I love that i just listened to a 3 minute story about Nicotine Nemo

@darthroden

9 ай бұрын

That reminded me of the episode of the Animaniacs episode where the Warners and their sister met that character voiced by Ben Stein who told that really long story about meeting Bob Barker. LOL

@hariman7727

9 ай бұрын

It's hilarious.

@captianmorgan7627

9 ай бұрын

I had forgotten about Nicotine Nemo.

@trazyntheinfinite9895

9 ай бұрын

​@@captianmorgan7627have you ever heard the story of nicotine nemo the wise?

@MKDumas1981

9 ай бұрын

"You can't smoke in here!"

It's not often that it's the younger of the two characters who's overly reverent about the past and the elder who's more pragmatic. It's a unique juxtaposition, which highlights both their differences well, with Worf ever the romantic and Kor, while fanciful about his deeds, has actually lived the life of a Klingon soldier. Both believe their giving the sword its due reverence, but their interpretation infuriate the other.

it's always fun to see people who've lived from the TOS era into TNG/DS9/Voyager time, though it is pretty fun to see what happens to a Klingon that manages to live long enough to become old, I imagine most Klingons don't exactly plan for retirement or other old age stuff.

@Aldornas

9 ай бұрын

Fear old men in a profession in which men die young.

@wakeangel2001

9 ай бұрын

@@Aldornas I think that quote goes "fear old men in a profession in which GOOD men die young"

11:40 The story of NEUTRO the strangest Hero of them all. For he has no brain! NEUTRO doesn't know the difference between good and evil! Seriously, that was one of Linkara's earliest comic reviews, and it's a fun one. He turns it briefly into a musical. Sadly, NEUTRO was only a one issue thing, as it never got any more to its story. I mean, even Sultry Teenage Super Foxes got TWO issues...because the world is terrible sometimes.

How fitting that I keep coming back here for the story of Nicotine Nemo. It is truly addicting.

Now we get the Kor trilogy in DS9, though I wonder why you jumped straight to Sword of Kahless instead of doing Blood Oath first. The Nicotine Nemo bit remains to be one of those jokes I have a soft spot for.

@BobSentell

9 ай бұрын

I think it might be a case of avoiding the nesting backstory. Pretty much all of Trek is required to cover any of Trek. So, pick a minor connection.

@hariman7727

9 ай бұрын

Nicotine Nemo is a classic comedy bit on this show.

@TV4Fun2

9 ай бұрын

He should do another montage song.

A character's lowest point *should* be one step below their perceived lowest point. To say they're not at a line, but past it with both feet. When fans took issue with what Worf did, saying that wasn't him, they were wrong and right at the same time.

Gowron made Kor the Ambassador to Vulcan? That's a great honor AND hilarious insult. I can see why Kor had a hatred for Gowron

In this episode, Chuck successfully predicts the peril in the newest Mission Impossible movie.

I hope it's not lost on anyone that Chuck has inadvertently described the villainous origin of Light Yagami when he goes into the unstoppable robot scenario.

I sometimes think that the intentions (re: effects of the sword) were to somehow shade into sort of magical realism but with deliberate ambiguity.

Chuck, just thought you should know that the opening credit sequence has this labelled as Remembrance ep 101 - rather than Sword of Kahless

Great episode.

I'm surprised you didn't mention that Kor is played by the same actor who played him in TOS, which makes him feel like a true relic from the past.

I mostly remember this episode because it ends up taking up a mission or two during the first Star Trek: Armada game. When you only have 20 of them, taking a few to follow up on a single episode plot like this is an interesting way to spend it. BTW, I would still recommend that, and since he originally did this episode, it's now on Steam and GOG, along with most other trek games. Save that RTS Star Fleet Universe game(Slightly different from Trek proper), and Birth of the Federation, which sadly, is a fantastic 4X game with trek trappings all the way down. Minor factions being one off species, and almost ever major one represented in some way.

@Questara

9 ай бұрын

I keep hoping for a Birth if the Federation re-release

@MKDumas1981

9 ай бұрын

Armada is one of my favorite games across any platform. It's still a great game, at almost six years old.

I still miss the Loreena McKennitt intro (I know YT rules)

Tossing the sword into space was a very weird choice.

@hariman7727

9 ай бұрын

But it makes sense both in character and in universe.

2:38 The Saga of Nicotine Nemo.

Sword of Kahless reminds me of the Tyrfing from the Hervararsaga .

ANOTHER CHUCK UPLOAD TODAY?! Praise the prophets. And quarks profits. And your profits. Ahh this blunt is for you

I feel nicotine was inspired by a scene from uhf.

Damnit, I'm invested in the Nicotine Nemo story now. What happened in the end? Did he blow himself to kingdom come?

@bthsr7113

9 ай бұрын

I hope so.

@MKDumas1981

9 ай бұрын

He smoked in here. His corpse, anyway.

@TotallyFknAliens

3 ай бұрын

Klingdone come

Why the hell do I miss Nicotine Nemo so much..!?

Even ignoring how it's a cliche, it's, if anything, weirder that there aren't booby traps in a Klingon treasure tomb. These are Klingons we're talking about! The warrior people who routinely go through punishing trials and traditions in search of perceived honor. You want ancient glories reawakened? You'd better be ready for a 3 new batches of scars from overcoming death traps to prove it!

@MKDumas1981

9 ай бұрын

The show wasn't going to do _Indiana Jones_-style traps, but didn't have the budget to realize them.

Were the fans really upset that the sword's corrupting influence was symbolic rather than literal?

I would have never connected kor to the original Trek without these two videos. Is it the same actor?

@bradwolf07

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, same actor

@MKDumas1981

9 ай бұрын

John Colicos.

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5/10? Come on. Yeah I know 5/10 DS9 is worth a 9/10 in most other shows, but even by the standard of that show that episode was powerful.