StarBase 118 Staff Posted January 21, 2021 Posted January 21, 2021 Words have power. As a community of writers, we can agree on that. Behind the special effects or fancy visuals, Star Trek is about people and how they communicate. The franchise has brought us many memorable phrases over the past fifty years. Some are so memorable that they have lodged themselves into the collective culture and will forever be linked with Star Trek. The command “Make it so!” from Captain Jean-Luc Picard was a call to action for his crew. This signature line was said with such finality that it made you want to jump to fulfil the order. You knew that if you suggested a plan and the good captain uttered those three words, then it was up to you to carry it out. Spock and his Vulcan brethren had the calm farewell/blessing “Live long and prosper.” Its simple statement – a wish for health and prosperity – did not in itself imply nor evoke strong emotions in the speaker or hearer. Yet the wish for peace has touched many fans’ hearts. Leonard McCoy, with his rascally wit and sharp tongue, was fond of griping “I’m a doctor, not a (brick-layer, moon-shuttle conductor, physicist)!” Always with the emotional comeback, McCoy was the voice of exasperation that we all wish we could be but rarely have the opportunity to fill. The chilling statement by the Borg that “resistance is futile” wasn’t exactly a threat so much as their pure statement of fact. You knew when you saw the cube-shaped ship on the screen that the next thing you’d hear on the comm channel were those three words. In your opinion, what is the most memorable phrase from Star Trek? (BONUS: Let us know if you use variations of these phrases in everyday life!) Click here to head to the forums now and vote in this week’s poll on which you would choose, or let us know your own! Be sure to leave a comment in the thread! The post Poll of the Week: Most Memorable Phrase appeared first on StarBase 118 Star Trek RPG. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ufopsb118?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ufopsb118?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ufopsb118/~4/AV0WN5p4E4gView the full article Quote
+ Arturo Maxwell Posted January 22, 2021 Posted January 22, 2021 Going to have to go with "Resistance is futile". The sheer nature of the Borg still gives me the wibblys even now aged 38......... 2 Quote
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