TNG Data picks up anvils (Time's Arrow; Thine Own Self)

[@throughmyshadow]

"Odd, this anvil is made out of polypropylene, a substance often referred to as styrofoam."

[@tommypetraglia4688]

👍🤣

[@thetruth7633]

Hahahaha yes and the blacksmith was faking his injury for false insurance claim reasons

[@notreallyme425]

“Expanded polystyrene actually,” replies Data.

[@LuminousLead]

Anvil is made out of the same material as the barrels that fell on Worf XD

[@tommypetraglia4688]

@@LuminousLead Funny then how the spine of a fierce rugged warring Klingon snapped like so much uncooked spaghetti 🤣 Really Worf, Worf, Son of Mogh, you really need tone down the level settings on your bat'leth hologram program

[@redengineer4380]

If I had a nickel for every time Data picked up an Anvil, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@SightForMemories]

Give or take a couple of takes, that's still almost a quarter.

[@troyterry6919]

Data only jumps off a ledge twice if I remember. Arsenal of freedom. And First Contact film.

[@dannywhite648]

@@troyterry6919 what about Encounter at Farpoint

[@troyterry6919]

@@dannywhite648 in the holodeck?

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

hopefully a few more times and you will be able to buy a second joke :)

[@bon7029]

Data: Did I do something wrong? Garvin: No, you only lifted a 2 ton anvil with your back and not your knees.

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Exquisite 👍

[@dkilgu82]

Lift with your back in a side to side violent twisting motion.

[@RobMacKendrick]

Christ, thanks, Jaiden. Now OSHA's gonna be all up in our faces

[@kellyweingart3692]

😂😂😂😂

[@StuartCullen]

The anvil is heavy as it contains the element of rock

[@bobpage6597]

Indeed, and wood burns because fire lives within 🤣🤣

[@Chris_Sizemore]

@@bobpage6597 That sort of "science" was accepted as truth until the 1600s (in the west). In the last 200 years our understand of chemistry and physics has altered considerably. Anything you'd recognize as a computer only came to exist in the last 100. And in 100 years from now there is a good chance that scientists will reject most of the theories we think of as fact as well.

[@slitor]

That's why Metal Bending is a subset of Rock Bending.

[@pepe6666]

@@Chris_Sizemore your conclusion is pretty ignorant. its an old cliche that has never been true. the mistakes of the past are not indicative of the mistakes of the future. we dont just 'reject' things. technology improves & we learn the bounds of where theories are true. newton isn't rejected - we just expanded into more domains than he was aware of. hell, we still use his physics models - calculus - many more things. after all - if what you say is true, then in the future we should have different ways to make mistakes as well. different from how you predict. so what you say amounts to sweet fuck all

[@Chris_Sizemore]

@@pepe6666 First, lets not confuse mathematics with science. Those are two distinctly different disciplines and the way they are developed and "proven" are very different. Second, theories are never 'true'. Theories are theories and the best theory is the most valid until a better theory is validated. This is why the scientific method is so vital, because it allows individuals to reproduce the experiments and independently verify the theory the experiment was designed to test. This is also why 'science' that relies on statistical analysis and neglects experiments isn't science, because it isn't independently verifiable. Though if the scientific community continues to advance in the direction they have been following for the last 30 years experiments will be a relic of a bygone era and all theories will be judged on peer review and how well they fit with the current trends in the community. Right now the scientific community rejects plenty of people that call into question theories that are only supported by statistical analysis without any experiments to back them. Why? Because those 'scientists' can't afford to have the credibility of their work questioned because they have no experiments to verify their theories. If they allow people to openly question their theories it comes out that they can't actually defend their work because there are no actual tests of their validity. Or in another 70 years the scientific community could correct itself and demand that the only disciplines that be referred to as science be ones that use experiments. That is highly unlikely. Being called a science gives a great deal of prestige and the discipline that have cloaked themselves in that holy mantel won't want to give up their hard 'earned' legitimacy. Now lets not confuse useful theories and accurate theories. Newton is still taught because it is easy to understand. If you go into physics you'll learn Newtonian physics, and then you'll be introduced to the theories that replaced those, and then the theories that replaced those. Moving from theories that are easily demonstrated to theories that are not as easy to demonstrate is a proven teaching method. Starting at the most current theory without any background means the student lacks a proper foundation to understand the theory they have been presented with. Heck, Chemistry starts off teaching students with theories that have been completely disproven because it is a necessary background to understand organic chemistry. Honestly, I don't feel like I'm the one that is ignorant here.

[@iloveihop07]

"Jaden.... put it down..." "Okay" *Data drops anvil* "AAAAAAH MYYYY LEGGG AGAINNNNNNNN"

[@Siegberg91]

Dont cry its just a flesh wound.

[@HacksignKT]

kek

[@danielemarie439]

iloveihop07 i dont know why, but this made me laugh like a maniac 😆😂

[@rkmugen]

"Walk it off!"

[@HacksignKT]

seems legit

[@margotrosendorn6371]

*awkwardly feigns injury* "Ow. I believe I have overexerted myself."

[@jeremyhulbert3343]

Gives Bears fans awful flashbacks of Cutler.

[@Jbird1978Qqqqqq]

That’s how I feel when I pick up my girlfriend

[@finaladvance5085]

I honestly thought he had a system malfunction and needed legitimate repairs

[@resolute123]

I love the subtle changes in Garvin's face when Data picked up the anvil. At first shock and awe and fear of Data's superhuman strength, but later when Data inquired if he did something wrong, Garvin recognized Data was concern of the well being of others which pacified his fears.

[@Elly3981]

Garvin, his daughter Gia, and the lady doctor were the only ones to didn't fear Data and knew he was a good person.

[@lukes3dworks533]

When the dude said "put it down" i was so certain data was just going to drop it on that dudes leg again! LOL good ol' Data.

[@GalenMarekOfficial]

i would have laughed my ASS OFF!!!!!! :D

[@Tshot88]

I felt the same way but to be fair, he did say "put it down" and not "drop it". Data does just that.

[@aramfingal5180]

"Poor choice of words" as the Joker would say.

[@terminat1]

Yeah, because that's in his character. (I don't believe you really thought that.)

[@patricksanders858]

That would be robotic, not android.

[@ericgarcia4745]

Dude screaming with the crushed foot, was so shocked by Data, he forgot his pain 🤣

[@hardwirecars]

it can happen shock is a powerful numbing agent.

[@AzguardMike]

you can even be soo distracted or focused on something else to not even notice a injury.

[@kimothy1701]

@@AzguardMike just like Carmen Ibanez in Starship Troopers gets stabbed by a bug, which goes completely through her shoulder at least an 8 inch hole and walks out of the cave with her arms wrapped around Rico and Carl laughing and joking as if nothing had happened

[@Zoloft77]

@@kimothy1701 While holding and firing a weapon.

[@forlornd]

"Ow". Best Data quote ever.

[@slightlyfoxed9809]

Yeah it was him lifting an anvil that first aroused everyone's suspicions something was a bit funny...because no one had noticed the 2 month old corpse skin tone and the funny eyes at all

[@dtoad48]

If memory serves, they explain that away because he is/from a "hill people" (or something).

[@SylvanasWindrunnerResurrected]

Someone looking funny is one thing. Someone doing something literally superhuman is another.

[@cosmodeus1720]

@@dtoad48 They thought he was an "ice man".

[@Shiirow]

they wrote it off as him being from the far north and his pale skin was from lack of sunlight.

[@g00gleminus96]

These were pre-industrial people, roughly equivalent to Earth's early renaissance or late medieval period who had what can only be called a weak grasp of science. They were mixing in a lot of supposition and conjecture with their logic and evidence. For example, they still thought that the basic elements of nature were earth, air, fire and water. So it's not surprising they thought that Data was an "ice man."

[@LordBloodraven]

Thine Own Self was beautifully written and directed. It would have been too easy to have these people worship Data as a god. To instead have them regard him with unease, despite having saved that man's leg was realistic. It's only natural to fear what we do not understand.

[@artboymoy]

To be fair, he also brought the plague of radiation.

[@Foebane72]

@@artboymoy But the radioactive metal pieces were safely stored away in the Starfleet container when he had them. The problem was that Data forgot what "radioactive" means, and the people wanted to make use of the metal, so it was a double tragedy.

[@rasnac]

Forget a mediveal society, people would react with unease if not shock if someone lifted an anvil like Data did today.

[@pmagrin]

@@Foebane72 Its based off the Goiânia accident in 1987 in Brazil.

[@ShanghaiRooster]

@Master of Sinanju Master of Sinanju It would have been only the ignorant in earlier times who believed the Earth to be flat (rather like today). Ancient Greek mathematicians had demonstrated that the earth is a globe during the 5th century BC (though they calculated its circumference too small). Galileo's conflict with the church was over his advocacy of heliocentrism, as opposed to the Aristotelian geocentrism. Nothing to do with inventions. Pope Paul V was initially sympathetic to some of Galileo's ideas, but the scientist had made many powerful enemies by ridiculing proponents of geocentrism. He was by no means infallible however, as he rejected Kepler's correct argument that the tides are caused by the moon's rotation around the earth.

[@hbar895348]

wow Brent spiner must have worked out for a long time to be able to lift an anvil like that

[@Terrekain]

I kind of knew it wasn't an iron anvil given the bouncy response whenever the smith hammered or when he set it down. An anvil that's supposed to be that heavy just doesn't sway like that.

[@SightForMemories]

@@Terrekain Are you saying Data isn't an android?

[@DadClone]

Spinner was definitely SWOLE

[@Elly3981]

Lol, I'm pretty sure Brent was pretty strong but not THAT strong :D

[@TheValeyard92]

I like how the guy stops screaming the second Data lifts the anvil off his leg.

[@YllwNinja82]

dont worry guys its not iron but a dense form of styrofoam

[@seanmce5342]

I sense that you mocking Deanna.

[@SilverAura]

No, it's made of rock and fire. Didn't you pay attention in class?

[@dannygjk]

There is a type of Styrofoam that is relatively dense.

[@thisismagacountry1318]

The twist was they used a real anvil. Brent Spiner is strong AF.

[@wristdisabledwriter2893]

Well he didn’t say were to put it down lol

[@Haaris.Qureshi]

I would've laughed if he had slammed it right back down on the guy's foot again when he was told to 'put it down'

[@blahanddar4673]

3 stooges style....

[@blahanddar4673]

waaa waaaaa waaaaaahhhhh!

[@sammaks]

Or on Garvin's leg, then both would be on the floor screaming like little boys!

[@georgebusby6466]

Wasn't told "drop it", Garvin said, "Put it down." Pay attention.

[@farexlor9938]

@@georgebusby6466 exactly, Data only ever drops the shields....

[@seanpazdera6407]

0:27 Me pretending to be injured to get out of chores.

[@Cx10110100]

i believe you're refering to 0:14

[@seanpazdera6407]

Пацантрэ ВащеРебята Either one works.

[@adammullarkey4996]

"Oh, I am so terribly sick, I couldn't possibly go to school today! I shall have to stay at home and play video games instead! Oh, the horror!"

[@sunshowermess143]

I always imagined Lore had a similar experience with people that Data had in "Thine own self", but because he had emotions he became resentful.

[@Elly3981]

The difference is that the colonists knew exactly what Lore was while these village people didn't know what Data was.

[@A5traTheSuccubus]

"Ow, I believe I have over exerted myself" Data- Star Trek TNG

[@robertsides3626]

It's painful to think about the missed comedic opportunity they had for Data to put the anvil back on that man's leg.

[@Starbat88]

That's not Data's style...

[@robertsides3626]

@@Starbat88 Taking things literally is precisely Data's style.

[@Starbat88]

@@robertsides3626 I mean, it wouldn't be Data's style to cause another person pain for the sake of humor. He wouldn't even get his own joke, as he does not understand humor.

[@unematrix]

@@robertsides3626 Taking things litterally and not understanding the consequences of your actions are two entirely different things. Putting it down on the leg would mean more harm while it's logical to deduce that putting it down anywhere else would not cause harm. Hence, as Data isn't malicious and seeks to avoid injuries (as explained in other episodes as well), it would be only natural to put it down somewhere where it won't cause harm.

[@Elly3981]

@@unematrix True. Data could have also destroyed the stolen antiques in Fajo's collection in "The Most Toys" episode to scare the man into releasing him or simply tear apart the Chinese finger trap he got stuck in but he doesn't like to destroy things needlessly. He also managed to take over the Enterprise and beam himself off the ship in response to Dr. Soong's homing signal without hurting anyone.

[@DeathBringer769]

Time's Arrow... one of the best episodes ever.

[@stevekolhoff9240]

"It is a Starship".

[@Shiirow]

clearly in the second situation his "overexertion subroutine" wasnt working properly, and he couldnt go "ow" in order to shirk suspicion.

[@totallypreposterous]

i like the costumes. the locals look like they're dressed out of a fairy tale

[@dphorgan]

totallypreposterous All Star Treks costumes are awesome. Especially when they go back in time. Like "Little Green Men" from DS9.

[@augmentedkeys5971]

Sorry to kill your fantasy, but people really did dress that way centuries ago.

[@Frankie2012channel]

That particular planet, the inhabitants were the technological equivalent of Europe's Early Renaissance Period and the topography and climate was similar to Italy in the 1400s. One figures that the clothing might evolve in a similar fashion.

[@kleetus92]

I like how the guy is beating his tool with another tool... not something he's actually making... no wonder the anvil fell on him...

[@Hugh.Manatee]

In the first shot it looks like he's hammering something held in the tongs. The hammer lands behind the tongs from the camera perspective. In the over the shoulder shot that follows, it appears the tongs are empty. So was he just hammering the anvil next to the tongs?

[@kenmolinaro]

Like you've never beat your tool now and again.

[@mirkopolyak3592]

Hugh Manatee in the opening shot, there is a shadow on the anvil under the “piece” that he is hammering, so there is definitely something there. at that time. Later is another matter.

[@johnnyisherela]

Is that first part sexual, it kinda sounds sexual?

[@purple_star_man4977]

He was probably just repairing or creating a new pair of tongs

[@michaelbowie3269]

An anvil was also Data's dream.

[@brandonwachter2264]

Good memory 👍. Their was a Raven there too in that one. 😜✌

[@rpietsch9]

TNG with special guest appearance by Lou Costello as the Blacksmith.

[@leslieshafer6343]

What, no thank you for getting an anvil off the top of somebody. The villagers are certainly lacking in manners.

[@swishfish8858]

These are the same fools that believe fire lives in trees and just needs to be coaxed to come out. I wouldn't put much stock in their brainpower on any level.

[@patrickhebdo5423]

@@swishfish8858 and a blacksmith who doesn’t test any new metal he buys and lets the wood in his smithy go to rot, causing injury to one of his staff.

[@199NickYT]

The music in this series is AMAZING.

[@deepnthought.]

The explanation the teacher gives to the class on Data's strength is hilarious

[@Elly3981]

To be fair, people who live in harsh environments do have to be pretty strong to survive.

[@Splatterpunk_OldNewYork]

Always loved his hair stylist.

[@QAWoods]

For some reason I find Data picking up anvils inexplicably hilarious.

[@rkmugen]

0:23 "THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!" ("why's the rum gone!?")

[@eolsunder]

only bad part about the 2nd anvil incident is an anvil that heavy isn't going to wobble or move because of its heavy weight, neither when hit with the hammer, nor when Data sat it back down on the side. Way to heavy to wobble that way.

[@spudhead169]

That's because it's actually made of styrofoam.

[@momentary_]

Maybe Data put the anvil down on something small and hard that created a fulcrum for it to pivot?

[@SightForMemories]

Here's another fact: The Enterprise is about Big.

[@EvilMariobot]

0:55 I believe the phrase you are looking for is "Thank you for getting the anvil off the guy's leg."

[@DuneDemon8]

It took me 3 decades to get it, OMG I am so stupid. Data always gives analysis of situation, even when he is not asked, he provides opinion, finds knowledge... he is DATA....

[@DemitriVladMaximov]

Don't worry about it too much. My mother thought that the Batman symbol was yellow teeth for years.

[@louistournas120]

The first anvil is about 30 cm x 15 cm x 20 cm = 9000 cm3 Density of iron = 7.8 g/cm3 Mass = 7.8 g/cm3 * 9000 cm3 = 70 kg The second anvil has a top triangle, each side is about 40 cm. SideB = 40 cm * sin(60) = 34.64 cm Area of top of triangle = 34.64 cm * 20 cm/2 = 346.4 cm2 Height = 10 cm Volume of top triangle = 346.4 cm2 * 10 cm = 3464 cm3 Middle area triangle side is 20 cm. SideB = 20 cm * sin(60) = 17.32 cm Area of middle of triangle = 17.32 cm * 10 cm/2 = 173.2 cm2 Height = 20 cm Volume of middle triangle = 173.2 cm2 * 20 cm = 3464 cm3 Volume of bottom triangle = 346.4 cm2 * 7 cm = 2424.8 cm3 Total volume of triangles = 3464 cm3 + 3464 cm3 + 2424.8 cm3 = 9352.8 cm3 Mass = 7.8 g/cm3 * 9352.8 cm3 = 73 kg

[@rabbitsox]

So Data deadlifted 160 lbs or so. Maybe all those other aliens are weak as fuck. Do they even lift?

[@tropicvibe]

Thank you for your quite informative calculations....I am double checking your figures right now even as we speak.....please excuse me if I don't take your word for it......

[@rainf8]

louis tournas but were they on earth?

[@louistournas120]

Rain Fang "but were they on earth?" ==No, however I did write Mass. Like you said, there is a difference between Mass and Weight.

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

Hahaha. Yes you did. Mass indeed.

[@tedwoe]

"A WITCH! We have caught a WITCH!" May we burn him?" "How do you know he is a witch?" "He looks like one!"

[@zoesdada8923]

This is one of my favorite episodes

[@frozenlake1215]

With Great Power comes Great Awkwardness

[@none3209]

It's nothing. Data is well-conditioned after carrying so many episodes.

[@erichanastacio9695]

"Jaden... Put it down..." Data: "Ok... Here, hold this..." LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joeoliveira1843]

Data can run the 100 meters in under 2 seconds while juggling 128 bowling balls

[@lukasperuzovic1429]

I can imagine Data has the academy records in sporting events

[@matt19norwich]

I love how the guy saying they need to get a lever is the building maintenance guy in friends lol

[@cindygreene3353]

Is it just me, or did it look like he came back with a golf club?

[@Cjnw]

I can pick up several anvils at one time, although, they're attached to bevels :P

[@bretr7327]

At 1:10 you hear a fart. Can’t unhear it.

[@Glenn7719]

The things people pick up on. 🤣

[@kalisteau]

people cliché when seeing powered beings "he's a freak" why seriously? that is so cool!

[@LordDarthHarry]

Notice how the blacksmith wasn't actually holding anything in the pincers. He was just smacking the Anvil with the hammer.

[@jasonlisonbee]

The dumbest aspect is this is DATA who couldn't quickly determine a way to help without showing his unusual strength.

[@cindygreene3353]

I always thought he should have grabbed the anvil with the other guys, and slowly lifted so it looked like the three of them were just strong enough to move it.

[@SightForMemories]

Well, Isn't the premise, that he has memory loss. So he doesn't know his own strength.

[@cindygreene3353]

@@SightForMemories he knew he was strong enough to lift an anvil. If he wasn't, he wouldn't have tried.

[@scottpoet]

MY LEG! MY LEG! AHHH! .................... MY SENSE OF REALITY! MY SENSE OF REALITY!!!

[@Mlogan11]

What a bunch of lousy town folk- not ONE person thanks him for saving that guy....not even the guy that was saved!

[@unematrix]

Yeah I know right! Your leg just got crushed and you're immediate pain, followed immediately by surprise... those are the perfect conditions to think about thanking someone instead of thinking about all the weird things that are going on around you. People in shock often don't think about thanking someone because they are in shock.

[@anonnomus6070]

one of my favorite episodes, I know it could of changed how events unfolded over time, but no one would know about it. Who's to say that it may have become the basis for one of his books. I don't know.

[@BarbazuX]

I keep forgetting how good this series was. Taken as a whole, it was a masterpiece of film. Yes, I know it was T.V. But just compare it to now.

[@tommypetraglia4688]

No. Back then for true fans, it was way more than just TV. Each episode a well written morality play based on complex story lines, and character development around a central theme, with extraordinary costumes, sets, soundtrack and effects, brought to us once a week .... and keeping true to the vision of the creative genius that was Gene Roddenberry At the time I remember being just immersed in the production as I was in the story. To me it was the story within the story. As it was woven throughout with elements of the human condition the conflicts and growth the characters saw is all still very relatable But maybe that's just me, tho considering the legions of fans, I highly doubt it. That planet fly-by in the opening would in an instant release my mind from the bonds of Earth leaving me numb to my physical self to be taken once again on a fantastic voyage transported from my chair.

[@sailorkek8672]

If he just slid it instead of picking it up there'd be no confusion

[@MagikGimp]

They really hope they dubbed out the sound of a plastic box for a large iron lump in the HD reissue...

[@gerardfogarty1463]

They got it right in the first cli[

[@temperedglass1130]

If your leg was under that, when it was lifted off you would not magically stop screaming to stare at data.

[@mastrtonberry2]

The anvil's a faaaaaaake!

[@jeffo9396]

No, really?

[@daemondrogan1875]

Figured that out all by yourself, eh?

[@augmentedkeys5971]

Kill Joy

[@jojannehopmans3629]

It's a caaaaaaaaake!

[@williammorris4327]

I get the reference from ds9 if no one else did. 😃

[@wandaperi]

0:29 - *NA… SUUUUUUUUKA! !!!!!!!!*

[@animemanXLK]

When your android lifting a solid metal anvil is as easy as lift a hollow plastic imitation.

[@dantes4539]

The moment he picked up the anvil and everyone was staring at Data, I kept thinking "Did I do something wrong?". I didn't think he would actually say it!

[@Elly3981]

Data is so innocent, with or without his memories.

[@philbertchow5425]

I pick things up, and put them down.

[@NicMG]

I wish Data was given his own show.....

[@sosalish441]

I wish there were so many more of these. I have a hard time believing there will ever be another Data.

[@Josh-ii8ix]

I had such a crush on Jack London...

[@Dumb-Comment]

What's with Data and Anvil in this episode

[@TheMonolith20001]

If Data had a dilithium crystal for every time he'd had to pick up an anvil, he'd have two dilithium crystals - which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@naranara1690]

(Saves man from anvil) "Jaden, put it down." (Teaches actual science to children) "Shut up, Jaden." (Is different in any way from his peers) "Kill it! It's a demon!" Data never left the Enterprise, did he?

[@irontemplar6222]

They have no reason to believe data. He was right, but he basically just said. "No your wrong and this is right." Yes he was right, but no rational person would have believed him from that statement.

[@TheBlarggle]

That's not an accurate description of how he's treated by his crewmates at all.

[@asktheetruscans9857]

He's a green demon. Get him!

[@mdmyer]

1:04 I'll always know that guy as Bad Billy Pratt. Lol

[@Glenn7719]

I recognised him as Treeger from friends.

[@rcabletn]

Being a bad-ass dose not always cause praise !

[@reesercliff]

LUCCYYYY YOU GOT SOME SPLAININ TO DOOOOOO!!!

[@perrin6]

Oh yes and as soon as the anvil is off his leg it stops hurting immediately.

[@marshmallowbudgie]

0:30 always thought Michael G. Hagerty was Steve Lukather for some reason

[@parody4042]

It's like me lifting my kettle bells

[@benjaminhackett8896]

Curious that they placed the anvil on a wooden support rather than on solid ground in the first place.

[@SightForMemories]

Isn't that usually how you anchor an anvil?

[@benjaminhackett8896]

@@SightForMemories Actually yeah, I guess it doesn't usually get put on the ground but on a large block of wood, like a section from a tree trunk. Seems though that a section of tree trunk would be quite substantial though and not quite fitting the description of “collapse” and “structure.”

[@SightForMemories]

@@benjaminhackett8896 The way wood rots, is if its damp for a long time. so that may be the case :)

[@hawaiidispenser]

Some good F**king television.

[@sammaks]

Great scene anyways!

[@whatshisname3304]

funny never occurred to me before, but everyone on the enterprise knew of data's superior strength, they must have been a little nervous he might have a meltdown and pull someones head off.

[@SightForMemories]

well, they know he has an off switch in the back... so that's some relief..

[@DARisse-ji1yw]

Went on to work for Acme ....

[@davincent98]

MY LEEEEG! My leeeeg

[@benjaminvermeylen3784]

1:01 If it was heavy it wouldn't have wobbled when data put it down. I demand they reshoot this scene using CGI to make everybody look young again and correct this, even if it costs millions of dollars.

[@cindygreene3353]

It would be far easier to just use CGI to stabilize the anvil! LOL!

[@Lonnie.J]

The first words you're looking for is thank you not put it down

[@mbaxter22]

Aaah get that styofoam off my leg!

[@DarkMetalOmega]

Data is worthy

[@uppercut70]

Hooray for Zuckerberg! Saved the day again

[@TorstenKnodt]

Fully buggy scene. Data would not have forgotten this. But very funny!

[@ppipowerclass]

Why am I watching this at 4am??

[@rcald-gz5jd]

*Question:* How much do you think that anvil weighed in Thine Own Self episode?

[@IkeFoxbrush]

In reality not much since it was clearly made of styrofoam, but an anvil that size could weight 200 kg or more (hard to tell exactly since its an unusual shape). The one in the first scene might be about 30 to 50 kg, that's why the guy is able to carry it as well. (Note: I know next to nothing about anvils except they are a popular prop for cartoon violence, just looked it up on Google because I was bored.)

[@oldtwinsna8347]

I'd probably say at least half a ton.

[@Foebane72]

In the first scene, I'm surprised there wasn't anyone rushing up to Data's room to demand what the banging was!

[@samsonguy10k]

"Sounds like you are throwing anvils around here!" - Neighbor "No, just accidentally dropped this anvil twice." -Data

[@cindygreene3353]

I never thought of this. Wouldn't a dropped anvil break a wooden floor?

[@Foebane72]

@@cindygreene3353 It didn't fall that far, and it looked like a small anvil to me, Data was able to hold it in one hand.

[@cindygreene3353]

@@Foebane72 ... I guess that's true. It would have been funny if it punched through and landed in the room below though!

[@edwardbliss8931]

The writer of the episode screwed up this one. It should've ended with Data going back to the village to one, show that he's alive; and two, say he actually saved them from the plague.

[@waldoman7]

Objection! Many species possess the mega strength

[@lukasperuzovic1429]

Not in the super Human range

[@waldoman7]

@@lukasperuzovic1429 I'm just quoting a funny quote but spock did some things that were on a similar level to this

[@lukasperuzovic1429]

@@waldoman7 He smashed a monitor

[@waldoman7]

@@lukasperuzovic1429 and bent a steel beam

[@juanchocorleone]

Smallville before Smallville.

[@oldnelson4298]

Yes! I love 240p!

[@braeutigamp]

Is that Ron Jeremy?

[@Shadothecat]

That scene made no sense with the anvil follow on him at least in the clip.

[@Trusteft]

Why don't I remember this episode at all?

[@506jeff]

watch it, i too seemed to have skipped it while watching tng from the beginning

[@YD-uq5fi]

Because you lost your memory like Data did.

[@80s_Boombox_Collector]

Because it sucked?

[@Mlogan11]

You slipped over from an alternate universe.

[@abedfo88]

like me in the gym.

[@ApocryphalDude]

He's from the north...

[@bkingk8]

oh gawd did they make data into a Nicola Tesla character ?

[@JamesCarmichael]

The Clothes these people wear. You never see aliens walk around with casual wear on Star Trek really. Nice pair of jeans, trainers and a t-shirt.

[@tordurhansen333]

Has anyone questioned how he managed to get his foot under the anvil?

[@Mr.Thriver]

The wood base that supported the anvil had rotted to the point that the anvil collapsed on his foot.