The commercial is heard better in its original Klingon.
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024
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Fun fact, Marc Okrand designed the Klingon language intentionally without the verb "to be" before Star Trek VI came out and it caused him a massive headache.
intentionally without the verb "to be"
[cries in Romance language learner]
Came here for this reference, was not disappointed.
That line always annoyed the fuck out of me. They couldn't make up an equally vitally important Klingon author and then compare them?
Nope, just a throwaway joke.
I interpreted it as cultural appropriation and how primitive Klingon diplomacy was that they'd make the claim directly to the people they'd appropriated from.
That's really nice, I like that interpretation a lot! Sort of "This man wrote so well he might as well have been a Klingon."
Also might have meant that Shakespeare's style is very similar to Klingon plays, Chang finding something to admire or respect in his enemy. He was motivated by glory and preserving his culture and respected and valued the Federation as an enemy even though he hated and feared what would become of his people if they made them allies.
We also know that the singular great writer in the Federation's time is Beverly's grandmother.
There certainly isn't much breathing room in that playset
That’s what makes it tense. One etiquette faux pas and next thing you know you’re bathing the playset in ketchup and pepto bismol.
That kid and the toy General Chang is giving me 80s flashbacks of something I barely remember
I hate how the packaging in toys is always so crappy. They couldn’t even be bothered to show the Enterprise A.
1995!? .... that's also surprising because I really felt like it was the 80s. All I remember was that it was all on fuzzy over the air channels on a 20" CRT, which we were still watching in the 90s.
Man that feels like a hundred years ago.
My thought exactly. There's no way TOS movies were being made in the 90s. That just feels wrong.
From this point on ... I guess we can just generically say 'in the last century' or 'the previous century' .. fewer people understand 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s and just see it all as 'the last century' ... which makes it sound and feel like 'a hundred years ago'.
God I feel old ... I guess I am :(
I work with people now who were born in the 21st century. I guess I'm old now too :(
Can't speak for the figure but the kid is from Transformers commercials.
Some kids want tea parties, some kids want tense diplomatic dinners. To each their own!