Technobabble™ To The Rescue!

[Chris Parr]

Imperial oppression got you down? Well, don't despair because now there's new, improved Technobabble™!

Yes, just apply a bit of Technobabble™ and watch your Imperial problems disappear like magic! Just listen to this satisfied customer!

We were in a runabout when we fell into an Imperial ambush. We were facing down a Star Destroyer, and things looked bleak. Luckily, we had Technobabble™, which we launched at the Star Destroyer. The next thing we knew, their reactor had overloaded and we were free! Thank you, Technobabble™!

Yes, for everything from invasions to god like aliens, Technobabble™ is your go to solution!

Technobabble™, trusted by Starfleet officers for over 300 years.

[Eternal_Freedom]

What the hell is wrong with you?

[Chris Parr]

I'm on a sugar rush. Why do you ask?

[Eternal_Freedom]

A), this is bullshit and B) it belongs in Testing and C) you're proving to be a generic Trekkie fanboy so far.

Oh, and posting while high/drunk/on a rush of anything is generally a bad idea.

[Soontir C'boath]

Huh? I thought it was a rather funny stab at Trek's constant use of bullshit.

[Chris Parr]

Thank you.

[Borgholio]

Huh? I thought it was a rather funny stab at Trek's constant use of bullshit.

Don't you mean, "I am detecting copious amounts of fecal matter rapidly generated by the mammalian Bos taurus organism."

[Crazedwraith]

How about 'I am applying repeated physical violence to a deceased equine'?

[Batman]

Actually I thought it was funny too.

[Joun_Lord]

Probably not the right forum but I got a laugh out of it.

[Darth Nostril]

A), this is bullshit and B) it belongs in Testing and C) you're proving to be a generic Trekkie fanboy so far.

Oh, and posting while high/drunk/on a rush of anything is generally a bad idea.

Dude take off the control top pantyhose and breathe. While it may be in the wrong section it is clearly a joke and rather a funny one.

I can easily imagine Frakes or Burton doing a parody commercial like this complete with thumbs up at the camera, cheesy grin and gleam of light off teeth.
And now my imagination is off and running .... the bridge crew of Enterprise D doing an infomercial in the style of the Ghostbusters in movie tv commercial, with Wesley as the satisfied customer.

[B5B7]

Look over there - it's the Blues Brothers; and they are on a mission from Ghod, and it's a toughie - to inject Eternal_Freedom with a sense of humor.
But yeah, it does more belong in testing (unless we want to gift it with a longer life).

[Eternal_Freedom]

Yeah, ok. Sorry about that. I should have taken my own damn advice about not posting while drunk/high/sleep-deprived or whatever.

Chris, my apologies.

[Chris Parr]

Apology accepted.

[biostem]

While I do find the OP mildly amusing, What I don't understand is when they use the name for real materials/particles/etc, in a way that either doesn't refer to or behave like, what they're talking about. Why not just make stuff up entirely?

[Batman]

Because they think it makes them sound scientific and they're betting on the viewers not understanding what they're talking about any more than they do.

[FaxModem1]

Because, starting somewhere in TNG, scripts would be written, with the science dialogue just saying [TECH] [TECH], which would later be replaced by whatever consultant they have somewhere in the studio, which would then be recited by the actors, no matter how out of place it was, as the producers, writers, and actors considered the research completely done by having the consultant just sprinkle a couple words into it.

Note, they show in this documentary how it is done: http://youtu.be/eZddzYFhdWQ?t=20m38s

Start at 20:38


Essentially, at some point, technobabble became the magic spell of the day that the crew could use to solve any problem.

[Adam Reynolds]

Essentially, at some point, technobabble became the magic spell of the day that the crew could use to solve any problem.

It's funny that Frakes mentioned that people "affectionately" refer to it as technobabble. Isn't it generally the opposite? At least among better educated fans.