Captain Picard's soliloquy on "Homeland Security."

S03E11

[@stephandolby]

"That'll do, Picard. That'll do."

[@SisyphusJP]

The troll with this comment is three dimensional and I love it

[@alfredovilla8560]

Loved the movie!

[@richardroberts6021]

Don't be too hard on him Picard, you're going to have to go back in time to save him someday

[@PaulIsDeadMissHim]

Could be a descendant of Cochrane.

[@dzvfarsfdszvfvf7922]

Forget symbolism; why is Zefram Cochrane talking to Picard?

[@CptColCool]

+Dzvfars Fdszvfvf Some Borg anti-aging nanotechnology leftover...?

[@Guidogregotti]

He is not Zefram, even if the actor is the same, it is an other character here.

[@gusbaker4u]

I was wondering why Picard was discussing sensitive security information with a pig farmer, lol

[@ironcito1101]

Well, he _is_ a former president of the United States.

[@JacobAllen918]

Diego C. I'm sorry, WHAT??

[@x0Vinny0x]

Law enforcement: "Yeah we investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing."

[@StarfruitsurfridaHHH]

Hot damn that was fire. That really just made me feel. Captain Picard really is an amazing captain.

[@t5hammer871]

I wonder what Sisko would’ve done

[@Yozzy22]

"Matter of internal security... Bullshit."

[@TruthnautBegins]

Could've been a better episode but Roga Danar was severely miscast. It was also a defect of the series that actors with 90s hairstyles would play characters who lived under terrible conditions. The "Legacy" episode was a great example of that. Characters in a war, living very rough lives, looked like they were dropping in from an LA nightclub.

[@savagebear4374]

The moment when TNG uses the same actor, for two different roles, in two different time periods.

[@FS2K4Pilot]

I’m remembering that Mr. Cromwell was on Star Trek three or four times before playing Zefram Cochrane.

[@Nubyrc]

This also played Zefram Cochrane

[@MrDasmaster]

This did!

[@n3r0wolfe]

its funny how 90% of the comments ignore the actual context of this scene

[@KH4444444444N]

Welcome to Wally World. Logic dictates that if 90% of Society's comments being meaningless, a Gallup poll would use this as data to prove things. All it proves is that essentially 90% of Humanity is a void of intelligencia.

[@Admiral8Q]

@@KH4444444444N "Khaaaaaaaan!!!!!"

[@lunasophia9002]

Like yours? :) (sorry, had to. :P)

[@spartanx169x]

The clip is really too short to get full context.

[@DamnMyNickIsTaken]

Because the context is not part of the video that is being commented on.

[@punishercastle5487]

I love this episode but I’m wondering how Zefram Cochrane got to the 24th century lol

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

Probably cloned him

[@MegaKnight2012]

Probably kept young by a space entity since Kirk last saw him in the 24th century

[@mdteletom1288]

First he screws up the US space program and sends American astronauts out to disarm a Soviet missile launcher, now he's screwing up another planet. Some people never learn.

[@SantomPh]

Well he did discover warp drive and later help save the Defiant

[@charlespettit7149]

@@SantomPh when did he help save the defiant?

[@The_Lucent_Archangel]

@@charlespettit7149 When he and Antaeus the Nox were negotiating a trade deal in the Gamma Quadrant and got attacked by the Jem'hadar. They worked together to disarm an enemy torpedo that pierced the hull but didn't go off.

[@rexraptor1340]

*cough* Section 31 *cough*

[@OneofInfinity.]

Cough Space Force Cough

[@linkeragon7885]

@@OneofInfinity. cough "i caught a cold "cough

[@cmdrtianyilin8107]

@@linkeragon7885 *Cough* Coronavirus *Cough*

[@chrismanuel9768]

Y'all need to stay the fuck away from me with all that coughing

[@davedismantled]

‘Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom: it is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves’ - William Pitt the Younger

[@davemiller6055]

One line isn't a soliloquy, it's a line.

[@fuckamericanidiot]

soliloquy an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

[@okuno54]

Gotta love when your assertions are refuted by googling a single word -_-;

[@ursaltydog]

Just as true then.. as it is even now.. moreso..

[@angli4068]

The tiktok ban reminded me of this clip

[@GokouZWAR]

I like how zephyrin cockrin was appointed leader of the colony.

[@aliali-ce3yf]

it was his ancestor - but this one had a stick up his butt and did not care for rock and roll he was a kenny G man...........therefore not to be trusted

[@ericmcconnaughey2782]

Zephraim Cochrane

[@aliali-ce3yf]

@@ericmcconnaughey2782 him too

[@AmatuerHourCoding]

2021 has entered the chat

[@Chickidydow]

sometimes it be like that tho

[@lancer525]

Sorry, but one line does not make a "soliloquy." Not even close.

[@Nox_the_alien]

Soliloquy (n): an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. Sorry, friend, you're incorrect.

[@melancholiaenshrinesalltriumph]

Sorry, but your comment is not correct. Not even close. Soliloquy [səˈliləkwē] (n): an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. Dictionary [ˈdikSHəˌnerē] (n): a book or electronic resource that lists the words of a language (typically in alphabetical order) and gives their meaning, or gives the equivalent words in a different language, often also providing information about pronunciation, origin, and usage.

[@ransom182]

YEAH WAHT A FOCKING PILLOCK!!! UPLOADER IS A DOUCHE CANOE!!!!!

[@VestedUTuber]

@@ransom182 One of these comments is not like the others...

[@mattrogers5188]

Soliloquy 1: the act of talking to oneself 2: a poem, discourse, or utterance of a character in a drama that has the form of a monologue or gives the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections _Merriam-Webster_

[@littlevini]

Art imitates reality.

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

Isn't that Zefran Conchrane?

[@DEC19775]

What episode is this?

[@charlespettit7149]

I'll help you out, it's the hunted in season 3. It also says it in the description my man. Have a blessed week

[@willardfasto4494]

Sadly none of the speeches from Picard over the years hit me quite like they did. My own age combined with Siskos speech about the utopia of federation homeworlds bought with the resources of outlying worlds where all the issues weren't fixed yet...many of his speeches ring hollow now.

[@Resetable]

Part of me hates DS9 for that. I love the show, I love Sisko, but that kind of realism is just so different than how I always viewed the world of Star Trek. Perhaps it was time for some more realistic stories to be told, as it's hard to write conflict in a utopia, but Trek was always about how the federation was a shining paragon of civilization. Unrealistic, most certainly, but for me it was an inspiring model of the potential humans had for good.

[@krisztianvaczy]

Lke t-ü-t-ü

[@opufy]

Isn't that the actor who discovered warp speed?

[@warbunny85]

Habakkuk chapter 2

[@victorsalisbury3554]

I robot futrion machinery

[@zindi1138]

no doubt he thought, this is straight out of high school.

[@normanred9212]

We're still hearing it today, but most of you in this comment section adore it and are glad for it, the unknown scares you all and true Freedom has been made your worst nightmares not by choice.

[@jstrahan2]

Your comment makes no sense.

[@Ragitsu]

@@jstrahan2 He served up a nice large bowl of word salad.

[@robbie_]

Zefram Cochrane?

[@kenelisseou9944]

Portland comes to mind

[@kzhou13]

0:19 me when pornhub is blocked on my work's network

[@AndresRamirez-fi5uw]

Definitely China.

[@Soldierboy54b]

Release the memo.

[@hotdog5178]

This isn't a soliloquy. When Zach Morris on Saved by the bell breaks the 4th wall to speak to the tv viewing audience (without his friends around him being aware of this happening) that is a soliloquy. Actors in plays do this all the time.

[@AkaiAzul]

Actually, what you described is an aside. A soliloquy is anytime a character speaks alone, but in character. The part about breaking the 4th wall to talk to the audience makes it an aside.

[@buurbagturd3539]

When actors in plays do this it is indeed called a soliloquy, it usually doesn't involve breaking the 4th wall. Gotta love saved by the bell though lol

[@chrismanuel9768]

This is the literal definition of a soliloquy. A character speaking their inner thoughts aloud while alone or regardless of the presence of others. Learn what words mean.

[@dearestdoppio8554]

Next time, make sure to at least google 'soliloquy' before making dumb comments like this.

[@BurnDoubt]

This channel keeps on giving, 10 years later

[@nickmalachai2227]

Frequently amused by people who seemed downright befuddled by the fact that Star Trek, a show about a non-military peace mission to undiscovered cultures crewed by a multiracial socialist Utopia society where national borders and traditions are little more than trivia and cultural flavorings, is left-leaning. Like, what, you're expecting them to agree with you just because you think you're right and it's obviously Big Brain Show, so it has to be correct as well?

[@Elthenar]

Not befuddled by it, just respectful of the fact that a socialist utopia can only exist in a world with absurd technology that borders on magic and even then, there are a number of episodes that show that it still doesn't work without capitalism.

[@nickmalachai2227]

@@Elthenar ever notice how someone always says "it's impossible with what we have" right up until someone actually does it? Or uses an end-goal impossibility to justify not starting to make progress? We may not be able to get rid of all necessity of human labor beyond voluntary at this moment (and that's a very big "may", there's good odds we can, if we restructure things properly), but we can sure make a lot of progress so that, when we do have the technology, the end of human suffering is an easy choice to make.

[@Elthenar]

@@nickmalachai2227 There is a difference between saying something difficult is impossible and saying something impossible is impossible. People saying "electric cars will never be widespread" were doing the former. People saying "lead doesn't just turn into gold" are doing the latter. Making a working socialist utopia is the latter. In Star Trek, it is entirely dependent on both technology removing scarcity and people fundamentally changing in their motivations. Even in Star Trek, it doesn't hold up under scrutiny.

[@nickmalachai2227]

@@Elthenar except anthropological research has shown behavioral compatibility (humans have, for hundreds of thousands of years, shown clear signs that selfless motivation for the betterment of a tribe is a fundamental aspect of our species) is there, and technological compatibility is maybe not where it is, but I haven't seen evidence to prove that, and have seen evidence to suggest otherwise. Also, literal Utopia isn't the only thing we can achieve, there is a middle ground where life can actively improve, and going "the end goal is not currently possible" and doing nothing about that helps nothing but the status quo, and that same status quo leaves many, many people for dead.

[@Elthenar]

@@nickmalachai2227 Something you are overlooking there. Humans have shown to act for the benefit of the tribe over personal gain. However, that does not preclude the most immoral of actions in defense of your immediate family and closest friends. As to your middle ground, there is little evidence that socialism or left leaning ideas are the path to get there. To achieve even an American lower middle class quality of life for the whole world will require massive leaps in technology and culture to a degree we are not even close to.

[@Jim-pq9pm]

Okay small minded people. When Picard says that it's the "age old cry of the oppressor", he's not saying it as an absolute.

[@tomdolan9761]

I love it when people with no skin in the game opine on issues far to complex and nuanced for some dated scifi show which talks a good game but is quick on the trigger with fazers and photon torpedoes whenever a Starfleet intrusion on other entities territory is deemed plot worthy

[@3Rayfire]

An interesting statement since TNG was by far the least violent of all the Star Trek series and Picard the Captain most likely to win through guile and diplomacy than through force.

[@spartanx169x]

The original Star Trek was guilty of that. But not so for TNG. TNG only used weapons as an absolute last resort.

[@tommypetraglia4688]

@@spartanx169x And to fix things... like repair a tear in the spacetime fabric or how about the tunneling neutrino beam in A Matter of Honor

[@seekingabsolution1907]

*phasers

[@DUMB_AND_DUMBERER]

I THOUGHT *"WE WILL TAKE YOUR GUNS FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY"* WAS THE AGE OLD CALL OF THE OPPRESSOR. AFTER ALL, EVERYONE IS A CHILD AND CAN'T MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS AND NEEDS TO HAVE THEIR BOO BOOS KISSED MY MOMMY.

[@David-bc4rh]

Found the Trump voter

[@DUMB_AND_DUMBERER]

@@David-bc4rh I GUESS THAT MAKES YOU THE LUNATIC LEFTIST, SOY BOY, MAN BITCH...LMFAOOO

[@chrismanuel9768]

Weird how the NRA (Neurotic Rifle Asylum) cronies keep screeching "the Left wants to take my guns" for decades, but nobody has ever once attempted to take your guns. It's almost like you're a paranoid fucking psychopath. The irony being that the mentally ill (see also: You) really shouldn't have guns

[@nickmalachai2227]

@@chrismanuel9768 I feel like calling them mentally ill is an insult to people who have actual struggles with mental health. "an ignorant coward lacking in moral fiber, wholly convinced of his own non-existent superiority due to buying an orange crybaby's cult of personality" is a far more accurate insult, and "big bag of rotting dicks" is brief enough to get the point across.

[@BurnDoubt]

@@David-bc4rh that's aging well

[@ajmittendorf]

"The age-old cry of the oppressor." That is what they call a broad, sweeping, overgeneralization.

[@hiimmeurnot]

It's a rather crude statement from someone like Picard. It really feels to me like an insertion of ideals by the writers here. As if the concept of security is some sort of universal menace. It's a bad line, nothing more, nothing less.

[@mattwo7]

@@hiimmeurnot Both of you are ignoring a key factor here: Context. Picard was not referring to the concept itself but how it was employed. How it's usually employed...

[@seekingabsolution1907]

No, it's true, thats how this shit gets done, it's played off as dangerous to not do something awful to people. It's adjacent to the "think of the children" excuse for not doing something to improve society.

[@ajmittendorf]

@@seekingabsolution1907 Nope. Can't agree with you.

[@PR--un4ub]

@@ajmittendorf That's okay: this series isn't for you.

[@AidanMclaren]

And now Covid-19 is a "matter of internal security". Will people learn?

[@seekingabsolution1907]

Not so fast friend. The context Picard is referring to is more like the Americans concentration camps and deliberately hostile border crossings is the analogous situation. Needless cruelty played off as a matter of security. Or former POTUS trumps Muslim ban from 2016 or possibly his stupid trans military ban or the numerous other transphobic laws relating to sports and toilets both in the US and Britain. There's a lot of modern examples and COVID isn't one of them.

[@AidanMclaren]

@@seekingabsolution1907 But it is a pretext for totalitarianism. That's the point. We give up freedom for security. You think pushing the public to use cards over cash in the name of a low fatality disease, which can't even be transmitted via touch, isn't a consolidation by the elite? It's really no different from the other things you've mentioned. But I'm probably no doubt speaking to a shill, aren't I?

[@PR--un4ub]

@@AidanMclaren Wrong franchise for you.

[@dearestdoppio8554]

Bruh. Learn the full context in which this line is said before making idiotic statements. Health =/= security. I know a lot of people who lost their lives to this "low fatality disease". Consider other peoples situation. The world doesn't revolve around your tiny head.

[@PR--un4ub]

@@dearestdoppio8554 There are too many right-wing chodes in this fan base.

[@freesaxon6835]

Usual do as I say not as I do libtard line. He had better sack the chief security officer, who's maintaining internal security

[@freesaxon6835]

@tvwatcher no he's so smug & self righteous

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

Might shock you to know that the context of the prime minister's use of "internal security" has nothing to do with the context of a security guard's job. I can't tell if you're strawmanning or genuinely this dumb.

[@freesaxon6835]

@@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786 ah I see how you could take my comment wrongly. It was Picard's last line I refer to " A matter of internal security, the ago old cry of the oppressor " ( reference to A.H )

[@David-bc4rh]

@@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786 it's both

[@capngloval]

Only idiotic right wing nut jobs use the term "libtard". And worf wasn't sacked, just adjusted properly. I'm sick of idiots blaming the left for their own errors.