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Deep Space Nine Was Getting Good Long Before the Dominion War

Star trek 's compelling exploration of the stress points in its utopia didn't start when the dominion showed up— deep space nine was cooking long before that..

A lot of Star Trek opinion is based on the paradoxical idea that the series within the franchise simply “get good” at some point. TNG ’s not TNG until Riker has a beard , we say, ignoring all the fantastic ideas the series got into before that. The idea of Trek shows usually having a dodgy first season has been thoroughly refuted at this point in the modern renaissance, and was arguably not entirely true even before that.

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And then there’s Deep Space 9 —simply exquisite, remarkable television, perhaps the franchise’s darkest, finest hour ... but only, we’re to believe, once the show begins tackling the Dominion subplot and its eventual escalation into all-out galactic war. Except I’ve been revisiting the show from the beginning recently, and cannot help but think that such a framing does DS9 a huge disservice. While the Dominion War forced open the cracks in Star Trek ’s idealized world, those cracks have always been there, and DS9 was prying them open with gleefully gritted teeth from the get-go.

I already got an inkling of this revisiting the debut season of the series last year for its 30th anniversary—and found remarkable gems in a season that most Trek fans tell you is not worth checking out beyond the establishing premise of the show. But season two really picks on up on the threads laid down across season one of the various tensions still at play in the messy story scenario DS9 found itself a home in, where most other Star Trek series simply moved on to the next adventure: what happens when a society is saved from violent oppression, and Starfleet steps in?

From the get-go, we see the tinderbox of the various struggles Bajor’s Provisional Government faced establishing itself in season one—an issue we mostly saw explored through the eyes of Major Kira and her own exasperations with both Starfleet and her past as a resistance fighter—explode in season two, as the machinations of Vedek Winn (the always remarkable Louise Fletcher , lacing every utterance of “My child” with more venom than thought humanly possible) set the stage for a coup attempt that sees Deep Space Nine become a battleground long before the show became the “war show.” Settling the Bajoran coup d’etat early on in season two likewise creates a ripple effect throughout the stories being told, ones we really begin to see reflected in the two-part storyline “The Maquis.”

A fascinating mirror to the tensions of the Bajoran/Starfleet conflict of season one—the idea that people are looking at our heroes and asking them what the point of them being here on the frontier is really worth—“The Maquis” explores the establishment of, and the beginnings of wide-scale dissent with, a guerrilla group of Federation colonists in the demilitarized zone established between the Cardassian Union and the Federation. Starfleet’s diplomacy re-drew lines of territory between the two powers, changing the control of colony worlds in that area of space and uprooting the lives of civilians—not members of Starfleet, just beings from the Federation and from Cardassia alike—without a care in the world. It’s that careless degree of thought and consideration is really what comes through in “The Maquis”—we’ve seen Starfleet officers humbled by hubris before this in Star Trek , but rarely has Starfleet as an entity, and even the Federation, been portrayed as so ignorant as they are in these two episodes.

Commander Sisko and his team investigate reports of conflicts between Cardassian and Federation colonists—including a terrorist attack on DS9 that destroyed a Cardassian ship—with Starfleet’s liaison to the region, Calvin Hudson. As they do so, the terrible plight civilians on both sides are facing, from the Cardassian military commander’s subtle attempts to destabilize the region further and play intra-command politics, to Starfleet’s attempts to police from afar, becomes incredibly clear. But as the revelation of the Maquis’ existence (and the twist that Hudson himself has resigned from Starfleet to aid them) emerges, and tensions begin to ramp up towards open conflict, DS9 bares its fangs directly at Star Trek ’s utopia in an absolutely stunning scene in part two of “The Maquis.”

Recieving a meeting in person with Admiral Nechayev in his office on DS9, Sisko, already reeling from his old friend Hudson’s betrayal, can barely contain his disdain when he’s simply told by Starfleet that if he establishes a dialogue with the Maquis, they will remember that they are citizens of the lauded, grand Federation, and the day will be saved—and that because it’s all that simple, he’ll be getting no extra help from Starfleet beyond such sage advice.

The second Nechayev leaves his office—and crucially, a likeminded Kira enters— Avery Brooks unleashes himself . We’ve known up to this point that Sisko is not a man afraid of throwing a few punches, literally or otherwise, or that he’s willing to keep his sense of justice in check, but even for all the traumatized disdain he had for Jean-Luc Picard in DS9 's premiere , we’ve never seen him unload on Starfleet like he does here, blasting the Federation for looking outside its window and nowhere else. “It’s easy to be a saint in paradise,” he rails, “but the Maquis do not live in paradise. Out there, in the demilitarized zone, all the problems haven’t been solved yet. Out there, there are no saints: just people .”

Star Trek has always characterized itself as a series about people—about the best and brightest of ourselves going out into the stars to explore, to defend innocents from justice, to preach and practice the ideals of their post-war, post-scarcity, post-shades-of-grey utopia. But in one stirring speech, DS9 puts forward that these are the people that Star Trek should never have been about: it’s the people on the fringes of that society, shaped by the decisions of its leadership, and never supported to put those decisions into practice, only judged when their world doesn’t match up to the well-maintained gardens of Starfleet Academy, the pristine hallways of its San Francisco command center, or even the plush carpet of a Galaxy-Class’ bridge . What on earth are those people meant to do when things go wrong?

“The Maquis” is a fundamental stepping stone to the stresses Deep Space Nine would explore with the Dominion, starting shortly after in season two’s finale, “The Jem’Hadar.” Already having shown just how good Starfleet Command is at letting down its own people, in giving the Federation a seemingly overwhelming foe in the Dominion’s titular footsoldiers, we see how thoroughly unprepared the Federation has been left. But its hubris and ignorance was not established in its response to the Dominion, and the war that was to come—it was established where Deep Space Nine has always worked best: in the muck of it all, on the edge of the galaxy, with the people trying so hard to do the good work with the little they’ve got. And that was something it was doing from the very beginning .

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noun as in long journey

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• peregrination

verb as in journey

Weak matches

• be on the move
• be on the trail
• hit the road

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Example sentences.

Writer Leath Tonino devised a 200-mile solo desert trek, following the path of the legendary cartographer who literally put these contentious canyons on the map.

So, we just made the decision to continue on with the trek, but to do it as conscientiously and as low-impact as possible.

He says that the team was able to show microbes would be able to survive the trek from Mars to Earth without shielding from the dangers of space if they clump together.

During their latest trek they checked these survey stakes and determined the speed with which the ice masses creep.

Until now, measuring these effects has required arduous treks through trackless swamps.

During his trek, Brinsley twice passed within a block of a police stationhouse and he almost certainly saw cops along the way.

The audience--tout Hollywood--stands to cheer his slow and painful trek from the wings to the table.

Overall, few travelers have made the trek into the desert of Sudan to see these architectural wonders.

In fact, some feminist critics have pointed to a long history of objectification in Star Trek.

Horst Ulrich, a 72-year-old German on a trek with a group of friends, watched four Nepali guides swept away by an avalanche.

If his partner's impedimentia was not too bulky, the ancient model was ready for another trek to the hills.

The mountaineers, indeed, suffered less than the townsfolk as being more accustomed than they to conditions of trek and battle.

The cool morning air made it bearable for man and beast to trek.

By the third day of their trek southward along the Great River, the soles of Redbird's moccasins had worn through.

Once more was there a cracking of whips, and the oxen, straightening out along the trek-touw (Note 3), moved reluctantly on.

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Words related to trek are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word trek . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

verb as in travel across area

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noun as in migration

• colonization
• displacement
• expatriation
• homesteading
• reestablishment
• resettlement
• transplanting

noun as in journey

• pleasure trip

noun as in journey; people on a journey

• exploration
• undertaking

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On this page you'll find 81 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to trek, such as: expedition, hike, odyssey, trip, footslog, and hegira.

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Definition of trek noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• They reached the refugee camp after an arduous two-day trek across the mountains.
• on a/​the trek

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• It's a long trek into town.

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Parts of Speech for Trek

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• Intransitive verb
• Verb without object
• Verb with objects

Grammatically "Trek" is a noun, to be more precise even a verb with objects. But also it is used as a verb, specifically a verb with objects. Part of speech depends on meaning of this word.

The 9 Parts of Speech: Definitions and Examples

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A part of speech is a term used in traditional grammar for one of the nine main categories into which words are classified according to their functions in sentences , such as nouns or verbs. Also known as word classes , these are the building blocks of grammar.

Parts of Speech

• Word types can be divided into nine parts of speech:
• prepositions
• conjunctions
• articles/determiners
• interjections
• Some words can be considered more than one part of speech, depending on context and usage.
• Interjections can form complete sentences on their own.

Every sentence you write or speak in English includes words that fall into some of the nine parts of speech. These include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, articles/determiners, and interjections. (Some sources include only eight parts of speech and leave interjections in their own category.)

Learning the names of the parts of speech probably won't make you witty, healthy, wealthy, or wise. In fact, learning just the names of the parts of speech won't even make you a better writer. However, you will gain a basic understanding of sentence structure  and the  English language by familiarizing yourself with these labels.

Open and Closed Word Classes

The parts of speech are commonly divided into  open classes  (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs) and  closed classes  (pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, articles/determiners, and interjections). The idea is that open classes can be altered and added to as language develops and closed classes are pretty much set in stone. For example, new nouns are created every day, but conjunctions never change.

In contemporary linguistics , the label  part of speech has generally been discarded in favor of the term word class or syntactic category . These terms make words easier to qualify objectively based on word construction rather than context. Within word classes, there is the lexical or open class and the function or closed class.

The 9 Parts of Speech

Read about each part of speech below and get started practicing identifying each.

Nouns are a person, place, thing, or idea. They can take on a myriad of roles in a sentence, from the subject of it all to the object of an action. They are capitalized when they're the official name of something or someone, called proper nouns in these cases. Examples: pirate, Caribbean, ship, freedom, Captain Jack Sparrow.

Pronouns stand in for nouns in a sentence. They are more generic versions of nouns that refer only to people. Examples:​  I, you, he, she, it, ours, them, who, which, anybody, ourselves.

Verbs are action words that tell what happens in a sentence. They can also show a sentence subject's state of being ( is , was ). Verbs change form based on tense (present, past) and count distinction (singular or plural). Examples:  sing, dance, believes, seemed, finish, eat, drink, be, became

Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. They specify which one, how much, what kind, and more. Adjectives allow readers and listeners to use their senses to imagine something more clearly. Examples:  hot, lazy, funny, unique, bright, beautiful, poor, smooth.

Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, and even other adverbs. They specify when, where, how, and why something happened and to what extent or how often. Examples:  softly, lazily, often, only, hopefully, softly, sometimes.

Preposition

Prepositions  show spacial, temporal, and role relations between a noun or pronoun and the other words in a sentence. They come at the start of a prepositional phrase , which contains a preposition and its object. Examples:  up, over, against, by, for, into, close to, out of, apart from.

Conjunction

Conjunctions join words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence. There are coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions. Examples:  and, but, or, so, yet, with.

Articles and Determiners

Articles and determiners function like adjectives by modifying nouns, but they are different than adjectives in that they are necessary for a sentence to have proper syntax. Articles and determiners specify and identify nouns, and there are indefinite and definite articles. Examples: articles:  a, an, the ; determiners:  these, that, those, enough, much, few, which, what.

Some traditional grammars have treated articles  as a distinct part of speech. Modern grammars, however, more often include articles in the category of determiners , which identify or quantify a noun. Even though they modify nouns like adjectives, articles are different in that they are essential to the proper syntax of a sentence, just as determiners are necessary to convey the meaning of a sentence, while adjectives are optional.

Interjection

Interjections are expressions that can stand on their own or be contained within sentences. These words and phrases often carry strong emotions and convey reactions. Examples:  ah, whoops, ouch, yabba dabba do!

How to Determine the Part of Speech

Only interjections ( Hooray! ) have a habit of standing alone; every other part of speech must be contained within a sentence and some are even required in sentences (nouns and verbs). Other parts of speech come in many varieties and may appear just about anywhere in a sentence.

To know for sure what part of speech a word falls into, look not only at the word itself but also at its meaning, position, and use in a sentence.

For example, in the first sentence below,  work  functions as a noun; in the second sentence, a verb; and in the third sentence, an adjective:

• The noun  work  is the thing Bosco shows up for.
• The verb  work  is the action he must perform.
• The  attributive noun  [or converted adjective]  work  modifies the noun  permit .

Learning the names and uses of the basic parts of speech is just one way to understand how sentences are constructed.

Dissecting Basic Sentences

To form a basic complete sentence, you only need two elements: a noun (or pronoun standing in for a noun) and a verb. The noun acts as a subject and the verb, by telling what action the subject is taking, acts as the predicate. 

In the short sentence above,  birds  is the noun and  fly  is the verb. The sentence makes sense and gets the point across.

You can have a sentence with just one word without breaking any sentence formation rules. The short sentence below is complete because it's a command to an understood "you".

Here, the pronoun, standing in for a noun, is implied and acts as the subject. The sentence is really saying, "(You) go!"

Constructing More Complex Sentences

Use more parts of speech to add additional information about what's happening in a sentence to make it more complex. Take the first sentence from above, for example, and incorporate more information about how and why birds fly.

• Birds fly when migrating before winter.

Birds and fly remain the noun and the verb, but now there is more description. 

When  is an adverb that modifies the verb fly.  The word before  is a little tricky because it can be either a conjunction, preposition, or adverb depending on the context. In this case, it's a preposition because it's followed by a noun. This preposition begins an adverbial phrase of time ( before winter ) that answers the question of when the birds migrate . Before is not a conjunction because it does not connect two clauses.

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Definition of trek

 (Entry 1 of 2)

intransitive verb

Definition of trek  (Entry 2 of 2)

• peregrinate
• peregrination

Examples of trek in a Sentence

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'trek.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Word History

Afrikaans, from Dutch trecken to pull, haul, migrate; akin to Old High German trechan to pull

Afrikaans, from Dutch treck pull, haul, from trecken

1835, in the meaning defined at sense 2

1849, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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“Trek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trek. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.

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Kids Definition of trek  (Entry 2 of 2)

from Afrikaans trek, "to travel by ox wagon," from Dutch trecken "to haul, pull"

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What part of speech is trek.

Trek can be categorized as a noun and a verb .

• 1. trek is a verb, present, 1st person singular of trek (infinitive).
• 2. trek is a verb (infinitive).
• 3. trek is a noun, singular of treks .

Inflections

• Infinitive Present Simple Past Past Participle Gerund
• (to) trek   trek   / treks   trekked   trekked   trekking  
• Infinitive : (to) trek  
• Present : trek   / treks  
• Simple Past : trekked  
• Gerund : trekking  
• Singular Plural
• trek   treks  
• Singular: trek  
• Plural: treks  

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Whatever Happens on the Holodeck‪…‬ Casual Trek - A Star Trek Recap and Ranking Podcast

Look out, the Holodeck’s malfunctioning and we’re all trapped inside! And the safety protocols have been disabled! And the holograms are self aware! Today we’re looking at the Holodeck in three different shows and all the horrors it can cause. First up is The Big Sleep, which introduces Picard as the private dick, Dixon Hill and his entourage can’t stop touching things. We also both attempt to re-create Picard’s epic speech from the end of the episode. Then we’ve got Kobayashi, where Dal tries to get through a Holodeck Kobayashi Maru with some of the best people in Starfleet (and Odo who’s not technically part of Starfleet). Finally, Bashir and a very sassy Garak play at spies in Our Man Bashir, facing death traps and their comrades who think they’re characters in a campy spy film! We also get into some musical acts who gave us psychic damage, a nemesis of the pod and use this as an excuse to talk about a rare musical track that’s featured in an episode. 00:09:54 TNG: The Big Sleep 00:40:29 Prodigy: Kobayashi 01:03:12 DS9: Our Man Bashir Talking points include: Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, Arnold Judas Rimmer, Dune (1984), Dune (the SyFy movie), Sting’s movie career, Lil Gator, the Pokemon Fuecoco, Dead Ringers, The Maltese Falcon, Miles’ patronising clapping, Charlie’s egg-shaped head, the facial hair of all the different Poirots, D&D novels, Macross, Reboot, Ba Weep Granna Weep Ninny Bong, LA Confidential, Blob Detective, Red Harvest, Brad Dourif, Thunderstruck, Rock Band, Maximum Overdrive, Star Wars: Rebels, Pandemic, Will Self & Gareth Gates’ musical career, Explaining The Wombles & Britpop to Americans, James Bond movies, The Man from UNCLE, Alien, LeCarre, GoldenEye. Oh, and occasionally Star Trek. Casual Trek is by Charlie Etheridge-Nunn and Miles Reid-Lobatto Music by Alfred Etheridge-Nunn Casual Trek is a part of the Nerd & Tie Network https://ko-fi.com/casualtrek Miles’ blog: http://www.mareidlobatto.wordpress.com Charlie’s blog: http://www.fakedtales.com

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Global Screen Boards Supernatural Survival Horror ‘The Trek’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Global Screen , the Munich-based international sales outfit, has boarded worldwide sales on “The Trek,” the upcoming first feature from leading South African cinematographer and director Meekaaeel Adam . The film is a horror-Western, in which starvation, suspicion and madness plague a family as they cross the Kalahari Desert under the eyes of primeval spirits.

“The Trek” is set in 1846, when a Dutch-Afrikaans family and their British travel companion set off on a challenging journey through the Kalahari Desert. Along the way, they meet Atshumao, a stoic man of the Khoen people, one of Southern Africa’s original indigenous, nomadic population groups.

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The film stars an established South African cast which includes Morné Visser (“The Kissing Booth 1,2,3”), well-known comedian Rob van Vuuren (Netflix series “Ludik,” “Slumber Party Massacre,” “Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom,” “The Mauritanian”), Trix Vivier (“Trackers,” “Legacy”), Maurice Carpede (“The Kingdom”), Camilla Borghesani (“Roxy”) and newcomer Leah Lindeque.

Durban-born Adam, whose background includes commercials, music videos and documentaries, has quickly emerged as one of South Africa’s leading young talents since moving into feature films. His first feature as DOP, Apartheid political thriller “The Last Victims” (2019) was recognized with over 20 awards at international festivals including a best cinematography nod at the RapidLion Film Festival, also known as the South African International Film Festival. Adam also recently directed and served as cinematographer for one episode of “Stories of a Generation – With Pope Francis,” the Netflix docu-series that features Martin Scorsese.

Global Screen’s Martin Schneider describes “The Trek” as the kind of special elevated genre cocktail today’s buyers are always on the hunt for: “The film is an innovative blend of historical thriller, survival horror and supernatural elements that draws on authentic Southern African lore and history as well as its unique Kalahari Desert setting. The story also incorporates the complex themes at the forefront of today’s cultural conversations, especially the dark legacy of racism and colonialism.

“Meekaaeel has established himself over the last years as one of South Africa’s best DOP’s and now one of the country’s most exciting up-and-coming directors. His story-centric approach to shooting and commitment to visual storytelling make him the perfect fit for this special genre project. In terms of Meekaaeel’s precision and the visceral nature of his filmmaking, we are reminded of movies like ‘Bone Tomahawk’ by S. Craig Zahler and directors who craft gripping, multilayered genre films with substance as well as scares, like Karyn Kusama or Jeremy Saulnier, also a DOP turned director.”

Adam commented: “The key conflict that the film explores is the oldest one of them all: the struggle over land. Our family of settlers, whose arrival tips the natural balance, are put on a brutal collision course with forces that are bound to protect the land at any cost. Both sides in this conflict stand to lose everything and there’s a feeling of inevitability as each step on their journey strips them of more of their humanity. I think this speaks to the loss of innocence that the colonial project brought about and the importance of looking back so as not to let history repeat itself. A partner like Global Screen – who understands the weight of this story – is indispensable in allowing ‘The Trek’ to be seen by genre and film lovers far beyond South Africa.”

Faithful to South Africa’s multilingual history, the film is majority English language, but also features dialogue in Afrikaans and Khoekhoengowab, a now endangered language that makes heavy use of click consonants.

“The Trek” was written by James C. Williamson, J. Hannah Massyn and Sandulela Asanda. Williamson’s 2020 festival hit “Fried Barry” played Sitges, Fantasia and L’Étrange Film Festival and found distribution in over 70 countries, including deals with Shudder and ShowMax.

“The Trek” will also feature original music from Haezer, one of South Africa’s top electronic musicians.

“The Trek” is currently in post-production and expected to launch at a major film festival in the second half of 2024. The film is produced by Williamson for The Department of Special Projects and Warren Gray for Resistance Pictures in co-production with Alto Media (South Africa), Resistance Pictures (Cape Town), and Sternenberg Films (Germany). It is supported by South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry and National Film and Video Foundation.

“The Trek” reflects a growing focus on genre content for Global Screen, part of the Telepool Group, best known for its expertise with animation, family entertainment and prestige drama. Global Screen’s foray into elevated genre includes the Sandra Hüller led nightmare-thriller “Sleep,” a debut feature by Michael Venus in which the Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated Hüller plays a woman plagued by horrific dreams, which become a never-ending nightmare haunting an entire village community.

Recent genre titles handled also include “You’re Not Me” (Tú No Eres Yo) by Goya-nominated producers Marisa Crespo and Moisés Romera, a Spanish-language satirical thriller, which launched at Fantastic Fest in Austin, before having its international premiere at Imagine Film Festival Amsterdam.

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Picard's 10 best tng & star trek speeches.

Jean-Luc Picard has delivered many captivating speeches in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek; Picard. Here are 10 of the best.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) is famed for his ability to deliver a moving speech on Star Trek: The Next Generation and that trend continued in Star Trek: Picard . Trained as a Shakespearian actor, it should come as no surprise that Sir Patrick Stewart delivered Picard's speeches with such gravitas. These speeches not only provided advice and inspiration to the characters in the show but have also come to mean a great deal to many fans. Captain Picard's skills in diplomacy and his ability to persuade people and defuse tense situations were often enhanced with a well-delivered monologue.

Captain Picard delivered a lot of memorable lines and dialogue throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation but nothing could compare to when he delivered a particularly passionate speech. Picard almost always turned to words as his first response when dealing with a conflict, and while his enemies did not always listen, it was admirable that Picard saw violence as a last resort. Many of Picard's speeches throughout TNG and Star Trek: Picard could even be applied to real-world situations, not only from the time when the show first aired but today as well. Here are 10 of Captain Picard's best speeches from Star Trek: The Next Generation, the TNG movies, and Star Trek: Picard.

10 Star Trek: TNG Season 3 - "Ménage a Troi"

In the only comedic example on this list, Patrick Stewart proves that he can deliver a funny speech on Star Trek: The Next Generation just as effectively as a serious one. To rescue Counselor Deanna Troi's (Marina Sirtis) mother, Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett) from a Ferengi, Picard must convince the Ferengi that Lwaxana is not worth the trouble. In a scene just as ridiculous as the rest of the episode, Picard throws together a bunch of lines from Shakespearean sonnets into his faux declaration of love for Lwaxana. Ridiculousness aside, Picard (and Stewart) are clearly having fun with this speech and the USS Enterprise-D's reactions to it are priceless.

9 Star Trek: TNG Season 5 - "A Matter of Time"

When Professor Berlinghoff Rasmussen (Matt Frewer) shows up on the USS Enterprise-D claiming to be a traveler from the 26th century, Captain Picard and his crew question his motives. Rasmussen claims that he cannot tell them what choices they should or shouldn't make because it will change the future. As Picard grows frustrated with Berlinghoff's refusal to help the millions of people on the planet below, he claims that Picard is trying to manipulate the future. This prompts Picard to point out that every choice a person makes gives them a chance to manipulate the future. As he says, "A person's life, their future, hinges on each of a thousand choices. Living is making choices." Star Trek has always been a celebration of free will and the freedom everyone should have to make their own choices.

8 Star Trek: TNG Season 3 - "Who Watches the Watchers"

When a primitive civilization discovers Federation technology and personnel, they believe them to be gods. Picard and his crew must convince the locals that they are not gods, but simply a more advanced people. When discussing how to proceed, a Federation doctor who had been studying the civilization suggests that Picard and the Enterprise could masquerade as gods and lead the civilization in a particular direction. Picard will not hear of it, saying: "Now you are asking me to sabotage that achievement, to send them back into the Dark Ages of superstition and ignorance and fear? No!" He points out that while they have technically already violated the Prime Directive, this would be taking things way too far.

7 Star Trek: TNG Season 3 - "Yesterday's Enterprise"

In a speech that is short and to the point, Picard delivers some of the most famous lines of Star Trek . The TNG season 3 episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" finds the Enterprise-D in a very different timeline where the Federation is at war with the Klingons. When a heavily damaged Enterprise-C appears from the past, the Enterprise-D must help it go back in time in order to restore the proper timeline. In a bittersweet and powerful moment, knowing that he is sending the Enterprise-C back to be destroyed, Picard delivers the iconic line: "Let's make sure history never forgets the name Enterprise."

6 Star Trek: TNG Season 3 - "The Offspring"

In TNG 's "The Offspring," the Enterprise's android Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) creates an android daughter named Lal (Hallie Todd). When Starfleet wants to take Lal away from Data, Captain Picard protests, at the possible expense of his career. Though the lines Jean-Luc delivers at this moment are brief, they underline another important element of being a great Starfleet captain. Picard says that "There are times, sir, when men of good conscience cannot blindly follow orders." While the rules and regulations of Starfleet are undoubtedly important, sometimes orders and rules must be questioned in order to make progress.

5 Star Trek: Picard Season 3 - "The Last Generation"

Captain Picard has always had a fondness for the words of William Shakespeare, so it feels fitting that his speech in the finale of Star Trek: Picard would be a quote from the Bard. Patrick Stewart himself is an accomplished Shakespearean actor, so it is a fitting end for his (potentially) final performance as Picard as well. The lines Picard quotes are from Julius Caesar and speak about the ups and downs of life and the choices people make along the way. Picard's "There is a tide..." speech serves as a nice closing monologue for Star Trek: The Next Generation's saga.

4 Star Trek: TNG Season 5 - "The First Duty"

After Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) lies about an incident at Starfleet Academy that resulted in a cadet's death, Captain Picard gives him a dressing down for the ages. Picard rarely raises his voice, but it is apparent that he is mad (and disappointed) at Cadet Crusher. In speaking about the importance of truth, Picard lays out an important truth himself: "The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth! It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based." In the end, Picard knows that Wesley will do the right thing, but he may need some encouragement to get there.

3 Star Trek: TNG Season 4 - "The Drumhead"

The TNG season 4 episode, "The Drumhead," has no shortage of passionate speeches. Captain Picard's speech comes toward the end of the episode when he is questioned about his experience with the Borg and the loyalty of his crew is called into question. Picard borrowed the following lines from an in-universe judge, but they encapsulate the central theme of this episode: "With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."​​​​​​ Picard will always stand up for what he believes in and encourages others to do so as well.

2 Star Trek: First Contact

Captain Picard rarely gets truly angry. He may be frustrated or disappointed or even annoyed, but rarely angry. This scene in the film Star Trek: First Contact is perhaps the angriest viewers have ever seen Picard. Raging at the Borg, Picard tells Lily Sloane (Alfre Woodard): " They invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds, and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!" And I will make them pay for what they've done." Picard's Star Trek: First Contact speech is one of his most powerful, and perhaps his best-known dialogue from the TNG movies.

1 Star Trek: TNG Season 2 - "The Measure of a Man"

One of the most powerful speeches in all of Star Trek, Picard's courtroom defense of Data's right to self-determination exemplifies everything that Star Trek stands for. Coming early in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2, "The Measure of a Man" solidified Picard's ability to solve problems and avoid conflicts with his words. Picard ends this particular speech with this line: "Starfleet was founded to seek out new life: well, there it sits! Waiting." This line not only defines the role of Starfleet but also the central theme of Star Trek as a whole. Star Trek has always been about seeking out new life and exploring new worlds, and that means celebrating what makes people different, not condemning them for it. Captain Picard's actions and words in this episode cement him as one of the greatest Starfleet Captains.

Star Trek: 10 Best Captain Picard Speeches

These are the words that give us hope, chill the bones, and raise us up when we're feeling low.

Every member of the audience will have their own answer to the question 'Who's the best Captain in Star Trek?' and this list is not aimed at riling everyone up so early in the morning. Rather than taking on that lofty goal, this is instead tasked with listing some of the greatest speeches to come out of the mouth of just one of those captains.

Jean-Luc Picard has quite a reputation as an orator, debator, and teacher. He can be direct, he can be cajoling, and when needs be, he can be emotional in the extreme. One only needs to look at his relationship with his senior staff for proof of all of these.

This list seeks to examine an assortment of these speeches, and though there may be another voice delivering them in the video adaptation of these entries, it doesn't take much imagination to hear Patrick Stewart's voice in your ears, wrapping around your brain and helping you dive into each and every moment therein.

Just try not to imagine he's delivering the First Duty speech to you, and then you'll be just fine.

10. With The First Link, The Chain Is Forged

The Next Generation: The Drumhead (S4, E2)

The Drumhead is often used as an example of how the cool and collected Captain Picard faces down his foes with his words alone. The great Jean Simmons guest stars as Admiral Norah Satie, who has been drafted in to investigate an alleged act of sabotage on the Enterprise.

The story is an example of McCarthy-ism and witch-hunts. With the backdrop of the House UnAmerican Committee hearings, the idea that enemies can be found wherever one cares to look looms heavy over the story.

While Worf is pulled into Satie's hunt, Picard finds himself rapidly seeing events for what they are. Using Satie's own father's words against her, he says that following:

With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.

Satie's hunt for collaborators on board the flagship leaves one man's career in ruins, but exposes her for the fear-mongerer she really is. Picard, while sitting on trial on his own ship, calmly reminds her of these words, causing her to finally break and lose her cool. As the rest of the courtroom empties around her, she sits there in the knowledge that she has been exposed.

The episode ends on a contemplative note - Picard reminds Worf that there will always be people like Satie out there, clothed in good intentions, ready to invoke fear in the seemingly perfect society of the Federation.

Writer. Reader. Host. I'm Seán, I live in Ireland and I'm the poster child for dangerous obsessions with Star Trek. Check me out on Twitter @seanferrick

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Congress Passed a Bill That Could Ban TikTok. Now Comes the Hard Part.

President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.

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A bill that would force a sale of TikTok by its Chinese owner, ByteDance — or ban it outright — was passed by the Senate on Tuesday and signed into law Wednesday by President Biden.

Now the process is likely to get even more complicated.

Congress passed the measure citing national security concerns because of TikTok’s Chinese ties. Both lawmakers and security experts have said there are risks that the Chinese government could lean on ByteDance for access to sensitive data belonging to its 170 million U.S. users or to spread propaganda.

The law would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States if ByteDance sold it within 270 days, or about nine months, a time frame that the president could extend to a year.

The measure is likely to face legal challenges, as well as possible resistance from Beijing, which could block the sale or export of the technology. It’s also unclear who has the resources to buy TikTok, since it will carry a hefty price tag.

The issue could take months or even years to settle, during which the app would probably continue to function for U.S. consumers.

“It’s going to be a royal mess,” said Anupam Chander, a visiting scholar at the Institute for Rebooting Social Media at Harvard and an expert on the global regulation of new technologies.

TikTok pledged to challenge the law. “Rest assured, we aren’t going anywhere,” its chief executive, Shou Chew, said in a video posted to the platform. “We are confident, and we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts.”

Here’s what to expect next.

TikTok’s Day in Court

TikTok is likely to start by challenging the measure in the courts.

“I think that’s the one certainty: There will be litigation,” said Jeff Kosseff, an associate professor of cybersecurity law at the Naval Academy.

TikTok’s case will probably lean on the First Amendment, legal experts said. The company is expected to argue that a forced sale could violate its users’ free speech rights because a new owner could change the app’s content policies and reshape what users are able to freely share on the platform.

“Thankfully, we have a Constitution in this country, and people’s First Amendment rights are very important,” Michael Beckerman, TikTok’s vice president of public policy, said in an interview with a creator on the platform last week. “We’ll continue to fight for you and all the other users on TikTok.”

Other groups, like the American Civil Liberties Union, which has been a vocal opponent of the bill, may also join the legal fight. A spokeswoman for the A.C.L.U. said on Tuesday that the group was still weighing its role in potential litigation challenging the law.

The government will probably need to make a strong case that ByteDance’s ownership of TikTok makes it necessary to limit speech because of national security concerns, the legal experts said.

TikTok already has a strong record in similar First Amendment battles. When he was president, Donald J. Trump tried to force a sale or ban of the app in 2020, but federal judges blocked the effort because it would have had the effect of shutting down a “platform for expressive activity.” Montana tried to ban TikTok in the state last year because of the app’s Chinese ownership, but a different federal judge ruled against the state law for similar reasons.

Only one narrower TikTok restriction has survived a court challenge. The governor of Texas announced a ban of the app on state government devices and networks in 2022 because of its Chinese ownership and related data privacy concerns. Professors at public universities challenged the ban in court last year, saying it blocked them from doing research on the app. A federal judge upheld the state ban in December, finding it was a “reasonable restriction” in light of Texas’ concerns and the narrow scope affecting only state employees.

Small Buyer Pool

Analysts estimate that the price for the U.S. portion of TikTok could be tens of billions of dollars.

ByteDance itself is one of the world’s most valuable start-ups , with an estimated worth of $225 billion, according to CB Insights, a firm that tracks venture capital and start-ups.

The steep price tag would limit the list of who could afford TikTok. Tech giants like Meta or Google would probably be blocked from an acquisition because of antitrust concerns.

Private equity firms or other investors could form a group to raise enough money to buy TikTok. Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in March that he wanted to build such a group. And anyone who can pony up the money still has to pass muster with the U.S. government, which needs to sign off on any purchase.

Few others have expressed public interest in buying the app.

The last time the government tried to force ByteDance to sell TikTok in 2020, the company held talks with Microsoft and the software company Oracle. (Oracle and Walmart ultimately appeared to reach an agreement with ByteDance, but the deal never materialized .)

A Complicated Divestment

Even if TikTok approaches a sale, the process of separating TikTok from ByteDance is likely to be messy.

The legislation prohibits any connection between ByteDance and TikTok after a sale. Yet TikTok employees use ByteDance software in their communications, and the company’s employees are global, with executives in Singapore, Dublin, Los Angeles and Mountain View, Calif.

It’s unclear if ByteDance would consider selling TikTok’s entire global footprint or just its U.S. operations, where the company has nearly 7,000 employees.

Breaking off just the U.S. portion of TikTok could prove particularly challenging. The app's recommendation algorithm, which figures out what users like and serves up content, is key to the success of the app. But Chinese engineers work on that algorithm, which ByteDance owns.

During Mr. Trump’s attempt to force a sale in 2020, the Chinese government issued export restrictions that appeared to require its regulators to grant permission before ByteDance algorithms could be sold or licensed to outsiders.

The uncertainty around the export of the algorithm and other ByteDance technology could also deter interested buyers.

China’s Unpredictable Role

The Chinese government could also try to block a TikTok sale.

Chinese officials criticized a similar bill after the House passed it in March, although they have not yet said whether they would block a divestment. About a year ago, China’s commerce ministry said it would “firmly oppose” a sale of the app by ByteDance.

Chinese export regulations appear to cover TikTok’s content recommendation algorithm, giving Beijing a say in whether ByteDance could sell or license the app’s most valuable feature.

It “is not a foregone conclusion by any means” that China will allow a sale, said Lindsay Gorman, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund who specializes in emerging tech and China.

China may retaliate against American companies. On Friday, China’s Cyberspace Administration asked Apple to remove Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store, according to the iPhone manufacturer. The Chinese government cited national security reasons in making the demand.

Sapna Maheshwari reports on TikTok, technology and emerging media companies. She has been a business reporter for more than a decade. Contact her at [email protected] . More about Sapna Maheshwari

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POV: Campus Antisemitism Can Be Addressed by Encouraging More Speech, Not Less

Academia can be part of the solution.

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Maya Steinitz

The hearing before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce regarding antisemitism at Columbia University two weeks ago was one more step in academia’s long journey toward addressing antisemitism, which has intensified on campuses across the nation since Hamas’ October 7, 2023, mass atrocities. Many worry that attempts to uproot antisemitism on campuses will inherently conflict with free speech. However, these worries are based on the mistaken assumption that restricting speech is the only tool available to schools. There’s a better way: schools should offer more and better speech, not less.

There’s evidence that information that challenges students to examine misconceptions, misinformation, and simple ignorance works. A poll conducted by University of California, Berkeley political science professor Ron E. Hassner showed both the ignorance that informs much of the debates on campuses and the potential to debias a significant percentage of those acting out of ignorance rather than malice. Hassner found that only 47 percent of the students surveyed who support the “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” call could identify the river and the sea in question. And when asked in which decade Israelis and Palestinians concluded the Oslo Accords, more than a quarter of the surveyed supporters of the call claimed that such peace agreements had never been signed. Even more remarkable, “after learning a handful of basic facts about the Middle East,” Hassner wrote, “67.8 percent of students went from supporting ‘from the river to the sea’ to rejecting the mantra.”

In 2010, I cotaught a course called The Legal Aspects of the Israeli Palestinian Conflict at Columbia University. The course, which was cross-listed in the Law School and the School of International and Public Affairs, was offered in response to an outcry that resulted from statements made by a professor that were widely viewed as antisemitic. It was a gratifying experience, in part because the rigors of legal analysis challenged students to go beyond their initial feelings and grapple with the complexities of the conflict by reading the primary texts, considering evidence, and applying legal standards.

Education about antisemitism and the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict needs to be mainstreamed throughout a school’s curriculum. Providing information about these issues is not enough. Knowledge acquisition needs to be coupled with skill development, specifically a refocusing on facts-based argumentation (as opposed to feelings-based argumentation); the ability to distinguish high-quality sources from low-quality sources and misinformation; and a shift away from black-and-white thinking and toward an ability to grapple with nuance and complexity. These abilities are valuable in all academic disciplines.

Consider legal education, where the problem runs not just deep, but also wide. American law schools underinvest, compared to other democracies with whose legal education I am familiar, in teaching international law, especially public international law—the branch of law that includes the law of war, humanitarian law, and international criminal law. It is therefore perhaps not surprising that most students don’t know, for example, the definition of the crime of genocide.

Law schools would do well to make international law a mandatory course. They should encourage instructors to include the law of war, international conflict resolution, and comparative law—in this context, comparing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to other international conflicts—as topics covered in such courses. The American Bar Association can support this by clarifying that its new accreditation requirement that JD programs address bias and racism includes a requirement that antisemitism be covered. Law teachers should also be encouraged to use pedagogical methodologies— such as simulated negotiations, role plays, and mock trials—to challenge students to delve into the facts, research the meaning of legal and other terms, argue both sides, understand and argue based on law and sound policy considerations, and develop empathy.

Donors who have been distressed to see their donations support the institutionalized development and dissemination of contemporary antisemitic thought could fund scholarships for the gold standard of experiential learning: travel to the Middle East for academic credit as a capstone experience for students who have taken a course on the topic. Professors leading such trips can help the students reflect on and process the realities on the ground, and students can meet the diverse populations of the region and the realities they face and make informed opinions.

To support such efforts, schools that want to lead the way should develop model syllabi, course books, and experiential learning materials—ideally in multiple languages to scale the effort globally—and offer them without charge. When we taught the topic at Columbia, my co-instructor and I used a course book coauthored by Israeli and Palestinian jurists. In so doing, we modeled mutual respect and dialogue. Such law-focused teaching materials can and have also been used at the undergraduate level and even at high schools.

Teaching about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the current cancel culture environment could present a career risk for those undertaking the task. Schools can create train-the-trainers programs to help professors prepare for the task and sponsor discussion groups, newsletters, and conferences where instructors in the field can consult with and support each other, troubleshoot challenges that arise, and develop best practices.

As the world wonders whether the Israel-Hamas war could devolve into a world war, academia can be part of the solution rather than the problem—if colleges and universities work to help students (and faculty) transcend polemics and emotional reasoning through rigorous, evidence-based analysis. Not less speech, just better.

Maya Steinitz, professor of law and R. Gordon Butler Scholar in International Law at the School of Law, can be reached at [email protected] . This column originally appeared in the Boston Globe on April 23.

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Jeff bridges says he “resisted” becoming an actor at first due to anxiety.

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Chris Pine, Cynthia Erivo, Kieran Culkin, Sharon Stone and Rosie Perez celebrated Jeff Bridges ‘ seven-decade career at the 49th annual Chaplin Awards Gala in New York City on Monday night. But the Big Lebowski star almost chose a different career path.

During his acceptance speech for the Film at Lincoln Center‘s prestigious honor , the True Grit star shared that he originally “resisted” the idea of pursuing acting full-time for a few different reasons.

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He recalled his father, actor Lloyd Bridges, explaining to him that he could do all of those things in this career path and use them all to some degree, which was one of the beauties of the job. “My mom and dad, they turned me on not only to showbiz but to the notion that I can make a difference,” he shared. “But still, even after Dad’s wise and wonderful advice, his acting pitch, it took me about 10 films before I decided to make acting a career.”

The Tron star explained that his brother and fellow actor Beau Bridges was another reason he decided to get into the acting, and his wife, Sue, and daughters are the reason he still does it today, noting he couldn’t make all of these films without them.

Later in the 15-minute speech, Bridges revealed the exact moment he chose to become an actor full-time. It happened right after he finished filming The Last American Hero — he was ready to take a break and spend some time on his other interests when his agent called and told him he had been offered a role in the Iceman Cometh movie adaptation, alongside Lee Marvin, Fredric March and Robert Ryan.

“I said, ‘Oh, gee. Tell them thanks, but I’m bushed,'” he recounted, adding that five minutes later, The Last American Hero director Lamont Johnson called him and asked about him passing on the role. When the actor told him he was “bushed,” the filmmaker responded, “You’re bushed, and you’re an ass.”

The star took the stage following emotional tributes from Stone, Perez, Pine and Blythe Danner. He joined the likes of former honorees Viola Davis , Cate Blanchett , Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sidney Poitier and Morgan Freeman, among many others.

Pine presented his Hell or High Water co-star with the award, after sharing a heartfelt tribute for him that praised his ability to do comedy, drama, action, sci-fi, thrillers and, of course, Westerns, like their 2016 film.

“You have to understand, that was me coming to get to work with my hero; this hero who I’ve watched all my entire life. My hero, who two months before we started filming, he shows up to rehearsal off-book on the entire film,” the Star Trek star said. “Proving not only that he’s a great actor and a consummate professional, but it also proves once and for all that getting high does not affect memory,” he joked.

Throughout the speech, Pine shared that he sees Bridges as his own personal Obi-Wan Kenobi, serving as his mentor and friend. The Wonder Woman actor also joked that he wears a bracelet with the letters WWJD on it, which he says stands for “What Would Jeff Do,” and showed off his talent for quoting some of Bridges’ most famous lines.

During her speech, Perez, who starred alongside Bridges in Fearless , shared an anecdote about being nervous before meeting him. She also revealed that he and director Peter Weir fought to get her the role, despite the studio having a problem with their interracial relationship.

“Jeff, my dear, you are amazing as an actor, as a friend, as a mentor, as a human being,” she said. “You’re so talented, and it would be so easy to act like an asshole, but you don’t. You go out of your way to make it easy for everyone. You gave me the confidence to push through my fears and step into my greatness.”

Stone, who starred alongside Bridges in Simpatico , kicked off her speech by declaring that he is a “good man,” who puts other people before himself on set, which is a “rare, rare thing in our business.”

She recalled being a young actress in New York, trying to make it, when she came across Bridges, who she saw as this person who “personifies” power in his purity. She looked back on his iconic roles at the time and saw his sense of integrity. The Basic Instinct star also took a moment to discuss how she felt when it was revealed the Crazy Heart star had cancer . While his cancer is now in remission , it had previously grown to a 9-inch by 12-inch mass before shrinking to be the size of a “marble.”

In addition to the stars in person at the event, Beau Bridges, Barbra Streisand and John Lithgow all sent in videos praising the actor. Streisand recounted their time working together on The Mirror Has Two Faces and how dancing with Bridges every night after shooting had wrapped made its way into the film. Beau Bridges remembered his younger brother creating beautiful paintings, sketches and sculptures, as well as his passion for music as a kid, and now as an adult who tours with his band.

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He concluded, “I wish all young actors the good fortune to some time in their careers work with a man like Jeff Bridges. Jeff, when this job is over, it’s so wonderful to know that we’re going to be great friends for the rest of our lives.”

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Posted: April 30, 2024 | Last updated: April 30, 2024

While it didn’t exactly blow fans away, one of the most exciting things about Star Trek: Generations was that it brought the franchise’s two most famous captains together. Patrick Stewart and William Shatner teamed up in order to save millions, but Kirk’s sudden death seemingly put the kibosh on seeing these characters together again.

While it wasn’t part of this franchise, the best Marvel movie surprisingly brought these Star Trek icons back together: in X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Original Series episode “The Naked Time” is playing, allowing William Shatner to appear in the same film as Patrick Stewart.

Star Trek Featured In Days Of Future Past

As a fanboy, it’s cool to see a Marvel movie featuring two of my favorite Star Trek icons, but it’s worth noting that the clip from The Original Series is most likely there to reinforce the film’s strange plot.

Taking its cue from the comic storyline of the same name, Days of Future Past begins in a dystopian future where the surviving mutants live in fear of being hunted down by the Sentinels.

Unlike in Star Trek, Patrick Stewart’s Charles Xavier doesn’t have to abide by a temporal Prime Directive, so he goes along with a plan to alter the past in order to save the future.

Sending Wolverine Back

Unlike in the original comic (which focused on Kitty Pryde rather than Logan), the plan involves sending the consciousness of the future Wolverine into his body in the past…specifically, 1973.

There, he interacts with the characters from X-Men: First Class, providing a great narrative excuse to bring the cast of both X-Men franchises together into a single film. The movie still makes for one of Marvel’s most ambitious crossovers, and (fittingly enough) its time-travel shenanigans explain the choice of which Star Trek episode appears onscreen.

Star Trek Episode The Naked Time

The episode in question is “The Naked Time,” which we see Hank McCoy watching in the film (it should surprise literally nobody, by the way, that this brainy Beast is a Star Trek fan).

The episode only involves time travel at the very end when Kirk orders an experimental warp core procedure to keep the Enterprise (which has been ravaged by an infection that dramatically alters crew behavior) from crashing into a planet.

This inexplicably causes the ship to go back in time 71 hours, with Sulu noting that the ship’s chronometer moved backward during their travel.

Star Trek There Because Of Time Travel

Long story not very short, it seems likely that Marvel included this Star Trek: The Original Series episode because it very nominally mentioned time travel.

It does make the plot a bit more plausible, though: Beast and Xavier are the two characters Wolverine has to convince of his tale that he has come to them through the future. They end up believing him, of course, but knowing that one-half of this duo is a Star Trek fan helps explain why Beast would be willing to believe such a crazy story.

Believable Use Of Star Trek

Speaking of Beast, this iconic Marvel character being a Star Trek fan in 1973 is one of the most believable elements of Days of Future Past.

Thanks to a fan campaign that got Star Trek a third season, the show became a staple of syndication and accordingly exploded in popularity when college students began tuning in. It’s always tough to pin down ages in these films, but Beast appears to be in his early twenties, making him the perfect age to be “boldly going” in the early ‘70s.

For Fans Of Both Franchises

As Marvel crossovers with Star Trek go, this example is pretty mild…certainly milder than the insane novel where the mutants and Captain Picard’s crew must team up.

Still, as a fan of both franchises, I always smile when I see Beast watching one of the stranger episodes of The Original Series. Since he was doomed to turn blue and scary from time to time, it’s too bad Wolverine never had time to ask Beast the most important question: how does he feel about the Andorians?

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As encampments sprout on Wisconsin campuses, here's what to know about student protest rights

Across the U.S., college students are building "Gaza Solidarity Encampments " to demonstrate support for Palestinians. But as tensions rise, many students have wondered what rights they have to demonstrate on the campuses where they live and pay tuition.

The Pro-Palestinian rallies gained traction earlier this month when student organizers at Columbia University established an encampment on the main lawn. On Monday, University of Wisconsin students in Milwaukee and Madison joined the movement , calling on the university system to divest from companies that support weapons manufacturing and Israel.

The Journal Sentinel spoke to American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin staff attorney R. Timothy Muth for insights on the rights of student protesters. Here's what you need to know:

What are the protection differences between an encampment and a regular protest or march?

When protesters set up an encampment, they often set up tents and sleeping quarters near or within the organization they are protesting.

According to Wisconsin law, no person may picnic or camp on university lands, except in areas specifically designated as picnic or camping grounds. These rules include pitching tents or overnight use of sleeping bags, blankets, makeshift shelters, motor homes, campers or camp trailers on university property.

Additionally, according to Wisconsin law, universities and other government organizations are allowed to place "reasonable time, place and manner restrictions" on speech or protest activity. This means that they can regulate when, where, and how expression takes place, as long as their restrictions are content-neutral, narrowly tailored and provide sufficient alternatives to express ideas.

How do protest rules differ on a public vs. private campus?

The rules and regulations for protest at a public university need to comply with the First Amendment, Muth said, meaning that individuals have the right to assemble and express their views.

However, according to Wisconsin law, private property owners can set rules for speech on their property. A private university could enact a wide variety of restrictions, some of which could be perceived as unreasonable by protesters, because they are granted more flexibility to prohibit some speech and the locations where protesters are permitted to demonstrate.

If a police officer asks for the name of a protester, but is not placing them under arrest, does the protester have to respond?

According to Muth, a person is not required to answer any questions of law enforcement since they have rights under the Fifth Amendment to not speak. If a person is being arrested, they have the right to state that they do not want to answer questions without an attorney present.

However, Muth recommends that student protesters confirm whether or not their campuses have established rules which require them to identify themselves to campus security, as some private institutions might have a rule in place to maximize student safety.

In most cases, like at UW-Madison, campus policies do not supersede state law and protesters have a right to not respond to law enforcement.

Are there rules that govern the behavior of opposing groups at a protest?

Police are permitted to keep antagonistic groups separated, but, according to state law, the groups should be allowed to be within sight and sound of one another. Protesters of opposing groups are allowed to speak to and shout at one another during rallies and demonstrations. According to Muth, a protester cannot be arrested for exhibiting those behaviors.

At a protest, Muth said, "the police are responsible for protecting each group and their expression."

What types of speech are not protected?

Though almost all speech is protected at a protest, there is an exception for so-called "fighting words" that have the potential to cause harm to an individual or group.

This type of speech is an incendiary, obscene or defamatory statement that aims to incite violent action. This speech is directed at a specific individual or group that create an imminent threat or incite violence.

Protesters should avoid using this language, as it could lead to arrest or removal from the protest premises.

What rules should people be aware of when capturing video recording or photos at a protest?

Generally, the courts state that if a person is in a public space, they do not have any particular expectation of privacy. Therefore, individuals can be photographed or surveilled while walking down a public street, protesting, or partaking in any activities within a public area.

Campus security, the police, and counter-demonstrators are legally allowed to take photos of protesters, according to Muth.

Additionally, he said, "If the police are arresting people or using force, protesters have the First Amendment right to to record and photograph. We generally encourage people not to photograph identifiable pictures of protesters who have not agreed to be photographed."

Do police officers have the right to view photos and videos captured at an event?

Muth said protesters who want to guarantee that their photos and videos are not accessible to law enforcement should establish a lock or password on their phone before attending a protest.

"Under the Fourth Amendment, it is prohibited for the police to search your phone without a warrant, but that doesn't mean they won't look through an unlocked phone," Muth said.

If protesters are concerned about privacy, Muth said that it is important to evaluate their personal approach to digital security. In addition to locking phones, anything that protesters post publicly to social media can be evaluated by law enforcement following a protest and used as evidence.

Are there any restrictions when it comes to carrying weapons while at a protest?

Wisconsin law allows for the carrying of firearms in a wide variety of settings. However, according to the Wisconsin Administrative Code UWS 18.10(3) , individuals are prohibited from "carrying, possessing, or using any dangerous weapon on university lands or in university buildings or facilities, unless it is for law enforcement purposes or the person receives written approval of the chief administrative officer."

This rule applies to all lands controlled by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. At private institutions like Marquette University, many schools prohibit the possession of weapons in campus buildings, offices and residence halls.

What other safety precautions should student protesters should keep in mind?

If protesters think there is a possibility of them getting arrested, Muth said they should memorize a phone number for somebody who can pick them up from the police station or contact a lawyer on their behalf.

If protesters believe their rights have been violated, the ACLU recommends they complete the following steps:

• Write down everything they can remember, including officers' badge and patrol car numbers and the agency they work for
• Get contact information for witnesses
• Take photographs of all injuries
• File a written complaint with the agency's internal affairs division or civilian compliant board

Tamia Fowlkes is a Public Investigator reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Contact her at [email protected].