episode, the oldest regular cast member, Patrick Stewart (Picard) was 47. The youngest cast member Wil Wheaton (W. Crusher) was 15. This July (2019) Will Wheaton will celebrate his 47th birthday.
I remember watching this the first time in college in 1987 and we sort of went “Why did they pick such an OLD MAN as a captain?” Our criticism was somewhat valid, Picard looked old. I was 19 then so 47 was old, but Picard looked 60 to me.
@@leonandrews7180 I was in high school myself. So, how's the "over 50" category there, old man? It's funny, when I look at those old episode, Picard doesn't look as old to me as he used to. To be fair, at the time my own parents were 43. My parents have always been old to me, even when they were in their 30's. I think "old" is like fusion. It's always 20 years older than we are. When I was 17 (in 1987) old was 37. Now I'm 49 old is 69.
@@erictaylor5462 Senility? Bring it on! Not only will I have something for people to chalk up my 'antisocial' behavior to, but I won't be able to recognize or remember the shitstorm that is the modern world. Senility? YEAH, baby! With a side order of Alzheimers and a pitcher of beer, please..... lol
I love and totally agree with some of the comments about wishing there had been continued stories in some sort of series with these characters. ALL of them were intriguing in their own way (for me, especially Stan). This got me thinking (while reading the comments) how my favorite of the feature films made of Star Trek series were the two that dealt with sort of similar scenarios, reversed: The Voyage Home when the original series characters go to San Francisco and deal with whales, etc. and the TNG movie "First Contact." Time travel stories are generally my favorite type of science fiction so this fits right in in a sense.
Y'know... it MIGHT have been appropriate. Could you imagine being in space, bumping into an alien species, and inviting them over for music and booze? Yes, even the Romulans. Maybe we wouldn't be at odds with them for centuries.
That makes me wonder though, what DO they do? I mean, do they have the internet? They cant be working every single waking moment, they gotta relax at some point.
They have the holo-deck. Think about that, you wouldn't want anything else. You could create any environment, any situation. Also, think of how great porn would be! lol
holodeck poker with friends socializing exploring we have seen they have the concept of video games so i bet its not as much more different than now just more advanced ways to waste time.
2:06 - "That particular form of entertainment did not last much beyond the year 2040" - Considering the low quality of current streaming shows, that is plausible.
2:05 - Well now in November 2021, linear TV is dying, with hardly anyone watching the normal stations, all now watch online, streaming, on demand. By 2040 it would not surprise me if any form of TV would be dead and gone.
really wanted to have an extended episode on this. does anyone know if any of the books delve into the things raised in this episode more? they did a good job, but there was so much more that could've been discussed with all of this. for one, the wealthy guy might have enjoyed learning about the Ferengi.
b. free, the "wealthy guy" does get mentioned in a novel. He becomes an ambassador for the Federation. I don't remember the novel as I read it 20 years ago. The funny thing is that I do remember that when meeting Picard again he ordered a Coke or a Dr. Pepper or some other carbonated drink from the replicator. That stuck with me because he said he had to program it into the replicator. I assume it's because it has no nutritional value so a starship wouldn't replicate it and because the recipe was so old. Also, because it was "fizzing," the novel version of Picard thought it looked like it came from a chemistry experiment. I read somewhere else that he is mentioned in a second novel. I would imagine the character does rebuild a reputation for himself because that's the kind of man he is. But I don't think that, working for the Federation, he became "rich" again. His "wealth" would come from respect for his accomplishments, perks for being an ambassador, and self-improvement.
Yes, I found out that all three appear in a couple of different novels. The wealthy guy was ambassador to the Ferengi! Which I immediately thought of after watching the clip. Later he goes on to serve as Economic Secretary for the Federation or something like that. The woman goes on to serve as a counselor for time-shifted peoples. The musician, well, I couldn't find anything out there. There are two moments that were interesting in the show for me: where he asks for a copy of the WSJ, and the other guy asks to watch TV. And in both cases -- nope, we do not have those on the Enterprise.
@@USSMariner Like real alcohol it may be an artisan produced product where there are a handful of small bottlers on or near Terran space that make and ship soda pops galaxy wide as a kind of luxury product much as genuine Scotch is still made on Earth and shipped around. Some people will pay for the real thing either due to superior taste or because it is "bad" for them.
I don't see TV, or at least web shows going anywhere after 2040. After so many decades it's still as popular as ever, and that's less than 20 years away.
TV not existing in the future is absurd. That's like saying books or videogames wouldn't exist in that future, which they definitely do in the Star Trek Universe.
Very few people I interact with still "watch TV". Yes, they may stream a video here and there but that's not the same thing. Streaming a video you are specifically choosing what you want to entertain you, not the other way around, which is how network TV always operated. It is already vastly different than in the era this series ran, where the typical family home was watching network TV. These days, it's about the household selecting choosing what form of media they want.
Why don't you come back later on an' you and me'll find us a couple o' low-mileage pit woofies and help 'em build a memory ... has to be the best line in any Star Trek show ever.
Wasn't he also General West in the 1994 Stargate film, and a doctor in that show Alcatraz where they all supposedly disappeared from the island in 1963, with Sam Neill?
So everybody got rid of their TVs and now have to reserve time or stand in line, to get into a single holodeck! It must be tough, to get all those butts crammed in there, all at once!
Neo temperance movement? I think that it's still unheard of. My ears have learned to filter out fools after 27 years of marriage and two kids. Besides, I'm Irish and you know the saying...... "God created alcohol to keep the Irish from taking over the world."
I really enjoy how he takes a strange liking to data, and quickly begins treating him entirely normally. Doesn't get hung up on the "robot" thing at all, and just wants to party and play football with him. It's not curiosity about his nature as an android, but instead seems to be some kind of simple appreciation for Data's straight forward and 100% genuine way of relating with people.
Someone else who doesn't belong. All people do "us and them" but to some that is exclusive and to others it's inclusive.
This is similar to Earl Holloman's character on Forbidden Planet interacting with Robbie to get what he wants from a willing friend that doesn't judge his morals.
Earl also wanted booze.
"Did not last long beyond the year 2040." Well Star Trek probably called that one.
Streaming services, TH-cam and video games. Who even watches TV right now? Everything's on the internet.
I have to agree. TV is dying. We watch shit on our schedule and binge shows rather than wait for one of those (OH MY GOD, I AM SO DATING MYSELF HERE) marathon/telethons.
Boomers mainly still do the ol' basic cable.
Hopefully there's a crash in the industry so there won't be too many streaming services.
I haven't owned a TV in about ten years. Don't plan on buying another.
We don't concern ourselves with television. Now, off we go to the holodeck.
I'll bet the holodeck can replicate the aforementioned low mileage pit woofies!
Make sure you bring a bucket and swab if Riker was there first.
Since having sex outside your species is called "bestiality", that particular brand of sexual deviancy is apparently OK in the 24th century... because that green girl (among others) definitely is not human... just ask Kirk.
And Spock is, at best, technically a mule. Or, at worst, owing to Vulcan superiority, closer to the offspring of a human and a gorilla (with Vulcans as the humans and humans as the gorillas).
@doctorwho0077 Yeah Lolicon Waifus )
Well, if you feeling nostalgic you could always create a living room and watch re-runs on a holographic tv
I'm told there's some short stories that follow all three of these people. Stan actually does become a big hit singer and sparks a revival in country and folk music, and eventually becomes sort of a "Frank Sinatra" type entertainer during the Dominion War. He also kicks his addictions. Oppenhouse fittingly becomes the Federation Ambassador the the Ferengi Alliance, and the woman who's name I can't remember joins up with Temporal Affairs and becomes a counselor for other humans that suddenly find themselves in the 24th century. This includes the crew of the USS Bozeman from "Cause and Effect."
I'm glad you left this comment. I was gonna leave a similar one.
Did Stan team up with the singing hologram (forget name) from DS9?
Thats cool that they succesfuly intergrated with society.
A little late to this party, but anyone knows the names of these? Are they in one book or sold separately?
good to know ... thx
“What do you guys do when you don’t drink and ain’t got no tv?”
Netflix and TH-cam.
And weed
It´s a little terrifying how close we are to abbandon television as a form of entertainment (most of us use it only as media for other forms of entertainment, like netflix, youtuble, gaming, and so on) just like in this episode.
Marcelo Machado And I don’t see it as a good thing. Television used to be a commonality between people in a community or nation. Many of our values are actually built on things we saw on TV. Now that everyone is watching different things, it deepens the political divide.
@@avonord You have a point. 🤔
Holodeck...Orion Women....Romulan Ale....Risa....
"That particular form of entertainment didn't make it much past the year 2040"
I would honestly be suprised if TV survived that long at this point.
Entertainment will still probably be around but the concept of Cable Television will probably will indeed become extinct by than as everything is all stream now, so all our entertainment will go directly online to the Computer.
@FlyingMonkies325 Nah Starlink is too impractical to use as a databse.
In the future instead of paying money to AT&T we gon be paying money to Starlink lmfao.
Our servers to hold that shit probably gonna be all underwater cus the cooling comes cheap and they wont get carbon taxed lmfao.
Dad works with Azure alot and thats what they were talking baout awhile ago.
@FlyingMonkies325 Language models like ChatGPT gonna be our central database lmfao. You can ask it anything without having to deal with the sheer overflow of useless info from the internet
Holodecks replaced TV, Movie Theaters and Video Games. Holodecks are the next step in Entertainment because you can create or do anything on a Holodeck.
I can imagine that though i bet thats what holodeck tech played a role in replacing television tech in its advancement in such years like the year 2040 and beyond such as the 23rd,24th and even the 25th century though in the 23rd century Holodeck tech was in its experimental beta phase during that century before it became standard in the 24th and 25th century years.
He was the most optimistic person out of all the others from cryogenic preservation.
He didn't really like his old life so anything is an improvement.
He's got an automatic martini machine. What's there not to be optimistic about?
@@theevilascotcompany9255 Wait until he finds out he can turn off the safety function and replace the Synthehol with Alcohol.
CRYONICS
And I bet he’s glad he had the full body treatment. Not that discount head job where they freeze just the head, figuring they can attach it to a body in the future.
"That particular form of entertainment did not last much beyond the year 2040."
You know, back in the day I might have called bs but now... I can see it. Even now below a certain age range basically no one watches network tv.
Yes the war three that took place within the star trek story would have killed off TV for good !!
According to one of the TNG novels he does become a famous country singer of the 24th century.
Which novel? I'd love to read it.
@FlyingMonkies325 I think it was one of the TNG Dominion War novels. But don't hold me to that. It's been over 20 years since I read it.
Stan and Sisko would have had a great time talking about baseball.
How "catchy"!
There was also that scientist guy who befriended Wesley, who had memorized all of the baseball games and statistics.
@@OptimusWombat the Traveler ?
@@jimmyzhao2673 no, Paul Stubbs from the episode "Evolution" (ep 3x01).
“Romulans = Eagles Fans” had me dying
And the Clownboys havent been to a superbowl since this show was on!
To be fair they do have a large bird as their emblem.
as a still-angry 49er, i really like this
Eagles fans are more like Klingons than Romulans.
That Stan guy is pretty smart for being 4 centuries out of date.
Jason C. That's charisma for ya. 😉
Put it this way lawyers, businessmen, and doctors date back to the stone age. Time doesn't make you smarter, experience makes you wiser though. Most of us would probably believe the earth is the center of the universe unless a few scientists worked out that it didn't. History doesn't repeat itself but it Rhymes.
same tune different instrument
Which they had the wrath of Stan
He went toe to toe with the Ferengi as the Federation's ambassador to them and later became the Secretary of Commerce. I'd say his expertise was quite well used in the future.
It would've been fun to watch Stan go on an interstellar road trip with Data and watch their adventures.
That would've been a totally awesome series! Data and Stan seemed to have a good chemistry, they would've played off one another beautifully much like Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell did on QUANTUM LEAP! I would've watched every episode, it would've been a good TNG spinoff!
1:22 Alcoholic with blown liver given a second chance immediately starts drinking again. ffs.
Reminds me of George Best.
Synthehol doesn't destroy your liver.
If it's synthehol (which from a replicator, it will be), he can drink it 24/7 and it won't harm him.
To be fair what’s stopping you if every disease that comes with it is basically treated like a paper cut
Seriously, I'd watch I series just about Stan in the 24th Century! What a Spinoff that would be!
Actually, a series with all of the unfrozen folks from that series getting by in the Trek universe would have possibilities.
Totally would.
Exactly. Seeing a fictional utopia and then how people react to something unexpected was the charm :D. The more oddballs and unexpected situations coming up against it the better. It was that contrast that made the best characters or episodes. Buck rogers and various other shows had that same kind of dynamic going on. Today it doesn't exist in fiction much.
they use the dukes of hazzard themesong for sure
I can imagine Stan being right about him being a bigger star in that timeline on other worlds doing country and I'd want to see him drink some Klingon drinks and get plastered from time to time.
Why do I get the feeling this guy is somehow a paternal ancestor of the NX-01's Commander Tucker?
Keep yur shirt on lou-tenant.
I wouldn't be surprised!
I literally was just about to post that in a comment.
I actually live in the home town of Trip and i can tell ya for this a fact Ive never seen guy around town lol
@@Lawcoom probaly because it's a hole in the ground.
I love when he cancels that whole big order then just asks for a martini with two olives ( for the vitamins) and then winks. Makes me laugh everytime!!
Find a couple of low mileage pit wolfies and help 'em build a memory, is one of my favorite lines from the entire series.
A low mileage pit wolfies Hahaha
I can't believe Riker didn't get that. He must have been pulling Data's leg.
Mine is "good one warf..... eat any good books lately?" - low mileage pit woofies is my second.
What *does* it mean?
@@terrathelunatic A pit wolfie is a race car reference, with the pit being the place where they do quick repairs on the race cars during a race. Wolfie refers to racing groupies that, in this case, hang at the pit to meet the drivers. So it basically means he wants to find youngish racing groupies and give them a memorable night. Of course, outside of this one reference, I never heard the expression before.
"How do I get a hold of that fella with the strange looking face?" "...which one?"
lol
Stan is a simple man who takes life as he finds it and tries to make the best of whatever situation he's in. Be more like Stan. Minus the substance abuse.
Stan was the best unfrozen 21st century human since Khan.
Stan is from Kentucky and is also a musician which means he likely had his own band or was a folk singer himself. He probably played in bars all over Kentucky or in Tennessee since Nashville was a hotspot for country and folk musicians.
'Sounds like he hated life, but he spent a lot of money to freeze himself.' Sounds like Walt Disney.
I just saw a video about cryogenics. Disney wanted to be frozen, but he didn't get the paperwork done in time. th-cam.com/video/XPtl49M4Su0/w-d-xo.html
He spanked Beverly Crusher!
He should I give her a kiss on the cheek to just to make it real good
Who wouldn't want to spank Dr Crusher...
@@blaggerfiftysix Even as a kid, I found her more attractive than Troi. I think I like her doctor's uniform better.
Hi. I'm from 2020. I think you'll find that's 'sexual assault'.
I hope he has a good attorney and a decent selection of walkies.
@@Sight-Beyond-Sight what are you on about... Troi >>>> Crusher
Data lookin back over his shoulder gets me every time
Well we've got 20 years until we find out in ST's prediction about television comes true.
Turns out that Data may hay have been right about Television. They predict TV will phase out between 2030 and 2040. Those writers had gifted insight sometimes.
If you watch the first series closely, some of the male extras were wearing women's uniforms. Roddenberry sneaked transgender acceptance into the show in a time when being gay was barely legal.
@@michaelbujaki2462 Timestamp?
Obviously his tastes aren't as refined as Scotty's.
martini is easyer to fake than a fine glass of scotch you have trash vs the drink of the angels.
Same as Picards family don’t drink replicated trash and make the real deal. Or Siscos dad and his real food.
I’m sure for a person from prewarp earth couldn’t tell the difference between from real & replicated
It is ... green.
Nothing wrong with a good martini, though.
No tv after 2040...We will see
with youtube its on the way. well youtube and netflix and the like
That's still TV.
Tony Stephenson is refering the tv if a gadget already many people dont watch tv
Correct.. I live with 20 somethings.. traditional television they don't watch. Specific shows via netflix, HBO GO, etc.. yes. More online activities and social mingles than my parents generation. Surprisingly they're big into board games and playing musical instruments together. More like their great grandparents generation.. I shall not be sorry to see TV go the way of the buggy whip, it wasted lots of time.
Allow me to introduce you to the latest waste of time: it's called The Internet.
"same dance, different tune". Great words!
1:53-2:03 "They won 14 division titles? Four Hall Of Famers? Man, I picked a lousy time to get frozen! What else, did the Falcons win a Super Bowl?"
"Oh, you're not going to believe this..."
no but the Saints did...
Stan : Now I know you are feeding me bull son ..The Saints winning a Super Bowl what next the Cubs winning a World Series..
@@omegasupreme1970 "Yeah, the Cubs did win, and that wasn't the weirdest thing to happen in 2016."
@@NJGuy1973 Then 2020 was so screwed up the freakin' Cleveland Browns won the Super Bowl! ;)
Atlanta Braves are like the Buffalo Bills
2040 - he did a good job of not mentioning the Eugenics wars
"Best martini I've ever had."
Season 2: _Irishman orders whiskey_ "Terrible!"
They should've made Stan a recurring character, for comedy relief, like Troy's mother. hahahaha
He should have become involved with Troi's mother. They would have been a pairing.
An excellent idea. Do you read any Star Trek novels ? Contact the author and pitch him your idea.
(I think the businessman they unfroze became an ambassador to the Ferengi)
My beloved cat was named Stan. Short for Stanley H. Tweedle, Captain of the Lexx. Thank you for the video :)
"I paid a fortune to get frozen...and these assholes shot me into space...I sue the hell out them"
Star Trek isekai episodes (or portal stories) allow for the writers to explore more of the universe/lore. Modern people don't normally spend time talking about internal combustion engines and fuel chemistry in their everyday lives, but something like this allows the writer to have someone ask about everyday items for the setting.
If you're a chill enough dude, you can thrive in any era.
I just want to know the genius who actually came up with "low milage pit woofie".
I wasn't the biggest fan of the season one episodes, mostly because they were still kind of coming up to speed on their character development and writing stories that were a little edgier. But this was one of the better episodes. I liked the concept of discovering people in cryosleep, but just plain ol' people rather than Khan's super soldiers. It was a bit like a first contact style episode, but between 24th century humans and earlier humans. But it also had the little gamesmanship between the Enterprise and a Romulan ship. Lots of interesting moving pieces in the story, all in all.
The only person in the galaxy who apparently prefers replicated sythahol to the real thing. Of course, his taste buds have been frozen for over 300 years, so.
It seemed like before season 3 the replicators served real alcohol. There was an episode during season 2 where a bunch of Irish farmers got drunk on replicated Klingon booze.
@@theshlauf Irish drunk on Klingon booze? Why does it smell of fist figth sudenly?
@@theshlauf that's because the farmer asked for real alcohol and worf got it for him
@@marvenlunn6086 Yeah... from the the replicator.
@@theshlauf That was a writer strike ep... does it even count?
As a life long Atlanta Braves fan I love when he mentions them here
"see if the Braves are on" YES!!! "still finding ways to lose" Touche' :/
@@TherealSBlair Well, it was 1988 when this episode aired .... and the Braves were in the midst of being god awful.
This essentially pretty much all of Leon Rippy's scenes and what I'll always remember him for. I very much approve.
This is pretty good
Stan the good ole boy in the 24th centruy
Banned so hard from Social Media in our time
He had to freeze himself to escape the persecution
1:41 An in other scenes, they describe the artificial drinks as not very good compared to real liquor. But it would make sense that you have a "no drugs and no alcohol"-policy onboard of a starship.
Except for the Romulan Ale that Guinan keeps behind the bar for special occasions.
Kind of like these out of time stories. Really interesting concept.
2:20 Star Trek got it right again.
love this guy in any century. he Know i mean HE KNOWS what is going on an any century.
We need a series with this guy as the captain
Data was so cute when the 'Side Man' offer was presented.
It would have been interesting if they had followed up on all three of these characters.
Stan is pretty cool. He's not a male chauvinist, or racist, bigot, -he's just himself....Good 'ol country boy.
He caught Riker too early in his career. Bearded Riker would have been his new best friend lol
I loved his character it was funny!
I gotta get me a couple of low mileage pit wolfies and help them build a memory!
I'm from the mid west and this sure don't make no kind of sense.
I reckon it has to do with hookers though.
@@StormsandSaugeye It does lmao
I think I'll sign up for one of those Pit-woofies, my memories are fading and I need new ones!
This episode made the Enterprise crew look very amateurish.
i) They didn't conceal visible non-humans from sight at first, which should be an obvious aspect of easing them in.
ii) They didn't assign an Ensign or someone to get them up to speed. They just let them sit there. Just showing them the replicator would have kept them occupied and happy for a while.
iii) They didn't even have someone guard the door.
iv) Putting them in a '1990 USA' Holodeck simulation would also have kept them happy.
The Enterprise crew just failed totally. 800+ Starfleet Officers, and still.
Who wants to feel old? At the time of this episode, the oldest regular cast member, Patrick Stewart (Picard) was 47. The youngest cast member Wil Wheaton (W. Crusher) was 15.
This July (2019) Will Wheaton will celebrate his 47th birthday.
I remember watching this the first time in college in 1987 and we sort of went “Why did they pick such an OLD MAN as a captain?” Our criticism was somewhat valid, Picard looked old. I was 19 then so 47 was old, but Picard looked 60 to me.
@@leonandrews7180 I was in high school myself. So, how's the "over 50" category there, old man?
It's funny, when I look at those old episode, Picard doesn't look as old to me as he used to. To be fair, at the time my own parents were 43. My parents have always been old to me, even when they were in their 30's.
I think "old" is like fusion. It's always 20 years older than we are. When I was 17 (in 1987) old was 37. Now I'm 49 old is 69.
Shut up, Wesley..... er, Eric! lol....
I don't need to be reminded #&*@!!! how old I am....
@@xaenon Maybe not now, but how much longer before the senility sets in?
@@erictaylor5462 Senility? Bring it on! Not only will I have something for people to chalk up my 'antisocial' behavior to, but I won't be able to recognize or remember the shitstorm that is the modern world.
Senility? YEAH, baby! With a side order of Alzheimers and a pitcher of beer, please..... lol
I could watch an entire Star Trek series of this guy.
I Remember that episode. Thanks, you tube, How
this guy is the best part of the entire season
Low Mileage Pit Wofffies... Young chicks with hot bodies
I thought he was referring to drag racing
this was an old movie never heard of this thanks for sharing
Old movie?! It's a TV show that ran for years and was hugely popular. I understand my grandfather more and more..... damned kids, GET OFF MY LAWN!
I wanted him to say lordy lordy or gee willikas.
I love and totally agree with some of the comments about wishing there had been continued stories in some sort of series with these characters. ALL of them were intriguing in their own way (for me, especially Stan). This got me thinking (while reading the comments) how my favorite of the feature films made of Star Trek series were the two that dealt with sort of similar scenarios, reversed: The Voyage Home when the original series characters go to San Francisco and deal with whales, etc. and the TNG movie "First Contact." Time travel stories are generally my favorite type of science fiction so this fits right in in a sense.
Y'know... it MIGHT have been appropriate. Could you imagine being in space, bumping into an alien species, and inviting them over for music and booze? Yes, even the Romulans. Maybe we wouldn't be at odds with them for centuries.
That makes me wonder though, what DO they do? I mean, do they have the internet? They cant be working every single waking moment, they gotta relax at some point.
I guess they use the holodeck.
Makes sense.
They have the holo-deck. Think about that, you wouldn't want anything else. You could create any environment, any situation. Also, think of how great porn would be! lol
Aw yeah!
holodeck poker with friends socializing exploring we have seen they have the concept of video games so i bet its not as much more different than now just more advanced ways to waste time.
STERNO NEVER TASTED SO GOOD
2:06 - "That particular form of entertainment did not last much beyond the year 2040" - Considering the low quality of current streaming shows, that is plausible.
2:05 - Well now in November 2021, linear TV is dying, with hardly anyone watching the normal stations, all now watch online, streaming, on demand. By 2040 it would not surprise me if any form of TV would be dead and gone.
really wanted to have an extended episode on this. does anyone know if any of the books delve into the things raised in this episode more? they did a good job, but there was so much more that could've been discussed with all of this. for one, the wealthy guy might have enjoyed learning about the Ferengi.
b. free, the "wealthy guy" does get mentioned in a novel. He becomes an ambassador for the Federation. I don't remember the novel as I read it 20 years ago. The funny thing is that I do remember that when meeting Picard again he ordered a Coke or a Dr. Pepper or some other carbonated drink from the replicator. That stuck with me because he said he had to program it into the replicator. I assume it's because it has no nutritional value so a starship wouldn't replicate it and because the recipe was so old. Also, because it was "fizzing," the novel version of Picard thought it looked like it came from a chemistry experiment.
I read somewhere else that he is mentioned in a second novel. I would imagine the character does rebuild a reputation for himself because that's the kind of man he is. But I don't think that, working for the Federation, he became "rich" again. His "wealth" would come from respect for his accomplishments, perks for being an ambassador, and self-improvement.
Yes, I found out that all three appear in a couple of different novels. The wealthy guy was ambassador to the Ferengi! Which I immediately thought of after watching the clip. Later he goes on to serve as Economic Secretary for the Federation or something like that. The woman goes on to serve as a counselor for time-shifted peoples. The musician, well, I couldn't find anything out there. There are two moments that were interesting in the show for me: where he asks for a copy of the WSJ, and the other guy asks to watch TV. And in both cases -- nope, we do not have those on the Enterprise.
Thank you. I didn't know anything about the woman or the musician.
@@ensignmjs7058 this is a funny thing since DS9 (specifically Quark) establishes that Root Beer is alive and well in the Federation.
@@USSMariner Like real alcohol it may be an artisan produced product where there are a handful of small bottlers on or near Terran space that make and ship soda pops galaxy wide as a kind of luxury product much as genuine Scotch is still made on Earth and shipped around. Some people will pay for the real thing either due to superior taste or because it is "bad" for them.
That food and drink replicator is the star of the show if you ask me
I would order so much crap lol
They could have replicated a TV for him and made it work with any number of shows (remember B'elanna did that for Tom in Voyager?)
TV only has 19 years left!
There's no way Brent Spiner didn't crack up several times at 2:26.
Brent is from Houston, Texas originally. He's used to hearing people talk like that.
I wonder why he thought his drink was so good Scott didn't think his was fit to drink
This episode gave us a subtle hint of what was to come with the Borg.
I'm actually shocked TV lasts until 2040. My grandmother is the only person I know who still has one and she's 95
Well at least Stan didn't know about Khan's rule during 1990's and bell riot of 2024 and WW3 of 2050 and also the first contact 2060
Offenhaus was one of the investors in the cryogenic spacecraft Khan was shot into the sky with.
No television beyond 2040. That's 20 years from now.
I SERIOUSLY doubt it.
As they say, the only thing that never changes is change it's self, get ready, be ready, it's always coming...
They gotta bring Stan back to the continuity if they do another post-TNG show/movie. Leon Rippy's performance was fantastic.
His ex wives continues to stomp his will to live even in the next century.
I don't see TV, or at least web shows going anywhere after 2040. After so many decades it's still as popular as ever, and that's less than 20 years away.
TV not existing in the future is absurd. That's like saying books or videogames wouldn't exist in that future, which they definitely do in the Star Trek Universe.
Very few people I interact with still "watch TV". Yes, they may stream a video here and there but that's not the same thing. Streaming a video you are specifically choosing what you want to entertain you, not the other way around, which is how network TV always operated. It is already vastly different than in the era this series ran, where the typical family home was watching network TV. These days, it's about the household selecting choosing what form of media they want.
Stan
The younglings have created a new definition of that word..
But for the record, I was there when it was written.
Somebody should’ve showed Stan the holodeck.
Him and McCoy would be best friends
Stan was banned on *both sides* of the neutral zone.
Why don't you come back later on an' you and me'll find us a couple o' low-mileage pit woofies and help 'em build a memory ... has to be the best line in any Star Trek show ever.
Gotta love the "mitchell" slide guitar. Lol
MITCHELL!
This is before the concept of synthehol came to be.
Is Stan the only person who doesn't complain about synthesized alcohol?
Wasn't he also General West in the 1994 Stargate film, and a doctor in that show Alcatraz where they all supposedly disappeared from the island in 1963, with Sam Neill?
So everybody got rid of their TVs and now have to reserve time or stand in line, to get into a single holodeck! It must be tough, to get all those butts crammed in there, all at once!
No TV? Well we do have TH-cam.
how'd he get a Martini if the replicator can only do synthetic alcohol (which according to Scotty was a VERY far cry from real alcohol)?
Maybe we'll see the 3 people in this episode in the new Picard series. Could be a nice solo story away from the main plot.
i want to see more about this guy
I love it when Stan pats Dr. Crushers' ass. Ahh to be in a time where the Neo Temperance Movement is unheard of.
Neo temperance movement? I think that it's still unheard of. My ears have learned to filter out fools after 27 years of marriage and two kids. Besides, I'm Irish and you know the saying...... "God created alcohol to keep the Irish from taking over the world."
He played the Airforce General in the Stargate movie