Stan in the 24th Century

Stan#12 used cryonics to freeze himself so he could extend his life into the 24th century. Here's a glimpse of how that story began.

[@jedison2441]

"Did not last long beyond the year 2040." Well Star Trek probably called that one.

[@a.mullings3784]

Streaming services, KZbin and video games. Who even watches TV right now? Everything's on the internet.

[@Sight-Beyond-Sight]

I have to agree. TV is dying. We watch shit on our schedule and binge shows rather than wait for one of those (OH MY GOD, I AM SO DATING MYSELF HERE) marathon/telethons.

[@MLBlue30]

Boomers mainly still do the ol' basic cable.

[@thehumanoddity]

Hopefully there's a crash in the industry so there won't be too many streaming services.

[@FlyingMonkies325]

@@a.mullings3784 I don't watch tv either my parents still do and i occasionally look over when downstairs if my mum is watching something that looks interesting but then i just go back upstairs and watch what i want to lol, but in TNG even TV Shows and Movies don't exist not just TV like man... were on the verge of that too cos face it... everyone's ran out of ideas it's all been done and said lol, The hell am i gonna do? Just read books all day? welp... at least it will get us outside which is where we need to be anyway, one day KZbin and Netflix won't exist either and one day we probs won't have the internet it will probs just be a Library of information we can access for free instead. Welp... it's back to fully using our imaginations again lol.

[@UnknownSquid]

I really enjoy how he takes a strange liking to data, and quickly begins treating him entirely normally. Doesn't get hung up on the "robot" thing at all, and just wants to party and play football with him. It's not curiosity about his nature as an android, but instead seems to be some kind of simple appreciation for Data's straight forward and 100% genuine way of relating with people.

[@FlyingMonkies325]

I think we get it living in the 21st Century where people are made to not act straight forwards and just full on dishonesty and manipulative, whenever i meet someone who's just to the point and straight forward no shenanigans i gravitate towards them and i'm like that too so i appreciate when someone else is, i get frustrated by most people how difficult they make things and for us to even get to know them like... impossible and i just want them to be like whatevs. It's one of the reasons i wish i could be in the 24th century they just take things as simply a conversation and join in with you they don't go "eww... what are you doing? your a creep", so it's totally understandable why Stan would relate to Data.

[@immortalsofar5314]

Someone else who doesn't belong. All people do "us and them" but to some that is exclusive and to others it's inclusive.

[@STho205]

This is similar to Earl Holloman's character on Forbidden Planet interacting with Robbie to get what he wants from a willing friend that doesn't judge his morals. Earl also wanted booze.

[@butcherboy2008]

We don't concern ourselves with television. Now, off we go to the holodeck.

[@wannamontana4130]

I'll bet the holodeck can replicate the aforementioned low mileage pit woofies!

[@robertmorris8997]

Make sure you bring a bucket and swab if Riker was there first.

[@bigdickpornsuperstar]

Since having sex outside your species is called "bestiality", that particular brand of sexual deviancy is apparently OK in the 24th century... because that green girl (among others) definitely is not human... just ask Kirk. And Spock is, at best, technically a mule. Or, at worst, owing to Vulcan superiority, closer to the offspring of a human and a gorilla (with Vulcans as the humans and humans as the gorillas).

[@skydragon4ever]

@doctorwho0077 Yeah Lolicon Waifus )

[@katakisLives]

Well, if you feeling nostalgic you could always create a living room and watch re-runs on a holographic tv

[@alexanderward5286]

“Romulans = Eagles Fans” had me dying

[@1987phillybilly]

And the Clownboys havent been to a superbowl since this show was on!

[@andreproudian7032]

To be fair they do have a large bird as their emblem.

[@thejamesasher]

as a still-angry 49er, i really like this

[@ElFino013]

Stan and Sisko would have had a great time talking about baseball.

[@brianvincentdoucet4273]

How "catchy"!

[@OptimusWombat]

There was also that scientist guy who befriended Wesley, who had memorized all of the baseball games and statistics.

[@jimmyzhao2673]

@@OptimusWombat the Traveler ?

[@OptimusWombat]

@@jimmyzhao2673 no, Paul Stubbs from the episode "Evolution" (ep 3x01).

[@jackjones298]

1:22 Alcoholic with blown liver given a second chance immediately starts drinking again. ffs.

[@R33Racer]

Reminds me of George Best.

[@neighbor18]

Synthehol doesn't destroy your liver.

[@annehaight9963]

If it's synthehol (which from a replicator, it will be), he can drink it 24/7 and it won't harm him.

[@Tom21369]

To be fair what’s stopping you if every disease that comes with it is basically treated like a paper cut

[@darthegdod]

I'm told there's some short stories that follow all three of these people. Stan actually does become a big hit singer and sparks a revival in country and folk music, and eventually becomes sort of a "Frank Sinatra" type entertainer during the Dominion War. He also kicks his addictions. Oppenhouse fittingly becomes the Federation Ambassador the the Ferengi Alliance, and the woman who's name I can't remember joins up with Temporal Affairs and becomes a counselor for other humans that suddenly find themselves in the 24th century. This includes the crew of the USS Bozeman from "Cause and Effect."

[@TheBlarggle]

I'm glad you left this comment. I was gonna leave a similar one.

[@tyrongkojy]

Did Stan team up with the singing hologram (forget name) from DS9?

[@Loki1701e]

Thats cool that they succesfuly intergrated with society.

[@GregNixon]

A little late to this party, but anyone knows the names of these? Are they in one book or sold separately?

[@masakata7040]

good to know ... thx

[@Alexander-tu3iv]

"That particular form of entertainment didn't make it much past the year 2040" I would honestly be suprised if TV survived that long at this point.

[@FlyingMonkies325]

Lol totally they've done absolutely everything, What is there left to do? i can't think of a damn thing, same for books, games and music every genre and scenario has been written about. By the end of the decade in 2030 the Starlink Grid is going to be ready for everyone to use and by the sounds of how it will be used it will go the same way of just being a Database to access rather than The Internet with an overwhelming amount of content which is TOO much we can't ever keep up with all... Simple and more streamlined to access in just 1 place is much better than a million channels and websites, simple is always best for us really. I'm honestly fried by being spoiled by all the shows, movies, music and books too i think we all are i think we have a good collection of stuff now that will help keep generations of people entertained for a lifetime.

[@Bird-Birdy-Love]

Entertainment will still probably be around but the concept of Cable Television will probably will indeed become extinct by than as everything is all stream now, so all our entertainment will go directly online to the Computer.

[@honkhonk8009]

​@@FlyingMonkies325 Nah Starlink is too impractical to use as a databse. In the future instead of paying money to AT&T we gon be paying money to Starlink lmfao. Our servers to hold that shit probably gonna be all underwater cus the cooling comes cheap and they wont get carbon taxed lmfao. Dad works with Azure alot and thats what they were talking baout awhile ago.

[@honkhonk8009]

@@FlyingMonkies325 Language models like ChatGPT gonna be our central database lmfao. You can ask it anything without having to deal with the sheer overflow of useless info from the internet

[@FlyingMonkies325]

​@@honkhonk8009 Starlink once it's ready will no doubt start to make the internet faster and faster there's no slowing it down after this point and china have already come up with 6G while we're still on max speed 4G (despite what internet companies currently advertise lol) ST will start at 5G which is going to be about 6 times faster than 4G already in the UK some people are getting 4 times faster, and because of the very low latency disruptions to the connection will probably be minimal, and because it will be used to control robots and using AI to do a bunch of other things i doubt it will be called the internet at some point. It won't be just Starlink though a few other big companies are in the works of putting a small number of their own satellites up to provide global service, of course yup they would piggyback off starlink to do that but they still need the competition to keep prices down, we already have One Web and now Virgin and Amazon will be part of it too, then a couple other companies sooo we'll have a few to choose from. The problem is with the internet there's too much stuff taking up space most of it that's either junk or just not at all useful none of us actually look at most of the stuff because search engines already put the websites most people found the most useful at the very top lol i rarely ever have to switch to the second page of google to find what i need, meanwhile websites that have SO much content it's the same thing i rarely leave the first page of results lol. There's such a sheer amount of content that we just can't keep up with it... and we're at a point where other people aren't looking at it all anymore either because it's too much, so streamlining it down somehow would be a good way to go so we only have all the best stuff and won't be overwhelmed by so much stuff and there won't be so many search results it has to bring up. The ChatGPT is intriguing but i still see myself just searching things most of the time, it think it's alright to help you spot things you can't see yourself or even when you fail to see the obvious (which i think we're all prone to doing for whatever reasons lol) or get it to give you a list of concepts you need to learn for something, so i think it could be useful to fill the grey area there which i certainly could use (i hope it's just integrated into computers at some point), but if i don't know anything about something then i have no information to provide it nor any idea what i'm looking for. So i think this is why the internet should go more towards a database somehow even if it is still technically a huge database of created content, so then with far less results it can much more easily find what you need.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

It would've been fun to watch Stan go on an interstellar road trip with Data and watch their adventures.

[@barrybrittain6157]

That would've been a totally awesome series! Data and Stan seemed to have a good chemistry, they would've played off one another beautifully much like Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell did on QUANTUM LEAP! I would've watched every episode, it would've been a good TNG spinoff!

[@avonord]

“What do you guys do when you don’t drink and ain’t got no tv?” Netflix and KZbin.

[@stark4614]

And weed

[@marcelojj2009]

It´s a little terrifying how close we are to abbandon television as a form of entertainment (most of us use it only as media for other forms of entertainment, like netflix, youtuble, gaming, and so on) just like in this episode.

[@avonord]

Marcelo Machado And I don’t see it as a good thing. Television used to be a commonality between people in a community or nation. Many of our values are actually built on things we saw on TV. Now that everyone is watching different things, it deepens the political divide.

[@stark4614]

@@avonord You have a point. 🤔

[@chrisurwin9310]

Holodeck...Orion Women....Romulan Ale....Risa....

[@LB-py9ig]

"That particular form of entertainment did not last much beyond the year 2040." You know, back in the day I might have called bs but now... I can see it. Even now below a certain age range basically no one watches network tv.

[@bryanhead2670]

Yes the war three that took place within the star trek story would have killed off TV for good !!

[@FlyingMonkies325]

People currently still watch it and probs will over the next decade, i think throughout 2030 once the starlink grid is ready then all tv channels will go to using internet signals to broadcast instead some channels already are like disney and news channels and tv shows are already streaming online. I think 2040 is right though cos i can see it fading off permanently throughout the 2030s before tv channels are no more... and we just have the news networks streaming on youtube like they already do. As for tv shows and movies i dunno... maybe that will last a bit longer through the 2040s and 50s put on streaming sites, but the fact we've done it all hollywood has to pack up it's bags sooner or later, we know they'll milk it right until the very end though cos it's a multi-billion industry. Once that happens our world will start to escalate to be like in TNG which i know is the "utopia" space age governments are looking to accomplish and there's already space stations in space that sort of have rooms in them and use submarine doors to keep in the pressure for artificial gravity. There's already talks of creating space stations where people can vacation, but there's still work to be done to properly figure out artificial gravity so they can put it in a nice looking space station without the need for ugly submarine doors. Honestly i'm looking forward to it, although now we're getting more tech and it's not quite as it seemed i'm hopeful we'll come out of this addictive tech phase and get to a better place, people will start communicating again in-person and we can start getting somewhere real, too bad we won't get too see things when they get more advanced to TNG level i would like to live in those times.

[@hudsonball4702]

According to one of the TNG novels he does become a famous country singer of the 24th century.

[@FlyingMonkies325]

Yup he goes around all the Federation Space Stations to provide entertainment similar to what Band Aid did, he also managed to cut his habit of drink and drugs because he couldn't get access to it so he had to just go cold turkey i guess until the cravings for it faded.

[@mima2238]

Which novel? I'd love to read it.

[@hudsonball4702]

@@FlyingMonkies325 I think it was one of the TNG Dominion War novels. But don't hold me to that. It's been over 20 years since I read it.

[@FreedomR115]

Why do I get the feeling this guy is somehow a paternal ancestor of the NX-01's Commander Tucker?

[@philliphapsburg8575]

Keep yur shirt on lou-tenant.

[@Ostermond]

I wouldn't be surprised!

[@timf7413]

I literally was just about to post that in a comment.

[@Lawcoom]

I actually live in the home town of Trip and i can tell ya for this a fact Ive never seen guy around town lol

[@Empty-ov3on]

@@Lawcoom probaly because it's a hole in the ground.

[@jayanthony3006]

Seriously, I'd watch I series just about Stan in the 24th Century! What a Spinoff that would be!

[@MrErdner]

Actually, a series with all of the unfrozen folks from that series getting by in the Trek universe would have possibilities.

[@RNABrand]

Totally would.

[@orkz7258]

Exactly. Seeing a fictional utopia and then how people react to something unexpected was the charm :D. The more oddballs and unexpected situations coming up against it the better. It was that contrast that made the best characters or episodes. Buck rogers and various other shows had that same kind of dynamic going on. Today it doesn't exist in fiction much.

[@thedarkerknight2188]

they use the dukes of hazzard themesong for sure

[@RNABrand]

I can imagine Stan being right about him being a bigger star in that timeline on other worlds doing country and I'd want to see him drink some Klingon drinks and get plastered from time to time.

[@Tsuruta1]

He was the most optimistic person out of all the others from cryogenic preservation.

[@momentary_]

He didn't really like his old life so anything is an improvement.

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

He's got an automatic martini machine. What's there not to be optimistic about?

[@TheBaldr]

@@theevilascotcompany9255 Wait until he finds out he can turn off the safety function and replace the Synthehol with Alcohol.

[@artygunnar]

CRYONICS

[@FlyingMonkies325]

@@TheBaldr He didn't... he quit drinking and drugs totally sober.

[@kalijasin]

That Stan guy is pretty smart for being 4 centuries out of date.

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

Jason C. That's charisma for ya. 😉

[@raphaelalexandreyensen6291]

Put it this way lawyers, businessmen, and doctors date back to the stone age. Time doesn't make you smarter, experience makes you wiser though. Most of us would probably believe the earth is the center of the universe unless a few scientists worked out that it didn't. History doesn't repeat itself but it Rhymes.

[@artygunnar]

same tune different instrument

[@___Mal]

Which they had the wrath of Stan

[@nicolezhang8116]

He went toe to toe with the Ferengi as the Federation's ambassador to them and later became the Secretary of Commerce. I'd say his expertise was quite well used in the future.

[@Nick-vp3uk]

I love when he cancels that whole big order then just asks for a martini with two olives ( for the vitamins) and then winks. Makes me laugh everytime!!

[@FlyingMonkies325]

LOL yeh and he was an alcohol and drug addict in his previous 21st century life, got caught up in the whole hollywood way of life since he was a singer and by the sounds of his popular twindled. So he was still having cravings for that stuff, too the martini over food and then was asking Beverly for some drugs because he was gagging for a fix. Such a fun guy though i hope he went on many adventures, Riker and Picard seemed to like him apart from his questionable behaviors.

[@potaterjim]

"How do I get a hold of that fella with the strange looking face?" "...which one?"

[@jimmyzhao2673]

lol

[@Mikedeela]

Find a couple of low mileage pit wolfies and help 'em build a memory, is one of my favorite lines from the entire series.

[@briandessero4580]

A low mileage pit wolfies Hahaha

[@asnowballinhell]

I can't believe Riker didn't get that. He must have been pulling Data's leg.

[@stevegoode2735]

Mine is "good one warf..... eat any good books lately?" - low mileage pit woofies is my second.

[@terrathelunatic]

What *does* it mean?

[@Mikedeela]

@@terrathelunatic A pit wolfie is a race car reference, with the pit being the place where they do quick repairs on the race cars during a race. Wolfie refers to racing groupies that, in this case, hang at the pit to meet the drivers. So it basically means he wants to find youngish racing groupies and give them a memorable night. Of course, outside of this one reference, I never heard the expression before.

[@Swindle1984]

Stan is a simple man who takes life as he finds it and tries to make the best of whatever situation he's in. Be more like Stan. Minus the substance abuse.

[@YD-uq5fi]

He spanked Beverly Crusher!

[@thecoldhardtruth6819]

He should I give her a kiss on the cheek to just to make it real good

[@blaggerfiftysix]

Who wouldn't want to spank Dr Crusher...

[@Sight-Beyond-Sight]

@@blaggerfiftysix Even as a kid, I found her more attractive than Troi. I think I like her doctor's uniform better.

[@cgavin1]

Hi. I'm from 2020. I think you'll find that's 'sexual assault'. I hope he has a good attorney and a decent selection of walkies.

[@arav13]

@@Sight-Beyond-Sight what are you on about... Troi >>>> Crusher

[@ThunderAppeal]

'Sounds like he hated life, but he spent a lot of money to freeze himself.' Sounds like Walt Disney.

[@michaelbujaki2462]

I just saw a video about cryogenics. Disney wanted to be frozen, but he didn't get the paperwork done in time. kzbin.info/www/bejne/joHXnWdvgpmGq5I

[@aramfingal5180]

Stan was the best unfrozen 21st century human since Khan.

[@the1tigglet]

Stan is from Kentucky and is also a musician which means he likely had his own band or was a folk singer himself. He probably played in bars all over Kentucky or in Tennessee since Nashville was a hotspot for country and folk musicians.

[@FlyingMonkies325]

Yes because in the future once he sorted through things, got better with his alcohol and drug addiction, and adjusted to the 23rd century he went on tour around federation space stations and they loved it so much it got people back into 20th and 21st century music. It was written in one of the star trek books. Based on him saying "well i'll be bigger than i ever was" he was clearly quite a popular country musician in the 20th century but sounds like he just didn't feel appreciated and his career was on decline, which is no surprise there at all. His behaviors of addiction and touching people without permission and sleeping around no surprise there either because record companies corrupt musicians in such a way so they're vulnerable enough to take advantage of them. The actor player Sonny Clemmons aka Stan very accurately.

[@Sarasdad91]

Turns out that Data may hay have been right about Television. They predict TV will phase out between 2030 and 2040. Those writers had gifted insight sometimes.

[@michaelbujaki2462]

If you watch the first series closely, some of the male extras were wearing women's uniforms. Roddenberry sneaked transgender acceptance into the show in a time when being gay was barely legal.

[@throwawaytrash33]

@@michaelbujaki2462 Timestamp?

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

"Best martini I've ever had." Season 2: _Irishman orders whiskey_ "Terrible!"

[@NJGuy1973]

1:53-2:03 "They won 14 division titles? Four Hall Of Famers? Man, I picked a lousy time to get frozen! What else, did the Falcons win a Super Bowl?" "Oh, you're not going to believe this..."

[@omegasupreme1970]

no but the Saints did... Stan : Now I know you are feeding me bull son ..The Saints winning a Super Bowl what next the Cubs winning a World Series..

[@NJGuy1973]

@@omegasupreme1970 "Yeah, the Cubs did win, and that wasn't the weirdest thing to happen in 2016."

[@don312000]

@@NJGuy1973 Then 2020 was so screwed up the freakin' Cleveland Browns won the Super Bowl! ;)

[@davidgeoghegan8506]

Atlanta Braves are like the Buffalo Bills

[@TheStapleGunKid]

Well we've got 20 years until we find out in ST's prediction about television comes true.

[@FlyingMonkies325]

It's totally right we can already see it, once the Internet Satellite Grid aka Starlink is fully ready for everyone to use at the end of the decade in 2030 it will be over for Television, already shows and movies are just going online, of course if you read between the lines it was also the end of shows and movies because nobody seems to create them anymore in their world, and judging from the way things are going with The Entertainment Industry for books, games, shows, movies and music everyone's done it all lol so i think we're looking at the whole industry going down within the next 15 years at least maybe sooner, forcing us to find things to do rather than being distracted by it, Star Trek TNG is too realistic to not have been told about it lol. The internet Satellite Grid is also capable of transferring power between cities then eventually countries from what i've read about energy being able to sent as a signal and they can already do this using Satellites, China are working on one that takes energy from the sun in space then sends it as a signal there will probs be some loss as it travels to where it's sent but it can help in emergency situations. It will be the start of being connected to a giant Grid the same as they have in Star Trek, what you see in Star Trek TNG is the internet the way they talk to other ships on the view screen or made video calls to earth and other planets then how they transfer files but in some ways they didn't keep things so open source anymore and different people have access to different things depending on what they do and their starfleet rank. They have access to tones of information still and they seem to create and write things for others, there's also a Federation News Channel too because journalism still exists but not really in the same way as now because i imagine they wouldn't be able to be as horrible as The Media are in our current time, but it's more like a sorted Database rather than millions of websites existing which frankly is chaotic and hard to control lol. From how Microsoft and Google have been talking about it and allowing Elon Musk to connect to their Databases i think we'll see the start of things going the same way where we can access it as just a Archive of information, it's better that way really so we'll actually get up and do things rather than being addicted to it. I can't wait honestly... we've all lived through to know what being addicted to the internet does to us i'm FREE! lol.

[@tonystephenson4842]

No tv after 2040...We will see

[@hardwirecars]

with youtube its on the way. well youtube and netflix and the like

[@1701odin]

That's still TV.

[@xzenitramx666]

Tony Stephenson is refering the tv if a gadget already many people dont watch tv

[@CaptApril123]

Correct.. I live with 20 somethings.. traditional television they don't watch. Specific shows via netflix, HBO GO, etc.. yes. More online activities and social mingles than my parents generation. Surprisingly they're big into board games and playing musical instruments together. More like their great grandparents generation.. I shall not be sorry to see TV go the way of the buggy whip, it wasted lots of time.

[@olo-burrows]

Allow me to introduce you to the latest waste of time: it's called The Internet.

[@Alaninbroomfield]

They should've made Stan a recurring character, for comedy relief, like Troy's mother. hahahaha

[@kentvesser9484]

He should have become involved with Troi's mother. They would have been a pairing.

[@jimmyzhao2673]

An excellent idea. Do you read any Star Trek novels ? Contact the author and pitch him your idea. (I think the businessman they unfroze became an ambassador to the Ferengi)

[@pandaphil]

Obviously his tastes aren't as refined as Scotty's.

[@hardwirecars]

martini is easyer to fake than a fine glass of scotch you have trash vs the drink of the angels.

[@MrStabby19812]

Same as Picards family don’t drink replicated trash and make the real deal. Or Siscos dad and his real food.

[@Howyaduing]

I’m sure for a person from prewarp earth couldn’t tell the difference between from real & replicated

[@GeoStreber]

It is ... green.

[@snidelywhiplash]

Nothing wrong with a good martini, though.

[@southendparaquest]

"same dance, different tune". Great words!

[@noahbawdy3395]

My beloved cat was named Stan. Short for Stanley H. Tweedle, Captain of the Lexx. Thank you for the video :)

[@DejectedCat]

If you're a chill enough dude, you can thrive in any era.

[@jimraynor5172]

Data lookin back over his shoulder gets me every time

[@jayrollins4111]

2040 - he did a good job of not mentioning the Eugenics wars

[@Grey_Shard]

Star Trek isekai episodes (or portal stories) allow for the writers to explore more of the universe/lore. Modern people don't normally spend time talking about internal combustion engines and fuel chemistry in their everyday lives, but something like this allows the writer to have someone ask about everyday items for the setting.

[@JasonGabler]

I just want to know the genius who actually came up with "low milage pit woofie".

[@crucisnh]

I wasn't the biggest fan of the season one episodes, mostly because they were still kind of coming up to speed on their character development and writing stories that were a little edgier. But this was one of the better episodes. I liked the concept of discovering people in cryosleep, but just plain ol' people rather than Khan's super soldiers. It was a bit like a first contact style episode, but between 24th century humans and earlier humans. But it also had the little gamesmanship between the Enterprise and a Romulan ship. Lots of interesting moving pieces in the story, all in all.

[@Howlrunner82]

"I paid a fortune to get frozen...and these assholes shot me into space...I sue the hell out them"

[@kev3d]

The only person in the galaxy who apparently prefers replicated sythahol to the real thing. Of course, his taste buds have been frozen for over 300 years, so.

[@theshlauf]

It seemed like before season 3 the replicators served real alcohol. There was an episode during season 2 where a bunch of Irish farmers got drunk on replicated Klingon booze.

[@philippesoares1745]

@@theshlauf Irish drunk on Klingon booze? Why does it smell of fist figth sudenly?

[@marvenlunn6086]

@@theshlauf that's because the farmer asked for real alcohol and worf got it for him

[@theshlauf]

@@marvenlunn6086 Yeah... from the the replicator.

[@petersenior5432]

@@theshlauf That was a writer strike ep... does it even count?

[@The_Ninedalorian]

This is pretty good Stan the good ole boy in the 24th centruy Banned so hard from Social Media in our time He had to freeze himself to escape the persecution

[@apollo684]

As a life long Atlanta Braves fan I love when he mentions them here

[@TherealSBlair]

"see if the Braves are on" YES!!! "still finding ways to lose" Touche' :/

[@DaUsualSuspact]

@@TherealSBlair Well, it was 1988 when this episode aired .... and the Braves were in the midst of being god awful.

[@pferreira1983]

This essentially pretty much all of Leon Rippy's scenes and what I'll always remember him for. I very much approve.

[@thomasturner3583]

2:20 Star Trek got it right again.

[@2150dalek]

Stan is pretty cool. He's not a male chauvinist, or racist, bigot, -he's just himself....Good 'ol country boy.

[@Bladeofwar94]

Kind of like these out of time stories. Really interesting concept.

[@a22024]

We need a series with this guy as the captain

[@scorpio66invt]

Low Mileage Pit Wofffies... Young chicks with hot bodies

[@aaronreyes1590]

I thought he was referring to drag racing

[@TOFKAS01]

1:41 An in other scenes, they describe the artificial drinks as not very good compared to real liquor. But it would make sense that you have a "no drugs and no alcohol"-policy onboard of a starship.

[@jimmyzhao2673]

Except for the Romulan Ale that Guinan keeps behind the bar for special occasions.

[@YD-uq5fi]

This episode made the Enterprise crew look very amateurish. i) They didn't conceal visible non-humans from sight at first, which should be an obvious aspect of easing them in. ii) They didn't assign an Ensign or someone to get them up to speed. They just let them sit there. Just showing them the replicator would have kept them occupied and happy for a while. iii) They didn't even have someone guard the door. iv) Putting them in a '1990 USA' Holodeck simulation would also have kept them happy. The Enterprise crew just failed totally. 800+ Starfleet Officers, and still.

[@robertsnyder1890]

love this guy in any century. he Know i mean HE KNOWS what is going on an any century.

[@the1tigglet]

I loved his character it was funny! I gotta get me a couple of low mileage pit wolfies and help them build a memory!

[@StormsandSaugeye]

I'm from the mid west and this sure don't make no kind of sense. I reckon it has to do with hookers though.

[@FlyingMonkies325]

@@StormsandSaugeye No it means to find some girls to sleep with who're easy and low self-esteem, typical standard practise of messed up 20th and 21st Century men :D it's like eww... lol, he didn't seem to get that's not how things worked anymore though and that was still his self-destructive tendencies kicking in. Why do you think he then asked Data to be his side man? lol he wants to "build a memory" that's what he was after with Dr Crusher "It's not a matter of need darling, it's a matter of survival *eye wiggle*".

[@sahaquiel4640]

@@StormsandSaugeye It does lmao

[@bfree-gm6xw]

really wanted to have an extended episode on this. does anyone know if any of the books delve into the things raised in this episode more? they did a good job, but there was so much more that could've been discussed with all of this. for one, the wealthy guy might have enjoyed learning about the Ferengi.

[@ensignmjs7058]

b. free, the "wealthy guy" does get mentioned in a novel. He becomes an ambassador for the Federation. I don't remember the novel as I read it 20 years ago. The funny thing is that I do remember that when meeting Picard again he ordered a Coke or a Dr. Pepper or some other carbonated drink from the replicator. That stuck with me because he said he had to program it into the replicator. I assume it's because it has no nutritional value so a starship wouldn't replicate it and because the recipe was so old. Also, because it was "fizzing," the novel version of Picard thought it looked like it came from a chemistry experiment. I read somewhere else that he is mentioned in a second novel. I would imagine the character does rebuild a reputation for himself because that's the kind of man he is. But I don't think that, working for the Federation, he became "rich" again. His "wealth" would come from respect for his accomplishments, perks for being an ambassador, and self-improvement.

[@bfree-gm6xw]

Yes, I found out that all three appear in a couple of different novels. The wealthy guy was ambassador to the Ferengi! Which I immediately thought of after watching the clip. Later he goes on to serve as Economic Secretary for the Federation or something like that. The woman goes on to serve as a counselor for time-shifted peoples. The musician, well, I couldn't find anything out there. There are two moments that were interesting in the show for me: where he asks for a copy of the WSJ, and the other guy asks to watch TV. And in both cases -- nope, we do not have those on the Enterprise.

[@ensignmjs7058]

Thank you. I didn't know anything about the woman or the musician.

[@USSMariner]

@@ensignmjs7058 this is a funny thing since DS9 (specifically Quark) establishes that Root Beer is alive and well in the Federation.

[@kentvesser9484]

@@USSMariner Like real alcohol it may be an artisan produced product where there are a handful of small bottlers on or near Terran space that make and ship soda pops galaxy wide as a kind of luxury product much as genuine Scotch is still made on Earth and shipped around. Some people will pay for the real thing either due to superior taste or because it is "bad" for them.

[@YD-uq5fi]

Data was so cute when the 'Side Man' offer was presented.

[@ContentWizard]

I love and totally agree with some of the comments about wishing there had been continued stories in some sort of series with these characters. ALL of them were intriguing in their own way (for me, especially Stan). This got me thinking (while reading the comments) how my favorite of the feature films made of Star Trek series were the two that dealt with sort of similar scenarios, reversed: The Voyage Home when the original series characters go to San Francisco and deal with whales, etc. and the TNG movie "First Contact." Time travel stories are generally my favorite type of science fiction so this fits right in in a sense.

[@chasethevioletsun9996]

I could watch an entire Star Trek series of this guy.

[@odysseusrex5908]

It would have been interesting if they had followed up on all three of these characters.

[@erictaylor5462]

Who wants to feel old? At the time of this episode, the oldest regular cast member, Patrick Stewart (Picard) was 47. The youngest cast member Wil Wheaton (W. Crusher) was 15. This July (2019) Will Wheaton will celebrate his 47th birthday.

[@leonandrews7180]

I remember watching this the first time in college in 1987 and we sort of went “Why did they pick such an OLD MAN as a captain?” Our criticism was somewhat valid, Picard looked old. I was 19 then so 47 was old, but Picard looked 60 to me.

[@erictaylor5462]

@@leonandrews7180 I was in high school myself. So, how's the "over 50" category there, old man? It's funny, when I look at those old episode, Picard doesn't look as old to me as he used to. To be fair, at the time my own parents were 43. My parents have always been old to me, even when they were in their 30's. I think "old" is like fusion. It's always 20 years older than we are. When I was 17 (in 1987) old was 37. Now I'm 49 old is 69.

[@xaenon]

Shut up, Wesley..... er, Eric! lol.... I don't need to be reminded #&*@!!! how old I am....

[@erictaylor5462]

​@@xaenon Maybe not now, but how much longer before the senility sets in?

[@xaenon]

@@erictaylor5462 Senility? Bring it on! Not only will I have something for people to chalk up my 'antisocial' behavior to, but I won't be able to recognize or remember the shitstorm that is the modern world. Senility? YEAH, baby! With a side order of Alzheimers and a pitcher of beer, please..... lol

[@crustyescaped]

Y'know... it MIGHT have been appropriate. Could you imagine being in space, bumping into an alien species, and inviting them over for music and booze? Yes, even the Romulans. Maybe we wouldn't be at odds with them for centuries.

[@lukevankleef4245]

That makes me wonder though, what DO they do? I mean, do they have the internet? They cant be working every single waking moment, they gotta relax at some point.

[@joshtherandom3641]

I guess they use the holodeck.

[@lukevankleef4245]

Makes sense.

[@Strifegar]

They have the holo-deck. Think about that, you wouldn't want anything else. You could create any environment, any situation. Also, think of how great porn would be! lol

[@lukevankleef4245]

Aw yeah!

[@hardwirecars]

holodeck poker with friends socializing exploring we have seen they have the concept of video games so i bet its not as much more different than now just more advanced ways to waste time.

[@V4EVega]

He caught Riker too early in his career. Bearded Riker would have been his new best friend lol

[@mariannecanoofficial]

this was an old movie never heard of this thanks for sharing

[@CelticBomber]

Old movie?! It's a TV show that ran for years and was hugely popular. I understand my grandfather more and more..... damned kids, GET OFF MY LAWN!

[@larsdols3157]

No television beyond 2040. That's 20 years from now. I SERIOUSLY doubt it.

[@jeffstorm]

I think I'll sign up for one of those Pit-woofies, my memories are fading and I need new ones!

[@algonzalez4889]

As they say, the only thing that never changes is change it's self, get ready, be ready, it's always coming...

[@dfire351]

I don't see TV, or at least web shows going anywhere after 2040. After so many decades it's still as popular as ever, and that's less than 20 years away.

[@pbdye1607]

There's no way Brent Spiner didn't crack up several times at 2:26.

[@michaelfulton3059]

Brent is from Houston, Texas originally. He's used to hearing people talk like that.

[@kevinslater4126]

I'm actually shocked TV lasts until 2040. My grandmother is the only person I know who still has one and she's 95

[@cmderinchief]

TV only has 19 years left!

[@smcneal057]

This episode gave us a subtle hint of what was to come with the Borg.

[@colinp2238]

I wanted him to say lordy lordy or gee willikas.

[@aldofhister6859]

That food and drink replicator is the star of the show if you ask me

[@deesee3622]

I would order so much crap lol

[@marvenlunn6086]

I wonder why he thought his drink was so good Scott didn't think his was fit to drink

[@dewok2706]

this guy is the best part of the entire season

[@Omegatonboom]

Stan The younglings have created a new definition of that word.. But for the record, I was there when it was written.

[@Sunspot9522]

TV not existing in the future is absurd. That's like saying books or videogames wouldn't exist in that future, which they definitely do in the Star Trek Universe.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Very few people I interact with still "watch TV". Yes, they may stream a video here and there but that's not the same thing. Streaming a video you are specifically choosing what you want to entertain you, not the other way around, which is how network TV always operated. It is already vastly different than in the era this series ran, where the typical family home was watching network TV. These days, it's about the household selecting choosing what form of media they want.

[@johnking5174]

2:05 - Well now in November 2021, linear TV is dying, with hardly anyone watching the normal stations, all now watch online, streaming, on demand. By 2040 it would not surprise me if any form of TV would be dead and gone.

[@therexbellator]

They gotta bring Stan back to the continuity if they do another post-TNG show/movie. Leon Rippy's performance was fantastic.

[@finscreenname]

Why don't you come back later on an' you and me'll find us a couple o' low-mileage pit woofies and help 'em build a memory ... has to be the best line in any Star Trek show ever.

[@ArcDragoon]

Is Stan the only person who doesn't complain about synthesized alcohol?

[@w41duvernay]

How the do you come out of being frozen and order a martini? I would have had the steak and a couple of different meals after not eating for 300 years.

[@saintricardo8746]

Him and McCoy would be best friends

[@calvinharris3153]

Well at least Stan didn't know about Khan's rule during 1990's and bell riot of 2024 and WW3 of 2050 and also the first contact 2060

[@Scyllax]

Offenhaus was one of the investors in the cryogenic spacecraft Khan was shot into the sky with.

[@itsmeekers]

His ex wives continues to stomp his will to live even in the next century.

[@hon.mr.ronburgundyiiiesq.2096]

Gotta love the "mitchell" slide guitar. Lol MITCHELL!

[@rickbentley8152]

Somebody should’ve showed Stan the holodeck.

[@lmpoar]

Wasn't he also General West in the 1994 Stargate film, and a doctor in that show Alcatraz where they all supposedly disappeared from the island in 1963, with Sam Neill?

[@Howdy76]

I Remember that episode. Thanks, you tube, How

[@james-ud9lp]

Whatever did happen to this guy? I mean he's a C Class characters so chances are they didn't write a backstory for him I'll be kind of curious as to what happened

[@kos2919]

He became a popular country singer and revived country music on earth

[@luckyvet]

I don't know about you, but I'm rooting for this dude lmao

[@FlyingMonkies325]

LOVE this episode like it gets we face palming myself over our society because that's what it's like, they got nothing to do without alcohol or a tv, or so they think lol, we live in sad times indeed... it makes me wish i could be sent a few hundred years more into the future when we got proper spaceships like in TNG and i won't bat an eye ether lol, i'll definitely need help sorting through issues the 21st century caused though... but i'm sure a batazoid will help me out there, if there is such a humanoid species.

[@archangelstormrider3695]

My favorite line of his.... "Low mileage pit woffies"

[@FirstLastOne]

Did they ever find any on board was my question back in 1988...

[@annehaight9963]

@@FirstLastOne I guess it depends if they still have stock car racing.

[@FlyingMonkies325]

I can't help but laugh the way he says it even when it's not very respectful to women ew... but LOL xD.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@FirstLastOne Jenna D'Sora

[@MidnightMoon197]

This guy's great!

[@Calmputer]

how'd he get a Martini if the replicator can only do synthetic alcohol (which according to Scotty was a VERY far cry from real alcohol)?

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

I always wanted to see that steak and potatoes come out of there.

[@jimmyzhao2673]

Stan was banned on *both sides* of the neutral zone.

[@josefmanga]

This is before the concept of synthehol came to be.

[@LTDANMAN44]

i want to see more about this guy

[@DblOSmith]

18 years until TV dies. Can't wait.