Star Trek Paradox

[pokemon9513]

Ahh, i see 1 to the 4th power is...wait isn't that just 1 again?

[pgheran]

Im missing whats wrong with the gorn. sauce plz!

[YesWeCantaloupe]

4:22 funny how they had to invent a character even more hideous than Klingons.

[KaiserJames]

@Pahjx @rexosaurus That's incorrect. According to the Star Trek Enterprise episodes "Affliction" and "Divergence" Dr. Arik Soong created the Augments and the Klingons later tried to use the Augment DNA to created better Klingon warriors. Instead, they created Klingon/Human hybrids that we would then later see in Star Trek: TOS. Supposedly, the Human DNA degraded over generations and the Klingons regained their natural appearances. ;)

[kelath5555]

GeneralGrin used this song and much of this video in one of his.

watch?v=Gy_-TklmyYE&feature=re­lated

[ScientistCat]

Some of these are omissions or generalizations rather than paradoxes though.

-When Kirk says "the hardest substance known in the universe" about diamond, he most certainly omits to add "natural ... outside of singularities and star cores".

-"Klingons don't take prisoners" and "Vulcans don't touch food with their hands" are generalizations.

Good compilation otherwise.

[eagle219406]

I have been thinking a lot about the "Klingons take no prisoners" line. I'm thinking that normally they wouldn't take prisoners, but since Kruge wanted Genesis, and he needed the information on the Genesis device, he was willing to make an exception.

[simpsonfan1995]

what's the name of the song?

[rexosaurus]

@simpsonfan1995 . I recorded it. I guess it's best to title it "Paradox."

[simpsonfan1995]

@rexosaurus do you happen to have a full version? because I would LOVE to have it as an MP3, I hope you do! =D

[rexosaurus]

@simpsonfan1995 Send me your email in the messages function of YouTube, and I'll send you an mp3.

[simpsonfan1995]

lol I just noticed that the grave at 1:07 says 'James R Kirk' lol

[simpsonfan1995]

LOL 1 to the 4th power XD

[HankF89]

What episode is that where Scotty boards the old Enterprise? How is it a paradox/contradiction/continui­ty error?

[rexosaurus]

Star Trek Next Generation. episode 130 "Relics." Air date Oct 12, 1992. There's no error here. It's just random filler footage.

[richardpearson]

I think the contributor is confused between a paradox and a contradiction.

[rexosaurus]

"Paradox" sounded better in the song than "c-c-contradiction."

[Sethsimpossibledeath]

@richardpearson A paradox is a type of contradiction, one that manifests in the physical world and not merely logically.

[funrizwan]

well some are mistakes by actors and others out of context yet others plot holes

[BtoCtrill]

Would be awesome. . . except for the stupid music

[dynasty11211]

Data also performed in some Shakespeare plays that has many contractions in one line.

[kargaroc386]

1 to the 4th power = 1 dumb fuck

[AlyssaRosey]

Wish i had this song...love it sooooooo much!

[lbochtler]

whats the song?

[rexosaurus]

Paradox.  I wrote and recorded the song.

[sirsilentbob]

@rexosaurus Do you have a link where we can download the song you made for this video?  I really like it!

[someman7]

1 to the 4th power! Noooooooo

That's why Kirk's the captian, and Spock does math.

[brabon1]

in regards kirk's middle name, it was changed after the pilot....but left as an initial....until the cartoon series, which rodenberry insists is not canon...however, many things from the cartoon made it into the films and books

[icingdeath1]

WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS - Data says "It's Me!" when the multiple Datas ask who is in the current timeline - Contraction!

[Not00Fred]

good video, but aren't these continuity errors and not a "paradox"?

The real answer is; creating a fictional world without contradictions is hard, and film makers are lazy. Besides, if they make a mistake they can just lie their way out of it by creating some new story element.

[rexosaurus]

I figured that "PPParadox" sounded better in the song than "continuity error."

[Pahjx]

Are the guys at 4:18 supposes to be Klingons?

[rexosaurus]

Yes, those are Klingons. The underlying story to explain why they look very different in the Picard/Deep Space 9 / Voyager series is that a pheromone emitted by the Tribbles caused a genetic mutation in the Klingon species.

[rexosaurus]

The song is an original recording by me, scored specifically for the video. It is my voice doing the "Paradox."

[SkittlezInzanity]

Wow, I actually thought it was Data saying "Paradox". You sound very similar.

[sirsilentbob]

What song was used for this video?

[JDBW]

1x1x1x1=1

LOL!!!

[greenpenguino]

The reason it says James 'R' Kirk is because of a joke that the two of them shared at the academy

[trinnhedy]

Great!

[Evanamd]

The 'racial' stereotypes could be explained as individuality. For example, Sybok. He smiled, frowns, laughed, was capable of feeling emotion. Stereotypes are more often incorrect than correct.

[eggs4ever]

Actually, I would disagree with that statement completely. Stereotypes are very often correct, but it is in the minority of instances where they are incorrect that they are loudly proclaimed to be wrong. This is obviously because we don't wish to be put in "boxes," so when we find that that has been done we fight against us. It is a human assumption that if we can define something we have power over it.

[Evanamd]

Could you please name ten or more stereotypes that are true?

[eggs4ever]

Humans have eyes. Humans have toes. Humans have ears. Humans have arms. Humans have a tongue. Humans can make conscious decisions. Humans are self-interested. Humans have the ability to communicate. Native africans have darker skin than native europeans. Pre-pubescant humans have hair on their head. There, 10 stereotypes that are true 95% of the time. If we didn't make these assumptions we would be making calculations all the time on what is and isn't true. Society couldn't exist without them

[Evanamd]

An interesting viewpoint. However, the definition is "A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image." Therefore, I believe that those are facts, and not stereotypes. I also fail to see how "Humans have eyes" is an assumption, when every single human being has eyes. They may not function correctly, but they do exist. A stereotype would be something like: 'All Americans are dumb." (not entirely true) or "Asians are incredibly smart" (true in my experiences.)

[eggs4ever]

I intentionally chose things that are not necessarily true. There are those who are born horribly mutated, or who have had great violence done to them. None of those define what "human" is. I did not say they are mammals - that is a fact. Each thing I listed is not a fact, and infact, a stereotype as it is an assumption. Stereotyping is how we go by our day-to-day lives. Sometimes it's incorrect, but mostly it saves us time.

[Evanamd]

I still don't see how you can view those examples as stereotypes. You yourself say that "There are those who are born horribly mutated." The use of the word 'mutated' implies that that is not the natural state. Mutated means "to change; alter," so they are 'born horribly changed.' You have admitted that eyes are a fact. Furthermore, could you name at least one, just one, example where one of these was false from birth?

[chha09]

asians are good at math (there are no non-asians or non-partially-asian ppl in HL IB math in my year. coincidence? O_o)

japanese ppl have small dicks

black people run faster than white people

women are GENERALLY worse drivers than men

men are GENERALLY bigger jerks than women

asians are short (this is mostly true, yao ming ruined it :P )

Indians are cheap

all asians know some form of martial arts.

running out of space. apologies if anyone is offended. i realise they're mostly racial sterotypes.

[petrino]

bible says god is perfect, and good, yet he created millions of evil people, and then drowned them... :P

[jmays2007]

What does that have to do with the video? :P

[petrino]

data is not god. and he is not perfekt.

[supressorgrid]

Picky,picky,picky.

[Chaltab]

Vulcans don't eat with their hands; the actress playing T'Pol actually wanted to use a napkin but the director told her to just do it.

[tarhun]

Just because the actress knew it was a continuity error doesn't negate the fact that it ended up appearing on screen and thereby is canon. Although one could say that it was character development, part of T'Pol becoming more "human" and emotional than other Vulcans over the course of Enterprise. Notice how Archer gives her a weird look when she eats it too, as if he's surprised.

[vivi44]

Can you please enplane the paradox in Scotty walking into the bridge and no one being their?

[rexosaurus]

No "paradox" there...just random footage while you enjoy the elevator music.

[stogerov]

Amateurs. Better do remakes!!!

Each mistake has an explanation!

[GeneralGrin]

the part with Vulcan can be explained by saying that Vulcan itself is a moon of a bigger planet (the one seen in the sky) which also has other moons also visible from vulcan. so it may seem like Vulcan has moons but actually it doesn't.

Andoria was also always thought to be a planet but it turned out it was a moon of a gas giant (Andor)

[1victrola]

The image from this video is from Wrath of Khan. The director kinda acknowledges the break in Star Trek continuity. In the "director's cut" release in of the DVD in 2002, the night time moon scene was replaced with a daytime desert scene.

[DKetch1966]

And don't forget..."Vulcans never bluff.." :-)

[DKetch1966]

Excellent job

[kneelio321]

that was good.

[Lunarscope]

This was a very amusing video showing the errors, both based on science and continuity, that are persent everywhere in Star Trek. I can't wait until we add JJ Abrams' movie to this mix of mistakes. It'll be more fun than a drinking game!

[kneelio321]

abrams' will suck!

[radagast83]

Overall this is pretty decent, but many of the events depicted here aren't exactly errors.

Having Kurge want prisoners was purposefully done due to having Kirk claim that they don't take prisoners. Chekov not being in Space Seed never bothered me because it'd be presumptuous to assume that he was not one of 400 crew members on board the ship. Vulcan's don't eat with their hands, but Vulcan's also don't lie. You could do a 10 minute segment on just that one subject.

[neumann1701]

Exactly!

[LMUli]

veqlargh is not a devil, he only guards ghe'tor.

[1victrola]

sounds like Hell to me.