♬ It's better to burn out than phase away ♬
♬ It's better to burn out than phase away ♬
ENT s2e10 "Vanishing Point"
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This was actually the first ever Star Trek episode I'd seen and terrified me. Avoided the show(s) for a few years because of it.
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Beaming in general is terrifying. You are destroyed on a molecular level and then reconstructed somewhere else. Is that at the new location actually you, or just a convincing clone? What does it matter for the others around you, as the clone has and is everything you previously were, but you are actually dead.
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You're cells/tissues have been regrown/replaced throughout your existence. You have already "died" countless times. Fuck it, dude. Let's go bowling.
Edit: totally spaced on the fact that he's addressing a young Stamets in Dazed and Confused!
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iirc when beaming, you can momuntarily feel yourself in both places at once, which implies that your brain activity is at least contigious even if you're made of new atoms. i guess it comes down to what you consider "you"
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You are photocopied and then die. Society continues to benefit.
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Yeah I'd already been into sci-fi stuff and had been watching other Sy-Fy "horror" movies at the time. This episode really nailed the feeling though and lives rent free in my mind whenever the consequences of teleportation are brought up.
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Wonder if they used it medically and for cosmetic surgeries. Nose too long? Cancerous growth? We’ll remove that while you beam
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An odd beginning, but gotta start somewhere. Was well steeped into Trek when ENT came about. The first episode I caught (from regular cable before streaming was the mainstay) was s1e4 "Strange New World". When I saw the crew shuttle down to an M-class planet, just in uniform rather than isolation suits, and with everyone's favorite good boi Porthos I noped the fuck out. Wasn't until sometime after its cancellation that I gave it another go. Love the show, for the most part, now. Still too bad they never had the chance to make a finale.
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