Klingons Make Shit Swordsmen

[xraytheenforcer]

After complaining for two days that we had no Star Trek to watch (I get it in my head every now and again that I want to watch ST -- any ST), I got my wish in the form of a TNG mini-marathon on SciFi channel. Where I was treated to the sight of the crew being dressed like Robin Hood and his Merry Men, and of Worf (I AM NOT A MERRY MAN!) engaging in the most incompetent sword play I've seen outside a high-school production of Hamlet. 

Comments

[peadarog.livejournal.com]

They talk tough, all right, but they're just big wusses.

[misunderstruck.livejournal.com]

Also, I always think of Klingon's fighting with the two-handled bat'leths, which are handled rather differently than a traditional human sword.

Besides, when you're dressed up in scarlet like a dandy, it is certainly not a good day to die.

[peadarog.livejournal.com]

I don't understand why they just don't use the force like everybody else.

[misunderstruck.livejournal.com]

They're too busy playing with magic rings.

[peadarog.livejournal.com]

Sad, but so very true.

[xraytheenforcer.livejournal.com]

LOL

[hippoiathanatoi.livejournal.com]

So those redshirts keep getting offed because they're a wee bit too dandified?

[misunderstruck.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[fenryng.livejournal.com]

You know, from an aesthetic point of view, I like the bat'leth. From a utilitarian standpoint, not so much. It always struck me as being more of a defensive weapon, which, by itself, I do not mind. I have always been a defensive-minded person.

But Klingons do not strike me as being defensive in nature. More of the scream and leap category.

And you know, I have always been of the opinion that the day you die is really going to suck, no matter what.

[the-corbie.livejournal.com]

Worf should be a cage fighter. *nods*

[xraytheenforcer.livejournal.com]

I wonder if those forehead knobs would be a help or hindrance?

[fenryng.livejournal.com]

A help. Head-butting, you know. Unless you happen to do it to Data. A Klingon tried that, once. Data won.

[fenryng.livejournal.com]

A help. Head-butting, you know. Unless you try it on Data, like one did once. Data won.

[regina-of-york.livejournal.com]

I AM NOT A MERRY MAN!

Classic.


(And if you're still in the mood for more Star Trek, we have all of TOS and DS9 on DVD, ya know.)

[xraytheenforcer.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh shit. If we're not watching Firefly, we are gonna be on our asses watching DS9.

[regina-of-york.livejournal.com]

Note to self: buy some popcorn. ;P

[rockstarwookie.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that combat scenes in Sci-Fi shows improved so much.

Even Deep Space Nine, was much better.
By that time they had discovered that Klingons and Gem'Hadar shared a critical weakness. Their kryptonite, if you will.
The epic, two-fisted Super-Punch, which worked wonders for Starfleet officers and puny Cardassian tailors in hand-to-hand combat against these ferocious foes.

[xraytheenforcer.livejournal.com]

LOL

[regina-of-york.livejournal.com]

The epic, two-fisted Super-Punch, which worked wonders for Starfleet officers and puny Cardassian tailors in hand-to-hand combat against these ferocious foes.

Lolz. The two-fisted super punch must be the staple of combat training at the Academy.

[limecat-lotn.livejournal.com]

Give credit where credit is due. Optimus Prime taught the Starfleet this secret weapon. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXG_zG2SEaw)

[hippoiathanatoi.livejournal.com]

Did it on my brother once.

I was in traction for a week. :(

[fenryng.livejournal.com]

Just out of curiosity, I tried that once on a punching bag.

Damn near dislocated both of my pinky fingers, and bruised the hell out of them.

And got no force whatsoever.

[alanashinean.livejournal.com]

That episode makes me want to kill myself. In a good way.

[xraytheenforcer.livejournal.com]

LOL. Would that be death by decapitation, perhaps?

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

Just saw that episode myself recently. I still think I'd rather die that live in the Star Trek TNG universe.

[xraytheenforcer.livejournal.com]

Picard weeps for your lost soul.

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

But they're all so fatuous! And the personal interactions are at the level of second-graders with Asperger's!

[xraytheenforcer.livejournal.com]

Sounds a lot like my PhD lab.

(which is why I'm not in it anymore. hahaha)

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

I repeat my earlier comment.

[terraprime.livejournal.com]

OMG I saw the same re-run episode on SF, and thought "wow, this must be a low-point for TNG."

:p

[xraytheenforcer.livejournal.com]

Picard weeps for his lost soul.