Some kind of ...

November 16, 2016 7:23 PM

single link youtube?
posted by hot_monster (54 comments total)

Wonderful. Yes it is.
posted by Kabanos at 7:47 PM on November 16, 2016 [3 favorites]

Metafilter: Some kind of botched assimilation.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 7:47 PM on November 16, 2016 [4 favorites]

This was really significantly more entertaining than I expected.
posted by moss at 7:48 PM on November 16, 2016 [1 favorite]

jumps ahead to five minute point ... and yup, some kind of serious dedication to something or other ...
posted by philip-random at 7:49 PM on November 16, 2016 [1 favorite]

Worth the risk, thanks. Looking forward to the prequels and sequels. Wish they'd included the number of instances in parentheses after each keyword (e.g. "Trick (4)").
posted by christopherious at 7:50 PM on November 16, 2016

Some kind of vague description of a plot device.
posted by Sys Rq at 7:54 PM on November 16, 2016 [11 favorites]

Also, some sort of method of conveying uncertainty in what would otherwise be a barrage of dry exposition.
posted by Sys Rq at 7:58 PM on November 16, 2016 [3 favorites]

I enjoy that they are arranged in some kind of thematic sequence.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 8:00 PM on November 16, 2016 [11 favorites]

This joins the Riker Chair thing for sure, probably ups the ante. Rewatches changed forever.
posted by christopherious at 8:03 PM on November 16, 2016 [3 favorites]

This was definitely well-edited, and I enjoyed the segues between technobabble themes.
posted by NMcCoy at 8:04 PM on November 16, 2016

So just about 400 of these, in (looking it up) 172 episodes. Average of a bit over two per episode, which is some kind of impressive.
posted by wanderingmind at 8:21 PM on November 16, 2016 [8 favorites]

Wanted to make some kind of comment.
posted by storybored at 8:52 PM on November 16, 2016 [4 favorites]

Some kind, some unkind, but Star Trek still brought us some good TV shows & movies.
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:53 PM on November 16, 2016 [2 favorites]

At best, Star Trek is amazing science fiction rarely seen on big or small screen. At worst, it's average TV.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 8:56 PM on November 16, 2016 [3 favorites]

So, now I'm curious: Did this happen on the other series? I mean, Voyager didn't have only two or three writers for the entire run, so this sort of phenomenon must have popped up on the other series as well. If not, well, that's just damned freaky.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 8:57 PM on November 16, 2016 [1 favorite]

reminds me of a song I once heard ...
posted by philip-random at 8:57 PM on November 16, 2016 [1 favorite]

But what if they could put some sort of hyposoligogic shift on the third upper quadrant. It could fracture the isobeam just enough so our ship could skate the quieter regions of the antifields. If they could just...
posted by downtohisturtles at 8:59 PM on November 16, 2016 [5 favorites]

Around 99-120 was the highlight for me.
posted by furtive at 9:08 PM on November 16, 2016

This could explain why Voyager has a reputation of some kind.
posted by ckape at 9:33 PM on November 16, 2016 [1 favorite]

I liked Voyager. A lot. It was some sort of...something. Go ahead, judge me.
posted by ashbury at 9:49 PM on November 16, 2016 [1 favorite]

OMG this is ten minutes long.

Sent to my 14 year old daughter who says Voyager is the best Trek because it is smart like TNG but action-y and exciting like TOS.
posted by latkes at 9:53 PM on November 16, 2016 [2 favorites]

The aesthetic effect of this video is like the giddy sublimity of a droning, repetitive neo-Beat poem.
posted by bertran at 10:35 PM on November 16, 2016

Some kind of witty, dry, comment, possibly including puns.
posted by Snowflake at 10:36 PM on November 16, 2016

I don't get it. Is this some kind of joke?
posted by dazed_one at 11:07 PM on November 16, 2016 [5 favorites]

I'm sorry, but I have to object to #106 being included, where the Doctor says "Some types of EM radiation". The "some kind of" and "sort sort of" moments are where the crew is trying to place a name on something heretofore unknown, but in the Doctor's "Some types of" moment he is explaining known differences between types of EM radiation. Totally different. Ruined the whole thing for me.

This is exactly the kind of increasing decline in Trekker discourse and flagrant disregard for the real facts of Federation history that led to JJ Abrams casting Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness and eventually to the election of Donald Trump. I mean, seriously, if I can't trust Trekkers to get these kinds of details right, who can I trust about anything anymore? I guess we truly have entered a post-factual age.
posted by gusottertrout at 11:40 PM on November 16, 2016 [40 favorites]

Some kind of Metafilter:
posted by fullerine at 12:31 AM on November 17, 2016

Some kind of sum(mation).
posted by dbiedny at 3:17 AM on November 17, 2016

This is exactly what I needed this morning: some kind of supercut designed explicitly for my brain.
posted by uncleozzy at 4:32 AM on November 17, 2016 [1 favorite]

Sent to my 14 year old daughter who says Voyager is the best Trek because it is smart like TNG but action-y and exciting like TOS.

Voyager was the worst Trek because the actors moved around like in TNG but were wooden, like the sets in TOS.
posted by biffa at 4:39 AM on November 17, 2016

It's very impressive, yes.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 4:53 AM on November 17, 2016 [1 favorite]

gusottertrout's comment is Metafilter distilled to its purest form.
posted by Pyrogenesis at 5:54 AM on November 17, 2016 [2 favorites]

This is exactly the kind of increasing decline in Trekker discourse and flagrant disregard for the real facts of Federation history that led to JJ Abrams casting Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness and eventually to the election of Donald Trump. I mean, seriously, if I can't trust Trekkers to get these kinds of details right, who can I trust about anything anymore? I guess we truly have entered a post-factual age.

Oh, and I suppose that reference to "trekkers" means you're one of those self-hating fans who eschew the name "trekkie"?
posted by randomkeystrike at 6:11 AM on November 17, 2016

I seem to be experiencing some kind of semantic satiation.
posted by metaphorever at 6:13 AM on November 17, 2016 [4 favorites]

Oh, and I suppose that reference to "trekkers" means you're one of those self-hating fans who eschew the name "trekkie"?

Aha! That slander gave you away! It's clear now that we have a Whovian in our midst trying to stir up trouble by denigrating Trekkers superior fandom. You can save your insults, we will not give in to divisiveness here!

Hmmph, I mean really, a sonic screwdriver? How absurd. That show scarcely qualifies as real science fiction.
posted by gusottertrout at 6:36 AM on November 17, 2016 [3 favorites]

I've got a bad feeling about this.
posted by radwolf76 at 6:38 AM on November 17, 2016 [1 favorite]

gusottertrout's comment is Metafilter distilled to its purest form.

Some sort of plate, covered in beans
posted by thecaddy at 7:20 AM on November 17, 2016 [5 favorites]

Metafilter: conveying uncertainty in what would otherwise be a barrage of dry exposition.
posted by CynicalKnight at 7:48 AM on November 17, 2016 [3 favorites]

Somehow I knew this was going to be about Star Trek before I clicked it. Musta been some kind of meme-precognition.
posted by CheesesOfBrazil at 7:48 AM on November 17, 2016 [1 favorite]

I really enjoyed the definitive Voyager torpedo inventory log linked from the sidebar of that video. Spoiler alert: there's some kind of magic photon torpedo replenishment mechanism which allows Voyager to shoot more torpedoes than it started with.
posted by Old Kentucky Shark at 7:56 AM on November 17, 2016 [6 favorites]

gusottertrout's comment is Metafilter distilled to its purest form.

It's some kind of comment, to be sure.
posted by leotrotsky at 8:10 AM on November 17, 2016

I've got a bad feeling about this.

Get the hell out.
posted by leotrotsky at 8:10 AM on November 17, 2016 [1 favorite]

It's clear now that we have a Whovian in our midst

They prefer to be called Whooters.
posted by Sys Rq at 9:04 AM on November 17, 2016 [1 favorite]

Just watched Galaxy Quest. This was some kind of enjoyable coda.
posted by theora55 at 9:06 AM on November 17, 2016

I chuckled at "Secret Nazi Compound".

I heart Voyager so much. It was an amazing influence in my formative college years of becoming more aware and the start of my burgeoning feminism.

Also, <3 B'Elanna, with what seems to be the most "some kind of" dialogue.
posted by numaner at 10:26 AM on November 17, 2016

"after finishing this project the phrase 'some kind of' has lost all of its meaning to me"

THAT'S SOME KIND OF YOUR OWN DAMN FAULT
posted by numaner at 10:31 AM on November 17, 2016 [4 favorites]

I really enjoyed the definitive Voyager torpedo inventory log yt linked from the sidebar of that video. Spoiler alert: there's some kind of magic photon torpedo replenishment mechanism which allows Voyager to shoot more torpedoes than it started with.

The photon torpedo truthers don't phase me, but those damned "not the real Harry Kim" claims get me steamed.

It's clearly the rest of the Voyager crew that are the duplicates, with only Harry Kim and Naomi Wildman being from the original ship. All the speculation to the contrary is just propaganda from the Deep Space Nine side, miffed that Voyager was stealing their spotlight.
posted by gusottertrout at 10:35 AM on November 17, 2016 [1 favorite]

"Naomi Wildman, who is this Paul Rodgers and why is there enlarged photo on the wall."
posted by clavdivs at 10:45 AM on November 17, 2016

SOME (KIND OF) PIG
posted by Kabanos at 11:47 AM on November 17, 2016 [4 favorites]

Kink.
posted by googly at 1:58 PM on November 17, 2016

I almost never click on this kind of mystery meat but I am so glad I did.
posted by OverlappingElvis at 3:13 PM on November 17, 2016 [1 favorite]

I chuckled out loud at how Chakotay loomed out of the darkness at 3.23 to say, almost threateningly, "Some kind of parallel universe" and then subsequently thought, "Oh, Chakotay, isn't that just like you...." and, then felt like a big goober for thinking that and, come to think of it, knowing how to spell Chakotay off of the top of my head.

Eh.....let us all be goobers together.
posted by but no cigar at 3:29 PM on November 17, 2016

Came for some kind of mushroom ... stayed for a mushroom of "some kind's."
posted by Beginner's Mind at 4:08 PM on November 17, 2016

Similar but different - a song with just the "Some Kind Of"s
posted by rebent at 5:45 PM on November 17, 2016 [2 favorites]

Fascinating!
posted by Caxton1476 at 8:01 PM on November 17, 2016 [1 favorite]