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The Legacy of Wet Hot American Summer
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The Legacy of Wet Hot American Summer

Any WHAS fans in the house? If you have some spare time please check out our Legacy Cinema Club Podcast episode on one of the greatest spoofs of all time.

"You have barbecue sauce all over your face."

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u/thewayofthefuture_1 — 11 days ago

We need mods

We are looking for people who are kind, and are onboard with our vision of transforming this place from a place known for being a far right hate sub to a place where it can fulfill its original purpose. A place where people can discuss all eras of Trek and share thoughts negative or positive WITHOUT insulting people who disagree with you.

So if you been active in our community for the past 3 months at least and if you are onboard with our vision please do apply below, if you look like a good fit we will reach out to you.

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u/Ser_Luke_ — 10 days ago

Fandomwire: "The Core Reason That Makes TNG Superior Is Still Missing in Star Trek 2026: Some bold swings in storytelling. Few SNW episodes have done thought experiments like TNG did. At some point, fans who bought into the franchise for its boldness will feel bored of its Marvel-ization"

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u/TheSonOfMogh81 — 10 days ago

[Interview] Jonathan Frakes Shoots Down Longstanding Star Trek First Contact Rumor 30 Years Later: "Frakes says Worf's "Assimilate this!" was always scripted and not improvised. "Never. Never happened," Frakes confirmed. Agreeing that "It's a great line." Credit for the line goes to Moore & Braga"

SCREENRANT:

"1996's Star Trek: First Contact is hailed as the best of the Star Trek: The Next Generation feature films. One of *First Contact'*s most memorable sequences was its spacewalk, where Worf, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), and Mr. Hawk (Neal McDonough) don space suits and battle the Borg on the USS Enterprise-E's deflector. Worf quips, "Assimilate this!" before blasting the Borg's device to signal the rest of the Collective in the Delta Quadrant.

On The Nacelle Company's Instagram promoting The Center Seat II: 60 Years of Star Trek, Jonathan Frakes says Worf's "Assimilate this!" was always scripted and not improvised. "Never. Never happened," Frakes confirmed. Agreeing that *"It's a great line," Star Trek: First Contact'*s director asserted that "Improvisation was not something that was ever part of Star Trek. We were never allowed to improvise. They were really, really strict." Watch the post below [Instagram]:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DeFbtMJS9hZ/

Now that Worf's "Assimilate this" is confirmed to be scripted dialogue, credit for the line goes to Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga. [...]"

Full article:

https://screenrant.com/star-trek-jonathan-frakes-first-contact-improv-rumor-false/

u/mcm8279 — 9 days ago