xkcd Does Tamarian

I love XKCD.

One of my favorite webcomics is xkcd, an incredibly nerdy webstrip that normally makes jokes out of math, science, and engineering. Howeer, it also does sci-fi, and today they made a joke out of the TNG episode where Picard has to figure out how the Tamarians communicate using folklore and metaphors.

It's hilarious.

http://xkcd.com/902/

:lol:

LOL Nice. :P

So, that's probably my fave TNG episode, but I don't get the comic.

I love xkcd! I was happily surprised to see the TNG reference.

ALSO - note how Counselor Troi is depicted as just standing there contributing absolutely nothing to the story whatsoever. Just thought I'd point that out...

Awesome. Just awesome. I LOVE xkcd, and I'm not sure how I missed that one. You get major cool points for bringing that to my attention.

It's xkcd! It's Star Trek! It's gay! What's not to laugh about?

Moderation: Merged two duplicate threads. Sorry for the mess. :)

Quote by SiranNataan

So, that's probably my fave TNG episode, but I don't get the comic.

Well, ya see, in the original episode, the Darmok and Jalad metaphor meant two enemies coming together to overcome an outside adversity. But this comic tips that on its ear, and changes it to mean a drunken hook-up. So the Tamarian captain wants to get J-LP all liquored up and bump (possibly bumpy) nasties with him.

Wiiiink!

(As with most Tamarian, the joke probably loses something in the translation.)

Or, to put it in Gay-Tamarian:

Jeff Stryker, his sword unsheathed.
Joey Stefano, legs in the air, cocaine up his nose.
Jeff Stryker and Joey Stefano in the orgy room.
Jeff Stryker and Joey Stefano making the beast with two backs.
Jeff Stryker's money shot, like the Bellagio fountain.
Jeff Stryker (Tamarian captain points to himself), Joey Stefano (points to Picard), and Amber Lynn (points to Troi) in Bi-Bi-Baby.

;)

Quote by nthoctave

ALSO - note how Counselor Troi is depicted as just standing there contributing absolutely nothing to the story whatsoever. Just thought I'd point that out...

I know I'm going to get dirty looks from MikeyNY when I get home tonight for saying this... but I can't resist:

It could be worse... she could be at the helm and crashing the Enterprise into something.

(See: Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: Nemesis if you have any questions)

I guess I just saw it as they took the original text and changed one line unpredictably. Just not enough to perk my humour, I guess.

Quote by SiranNataan

I guess I just saw it as they took the original text and changed one line unpredictably. Just not enough to perk my humour, I guess.

Yeah, but they changed one line and made it dirty! That automatically equals funny. :)

(Just so we're clear, I'm making fun of my own immature sense of humor, not commenting on yours.)

"Captain, I'm sensing an overwhelming abundance of anger and frustration. Also, I found these Defensive Driving pamphlets taped to my door."