Why can't they get it right
Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: The Kitchen Sink: Questions, Questions, Questions: Why can't they get it right
By dotter31 on Monday, October 23, 2006 - 6:25 am:

The Today Show this morning had a segment on the invention of a material that can 'cloak' something to microwaves, and the logical advance towards an actual cloaking device in the distant future. They mentioned Star Trek and showed footage of a Bird of Prey cloaking(from TSFS I think), but the reporter said "The Romulans can cloak" or something like that. Arrgh! I screamed "Klingons! Not Romulans! Klingons!" This reporter needs to do better research.

By Polls Voice on Monday, October 23, 2006 - 12:04 pm:

I brought that cloaking news up in the science nightstand thread a few days ago. Regarding news anchors not knowing, its probably what was written on the teleprompter he or she was reading from.

The writers of star trek episodes don't always do a good job with research or consulting of fans, you think a news reporter would be better?

By dotter31 on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 6:28 am:

I would hope so but I guess not.

By omnidragon on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 7:07 pm:

dotter it is the romulans who cloak the klingons never had a cloaking device!

By ScottN on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 9:03 pm:

Really? What was it that kept the Klingon BoP from being seen in Golden Gate Park in ST IV, then?

By Polls Voice on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 11:23 pm:

By ScottN on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - 10:03 pm:
Really? What was it that kept the Klingon BoP from being seen in Golden Gate Park in ST IV, then?

California Smog

By Anonymous on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 1:14 am:

They would've scored 10,000 awesome points if they'd used the Defiant uncloaking instead.

By dotter31 on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 6:08 am:

I won't even begin to list the numerous times Klingon ships have cloaked in Star Trek.

By The Cloaked Frobisher on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 10:50 am:

Re:This debate
The Klingons got the technology off the Romulans in exchange for Klingon D7 Starships.....

By Polls Voice on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 12:10 pm:

Nah, use Silik cloaking... give the illusion that soon humans can be cloaked... thus making some ignorant people demand that laws be made to protect us from cloaked peeping tom's and stalkers, thieves, assasins...

By s (9oregons) on Thursday, July 29, 2021 - 8:04 pm:

I wonder about something else. Harlan Ellison got mad about the incorrect descriptions of Joan Collins' character in her Star Trek episode. She herself even gets it wrong in her own memoir! Why did she get it wrong? I often disagree with Ellison but this time he has a point.
Why did those other writers get it wrong, too?
And I wonder why nobody has wondered anything similar in this thread in 15 years?

By Francois Lacombe (Franc0is) on Friday, July 30, 2021 - 4:20 am:

I never heard about that. In what way do they get the descriptions wrong?

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