TMC
01-17-2024, 04:37 PM
https://whatculture.com/trekculture/star-trek-10-weirdest-holodeck-episodes-2?rf=homepage
Set safety protocols to 'whaaaaaaat?'
BY JACK KIELY
JANUARY 17TH, 2024
The holodeck, and holography more widely, is one of the most extraordinary pieces of technology in all of Star Trek. As a storytelling device, it has fired the imaginations of writers and fans alike. Who amongst us hasn't uttered a "Computer, end program" when real life suddenly felt a bit simulated? In now the oddest twist of events, the contemporary live-action Star Trek productions have used technology that is, for all intents and purposes, a 21st-century version of the holodeck, i.e. the AR Wall.
Looking back at the many (many) episodes that have featured the holodeck in one way or another, few arguably qualify as 'not weird.' By the very fantastical nature of the concept — a room in which you can re-create, through photons, forcefields, and replicated matter, just about any environment, object, and person with exacting precision — it's always going to be a little odd. Here, however, we're looking for episodes where the holodeck (or antecedent) was a key element/device of the plot to the maximum bizarre effect.
Definitionally, there is also an argument to say that a holosuite is not a holodeck, but in the end, the strange is the same, so we will be including Quark's holographic properties. What's the worst that could happen?
Ready to enter? Okay… Computer! Run program, 'Weirdest Holodeck Episodes,' authorization 'TREKCULTURE ALPHA-KAPPA-TEN.'
Set safety protocols to 'whaaaaaaat?'
BY JACK KIELY
JANUARY 17TH, 2024
The holodeck, and holography more widely, is one of the most extraordinary pieces of technology in all of Star Trek. As a storytelling device, it has fired the imaginations of writers and fans alike. Who amongst us hasn't uttered a "Computer, end program" when real life suddenly felt a bit simulated? In now the oddest twist of events, the contemporary live-action Star Trek productions have used technology that is, for all intents and purposes, a 21st-century version of the holodeck, i.e. the AR Wall.
Looking back at the many (many) episodes that have featured the holodeck in one way or another, few arguably qualify as 'not weird.' By the very fantastical nature of the concept — a room in which you can re-create, through photons, forcefields, and replicated matter, just about any environment, object, and person with exacting precision — it's always going to be a little odd. Here, however, we're looking for episodes where the holodeck (or antecedent) was a key element/device of the plot to the maximum bizarre effect.
Definitionally, there is also an argument to say that a holosuite is not a holodeck, but in the end, the strange is the same, so we will be including Quark's holographic properties. What's the worst that could happen?
Ready to enter? Okay… Computer! Run program, 'Weirdest Holodeck Episodes,' authorization 'TREKCULTURE ALPHA-KAPPA-TEN.'