Bitch Space Nine

The Alpha Quadrant's bitchiest starbase

[bitchspacenine]

Watching through Voyager for only the second time and currently up to episode 22, “Twisted.” This is certainly the least memorable of the Treks, and on this second viewing I’m thinking it’s not really the fault of the characters so much as of the incredibly lackluster episode plots. “Twisted” is nothing but the characters wandering around lost, making one attempt to fix their problem, and then giving up and allowing the problem to fix itself... which it does. There’s nought else going on except a silly holodeck setup. 

I do find the characters kind of “eh” as well. I like Janeway and Chakotay but not really anyone else. 

Still, I just went back through all of DS9 and it’s not like I can just do that again. 

Not for a few months anyway. 

[ltkebron]

Fucking superb you funky little bucket of goo.

[bitchspacenine]

Me @fictional characters: Oh sure she blew up an orphanage, but she’s not evil; you have to look at the big picture.

Me @actual humans: He sent me the wr0ng file!?? I hope he BURNS IN HELL

[bitchspacenine]

In case it becomes necessary

I set up a Twitter account to migrate to from here. There’s nothing there right now because... ah... I’m out of ideas. Kindly pretend there’s a post there and it’s really witty. 

[piandaoist]

[startrekds9]

requested by anonymus

[frontier001]

Sassy Jadzia forever.

[bitchspacenine]

As the owner of two female cats who hate each other I feel a bit nervous whenever Pyanfar and Rhif are about to go at it and Jik just... sticks his arm in there. 

Don’t stick your arm in there. 

[ashaydamn]

[bitchspacenine]

Shut up, Tully. 

[bitchspacenine]

The older I get, the more trouble I have getting into the Christmas spirit. I think it’s time for my annual viewing of Santa Claus. Lupita, no!

[mst3kgifs]

I LOVE THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MORNING!

[bitchspacenine]

MST3K Season 12: Ah, go marry your sister!

I’m just gonna go ahead and say, at risk of being irritating, that the invocation of the phrase “running the gauntlet” annoys me. Yes, I know that’s the modern accepted usage. It still annoys me. I’ll leave it at that. 

General thoughts on this season: Surprised it was so short, though I understand why it was shortened; I like that the jokes were spaced out more, but sometimes the delivery still felt rushed/unnatural. A good selection of movies. Specific thoughts, keeping in mind I didn’t completely binge-watch the series but was still pretty tired: 

Mac and Me: I was fascinated/horrified to see this title on the list, knowing it was infamous. I’ve never seen ET. I know that’s terrible. But it did allow me the advantage(?) of assessing this movie in isolation. It was dorky and bizarre. I always have trouble judging what are clearly kids’ movies though, as aren’t they all pretty dorky anyway? The explosion near the end and the riffs on it were hilarious. Pretty nice!

Atlantic Rim: I saw this called the weakest movie of the season, but I found the riffs on the sheer ridiculous bro-ness of it and the unlikability of the alleged protagonist on-point enough to be quite funny. I never saw Pacific Rim either. I’m sure that’s dreadful. 

Lords of the Deep: You know a movie is bad when you find yourself rooting for the character who’s killing all the other characters. Best part of this one: The Shape of Water jokes. (I did see that one.)

The Day Time Ended: This thing was so weird. No coherency to the plot... well, no plot at all really. Still, the weirdness might have had some entertainment value if the effects weren’t so bad. Best part: cute small girl. 

Killer Fish: I kind of zoned out on this one. The combination of waterside antics and heist plots vaguely reminded me of Catalina Caper, which I always found pretty dull too. I guess at least this one didn’t have musical numbers? Except the song the ‘bots sang, which was great.

Ator: This one was an odd choice for the lineup, since Rifftrax riffed it already. However, it’s a fun movie, so I’m not too annoyed by that. Jokes were funny, but actually I think some of Rifftrax’s were funnier (and I find Cinematic Titanic and the original MST funnier than Rifftrax). Best part of this one is just the movie itself, the cheesy 70′s fantasy-ness of it and Ator’s just... weird relationship with his wife. 

I miss the original Tom Servo. The new one just doesn’t feel the same. 

[cleoselene-deactivated20260315]

My roommate is watching DS9 for the first time and he insists on being a completist and not going for a curated listed of the good episodes like I usually do when I show people that show because it’s so heckin’ long.  Anyway, we watched “Move Along Home” today and when I told him it was a legendarily bad episode, he got really excited.  He was not disappointed.  I have not watched it since first airing and oh my god the FASHION in this episode is like next fucking level:

it’s a race of people with WICKED mullets whose clothes are made solely from the material found in the costume room for Solid Gold.  Just incredible.

And Alexander Siddig’s acting in this episode is… a fuckin’ Choice lmfao… like he knew it was the most absurd shit ever and went full weirdo:

gif not mine.  but this episode lmfao.  BONKERS.  roommate loved it.  If he’s on board for Move Along Home, he’s gonna lose his shit when this show actually gets good hahaha.

[bitchspacenine]

Oh but actually I really like “Move Along Home.” It’s so fun. 

[bitchspacenine]

bothering Mallory

Re-reading Downbelow Station again (okay, not really; I'm just jumping through all the bits with Signy in them). I have to say that, almost without fail, every time I re-read the sections where Signy is taking over station command and Damon and Josh are popping in and out on her, I start imagining a little "Potter Puppet Pals" type scenario, with a little Signy puppet and little Josh and Damon puppets jumping all over her squeaking "bother, bother, bother!" in shrill, whiny voices.

[bitchspacenine]

other reasons I relate to Odo

100% fed up with humanoids’ bullshit.

"I’m working” = “Go away, I am reading a book.” 

Pretends to be chill, really an emotional mess. 

Hopeless in awkward social situations. 

Family’s politics are insane; loves them anyway.

Not-so-secret weakness for small cute things. 

Extremely disturbed by disarranged furniture.

[havocs-archived]

i relate to odo because i also melt down into my gelatinous form when i spend too long around people

[bitchspacenine]

Watching DS9′s “Sanctuary” back-to-back with TNG’s “Angel One” is a fun time.

DS9: So we’re gonna do the obligatory one-episode-a-series story involving a female-dominated society. 

TNG: Ah, I assume it will focus on gender politics? 

DS9: What? No, it will be about refugees looking for a new planet to settle on. 

TNG: Oh. Well, the female leader will naturally be hot and will sleep with the first officer for diplomatic reasons. Right? 

DS9: No, we’re going to make her middle-aged with a skin problem and hair like a giant shelf mushroom. She’ll be friends with the FO, but they’re both women and they will bond over ugly dresses. 

TNG: ... At the very least you’ll reveal that the matriarchy is unjust and oppressive toward the men, won’t you?

DS9: Not really. We’re going to make a point about Bajor’s political problems.

TNG: Man, I miss the ‘80′s.