She reveals that one thing she and Soong couldn’t possibly have anticipated was that Data didn’t mind being naked, although some of the colonists certainly did as he is anatomically correct. The Soongs asked him to dress, but he didn’t feel it was necessary as he didn’t “suffer from the elements.” With a laugh, Juliana concludes that they had to resort to writing a modesty subroutine just so Data would keep his clothes on.

  • Flying SquidOPM
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    412 days ago

    Fun fact: the movie is based on a folktale, but it turns out the “mountain” is actually a burial mound and they now have to stop people from trying to climb it so they don’t damage it.

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      312 days ago

      I hadn’t heard it was a burial mound. That’s kind of cool actually.