Star Trek:TNG-Data:Captain the Computer in My Quarters Have Independent Processing and Storage Unit
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- Star Trek:TNG-Data:Captain the Computer in My Quarters Have Independent Processing and Storage Unit, It Should Not Have Been Affected
#innovativelifeform
I am thoroughly convinced that this episode was written solely for the purpose of having Brent Spiner emotionlessly deliver the words "pygmy marmoset".
and make spot into a lizard🤣🤣🤣
and Barkley into spiderman🤣😂🤣
Consider this;
What if the writing staff had used up everything they could on their "idea blackboard", that week.
So, they just wrote this out in one sitting?
There is not much creativity in how they resolved the problem, and little details like Spot having kittens and Barclay's hypochondria being real could be details they brainstormed out, to make the plot stick together to the end. 🤷🏼♂️
That is funny!
@@TheNoiseySpectator I think they did cause otherwise every human on board would have been a neandertal or some primate of some kind Barkley being a spiderman and spot being a lizard makes thing much more interesting that way even if it's more fantasy like but yeah the solution was not what they obviously cared about it was the devolution that they cared about which is why they focused so much on it
😂
Cats didn't evolve from iguanas. Alternate ending: Picard turns to Data and finds an old Macintosh on the floor.
Thanks. Gave me a good laugh
Data would never turn into a Mac, he runs on Android.
If you suspend your disbelief a little and say "that wasn't an iguana but a primitive reptile-like creature" (and where would they get an actual primitive reptile-like creature for that shot? An iguana was close enough) then that actually fits pretty well because the common ancestor of mammals and reptiles was just one evolutionary step before actual reptiles (the first animals who didn't have an amphibian larval stage but instead had fetal development in an egg filled with amniotic fluid on dry land).
Humans and spiders meanwhile have nothing to do with each other, their last common ancestor lived over 200 million years before any animal you could even with a lot of fantasy and bad eyesight call "a spider."
@@RoonMian You're right. On a ship, even a spaceship, it's called a "deck" not a "floor."
Spot is just trolling data in this scene. We all know spot is a shapeshifter.
I love this episode. The somber drama of the situation is immediately shattered by how absurd the sight of an iguana wearing a cat collar is.
and it still fits! I love these older episodes. With all the mysteries, some great acting. It really had a power to immerse the viewers into forgoing their sense of disbelief. Star trek seemed so real.
Might entertain you two know that collars for iguana are a thing.
Must have gone to warp 10 (no wait, that's a salamander).
Agreed. The absurdities in combination with the tone make it supremely camp, but still fun. This is in contrast to dumb, melodromatic, AND immature, which just makes it insufferable (see DIS & PIC)
I've seen this episode many times for some reason unknown to me. It's a good show but a mystery to me aside to say to always question things. As a kid I thought this show was boring but it's actually very interesting
Three days after seeing Barclay-Spider. "Yes, Admiral, that is when I blew up the ship."
"Well done, Picard."
Report this to an Admiral?
This is one of those episodes that would be hard to convince other people that it has really happened.
@@TheNoiseySpectator Oh, they'd believe it happened. Shit like this happens on a weekly basis on Federation ships.
The problem is convincing them to care. This is a slow tuesday for Starfleet.
@@tbotalpha8133 "An anomaly that ONLY threatened ONE ship? Hardly worth my time Captain. Take this commendation and get the hell out of my office..."
And that's when I suggested to Data we take off and nuke the ship from orbit. It was the only way to be sure.
@@ErokCherokee nice Aliens reference
*the suspension of disbelief protocol for this episode was set at a remarkably high setting*
I was just thinking about this - how you had to find your way to entertaining some ideas but not others to truly enjoy this show and get the value of it.
Not as high as Spock's Brain.
That's because they had to hide a ton of reality thru symbolism
@@HenshinFanatic you're just nit picking here lol
@@HenshinFanatic there was nothing wrong with the TOS episode Spock’s Brain. Try not to repeat things you’ve heard just because you think they make you sound cool.
"Before I begin swinging through the ship looking for breakfast." This show was very subtly funny, as all the best writing is.
I'd prefer
Before you, data have to start dodging poo
"Nurse, we need to take some of your amniotic fluid."
"Ummm... why?"
"To stop the captain from turning into a pygmy marmoset."
"...okie dokie."
see the benefits to a personal computer for data as a back up system incase the main computer goes down as a back up in a way
The virus mutated, but in Spot's case, it actually ... mewtated. :)
Ba dum tsss!
You're grounded. 🤦
@@johnw2026 can't you tell from the joke that this is clearly someone's father?
@@KristopherCharles ok, so it's a corny dad joke. 2 days jail time. 😁
Picard: Data, is that Spot’s collar on that potato?
Data: Yes captain. She has mew-tatered.
“It appears spot has had her kittens.”
(Picard and data play with kittens for the rest of the day)
And then warf comes along and eats the kittens....
Klingon ruin everything!!
@@dwarlord3716 Are you suggesting that the Klingons descended from the species of Alf?
@@MichaelDerryGameitect Only from a human perspective. Humans would be the Alien life for to Klingons.
@@thomaswilliams2273 I was refering to the specific character that uses that acronym as a name because I was too lazy to look up the official name of the species before my previous post.
He's from the planet Melmac, so "Melmacian" is more like "Earthling" than a species name. In any case, I guess you don't need to be from Melmac to think cats are a delicious delicacy... oh, I'm not sure why I never noticed the obvious common etymology between those two words before.
@@MichaelDerryGameitect I was only being silly by being literal.
Dr. Crusher screaming painfully after getting sprayed in the face by Worf’s acid spit was a particularly frightening moment in this episode.
It was a good way to keep her off camera since she was the director for the full episode.
She nailed it both ways
Those poor, helpless kittens. They deserved a better start than for their mother to be turned into an iguana.
I imagine Data replicated some milk for them
Awwwww. No kidding
I never understood that felines and reptiles share absolutely ZERO dna 🧬 they have no common ancestors at all
There is no way those kittens would be able to drink milk left for them in a saucer, less than a day after being birthed.
I'm sure spot the lizard hungrily gobbled them up so they didn't have to suffer for long
0:32 Data's lack of empathy or should we simply say pure honesty is amazing.
The fact the Brant Spiner managed to deliver the dialogue with a straight face says something. ;)
Dwight must have had a lot of fun giving Patrick the old jump scare.
most likely their scenes were shot separately
Star Trek occasionally had episodes that scared the crap out of me when I was young. This franchise could really do horror when it wanted to.
Back when the writers knew how to write Star Trek right! Not so much of this woke crap! 😑
@@johnw2026 Well, Star Trek was always about leftist politics. It's just that the left used to know how to write a good story and be respectful of history and culture. Woke doesn't know how to do that.
@Koulnis It was always progressive, yes, but never in your face about it. The plot never hinged on anything like DEI, and the characters were not defined by what they were, but who they were and what they were capable of. Dax was a perfect example, because her Symbiote gave her the memories and experiences of previous hosts, including Curzon, who was a man, and an acquaintance of Ben Sisko. And Sisko treated her as the totality of the Dax symbiote's experiences, not as a part. Although he _would_ frequently refer to her as 'Old Man.' In today's society, this would be termed a 'misgendering.' To them, it was an inside joke.
Holy crap, I knew that jumpscare was coming, and I've SEEN every episode of TNG, and I still jumped.
Me too...
Yup!!
Same
Brent Spiner must have laughed and laughed when he got the scripts for some of these episodes.
That Barkley jump scare still got me even though I had a vauge memory of it being there. lol
I had a feeling something would jump at Picard, though I don't remember that specific episode. Even so, my stomach dropped to my knees when it happened, watching this.
Same ... flinched so hard I always swiped my glass off the table. Goddammit xD
4:21
Spot's transformation into a contemporary iguana was terribly unbelievable.... until I heard it purr in it's last scene that is!! 😄
i think its a bearded dragon
@@fargeeks iguana
@@fargeeks iguana
I thought it hissed...
@@christopherlh4379,
That may have been a sound coming from the life support system?
Anyone else disappointed that Picard and Data just ignored the hungry kittens?
I know some fans lampoon this episode but when I was a kid this was one of my favorite.
Same. You can imagine my excitement seeing that it's on here now. I was only like 4 or 5 when this aired but this episode stuck with me more than any other. It's so cool if not a bit outrageous (even by TNG standards 🤣)
It’s as bad as the Voyager episode where Janeway and Paris turned into lizards.
@@diamondjim7560 The basic concept in that Voyager episode wasn't bad. It was the execution. Voyager was a little too reserved to pull that off. Farscape would've rocked this. In fact they did. Micheal Crichton was split in three: himself, a caveman, and a super evolved human. Two of them had to die or they all died. Great episode.
@@benmaharaj6854 Spot on that was more Farscape. The Voyager series just needed to stick with the Lost in Space concept, picking up enemies and allies along the way. There were a number of two or three arc story lines that were well done. But the one about the lizards and their “offspring” was off-putting and offensive. Even Kate McGrew agreed that was one of the worst. TNG had a couple of those silly versions. The one where a landing party become alien and we’re light aversive. Then there was the one where the entire crew de-evolved into other species was flat out stupid. My opinion is DS9 was the finest of any of the later series. All in all, the best story lines came from the original series, futuristic but not far fetched.
@@diamondjim7560 No, every story genré must be itself, with its good and bad aspects.
if a half human half spider appeared out of nowhere, i would be scared and panicky even without the virus
Picard killing spidercreature with phaserFIRE. Data "Sir you just killed lt Barclay!" Picard "Your point?!"
Are they sure it wasn't Jeff Goldblum?
@@mdteletom1288 It looks a bit like him.
I would burn down the enterprise.
Spiderman,
Mutant Spiderman,
Venom, or
Carnage
I watched this show religiously. Friday night at midnight was the X files and Saturday evening Star Trek.
The best part of the early 90’s.
'87 to '04 was the golden age of sci-fi in my opinion. X-Files, 4 of the best Star Trek franchises, Star-Gate SG-1 and Atlantis, Babylon 5, Farscape, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Space Above and Beyond, Lexx, hell even the mediocre shows like Andromeda were tolerable. In the 20 years since we've had Dark Matter and then the Expanse and that's about it. Oh, and Fringe, Fringe was great. Don't get me started on the new Star Treks...
@@krashd I am sorely disappointed in Star Trek Picard. Everything is just so cutesy.
I love that even in the stupidest, silliest TNG episodes, everyone acts like a professional and they attach the appropriate amount of gravity to the situation - there's no obnoxious, baseless characters like Tilly or Agnes or Ortega cracking 21st century one-liners constantly pulling the viewer out of the premise. Writers have forgotten the art of balance - TNG is the perfect blend of serious and silly, dramatic and funny, hard sci-fi and fun science-fantasy.
"Yum yum"
I dunno I quite like Ortega
Did Tom Paris ever make any 20th century jokes? I know he liked 20th century history and entertainment ( mostly public domain stuff for obvious reasons) I remember him using 20th century turn a phrase a few times, but I don't think it was ever too distracting.
@@tendo649 I like her too, unpopular opinion I guess
@@Dhips. It wasn't. He was a bit of a LARPer, in a sense, but Paris was a good character. Well, I thought as such, I always liked him and his antics.
If i saw a partially arachnified Barkley i'd have intense feelings of fear and panic, too ...
This was a confirmation that Data's computer was not a virtual machine but a dedicated hardware connected with a network. That's so cool.
Fun fact. Look closely at the kittens. The kittens they used to film this scene are around 2 weeks old. Definitely not less than 24 hours old. This can easily be confirme by watching any kitten rescue channel that streams newborn kittens.
Should they have used newborn kittens and left them without their mother to film? They are kittens, they fulfill their purpose (being cute), end of story.
@@givmi_more_w9251 No, not at all. Using older kittens was more or less a necessary evil. Same reason whenever babies are shown they use one several months old.
@@StormsparkPegasushow is it a “necessary evil” it’s just a normal production practicality. Did you know they were on earth the whole time they filmed this too? And Brent spiner is actually not a robot?
@@phartferd5738 Yes, that's what necessary evil means. It wasn't realistic, because there was no way for them to practically use newborn kittens in a humane way on set.
@@StormsparkPegasus
I understand the want for dramatic flair, but using the term in this case does have what seems to be unintended consequences.
something positive
That implies the opposite of the stated necessary evil, is something positive that stalls progress.
As not to be excessively depressing, it's like saying having to destroy wrapping paper to open a gift is a necessary evil.
that imples that leaving the gift wrapped would be positive but stall progress, which it is, and does.
in this case, the opposite would be secluding newborn kittens from their mother to film light entertainment. Which we've already agreed is not a good thing,
Another implication is that the person who made the statement is also saying the animal abuse of that action is a good thing,
Which I cannot imagine is what you were originally saying.
"In 12 hours, I think you will de-evolve, into a Limer, or Pygmy Marmoset."
"Great! That won't affect my sleep at all. Nightie-Night!"😴
The warp core is now a bunson burner
"I have an intense feeling of fear and panic."
But well controlled one, apparently 👍
That was the first time I ever jumped watching Star Trek LOL Spider-Man done freaked me out!!!
Scared the sh¡t outta me.
Lmao
Shit this was the first time ever in Star Trek I ever jumped and screamed....HARD. Like bumping my head on the sofa.
I’ve seen this episode multiple times. And for whatever reason, I just jumped out of my seat when I saw it.
Yep definitely got my attention. Lol
Lt. Broccoli has had a rather scary transformation.
Into an earlier form of vegetable? Or even - God forbid - cauliflower?!
I'd like to think if they had an similar episode in the earlier seasons of The Orville the character would have been shot. 😂
why is he a spider? lol
Every single time Star Trek dabbled in evolution as part of its plot, it showed that the writers didn't understand a damn thing about evolution.
Why, of COURSE cats evolved from iguanas and humans from spiders. Why wouldn't you think that?
Braga
Humans evolve from spiders and evolve into catfish with legs.
Aizen, I assume you are being sarcastic.
At this time in history, December 2022, we do not have a very good understanding of evolution and how it affects species over time.
In fact, I would have preferred if they had used this episode to discuss how our theory of evolution had changed, in four hundred years.
It _is_ a fact that in the human genome there are genes for traits we do not have (technically the term is "express").
What about questions like "What are some other reasons we could have them?" Or "Why do these genes not get expressed?".
Or, if humans or cats or other animals lived in completely different environments for several generations, would some of these recessive traits become dominant?
For example, if a large population of humans crashed on a "water world" with no dry land, would their descendants eventually begin to re - express gills as well as lungs, or even wings, which our progenitors never had, but the genes for them may still be there and dormant, anyway?
@Seraphina Aizen you’re completely correct. Please take it from me, someone who has an Anthropology minor, including human evolution courses, and made A’s in every Anthro class but one, we actually do know for a fact that humans did indeed evolve from a form of lower ape and not anything else. The pygmy marmoset Data mentions is also spot on to the creature we’re believed to have evolved from, well before Australopithecine. We were never spiders or anything closely resembling any arachnid. As for your comment about the writers, I think they just wanted to make the episode more interesting, like some on here have already stated. Like in the way they have that jump scare with Barkley. A group of peaceful, cute, and docile, perhaps frightened apes running around the ship would’ve been boring I think.
@@lewstone5430 I suppose there are one or two genes that exist in every creature on earth but a human becoming a spider nah really farfetched
Did we ever find out how Barkley was spinning webs all over the ship, or is that why they only showed him from the waist up?
I love how data has his own rig in his room since the ships computer is too slow 😅
Good thing Spot had a magic expanding collar on her just in case she turned into a reptile with a much larger neck than a cat. 😝🤣
Naw, Spot was just a chonky gal.
Data had the computer monitor the collar and it replicated a new one
@@bill_lumbergh this is why I love star trek, cause saying that sounds ridiculous. But there's no way you could disprove it and it's well within the realm of technology for star trek to be able to do that. You can basically argue anything. It's awesome. (Also that was clever, I was thinking maybe the collar was a "futuristic auto-adjusting" one would be the best explanation. But I like this better 😝
Or, the collar could have been made of some kind of super elastic.
But,I think that Spot would have moved her head around that collar would have fallen off by then.
Cats just hate to wear collars, and doubtless Spot would have retained that memory after her transformation.
That time Spot indirectly saved the Enterprise.
I remember this episode scared the shit out of me when it originates aired. Almost felt like a horror episode.
scariest tng scene is still the one where Beverley is surrounded by corpses that she imagines suddenly come to life legit horror stuff
Unfortunately, horror and dumb and plainly unbelievable stuff tends to be a common pairing in writing.
"And what will that lower form of life be?"
"A Flat Earther, sir."
"NOOOOOOOOOOO"
'They're talking about more than two genders sir.' 'Oh my god Data, it's a Socialist!' 'Run for your life!'
"We were close! The galaxy is flat!"
@@tradtke101 the way they fly makes it seem so, never do they appear in front of another ship other than right side up
@@doct0rnic oh god dont make me spend 3 hours googling "space north" again
@@doct0rnic Yeah, the only time that comes to mind where they actually did was the final episode.
A fun episode from when Star Trek was good. I got to say though, the thumbnail is cinematographic perfection. The lighting is perfect.
Never thought about this at the time I watched this episode. How the hell did Spot get knocked up on Enterprise?
Earlier, when spot is pregnant, Data lists off all the male cats on board and all the times that Spot has gotten away into the corridors
Data said there were 12 male cats on board and Spot escaped several times. I don't think the exact father was ever identified.
“...has an independent...” also Picard could easily have had the replicator make some milk for those kittens while they where talking in Data’s quarters.
He would've had to bottle feed them. At that age they don't know how to lick, only suck. (here come the ridiculous jokes.😑)
Unfortunately, that system was offline, much like most of the ship. The replicator system pulls data from the ship's main computer cores. "Error, the molecular pattern for milk is unavailable; please make another selection."
I think anyone would be horrified at the sudden appearance of Dwight Schultz.
Data kitted his quarters out exactly as one might expect a badass android to do
Or a hardcore gamer, everything is minimalistic save for the gaming rig :D
Gamer < Data
No contest lol
Please tell me you used kitted as a pun. And if not, just tell me you did
In real life, Jean-Luc would have these intense feelings of fear and panic earlier, when Data told him that he would be transformed again against his choice.
"Before I begin swinging through the ship looking for breakfast...!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 something I never expected to hear Patrick Stewart say!
This episode is a guilty pleasure.
I couldn't help but be reminded by our recent encounter with viruses. From my observation coh vid nineteen was actually a version of a zombie virus that didn't even require infection to turn the majority of humans into quasi zombies.
As soon as I saw those huge spider webs in Engineering I leaned forward in my seat waiting for what we all knew was coming. Hit he ceiling anyway. Good job Barkley.
I feel so sorry for Spot's kittens when they sound hungry and the only reason she's not caring for them is because she's been transformed into an iguana
"I have this intense feeling of fear and panic..."
Perhaps PIcard should have remembered this when he scolded Data for having similar feelings in Generations.
He couldn't remember it as it hadn't happened at this point.
@@paultravers3709 I think you need to re-read what I wrote then amend your response.
@@jamesdietz29 you're right! Brain freeze
"Captain, spiders are naturally skittish and combined with the anxiety Lt Barclay already had I believe he was more afraid of you than you were of him."
"Don't count on it, Data."
"I have these intense feelings of fear and panic." Well no shit. I do too after he hit the glass like that.
"I have these intense feeling of fear and panic." Oh so a normal day for you on the bridge Picotard?
0:48 Nice use of food coloring! That's Big Time Science There!
ST TNG didn't often employ jump scares, that one was probably their best. I jumped!
I appreciate Picard's resolve to still explain to data that he's in shock. Despite still being in shock.
Not “I’m scared of spiders”
“I’m having these intense feelings of fear and panic”
Crap in a hat 😆 I haven't seen this in so long that it actually made me jump. Thanks
There was an isolated computer in Data's quarters. They forgot that the shuttle they landed in also has a sophisticated computer. There are also multiple other shuttles parked on the Enterprise, each with its own computer.
4:20 Oh, sure. All that "sticky stuff" all over engineering was from Lt. Barclay and not LCDR LaForge daydreaming about Dr. Brahms.
The Iguana looks at the camrea like "even I think this is dumb"
Damn even their flashlights are devolving
Swinging through the passages of the ship, looking for breakfast, the fate of a captain couldn’t be more bleak.
No Kittens were harmed in the production of this episode. Spot, however, is still a lizard.
I like the idea of this episode, but i always wanted to say this: Other species are not 'less evolved'. Pygmy marmoset is just as evolved as Homo sapiens, in fact it just maybe that it is even more evolved due to it having shorter generations. De-evolution would be a return to a previous species, not to a species from a different branch of the evolutionary tree.
The only thing that gets me is they give the Iguana a pink collar so we know it's Spot but I don't remember Spot ever were a collar pink or otherwise.
Another question I have is... How?! The enterprise seemed pretty buttoned up for a tom to find Spot.
I found it Amazing that Barclay turned into a Spider-Man.
4:20 holy shit bro im just here to watch some TNG clips, i didn't expect a jump scare
1:38 kitties poor little ones they say feed me.
While they were filming this episode there must had been huge delays while the actors burst out laughing and have to retake the shot
Data leaves a big ass lizard with defenceless kittens. Dudes a beast
Barkley becoming a spider is hilarious after the transporter episode.
DATA
STEP ON IT
*STEP ON IT!!!*
Data: "... Are you alright, Captain?"
"Possibly similar to a lemur.."
I LIKE TO MOVE IT, MOVE IT!
Data- "the computer in my quarters has an independant processor and storage unit " - Picard: you mean you own a PC or laptop?
Some of the concepts of this episode are cool and make for a great story. The silly and clearly unrealistic parts, where you have difficulty suspending your disbelief, end up ruining it overall.
This is my favorite TNG episode.
‘Before I begin swinging through the ship looking for breakfast...’ 😮
Could they not have found a less recognisable reptile than a bloody iguana to play Spot? That scene would be much less jarring with a different type of lizard like a Tegu or a Skink.
It's a silly idea anyway, because mammals didn't directly evolve from reptiles. But at least give the audience a chance to suspend disbelief.
I know this episode gets a lot of criticism for the implausibility of its premise, but I always loved it. The atmosphere for the whole episode is just fantastic.
Simple solution: Take the pattern buffer from the last transport and subtract everything else from Picard's body while doing a new transport. All extraneous transporter data would be considered tainted and beamed out into space.
that jumpscare even got me.
Modern tv writers don't pay enough attention to the importance of historical/hypothetical deviations in grammar and language in different settings and how crucial it can be for world building and suspension of disbelief.
The dialogue shown here is much more believable coming out of the mouths of trained explorers/military officers and scientists in the 24th century than the writing on nuTrek.
I love how it's never discussed how many of the crew died in this episode. It must have been in the hundreds.
Such a good show!
Music, acting, writing.
Oh, do I miss good Star Trek
Tell him he is a good cat, and a pretty cat, and a female cat
'I feel I must inform you captain'.... Android dreams of electric sleep.
This ep freaked me out the most of all TNG as a kid!
As absurd as the premise is, it still kind of holds up? I guess it's just up to Stewart bringing a sense of genuine emotion against Spiner's deadpan evaluations of the situation. It makes it about the characters rather then the technobabble.
My mom had shingles when she was pregnant with me. It's caused by the same virus that causes chicken pocks. As a result I was born immune to it and over 40 years later have never had it. Kinda like what Data and Picard were talking about with the kittens.
The writers must have had a good chuckle having Picard de-evolve into a pygmy marmoset.
The writers were obviously high when they came up with this episode.
I want to know if any of the crew were eaten and by whom. Worf had to have eaten a few.
Data PC master race confirmed
(his own computer in his quarters)
Even as a lizard, Spot still purrs!
IF YOU BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION !
I prefer to take the stance that our physical form didn’t change , but our ability to learn . Our brain never changed shape , but the accumulation of knowledge .
Lemur-Picard would honestly be pretty cool
You mean Picard has arachnid-phobia?
Not just him , plenty others. Kirk hated reptiles. And I hate snakes.
Arachnophobia.
It would have been more fun if Data had said, “Nurse Ogawa has recently done the deed...“ winked and then clicked his tongue at the same.