TNG s6e18 “Starship Mine” aka Star Trek pulls a Die Hard

  • thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 days ago

    Is… Is that way Americans love this show because they can relate to it. Like. Most Americans have a weird thing that they always talk about absolutely nothing but yet still talk a lot. But with no substance.

    • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOP
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      9 days ago

      Probably a little, but mostly that the characters have several issues from which they never learn.

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      8 days ago

      Within the fictional world of the Seinfeld show the characters proposed to create a TV show about nothing, and several episodes were about them writing it and selling it to fictional network executives. Some viewers or critics misinterpreted this plot line as a statement that the Seinfeld show itself was about nothing, and this has been a joke ever since.